Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-12-12
WISCONSIN LAW
HOLDS ITS OWN
NATIONAL COMMITTEE REcoG.
NlzEs CHANGED CONDITIONS.
CHICAGO GETSC0NVENTION
Big Republican Nominating Meeting
Goes to Windy city-Matter of
Election of Delegates Left to state
and County Committees-TerrIto
ries Made Less important.

Washington, Dec 8.-Chicago was
Saturday selected as the place and
June 16, 1908, the time for the meet
ing of the next republican national
convention. This decision by the re-
publican national committee followed a
long contest between advocates of
Chicago. Kansas City and Denver.
The ballot showed 81 for Chicago,
Is for Kansas City and 4 for Denver,
the vote being made unanimous after
the result was announced.
Everyone accepted the decision
good naturedly and the 60 or 20 Kan
sas City and Denver boomers declared
that they would come back after 1t
again in 1912 and would be sure to
get 1t at that time"
The selection OF the time for the
convention was compromise be-
tween the first of June and the last
OF June and all were satisfied en- that
point also.
No official announcement of the rel
call on the location was made, and
some special effort was necessary to
prevent a secret ballot. There were
several brief speeches on both sides
OF the question, but the open ballot III.
timately prevailed. The committee,
however, voted down the proposition
to give the vote to the public, and the
newspapers were forced to the neces.
sity of getting unofficial figures from
members
The territories. including Alaska,
had the number Of their representa-
tives in the convention reduced from
to 2. After long debate the COM
mfttee decided to authorize state and
county committees to decide whether
the election OF delegates to the con.
vention shall be by conventions or
by primaries.
The committee decided that in
states which have primary election
laws II will not be necessary for the
republicans of those states to hold
conventions to name delegates. This
decision, which Is the greatest i'm
portance to Wisconsin and other states
which have primary laws was only
reached after the committee had had
an hours debate.
He paid n high compliment to the
ability of Gompers as an organizer,
and expressed himself as highly
sensible OF the work done by him
within the functions allotted to him
as labor leader and as president OF
the American federation in behalf OF
the workingmen and the country. Co
incidentally he made 1t plainly known
that no for his part would pursue his
own Ideas In legislative matters, ire
spectlve OF Gomper's opposition 10
some of them. He said he knew that
In some things Gompers misrepresent
ed tho 100000 men composing thu
organization which he leads, and ht
CHE speaker) had proved this by ap
pealing 20 the people from Gomper's
arraignment OF him. He said that IL
for him a larger union labor vote thag
ever before in his political life, ant
that he took this as decisive YER
dict
Candidates Reserve Headquarters.
Chicago. Dec S.--Republican lead
ors have already begun 10 reserve
headquarters FOR use during the ma
tional convention, According TO an
nouncements made Saturday nigh
Speaker Cannon was the first to MAKE
reservations and as consequence sc
cured the presidential suite" tbs
finest apartments in the Auditorium
hotel. Vice President Fairbanks
Governor Hughes of New York, Score
tary Taft and Senators Foraker anC
Knox have also asked for suites II
the same hotel
The Auditorium Annex will be head
quarters for the New York, Pennsyl
vania, Massachusetts,, Indiana anC
Ohio delegations and probably OF iii
nols. at the Great Northern viii b
Missouri, Iowa and Kansas: ut h'
Palmer house. Michigan. Wisconsin
Nebraska. North Dakota, South Da
kota- !.