Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-05
FARMERS NATIONAL CONGRESS
Interesting Meeting to be Held in Mad
ison Two Days in September.

Interesting Meeting to be Held in Mad
ison Two Days in September.
Madison State Journal.
The Farmers National congress
which will meet here September
24-3O, will be one of the largest
gatherings to be held in Madison in
number of years. There are in.
dications, if the weather is auspici.
Gus, the attendance will average 5000
daily. John A. Awkward in recent
talk with John W. Groves, who is as
sisting in promoting this convention,
said he felt sure William J. Bryan
would give an address here one even
ing. The republicans will probably
secure Senator Long, or some other
noted campaign speaker to address the
convention that week.
What will bring larger attend
ance than had been at first expected
will be the gathering that week of
the democratic and republican plat
form conventions. All the republican
candidates for the assembly will be
here to formulate platform under the
primary election law.
This is the week after the state fair
80 there will be no conflict from that
quarter. Invitations have been is
sued by the national committee and
Gov. Davidson is preparing to appoint
y, 500 delegates in order to insure a
large attendance from Wisconsin. A
band will be engaged for afternoon
and evening concerts. 1t will be To-
Gated somewhere around the capitol
park so that everybody can enjoy the
music.
Carriages and reception commit
tee will be provided to meet the vice
presidents of the various states and
their escorts upon their arrival at the
depots. They will be given hearty
welcome and made to feel at home
the moment they arrive in the city.
The committee will also provide
ample accommodation for the visiting
ladies at the Woman's building. That
will be particularly suitable place
for them to gather and get acquainted
with one another. No efforts will be
spared to make them feel perfectly at
home at the Woman's building.
Afternoon theatre parties will be
arranged for the ladies.
Boats will be provided on both
lakes to give excursions during the
day for those who enjoy that kind of
recreation. Every opportunity will be
accorded the visitors to enjoy the
splendid scenery surrounding Madi-
son and the lakes.
Arrangements will be made to fur.
nish quarters fol- the morning sessions
of the congress at the Fuller opera
house and other meetings will be held
at the university gymnasium and agri-
cultural halls.
Headquarters will be established at
the Park hotel, The rotunda of the
capitol has been selected for the reg
istering of the delegates. A general
information bureau will be establish
ed where the guests can register and
where they will be directed to differ
emit parts of the city. Delegates will
also be located there by request and
every possible effort will be made to
make the visitors feel that they are
at home and not lost in a strange city.
The committee will furnish a map
of the city upon which will be print
ed Identification marks showing the
location of the principal points of in
terest.
The committee will also furnish a
local Madison convention badge to
each delegate, also one to each Of the
lady delegates. They will be furnish
ed upon the delegates registering and
paying the dues of the association.
The convention committee consists
of Mayor Schubert, chairman; L. W.
Burch, secretary; 7. g. Murray,
treasurer ex Governor W. D. Hoard,
Dean w. A. Henry, Professor R. L.
Russell, ex-Mayor J. w. Groves, w.
L. Ames, L. E. Stevens, Frank Jonas,
John Grinde and L. E. Howard.
Whv Apueal to the HOBBS?