The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-01-09
TO HOLD CONVENTION
Democrats Of State Will Hold
Session to Select Delegates
to National Convention
BRYAN TO BE THE CHOICE

The Democratic state convention
for the nomination of delegates at
large and district delegates to the ma
tional convention will be held in Mil
yankee Feb. 10 and IA, at the David
son theater.
This decision was reached by the
subcommittee, which met at the
Plankinton house in Milwaukee Sat.
urday, after session lasting until
late in the evening. A hard fight for
the convention was made by Madison
which offered the committee $500 ara
a convention hall free. La Crosse
made the same offer that it made two
years ago, when the city offered the
committee bonus of $500 and to pay
all the expenses. La Crosse being so
far on the west side of the state was
not In the running from the first. 1t
was different with Madison, and it
was only by narrow squeak that Mil.
waukee won out just at the last hour.
The formal call will not be issued
for several days. Chairman Manson
said, however, that the representa-
ton would be on the basis of each 200
Democratic votes cast at the last
presidential election, or major frac-
tion thereof. This will give 664 dele
gates seats in the convention. The
selection of the temporary organiza-
ton was left with Chairman Manson,
who will make all the preliminary ar
engagements. Kenosha county will be
entitled to ten de1egat ties.
In addition to the nomination of
gates all the alternates will be Sc
lected by the convention. The ma
tional call leaves the. election of both
delegates and alternates with the
state organizations audit was decided
to elect the alternates in this manner.
Resolutions will be adopted by the
convention, although platform will
be left to the state convention, which
will be held next June, for the nom
ination Of a state ticket. Chairman
Manson said that he thought he could
state that resolutions would be
adopted at the February convention
pledging the support of the state
delegation to w. J. Bryan.
This will be the first state conven-
ton to be held after the announce
ment by Mr.. Bryan of his candidacy
and IN this way Wisconsin will lead
off in naming the Nebraskan.
There were few Democrats in at
tendance at the meeting outside the
committee. However, enough was
heard about the lobby to show that
when it comes to the election of dele
gates at large there is every prospect
of warm time.
One of the warmest contests will be-
between John A. Aylward. of Madi-
son, and d. H. Grady, of Portage.
Mr.. Grady was in Milwaukee Satur-
day and affirmed the announcement
of his candidacy though he had little
to say beyond such affirmation. The
talk appeared to favor Mr.. Grady's
candidacy, though there were pro-
tests heard against any attempt to
"throw down" Mr.. Awkward. He was,
it was said, entitled to credit for the
hard fight which he put up in the
last state campaign.
The feeling regarding the ticket for
delegates at large was that it should
be headed by Chairman H. H. Man
son, who, it was admitted on all sides,
was entitled to this honor for his
services at the head of the state CEN
trail committee. But the other three
places, it was agreed, would only be
settled after sharp and possibly
bitter fight in the convention.
S. S. Simmons, who has been i'll at
his home on Prairie avenue for the