The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-05-26
FORMAL CALL IS SENT OUT
Counties to Hold Caucuses on June 4
TO Elect Delegates to Attend the
State Meeting May Talk of Can
didates.


at which time platform for the
party will be drawn up. The official
call for the convention which is signed
by John M. Whitehead and a large
number of leaders in the party is as
follows:
1910 the Republican Voters of Wiscon-
sin:
cit is imperative, if the Republican
party shall hope to maintain itself as
political organization in Wisconsin,
that steps be taken to restore to the
members of the party some share in
the management of it's affairs.
Gin representative government of
90,000,000 people parties are necessary
because it is through party organiza
ton alone that sound principles of gov
eminent can be promulgated to the
maintenance of which the representa-
tives of the people may be pledged.
Representative government of par
ties is as necessary in republic as
representative government in states
and nation. Where members of parties
are given no opportunity to assemble
and confer for the purpose of ascer-
tanning the will of a majority of the
party there is no way in which that
majority can make it's will known.
Refers to Hostile Factions
"'These statements of fact are fun
damental and it does not require ar
gument to carry conviction of their
truth to the mind of the thoughtful
citizen. If anything were needed to
prove their soundness the experience of
the Republican party in Wisconsin dur
ing the last six years would furnish
the required evidence. The Republi-
can voters in this state today are with
out voice in choosing their leaders or
formulating their party principles. The
result is party Reorganization,
multiplicity of hostile factions, wide
spread dissatisfaction and bitter per-
sonal controversies.
"The remedy for this unfortunate
condition of affairs is plain and I'M
mistakable. The party members should
exercise their constitutional right of
assembly and meet in convention, a
right that was fully recognized by our
supreme court in it's recent decision
constituting the primary law.
Wisconsin is Republican state.
But three times in sixty-two years has
the Democratic party succeeded in
electing their candidates for governor.
President Taft's plurality in this state
in 90S was 96,690. From 1895 to
1903 Wisconsin was represented in CON
gress by solid Republican delegation
and since 1908 there has been but one
Democrat in the lower house of con-
gress from this state, and he repre-
sents a district made up of Democratic
counties.
Voting With Democrats
And yet. we are confronted by an
anomalous condition that exists at
Washington, where Wisconsin mem
bers of congress commissioned by Re
publican electors to represent their
views are persistently voting with the
Democratic minority in that body to
delay the enactment of Republican
measures, to embarras the Republican
administration, and to defeat, or make
difficult, the redemption of Republi-
can pledges.
I'VE believe that the Republicans of
this state endore President Taft and
his administration, and are in com
plete sympathy with him in his efforts
to carry out the policies of government
advocated by his predecessor Theodore
Roosevelt, and promised in the Repuh-
lican platform which was adopted by
the Republican convention which nomi-
mated Mr.. Taft. We believe further,
that the time has come >when the Re
publicans of this state should chose
representatives who are not Office seek
ers or Office holders to meet in con
ventiou and agree upon the principles
for which the Republican party of this
state stands, and select such men for
public office as can be relied upon to
adhere to those principles, and who will
support the Republican party in the
state of Wisconsin and in our national
congress. We can conceive of no
greater violation of the confidence Of
the people than we see displayed by
those members in our national congress
who have been Republicans for office
and are Democrats in office.
To Consider Candidates
Therefore, we, the undersigned
hereby unite in calling a conven-
ton Of Republican voters for the
purpose of ascertaining the general
party sentiment toward the present
national administration by the adop-
tion Of party platform and to consid-