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notice of SENERAL ELECTION. 7ATE OF WISCONSIN, department of State. Notice Is hereby eiven, that at a general Section to be held in the several towns, niids. villages and election districts of the An 1 eof Wisconsin, on the Tuesdaysucced ,iv.- the first Mondav. being the Bth (lay ot November. A. L>. 1904. the following otncers ire to be elected, to-wit: Thirteen electors of President and N ±ec ?resident of the United States. A Governor, in place of Robert M. Ual ol ette, whose term of office will expire on the Trat Monday of January, A. D. 1905. A Lieutenant Governor, in phue oi James i>, Davidson, whose term of office will ex pire ou the first Monday of January, A. and. N>os. A Secretary oi State, in place of \\ alter L. Nouser, who-eterm of office will expire on -fte first Monday of January, A, D. 190d. A State Treasurer, in place of JohnJ. Tempf. whose term of office will expire on ihe first Monday of January, A. D 190a. An Attorney General, ir place of Lafayette .1, Sturdevaiit whose term of office will ex pire on the first Monday of January A. u. i9C3. A Railroad Commissioner in place of John W. Thomas, whose term of office will expire ya the first Monday of January. A. D. IJOo. A Commissioner of Insurance, in place of £eno M. Host, whose term of office will ex pire on the first Monday of January. A. D SO:., A Representative in Congress for the Eleventh Congressional district, consisting yt the counties of Douglas, Gates. Sawder, fierce, Bayfield. Barion, Dunn, Burnett, ?lk. Chippewa. Washburn and tit. Croix. Ir State Senator for the twelfth Senate dis • jrict. consisting of the counties of Ashland. Say field Fnce, Sawyer. Taylor and Wash yarn. A Member of Assembly for tt e Assembly district consisting of the counties of bay.. teid, Sawyer and Washburn. In accordance with section 1 of article XII, sf i he constitution of the State of Wisconsin, following joint resolution adopted by the legislature of the state of Wisconsin at the '*gular session of 1908. is made a part of the foregoing notice, to wit; [No, 28, A.] Joint Resolution No- 11. Providing for an amendment to section 1, article VIII, of the constitution, relating to taxation. ILesoIjVBD by the AssemUy, the Senate •oncaring that section 1 of article VIII of the jpn3titution of the state of Wisconsin be amended by adding to the end thereof the Allowing sentence; “The legislature may provide for a graduated, income tax.' 1 so that vhen so amend ad said section shall read as Afflows; Section 1. The rule of taxation rhall be uniform, and taxes shall be levied ips>Q such property as the legislature shall prescribe. The legislature may provide for \graduated income tax.” IP accordance with section 28. ot chapter iSL of the laws of 1908. the following act Sinown as chapter 451, laws of 1903. is made a >art of the foregoing notice to-wit: So. 97, A.) (Published June 3. 1903, Chapter 451. An Act to provide for party nominations yy direct vote. The people of the State of Wisconsin, re presented in the senate and assembly, do u. act as follows: Definition and construction:—Section 1. The words and phrases in this act shall, uu ass the same be inconsistent with the con rsxL be construed as follows: TANARUS; The word “primary," the primary Section proyided for by this act; L The words “September primary.” the primary election held in September to nomi nate candidates to be voted for at the ensuing jeneral election; 3; The word “election." a general or city Section, as distinguished from a primary election; The words “November election,” the jUneral election held in November; 5; The word “precinct,” a district estab -sshed within which all qualified electors u>t j at one polling place. Tdiis statute shall be liberally construed, so that the real well of the electors may not be defeated by informality or failure to comply with all the provisions of law in respect to either the giving of any notice or the con iueting of the primary or certifying the re mits thereof. Candidates, How- Nominated.—Section 2. hereafter, all candidates for elective offices shall be nominated: j, By a primary held in accordance with fiiis act, or 2l By nomination papers, signed and filed as provided by existing statutes. 3. Party candidates lor the office of United states senator shall be nominated in the sanner provided herein for the nomination if candidates for state offices. This aet shall not apply to special elections v© fill vacancies nor to the office of state '■iiperintendent, to town, village, and school officei s nor to judicial officers except- Bg police justices and justices ot the peace a cities. Primaries, When and Where Held Sec iton 3. 1 The September primary shall be teM at the regular polling places in each srecinct on the first Tuesday of September, sos. and biennially thereafter for the nomi nation of all candidates to be voted for at the next November election. Aay primary other than the September pri ssy shall be held two weeks before the elec tion for which such primary is held. Notice of Primaries, How Given.—Sec tion 4. J, At least sixty days before the feme for holding such Septemner primary, the secretary of state shall prepare and transmit to each county, town. city, and village clerk, a notice in writing designating offices for which candidates are to be nominated, at such primary. 2. Upon the receipt of such notice, the county clerk shall, not less than ten days thereafter, publish so much thereof as may bt applicable to his county, once in each >veei for six consecutive weeks in at least :*<*, and not to exceed four newspapers of general circulation published in said county. S. Each town, village and city clerk shall vithin ten days after the receipt of such notice cause notice of such primary to be jested in three public places in each precinct A his town, city or village; such notice shall state the time when, and place where Le prim try will be held in each precinct iherein, together with the offices for which ra-ididates are to be nominated. 4. m case of city elections, the city clerk •Tall cause one publication of such notice to U given, and stall also post such notice in -Juae public places in each election precinct therein, such publication and posting to ■>e not, more than twenty and not less than Jen days before snch primary elecrion. L Each county clerk shall, on the first Tuesday of June, 1900, and biennially there iffgr, transmit to the secretary of state the i-ime and post office atioress ot each town, n: j and village clerk in his county. Nomination Papers, How Prepared and signed —Section 5. 1. xhe name of no can iidate shall be printed upon an official bai i)l used at any primary unless at least : iirr.y days prior to such primary a nomina tion paper shall have been filed in bis behalf i.< provided in this act in substantially the following form; I;, the undersigned, a qualified elector of precinct, of the town of ,£the ward of the city of county of and state Wisconsin, and a member of the party, hereby nominate who resides (at No on _ street, city of ) or (in the &¬ ), in the county of. ... as a candidate for the office of 3fame of Signer Street No. Date of Signing I here specify the office) to be voted for at the primary to be held oa the first Tuesday of September 19 as representing the prin ciples of said party. and T further declare that i intend to. support the candidate named herein, 2. All nomination papets shah have sub stantially the above form written or printed at the top thereof. No signatures shall oe counted unless they be upon sheets each having such torn written or printed at the top thereof. 8. Each signer of a nomination paper shall sign bat one such paper for the same office, ami shall declare that he intends to support ihe candidate named therein; he shall add his residence with the street and number, it any. and the-date ofsigning. 4. For all nominations, except state officers all signers of each separate nomination paper shall reside in the same precinct. For state officer.-, all signers on each separate nomina tion papers shall reside in the same county, The affidavit of a qualified elector shall bo appended to each such nomination paper, stating that he is personally acquainted with all persons who have signed the same, and that he knows them to be electorsof that precieut or county, as the nomination papers shall require; that be kn >ws that they signed t he same with full knowledge of the contents thereof and that their respective residences are stated therein and that euce signer signed the same on the date stated opposite his name, and that he. the affiant, intends to support the candidate named therein. Such affidavit shall not be made by me candidate, but each candidate shall tile with his nomin ation paper, or papers, a declaration that he will quality as such off icer if nominated and elected, 5. Such nomination papers shall be signed, (t) It for a state office by at least oue per cent, of the voters ol the party of such candi date in at least each of six counties in the state, and in the aggregate not less taan one per cent, of the total vote of his party in the state, (b) If for a representative in congress, by at least two per cent, of the voters of his party in at least one-tenth of the election precincts in each of at least one-half of the counties of the Congressional district, and in the aggregate not less than two per cent, of the total vote of his party in such district. (c) If for an office representing less than a congressional district in area, or a county office, by at least three per cent, of the party vote in at least one-sixth of the election precinct of such district and in the aggregate not less than three per cent, ot the total vote of his party in such district. The basis of precentage in each case shall be the vote of the party for the presidential elector receiving the largest vote at the last preceding presidential election. But any political organization which at the last preceding general election was represent ed on the official ballot by either regular party candidate or by individual nominees only, may. upon complying with the pro visions of this act. have a senarate primary election ticket as a political party, if any of its candidates or individual nominees re ceived one per cent, of the total vote cast at the last pieceding general election in the state, or subdivision thereof, in which the candidate seek** the nomination. Nomination papers may also be filed for non-partisan candidates; such papers shall contain at D ast two per cent, of the total vote cast at the last preceding general election in the state, or subdivision thereof, in which the person is a candidate, such signers to he distributed in each ease as required by the provisions of this act. Nomination Papers, Where filed. Section Z. All nomination papers shall be filed as follows: 1. For siate officers. United States senator, representatives in congress, and those members of senate and assembly whose districts comprise more than one county, in the office f the secretary of state, 2. For officers to be voted for wholly with in one county, in the office of the county clerk of such county. 3. For city offcers. in the office of the city clerk. Pubiication of names of Candidates. Sec tion 7. At least twenty five days before any primary preceding a general election, the secretary of state shall transmit to each county clerk a certified list containing the name and postoffiee address of each person for whom nomination papers have been filed iu his office, and en titled to be voted for at such primary together with a designation of the office for which he is a candidate, aod the party or principle he repre sents. Such clerk shall forthwith upon receipt thereof publish under the proper party designation, the title of eaeh office, the name and addresses of all persons for whom nomination papers have been filed, giving the name and address of each, the date of the primary, the hours during which the polls will be opened, and that the primary will be held at the regular polling places in each pre cinct. It shall be the duty of the county clerk to publish such notice for three consecutive weeks .prior to said primary. Such clerk shall also forthwith mail copies of such notice to each town, village and city clerk of his county, who shall immediately post copies of the same in at least three public places in each precinct in his town, village or city, designating therein the location of the polling booth in each election precinct. •</V. . Publication of Notices. Section 8. Every publication required in this act shall be made in at least two, and not to exceed fjur news papers of general circulation in such county or city, one of such news papers shall represent the political party that cast the largest vote in such county or city at the preceding general election, and one of such gewspapers shall represent the political party that cast the next largest vote in such county or city at the preceding general election. in any case where the publication of a notice cannot be made as here inbefore required, it may be made in any newspaper having a general circulation in the county or city in which the notice is required to be published. Official Ballots. Section 9. An official ballot shall be printed and provided for use at each voting pre cinct in the form provided herein and annexed hereto. The names of all candidates for the respective offices, for whom the npmination papers prescribed shall have been duly filed, shall be printed thereon. Preparation and Distribution of Ballots.— Section 10. l. At least twenty days before the September primary each county clerk shall prepare sample official ballots, placing there on. alphabetically, under the appropriate title of each office and party designation, the names of all candidates to he voted for in the preci ct of his county, for whom nomina tion papers have been filed. Such sample ballot shall be printed upon tinted or colored paper and shall contain no blank endorse ment or certificate, 2. Such clerk shall forthwith submit the ticket of each party to tne county chairman thereof and. mail a copy .to each candidate for whom nominat ion papers have been filed with him as required by this act, to his postoffiee address, ns given in such nomination paper, and he shall post a copy of each sample ballot in a conspicuous place in his office. 3. On the tbiitli day before such primary the county clerk shall correct any errors or ommissions in the ballot, cause the same to be printed, and distributed as lequired by law in the case of ballots for the general election, except, that the number of ballots to be furnislied to each precinct shall be twice the number of votes cast thereat in the last pie ceedimr general election. Expense-; of Primary, How Paid.-Section 11. All ballots, blanks, and other supplies to be used at any primary, and all expenses necessarily incurred in the preparation for or conducting such primary, shall be paid out of he treasury of the city, county or state, as the case may be, in the saire manner, with like effect, and by the same officers as in the case of elections. Conduct of Primaries, fanner of voting.— Section 12. 1. The provisions of chapter 5, statutes of 1898. shall be applicable to the conduct of primaries where not otherwise provided. Section 47, statutes oi 1898, is here by amended so that all election officers shall be chosen or appointed in the manner there in provided, except that such Ichoice shall he made in the month of August instead of September, as therein now provided. 2. The polls at primaries shall be open: (a) In cities, from six o’clock iu the morning until nine o’clock in the evening; (b) In all other precincts, from eight o’clock in the morning until eight o’clock in the evening. 3. At all primarios there shall be an Australian ballot made up of the several pari y tickeis herein provided for. all ot which shall be securely fastened together at the top and folded, provided that there shall be as many separate tickets as there are parties entitled to participate in said primary election. There shall also be attached a non-partisan ticket upon which, under the appropriate title of each office shall he printed tne names of all persons for whom nomination papers shall havebeen filed, as required by this act, who are not. designated on such nomination papers as ca ndidates of any poliitcal party, as defined by this act. The names of all candidates shall be arranged alphabetically according to surnames under the appropriate title of the I respective offices and under the proper party designation upon the party ticket or upon the non-part isan ticket as the case may be. If any elector write upon his ticket the name of any person who is a candidate for the same office upon some other ticket than that upon i which his name is so written, this ballot shall be counted for such person only as a candidate of the party upon whose ticket his name is written, and shall in no case be counted for such person as a candidate upon any other ticket. In ease the person is nominated up on more than one ticket, he shall forthwith file with the proper officer, or officers in I charge of the preparation of the ballots, a written declaration indicating the party designation under which his name is to be printed on the official ballot. The ballots with t he endorsements shall be in substantial ly the form heretofore annexed, provided that ballots for any city primary may be varied as to the title of the offices to be printed thereon, so as to conform to the law under which each such primary is held. The provisions of section 51, statutes of 1898, so far as applicable shall the preparation of the ballot. After preparing his ballot, the elector shall detach the same from th re maining tickets and fold it so that its face will be concealed and the piinted endorse ! mems and signatures or initials thereon seen. Official Primary Ballot. GENERAL ELECTION. PARTY, (Designation of Party.) To vote for a person whose name is printed on the ballot, mark a cross (X) in the square at the RIGHT of the name of the person for whom you desire to vote. To vote for a person whose name is not piinted on ballot, write or past his name in blank space pro vided for that purpose. jl: * . > STATE G over nor \ ote for one j John Doe John Doe •• John Doe M John Doe lieutenant for one Jonn Doe . John Doe John Doe Jolin Doe ■.. ■ • Secretary of State Vote tor one j ohn Doe John Doe John Doe . John Doe * - • State Treasure^"*"" lll **^" l "* M * l ""^^otcnßji r oiia John Doe... John "Doe . John Doe - . John Doe m Attorney GeneraT" ,111M "^^ M^M, " l^oteft)rc)ne John Doe : John Doe —— John Doe ... —— John Doe —— Railroad Commissione^""* M " ll ""*Vote"for o*ne John Doe John Joe .. ___ John Doe John Doe .......... < Commissioner of InsuraTTce^^"" 1 Vote for one John Doe John Doe ■ John Doe .... John Doe . CONGRESSIONAL i ; '■ v United States Senator Vote for one John Doe . .:: John Doe .... I John Doe 4 .. John Doe Representative in congress District Vote for one John Doe John Doe John IJoe John Doe J.J 1 ITT ■Mill—lll ——l - LEGISLATIVE State Senator District Vot e for one] johnTVoe '.... l" J John Doe I John Doe j job n" foe "J.’!’!..*.* ..J... !..." !... ... .J Member Assembly District I Vote for one] John Doe | John Doe 1. | John Doe | John Doe I The remaining tickets attached together shall be folded in like manner by the elector who shall thereupon, without leaving the polling place vote the marked ballot forth with, ana deposit the remaining tickets in the separate ballot box to be marked and designated as the blank ballot box. Im mediately after the canvass, the inspectors shall, without examination, destroy the tickets deposited in the Plank ballot box. Vacancies, how filled.—Section 14. 1 Va cancies oecuring after the holding of aoy primary shall be filled by the party com mittee of the city, district, county or state as the case may be. Voting - and Registration at Primaries.— Section 14 I No person shall be entitled to vote at any primary unless a qualified elector of the precinct and duly registered therein, if registration thereat be required by law. Every primary election day and the Mon day next preceding it shall be registration days, where registration Is required, on which the inspectors shall exercise the powers prescribed by sections 25 and 26, statutes of 1898; but no person shall be registered on or after the day of holding the primary without personally appearing be fore the inspectors. 3 The inspectors shall register any person who shall on registration day file an oath or affirmation te tlie effect that he is a qualified elector in such precinct, or when they personally know him to be such. 4 Any person registered on either of said days as prescribed herein, shall be entitled to vote at the succeeding election without other registration. f> There shall be no other registration day or days for either a primary, a general or a city election, that prescribed by section 17. of the statutes of 1898. 6 No voter shall be required to register under the provisons of this act where regis tration is notjnow required by law. 7 The inspectors shall be in session for the purposedf registration from nine o’clock in the morning until eight o’clock in the evening, except that on the day of holding the primary they shall be in session from six o’clock in the morning until nine o’clock in the evening. No inspecior or clerk shall be paid to exceed three dollars as compensa tion for his services on any registration, primary, general or city election day. Challenges—Section 15, The party com mittee of each precinct may appoint in writing over their signatures, two party agents or representatives, with an alternate for each, who shall act as challengers for their respective parties and have the power prescribed by section 46, statutes of 1898. The right of anv person to vote at a primary mav be challenged upon the same ground and his right to vote be determined in the same manner as at an election. The chair man of each party committee of any precinct mav representhis party at the polling booth during the canvass and return of the vote at a primary or he may appoint an agent or designate a member of his committee for that purpose. Canvass of Votes, —Section 16, Canvass of votes cast shall, except as herein otherwise provided, be made in the same manner and by the same officers as the canvass of an election. The party chairman of the precinct in a precinct canvass, of the cunty in a county canvass, of the state in a state can vass. or some duly appointed agent to repre sent each party shall be allowed to be pres ent and observe the proceedings. 1 The precinct inspectors of election shall on separate sheets, on blanks provided for that purpose, make full and accurate returns of the votes cast for each candidate and shall within twenty-four hours cause to be delivered one copy of such returns as to each political party, to the county chairman of that partv and also cause such returns to be delivered to the county clerk, if a September primary, or to the chairman of the city committee and city clerk if a city primary, provided always that such returns shall be sent by registered mail where practicable. COUNTY County Clerk Vote for oue John Dt e ~7 John Doe John Doe John I)oe mmm Treasurer John Doe John D0e. 7777.777*77*77**77.7* 7.7.77.777*7 John Doe .7 7 7*77!77!77 7!77!7! John Doe Sheriff John I)oe 1."."7.77.777 " jhn Doe 7*77.7 7.7 .*.*!*.*! *."7.**.*.*7.77 77." John Doe .7*7.7 John Doe 7.7 7 Coroner Vote for oue John Doe John Doe .7.7.7.77. .77. "77.777*7 r ' John Doe ’ John Doe CleTk~of the John Doe John Dee 77777777"77*7T"777. ’77.7.777777.7 ™" Neis Due.. 777777777777777777777777* Neiß Doe!"."* .7.77 7.7...7.7!.77. .7.7 .7..." """ District Attorney VoteTm^ne Nets Doe.-. .7 77* * Nels Doe "*"* Nels Doe .7.77. Nell’ Doe ..:. 7?efnste!^o^f)ee3s" ,— ™™ ,, ™"" — ™ , "Vote for one Nels Doe .7*7....! "77.77 77 Nels iioe.... . ... .77.7 .7 Nels Doe ..... „ .7777*.7.77.. Nels Doe. ’.*!. 7*! *777. Purveyor" Vote'for one Nels Doe .777.7,777 • ' Nels Doe N els .Doe *. 7 .* .77.7*7 |^— Nels Doe 7.7777* wmmm tuperiniemient of Nels Doe .77.7 7.7. Nels Doe .’. 7*7.... 77.. Nels Doe .*. ; . ..7.7 .7 .7 77.77. Nels Doe *!. .7*!*."*! .7-7.77.7* " tJ F-rt-y Committeemen Vote for Three 2 The county canvass of the returns of the September primary shall be made by the same officers and in the manner provided in chap ter 5, statutes of 1596, for the canvass of the returns of a November election. Thecanvass ers shall meet and canvass such returns at ten o’clock on Friday following the Septem ber primary. Their returns shall contain the whole number of votes cast for each candidate of each political party, and a duplicate as to each political party shall be delivered to the county chairman of such party. The canvassers shall also make an addi tional duplicate return in the same form as provided in subdivision 2. showing the votes cast for each candidate not voted for wholly within the limits of the county. The county clerk shall forthwith send to the the secretary of state by registered mail one copy of all returns as to such candidates, and he shall likewise send a copy to the chairman of the state central committee of each party a duplicate copy of the returns last described relating to such candidates of each such party. 17 The board of canvassers provided for by section 93, statutes of 1898, to canvass re turns of a November election, shall consti tute the state board of canvassers of Septem ber,and all the provisions of section 94 and 94b inclusive ofsaid statutes relating to the canvass ofthe returns of a November election shall, as far as applicable, apply to the can vass, return and certification to'the secretary of stane of such primary. Such board shall meet at the office ofthe secretary of slate at ten o’clock a- m. on the third Tuesday of September next after the September primary Party Candidates.—Section 18. 1 The person receiving the greatest number of votes at a primary as a candidate for an office, shall be the candidate for that party lor such office and his name as such candi date shall be placed on the official ballot at the following election. 2 As soon as a state canvass of a primary shall be certified to him. the secretary of state shall publish in the official state piiper acertified statement of the result of such primary as to cnadidates for state offices, United States senators and representatives in congress, and any other candidate whose district extends beyond the limits of a single county, and shall mail to the chairman of the state central committee of each party so much of said certificate as relates to his party. Secretary of State to Certify to County Clerks. —Section 19. 1 Not less than four teen days before any November election the secretary of state shall certify to the county clerk of each county within which any of the electors may vote for the candidates of such offices, the name and description of each person nominated for any such office as specified in the nomination papers. Section 20. The canvass of the returns of a citv primary shall be made by the mayor, the city clerk and the treasurer of such city, any two of whom shall constitute a quorum Such bosrd of canvassers meet at eleven o’clock in the forenoon of the day following the city primary and canvass the votes sub stantially as provided by sections 82 ;and 83 statutes of 1898. They shall make and certify duplicate returns as to the votes cast for the candidates, and forthwith certify and file one complete return with the city clerk and deliyer so much of the other as relates to each party to the respective city chairman. Party Committee. Section 21 1. At the September primary each voter may write in the space left on hi® ticket for that pur pose the names of not to exceed three quali fied electors of the precinct for members of his party precinct committee. The three having the highest number ofjvotes shall constitute such committee, and the one having the largest vote shall be chairman. The official return made by the inspectors shall show the names and addresses *f each party committeeman chosen. 2 The party committee of each city and connty and of each assembly district shall consist of the party chairman of each pre cinct in such cily. county, or district/the state senatorial district committee ofthe chairman of the assembly district committees in such senatorial district; the congressional committee of the party chairmau of the senatorial district committees, wholly or partially within such congressional district; the state central committee as hereinbefore provided. Each such committee shall choose its officers by ballot excepting as herein pro vided. 3 Each committee and its officers shall have the powers usually exercised by such committees, and by the officer thereof, in so far as is consistant of this act. The various officers and committees now in existanee shall exercise the power and preform the duties herein prescribed until their succes sors are chosen in accordance with this act. At all meetings of said city, county and as sembly district committees, each precinct chairman shall have one vote for every fifty votes, or major fraction thereof, cast by his party in his precinct at the last general election, each such chairman to have at least one vote, the vote at such general election to be determined as provided in section sof this act. The duties of the party precinct chairman, when he shall be unable to preform thesame, shall be preformed by a member of his party precinct committee designated by him. The duties of the chair man or secretary of any other committee may be preformed by members of such com mittee, selected by the chairman or secre tary. Any vacancy in any committee office shall be filled in the same manner as that in which such officer was originally chosen, ex cept in the case of a vacancy in the chair manship of a precinct committee the com mittee shall elect one of its members vo fill such vacancy. Party platform.—Section 22. The candi dates for the various state offices, and for senate and assembly nominated by each political party as such primary, shall meet at the capitolat twelve o’clock noon on the fou\th Tuesday of September after the date which any primary is held preliminary to any general election. They shall forthwith formulate the state platform oftheir patty. They shall thereupon proceed to tsleet a state central committee of at least two members from each congressional district and a chair man of such committee and perform such other business as may properly b' brought before such meeting. The platform of each partyshall be framed at such time that it shall be made public, not later than six o'clock in the afternoon of the following day Miscellaneous Provisions. Section 2j. 1 In case of a tie vote, the tie shall forthwith be determined by lot by the canvassers. 2 It shall be the duty of the secretary of state and attorney general,on or before ju iy Ist 1905. to prepare all forms necessary to carryout the piovisions of this act, which forms shall be substantially followed in all primaries held in pursuance hereof. Such forms shall, be printed with copies of this act fyr public use and distribution Every day on which a September primary shall be held shall be a legal holiday. The Fenal Provision, Section 24. 1 Any person who shall offer, or with knowledge of the same, permit any person to oflier for his benefit any bribe to a voter to induce him to sign any election paper to any such per son who shall accept -any such bribe or promise pf gain of any kind in the nature of a bribe as consideration for signing the same whether such bribe or promise of gain in the nature of a bribe be offered or accepted be 'fore or after such signing, shall be guilty of a ipisdemeanor and ’upon trial and conviction thereof be punished by a fine of not less than twentv-five or more than five hundred dol lars, or by imprisonment in the county jail of not less than ten days nor more than six months, or both gue and imprisonment. 2 Any act declaired an offense bv the general laws of this state concerning cau cuses and elections shall also in like case, be an offense in all primaries and shall be pun ished in the same form and manner as herein provided, and all the penalties and provi sions of th law as to -uch caucuses and elec tions, except as herein otherwise provided, shall apply in such case with equal force, and to the same extent as though fully set forth in this act. 3 Any person who shall forge any name of iTsigner or witness to a nomination paper shall be deemed guilty of forgery, and on conviction punished accordingly. Any per son being in of nomination papers entitled to be filed under this act or any act of the .legislature shall wrongfully either suppress, neglect or fail to cause the same to be filed at the proper time in the proper office shall on conviction, be punished by im prisonment in the countyjail not to exceed six months, or by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars, or by both such fine and im prisonment in the discretion ofthe court. General election Laws to apply. Section 25, The provisions of the statutes now in force in relation to the holding of elections, the solicitation of voters at the noils, the challenguglng of voters, the manner of con ducting elections, of counting the ballots and making return thereof, and all other kiudred subjects, shall apply to all primaries in so far as they are consistant with this act, the intent of this act being to place the primary under the regulati ,n and protection ofthe laws now in force as to elections. Submission of Act to Vote of People: When to Take Effect if approved Section 2k, The question whether the foregoing provisions of this act, shall take effect and be in force shall be submitted to the people of this state, in the manner provided for by law for the submission of an amendment to the constitution at the next general election to be held in November, 1904. If approved by a majority of the votes cast upon that question., it shall go into effect and be in force from and after such ratification by the people, otherwise it shall not take effect or be in force. Upon the ballot shall be printed ‘’Shall Chapter (insest on the ballot the number of chapter) of the laws of 1903 en titled ‘An act to provide for party nomina tions by direct vote’ be adopted?” Section 27. AH acts or parts of acts in consistent with or iu conflict with the pro visions of this act are hereby repealed. Section 28 This a„t shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication subject to all provisions herein contained for its submission to the people for their ratification or rejection. Approved Mpy 23rd, 1903. [Seal] Given under my hand and official seal at the Capitol of Madison, this 29th day of August, A. D., 1904. W. L. Eouser, Secretary of State. To the County Clerk of Bayfield County Wis. Office of the County Clerk, Bayfield County, Wisconsin, Washburn, Wis, Notice is hereby given that at a general election to be held in the several precincts of the county of Bayfield and State of Wiscon sin, on-the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday, being the Bth day of November, A. D. 1904, the following officers are to be elected to wit; A County Clerk in place of Nels M. Oscar, whose term of office expires on the first Monday of January, A. D. 1905. A County Treasurer in place of Alonzo IT. Wilkinson, whose term of office expires on the first Monday in January, A. D. 1905. A Sheriff in place of Charles B. Simpson, whose term of office expires on the first Monday in January A. D. 1905. A. Coroner in place of William F. Austria whose term of office expires on the first Mon day in January, A. D., 1905. AClerk of the Circuit in place of Frank A. Bell, whose term of office expires on the first Monday in January, A. D, 1905, A District Attorney in place of Arthur W. McLeod, whose, term of office expires on the first Monday in January, A. D., 1905. A Register of Deeds in place of NelsMyhre whose term of office expires on the first Monday m January, A. D., 1905. A County Surveyor in place of Hugo C. Nelson, whose term of office expires on the first Monday in January. A D., 1905, Said election to be held and conducted, votes canvassed and returns made accord ing to the provisions of the law. [Seal] Given under my hand and official seal at my office in the City of Washburn, Wis., this Ist day of September. A. D.,1904, Nels M. Oscar, County Clerk. A GRAND OLD SAVAGE. Pen Picture of Paul Kruger as Prcg. ldent of the Boers. Poultney Bigelow, writing before the Boer war, gave a very interesting im pression of ex-President Kruger. “The president of the South African Repub lic," he wrote, “is indeed a grand 011 l savage from one point of view and a noble statesman from another. He is theoretically the first citizen of the most democratic community, yet in practice he surrounds himself with a tawdry splendor that would shock many a crowned head of Europe. When I first had the honor of meeting this anachronistic phenomenon he was drinking coffee and throwing out a cloud of strong tobacco smoke, hut a still stronger volume of violent lan guage, emphasized by the thumping of his massive fist upon the table. The room in which he received was crowd ed with long haired, full bearded and stolid featured fellow burghers, who reminded me partly of Russian priests, partly of Californian miners and partly of certain alleged portraits of the apos- h ties. I feared that I had unwittingly interrupted a cabinet meeting, but lat er it turned out that this was Mr. Kru ger’s usual ‘at home.’ When the presi dent is not at his office he delights in nothing so much as entertaining his countrymen with coffee, tobacco and political proverbs. He harangues his visitors with the voice of a bull in dis tress, and they like it. He governs by personal contact and spoken parables, and it is his boast that he knows per sonally every citizen of his republic." An Old Time Rip Van Winkle. The learned John Stow, known as the “London Antiquary," records the following; “April 27, lst6, was Tues day iu Easter week, and on that day William Foxley, potmaker of the mint, fell asleep, and he continued sleeping, and he could not be wakened with pinching, cramping or burning what soever until the first day of term, which was fourteen days and fifteen nights after his sleep began. The causes of this extraordinary sleep could not be known, although the same were diligently searched for after by the king’s physician and many other learned men. He lived for forty years after he recovered." Not to Be Wasted. Mr. Bascomb was as firm about poli tics as about everything else. He made a boast that nobody could change his views when once they were formed, and it was true. “But, father, suppose they don’t even suggest having Liph Godding fjor rep resentative?” pleaded Mr. Bascomb’s son after a painful half hour of argu ment. “I don’t believe anybody but you has thought of him.” “If they don’t have Liph Godding for representative,” said Mr. Bascomb calmly. “I shall winter my vote, that’s all.”—Youth’s Companion. Domestic Economy. Mr. Younghubbe—Don’t you think, my dear, that you are cooking twice as jnuch as we shall need? Mrs. Young bubbe (artlessly)—l am doing it on purpose, darling. Tomorrow I want to try some of those “Hints For House keepers—How to Make Dainty Dishes From What Was Left Over From Yes terday.” Tlien Cliaos. “Why, Mary,” said her mistress, “I told you to make up my room an hour ago, and here it is in terrible disor der.” “Yis, mum, and I did,” said Mary, “but the master came in to put on a clean collar, mum, and he lost the stud.” Tlie Impossible, “They say that laughter is good for indigestion.” “Maybe, but how in thunder is a fel low going to laugh when he has indi gestion?”— Detroit Free Press. The nearest thing to a vacuum is a letter written merely for the purpose of keeping up a correspondence.