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Republican City Convention

Illinois Staats-Zeitung, Apr. 1, 1868

The City Central Committee passed the following resolutions at a meeting held yesterday:

The Republican city convention will be held on Wednesday, April 6, at 2 P.M., in the office of the court recorder.

The primary election will be held in the various wards on Tuesday, April 7, at the locations listed below. The polls will be open from 4 to 7 P.M.

The following men will serve at the primaries as inspectors at the designated polls:

First Ward

J. C. Knickerbocker, J. Pflaum, P. Regitz.

Polling Place: Sheriff's office in the court house.

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Second Ward

W. T. Hancock, Christian Schell, J. Butler.

Polling Place: Corner of Van Buren and State Streets.

Third Ward

Philipp Wadworth, Louis Wahl, Peter Wolf.

Polling Place: Corner 12th and State Streets.

Fourth Ward

J. H. Becker, Jacob Richmann, George Darling.

Polling Place: Corner of 22nd and State Streets.

Fifth Ward

P. C. Rosinot, James Finuneau, William Hawser.

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Polling Place: Landeck's saloon, 425 Archer Avenue.

Sixth Ward

P. G. Gill, Henry Niemeyer, A. Uher.

Polling Place: Corner Canal and Maxwell Streets.

Seventh Ward

August Bruening, J. J. Gillepsie, P. C. Fanney.

Polling Place: Christ Fenn's saloon, Corner 12th and Union Streets.

Eighth Ward

M. L. Frisbie, Isaac Wentworth, Louis Ebersold.

Polling Place: Southwest corner of Centre Avenue and 12th Street.

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Ninth Ward

Sam McColter, George W. French, E. A. Wilkins.

Polling Place: Lake Street Engine House.

Tenth Ward

O. J. Lowe, J. R. Hayden, Joseph Wilde.

Polling Place: Engine House, corner Washington and Clinton Streets.

Eleventh Ward

Daniel Probsion, Otto Dehling, Henry Swent.

Polling Place: Corner Carroll and Halsted Streets.

Twelfth Ward

J. Schoenewald, Louis Schultz, John Baumgarten.

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Polling Place: Corner Chicago and Milwaukee Avenues.

Thirteenth Ward

Conrad Folz, Peter Mahr, G. D. Beebe.

Polling Place: Larabee Street Engine House.

Fourteenth Ward

Philip Steinmueller, Fred Witte, M. P. Beecher.

Polling Place: Frillmann's saloon, corner Wells and Division Streets.

Fifteenth Ward

Andrew Nelson, George Koerner, J. A. Nelson.

Polling Place: Turnhalle (Turner Hall).

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Sixteenth Ward

Fred Busse, G. F. Ray, V. H. Kemp.

Polling Place: North Market hall.

The various wards are entitled to the following number of delegates:

Ward Delegates
First 10
Second 8
Third 8
Fourth 10
Fifth 5
Sixth 5
Seventh 7
Eighth 4
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Ward Delegates
Ninth 12
Tenth 9
Eleventh 7
Twelfth 7
Thirteenth 6
Fourteenth 7
Fifteenth 8
Sixteenth 7

It was decided that, for the purpose of preventing fraudulent practices at the primary election, all inspectors shall keep a voting book, and record in it the names of all who vote the Republican ticket at each polling place, and shall send the book to the chairman of the City Central Committee on the morning following the primary election.

Hasbrook Davis, Chairman,

H. Bodmann, Secretary.

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