University of Wisconsin Library Manuscript Theses Unpublished theses submitted for the Master's and Doctor's degrees and deposited in the University of Wisconsin Library are open for inspection, but are to be used only with due regard to the rights of the authors. Bibliographical references may be noted, but passages may be copied only with the permission of the authors, and proper credit must be given in subsequent written or published work. Extensive copying or publication of the thesis in whole or in part requires also the consent of the Dean of the Graduate School of the University of Wisconsin. This thesis by. has been used by the following persons, whose signatures attest their acceptance of the above restrictions. A Library which borrows this thesis for use by its patrons is expected to secure the signature of each user. NAME AND ADDRESS DATE THE NATIONAL NOMINATING CONVENTION. by CARL LOTUS BECKER. A Thesis Submitted for the Degree of BACHELOR OF LETTERS in the Civic Historic Course. UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN 1896 |