People ex rel. McKinlay v. Rose

In the above entitled cause a motion is made for leave to file a petition for mandamus. The relief asked for relates to certain political conventions held in the Twenty-second Senatorial district of this State, composed of the counties of Edgar and Vermilion. The petition shows that one William H. Dwyer was nominated to the office of representative on the democratic ticket by a convention held May 21 at Danville, in Vermilion county, and in the petition it is contended that the relator was legally nominated to said office by a convention held at Paris on June n. The certificates of nomination…