Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-09-09
THE STATE CONyEyJtON-C
BATE, AND PLAtFORu.

Contrary to the expectations Oh no owe,
there were presented at the State Repub
lican Convention which met at MADISON
on the lst inst, An army OF canlI dates
for nomination such as, perhaps, was
MAYER berfore known in Wisconsin,, From
Governor down to the last Once,
there were candidates abundant ana
without question the merits OF each were
duly caavassed One resalt OF this plu>
rality of ofice-seekers was an exciting
and protracted session, occupying from
noon on Wednesday until half'past two
o'clock Thursday morning
ORGANIZATION
was effected in the usual manner, bon.
A Scott Sloan was elected temporary
chairman, when u committee on pcrmar
nent organization was appointed, which
committee reported the following as olil>
GERS of the conventions and the gente-
men recommended for the various po-
sitlons were unanimously elected
President -Wm. Pitt Dewey, of Grant,
Vice Presidents. LIST Cong. Dist, Ans
gus smith; 2nd Cong Dist, A. j. Tor-
ner; 81 Cong Dist, r. NJ, Strong; 4th
Cong. Dist, G q |. Meyers 9th Cong.
Dist g. IL. Meyers; 9th Cong, Dist h.
NJ, Bartlett
Secretaries r. W, Young OF Sank f;
s. S. FiieId Jr., Of Polk Alex. {. Bot
kin, of Milwaukee, d. q. Lamb, of Fond
du lac.
ON GOVERNOR
six formal ballots were had At the open.
ing, Fairchild Atwood, Van Wyck and
Smith showed about equal strength,
and which would finally lead could
not be uugurod; but after The Sec
ond formal bullo it became appa>
rent that the contest would lie between
Fairchid and NanWyck, from which
time up to the fifth ballot these two ran
neck and neck gaming about equally
from the ranks OF Smith, Atwood and
Thompson. On the 9th ballot the vote
stood, Fairch,II 1872, NanWyck Isl
blank |. AT this unctnre eXcltemen
ran high, and not without considerable
exertiOn the chairman restored order 10
the taking of the 6th ballot Amid breath
less suspense this ballot was counted
and the result announced, F,lrchlld l3S
VanWyck l25, omlth |, blank |, GE>
Luolus FAiROnLp, having received ma
iorty of the votes cast, was declared tn
nominee OF the convention for Governor
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
THAp. O. PouNp, of Chippewa county
received the nomination Tor Lieut. ho'
ernor on the first formal ballot.
SECRETARY OF STATE.
Dispensing with an informal ballot til
convention proceeded TO take forms
ballot for Secretary of State, whcl
much to the surprise of the unhltRted
resulted IN the nomination OF Il, A. Sper
Ger, of Dane county by one majority
votes cast
STATE TREASURER
The result of the first formal halh
brought o. II. Waldo, of Milwaukee
his feet, in favor of II recess or odJourt
ment and urging MAJOR Baez as Il
proper man to be nominated. The mt
ton for recess being lost the Con'eI
ton proceeded to u second formal bale
which resulted IN the nomination 81 VI
ior Henry Bacu, of Mantowoc count
BY q large majority.
ATTORNEY GRNRRAL.
The leading contestants Tor TINS p
.ition were Is. l.. Browne, > ;. Bario'
L.F Frisby and J NJ Bingham II
two last were withdrawn or the 81 to-
NAL ballot and on the 4th formal bali
Mr. Barlow of Sank county reee'Slr
l54 Of the $50 votes cast was declare
nominated, and the nonlnation declare
uuaulmous.l