St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-08-21
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The PrOhibitionists of the Eighth
Wisconsin District Nominate tho
RenuhIicau Candidate for Con.

The FfOh1O1tIOn1StS OF the ElS II TN
Wisconsin District Nominate tho
Republican Candidate for Con-
gress.
Special to the Globe.
EAU CLAIRE, Wis, Aug. 2O.-The Pro-
hibition convention of the Eighth congress
sional district met here this afternoon with
about ninety delegates. Buffalo. Burnett,
Washburn, Douglass and Bayfield, counties
were not represented. B. F. Halves of
Barron was temporary chairman. F. r.
Sebenthall of Eau Claire, an anti-Prlce
man, was permanent chairman and G. II.
Towne of Jackson secretary. The conven-
ton was opened with prayer by Rev. w.
w. Hurd of this city. During the hour
and half occupied by the committee on
credentials in making a report, speeches
were made and reports of prohibition work
received from nine counties. During the
discussion the total lack of dignity and
general crankiness of some Of the delegates
was very conspicuous. The chairman put
a motion to eXpel reporter of local paper
for stealing a list of the delegates. The
reporter dared the chairman to come on,
and delegate moved that the chairman
and two better men try to
PUT THE REPORTER OUT.
Miletus Knight of Pepin presented the
name of the Republican nominee, William
T. Price as the nominee for congress, but
was shut off by the appointment of COM
mittee of three on platform. Miletus Knight
of Pepin, Howes of Barron and Fare of
Polk. At this point A. j. Sutherland of
as chairman of the district committee and
PrnWn 0f
Knight. After long squabble Sebenthall
was elected. A resolution was offered as
follows:
That we cannot consistently, as members Of
the Prohibition party, indorse any man WIN
cannot stand on the Prohibition platform of
Wisconsin and work for its principles through
the Prohibition party.
Prices friends from Jackson county. aid
ed by others. fought the resolution tooth
and nail. Mutual accusations were made
of wire pulling, caucus packing and unfair
methods. An acrimonious debate of over
an hour followed and much bitterness was
developed. Brown of Jackson talked
against the resolution till he was squelched
by the chair. The resolution was finally
withdrawn. The committee on platform
-" REPORTED A PLATFORM
indorsing the state and national platforms,
Price by declaring that no temperance re-
form could be gained thougha free whisky
or license party, and a good temperance
man backed by the Prohibition party would
be better nominee than temperance man
affiliated with a whisky party. Militus
Knight of the committee refused to sign
the report on account of the covert attack
in it on Price. A long quarrel ensued and
the platform was amended by striking out
the portion in regard to the choice of a
nominee, the Price men thus scoring a
point. A plank was added in favor of the
enforcement of the Sunday law, and the
platform was adopted as amended. Adj
journed to p. m. At the opening of the
evening session Halves of Barron presented
the name of f. L. Veazie of Louisville,
Dunn county, for the nominee for congress,
declaring that William T. Price, the Re-
publican nominee, had said since recess
that he could not stand on the Prohibition
platform. Veazie declined. Bartlett of st.
CroiX moved to adjourn without nOmina-
ting to avoid further quarreling and injury
to the party. The motion was lost. Rev.
w. w. Hurd presented the name of Will
lam T. Price. Brown of Jackson seconded.
urging the absolute necessity of indorsing
Price. The representatives of Dunn and
Pepin declared that those counties would
never support any nominee but Price at the
polls. Sutherland of Eau Claire. in an elo-
quent address nominated j. b. Smith of
Hudson, who declined. The first informal
ballot stood: Price 40, Smith Al, Veazie 8.
The formal ballot was: Price SO, Smith 81,
Rev. A. w. McKillop of Eau Claire, 1.
Price was declared the nominee. A COM
mittee was appointed to notify Price, who
aDpaarad and aocpntad tha nOmjpa tion
He talked Prohibition favored with high Ii
cense. and advocated woman suffrage. The
convention adjourned at II p. In. The del
egates from Eau Claire, Pepin and Pierce
then went into caucus on candidate fol
cfo