Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-09-15

Philo Orion, of La Fayette, ad
dressed the convention and, after COM
mending the nomination of Gov. Rusk,
presented the name of George W. Ry-
land, OF Grant County, as candidate
for acknowledgement as the unan1-
nous choice of the Third District, and
man in every respect emlnentiy
qualified for the Office.
Col. J. G. Clark seconded the nomi-
nation, saying that he had known Mr..
Ryland for thirty years and could
fully approve all that had been said
in his behalf. Col. Clark called at
tention to the fact that no man from
the county of Grant had held place
on the state ticket OF the Republican
party.
T. H. Brown, OF Milwaukee, present
ed the name of E. B. Simpson for NOM
nation and warmly commended him
for that Office.
Mark III. Barnum presented the
name of e. s. Minor, of Door, as q
representative from the ranks OF the
workingmen.
E. .Nye, of Trempealeau, presented
thename of A. A Arnold for lieutenant
governor as g. representative OF the
agricultural interest, who had served
the state both as soldier and O. legis-
lator.
Seth W. Fisher rose and seconded
Mr.. ArnoId's nomination in bebaN Of
the southern part of the state.
The convention then proceeded to
take an informal ballot without call
ing the names of delegates, tellers col
lecting the ballots by congressional
districts. On counting the ballots 1t
was found that $40 were cast, while
the convention comprised but 326
delegates, and the Chair decided that
| the ballot was invalid and declined to
| announce how the vote was divided
between candidates.
Another informal ballot was taken
with this result: Ryland, 116; Minor,
| 70; Arnold. 10; Simpson, 43; Il. III.
Brown, 3; E. II. Pulley, 3; and Hans
| Warner, -.
A formal ballot was then taken, re-
sulting as follows: Ryland, Isl; Mi
nor, 81; Arnold, so; Simpson, 10.
Mr.. Ryland, lacking just ten votes OF
the number necessary to nominate, g.
second ballot was taken, resulting in
1876 votes for George W. Ryland, of
Grant, to IS for Minor and 27 for Ar
mold.
Mr.. Ryland having received a major
| ity OF all the votes cast, on motion OF
Mr.. Barnum his nomination was made
unanimous. [Cheers.
SECRETARY OF STATE.
J. K. Parish said that he under
stood there was g. general sentiment in
favor of the denomination of Ernst G.
Timme for secretary of state, On &C.
count of his gallant service SIS soldier,
his excellent discharge of his duties as
public officer, and as representative
of the large German element of our
population. He therefore moved his
denomination by reclamation. The
motion was seconded with cheers and
carried with great enthusiasm. Capt.
Timme was then declared the unani-
nous choice OF the convention for
secretary Of state.
TREASURER.
The convention next proceeded to
take an informal ballot for state treas
urer, with the following result: Total
vote, 315, Of which Col. Harshaw re-
ceived 81; John Eldred, 81; E. G. Nc
Fetridge, 40; P. FL. Leonard, 48; At
ley Peterson. 40; w. r. Stanley, 81;
j. f. Wiley, 81; Hiram Smith, 8, and
A. A. Arnold, l.
l.. E. Strum, of Eau Claire, in a brief
speech, presented the name of Alley
Petersen, of Crawford, as the choice
OF the Scandinavian voters of the
state. DR.. Barrett, of Medford, fol-
lowed with an earnest speech in favor
of ?. II. Leonard, Of Price County,
commencing him as a Republican, an
Irishman and q youHg man.
Willis Hand, of Phillips, seconded
Mr.. Leonard's nomination urging that
it would greatly strengthen the ticket
in Northwestern Wisconsin.
Mr.. Guenther, of Oshkosh, then rose
to speak and was greeted with loud
cheers. He proceeded to present the
name of Col. 81. B. Harshaw as one of
the most popular and deserving men
IL the state. who had been faithful in
every trust and whose loyalty was az
tested:by his empty sleeve. Cheers.
Mr.. Barney, of Washington, made a
forclble speech in favor OF the renom-
ination of State Treasurer McF etridge.
Mr.. Huntington, of Brown, seconded
the nomination of Col. Harshaw. Mr..
Reyes, of Dane, supported The nomin-
alton of Alley Peterson, as the choice
of the Norwegian population of the
state, who had just claims to the con-
/ sideration of the Republican party.
Mr.. Potter, of Waushara, urged the
nomination of J. r. Wiley, claiming
that his county gave the largest Re-
publican vote in proportion to popu-
lation of any county in the state.
Mr.. Sanderson of Milwaukee, pre-
sented the name of John E. Edred.
Mr.. Bowen, of Greer, seconded Mr..
Eldred's nomination. The first for
NAL ballot resulted asfollows: Whole
number of votes, 312; necessary to a
choice, 157, of which McFetridge re-
ceived AZ, Harshaw 81, Eldred So,
Leonard 40, Peterson 67, Wiley IL,
Stanley 27, Smith g..
A recess was then taken, during
which it was decided to announce
Hiram Smith as a formal candidate,
and ON reassembling, at 8 o'clock, Mr..
SpratG, of Sheboygan Falls, presented
Mr.. Smiths name.