Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-07-27
WHITE BEAVERS TRUMP.
He's Turned up After a Great Deal
OF Queer Shutting.
Bob Schilling Played the Winning
Hand From Morning Till Night.
The Balance of the Union Labor
Party'S state Ticket and Electors.
UNION LABOR PARTY.

Day Hard Fightns-Bob Schilling on
TOp-"White Beaver Nominated
OSHKOSH, July 24.-The political sun
was very much obscured by labor clouds
when it rose here this morning. 1t was
not very early hour, even according to
the Oshkosh way of figuring things, when
the leaders Of the party went to bed, last
night, or rather this morning, and they
were up before the Oldest of the ''boys"
got down town for his morning cocktail.
HUSTLER.
JUhnny Ewing, the affabIe hustler for the
political firm of Henry Payne i Co.
came up to Oshkosh some tine during
the night to go "hshing" John got to
thinking so hard about the black bass for
which lake Winnebago is famous that he
forgot to register at the hotel Some
say that John didn't forget to register
but that it is a habit of his never to do so
when he goes fishing.
At an early hour delegates cen,
gcegated SO thickly about the en-
trance of the Revere house, as
to completely block the sidewalk and the
way the monopolists and grinders of the
poor workingman caught 1t would have
made one of those hated enemies tremble
for his life and gone around several
blocks to escape alive.
SECLUDED CORNER
Inside the hotel an interesting dustt
occupied secluded corner, and confer
red in confidential tone for at least two
hours. They were Bob Schilling, of Mil
waukee, and Doc Powell, of La Crosse
What the teaor of their conference was
can only be surmised, bat it was said
later that Powell had agreed to make no
disturbance IN the convention over the
representation question, and signi6ed his
willingness to remain quiet and not in
sist on voting the proxies he held outside
his own county.
The chief interest of the forenoon
centered on the arrival of the main body
VI AihS hOiS hotOl dJ Il " StOCh
Schilling met the crowd at the depot aud
headed their procession to the Revere
house, where q short conference was held
previous to the opening of the conven-
ton.
When the delegates assembled at the
new city hall, matters were hardly more
nrv-taIiuaI fha, loSt
only man who seemed to rest easy was
Schilling. 1t was the general impression
that he had sounded the convention pref
~ thoroughly, and that things were like
ly to go his way- Il looked decidedly
SCHILLING CONVENTION,
and the ia ct that any fusion business
meant the shelving of the Milwaukee
agitator, kept him busy looking out for
his own interests.
1t was half past eleven when W. II.
Lockwood, of Ripon, chairman Of the
state central committee, mounted the
platform and raped the convention of
the union labor party to order with the
head of his orangewoOd cane. The hall
was Profusely decorated with the nation
al colors, aud O large strea Aer with
"Streeter and Cunningham" on it. Two
Autographs of the national candidates
were tackled onto the walls on opposite
sides of the room, and also compile re p
resenting Hercules of Labor saving his
country" About $50 persons occupied
the hall and when the hum of conversa-
tion and debate throughout the large
room had ceased, Mr.. Lockwood pro
cseded to address the essemblage on the
political puzzles of the day. He said
that no convention in Wisconsin in the
last twenty five years had been so looked
forward to by all political parties as the
present one. 1t was said that the Osh-
kosh convention might turn the politics
of the state. Whatever was done he
would abide by the decision of the con-
vention.
The secretary of the central committee
then read the call of the convention, and
the committee Immediately reported its
plan OF temporary organization. The
first thing that looked like a stab at the
fusion element, was the announcement of
Bob Schilling