Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-09-12
DELEGATES UNITED ON M'CORD
Wise Words That Produced Harmony at
Stevens Point.

| UELEUA l. EO UNI EU YIN vi OOhU
Wise Words That Produced Harmony at
stevens Point.
STEVENS POINT, Wis, Sept. 6.-Myron
| Fl. McCord was nominated as the Re-
publican candidate for Congress in this
| district. After four ballots had been
| taken, the convention, at o'clock p NJ,
took recess for one hour" "for confer
ence and consultation. 1t was critical
| period for all parties. The McCord
people had resisted all attempts at ad-
journment, and had determined to keep
UP the balIoting with as little intermis-
sion as possible. The purpose of this
was clear. 1t was to give no oppor-
tunity tor periecting a combina-
| ton to unite on Gardner. The
| hours recess was ordered by a
vote of 81 to % Then the delegates
gathered in little groups about the
courthouse yard and endeavored to
reach conclusion. The Gardner ele-
ment, which had steadily gained
strength until it exceeded that which
| McCord had to start with, put forth
| last despairing effort and then gave it
| up. There was much sympathy Tor the
! his hotel, but McCord had the keys to
! the situation and he held them with a
| firm grip. The fact that be had "a votes
| before the recess was ordered gave him
| a prestige which really broke down the
! opposition. He was so far ahead of
other competitors, and was himself SO
near the prize, that to then defeat him
| by uniting several small fragments
would look like very ungracious treat
ment With this feeling, and with
the knowledge that McCord men were
unyielding, the opposition went to
| pieces. McCord took four votes from
| Fifield, four from Browne, and five from
| Gardner. Three Gardner votes went to
| Schofeld and one to Stewart. The final
| vote, which was announced at O'Clock,
was: McCord. 81; Gardner, 7; Scho-
field, s; Stewart, 5; Browne, l. The
Fifeld vote had disappeared. The
nomination was made unanimous, on
motions by Messrs. Eastman, Sanborn
and Scott, who had been fighting for
other candidates. A recess for congrat-
ulations was then taken and the dele
gates pressed forward to shake hands
with the nominee.
The short speech of Gen. Ginty, an
tagonizing a motion to adjourn, was
adroitly conceived, happily executed.
The situation was squalIy. McCord had
| not yet shown more than seventeen
votes, and the opposition had confidence
in being able to unite upon compromise.
A Gardner man moved a recess until
sent from the McCord men. This
| brought M. A. Hurley to his feet. He
demanded that there be some consider
alton shown to all sides. There may
be 5000 Republican majority in
the district, and there might
not be. There should be mutual con-
cessions, so that the convention might
deliberate carefully. Every delegate
wants to 60 away satisfied that the
choice made was the best that could be
made. Mr.. Hurley's tone was defiant,
and it needed happy speech to coun-
teract its effect. Gen. Gnty was equal
to the occasion. He said:
Mr.. CHAIRMAN:-We recently had a-state con-
vention in Milwaukee. When we saw that
certain granger about to be nominated, ii oc-
Cured 10 Mr. McFetridge, and Mr.. Taylor and
man of about my size that all adjournment would
be very agreeable. But the convention didn't
adjourn, and they nominated the granger. And
we are all now satisfied that they selected the
very best man who could be nominated. So it
should be here. We all know that in Republican
conventions the majority must rule, and the
minority must take their medicine and take it
good naturally. 1t is not always agreeable to do
this, but we can't help it. Brother Hurley, you
ought to be ashamed of yourself
This speech, delivered in Gen Ginty's
peculiar style, was just what was needed
to put the anti-McCord men in better
humor. McCord' 8 vote then grew to "a,
when recess of an hour was taken,
during which the opposition collapsed.
Gen. Ginty also raised laugh at the ex-
pense of +. L. Browne. Addressing
l. no III Il
the recess, he said:
Browne I'm astonished. You ought. TO be a
little more consistent. You went down to Mil
waukee and made speech for Hoard. in which
you talked good deal about the tillers of the
soil and the Importance OF agriculture. Now,
why don't you come right ont for McCord? You
know he has always had big farm up at Mer-
rill.
The attempt to induce Browne to give
up his own congressional aspirations
and support McCord as "tiller Of the
soil was amusing to the little crowd
around them. Perhaps it had some eff
Iect, for on the last ballot McCord got
every Waupaca vote except that Of
Brownies son, Paul.
ny
MI. McCord's speech of acceptance
showed that while the nominee may
not be much of a debater he has en-
larged views upon public questions.
After stating that whatever ability he
possessed, whatever Of capacity for hard
work he should have, would be freely
and unsparingly used for the benefit of
the district and the state, be said that
the people demand first of all the strict
est integrity on the part o officials in all
departments of the government; that
every man upon whom the right of suf-
frage has been conferred shall have the
right to cast one unintimidated vote,
and that that vote shall be fairly count
ed, so that it may exercise precisely the
same power that every other mans vote
exercises, whether he be high or low,
rich or poor; that there be O double
standard of money, to consist of gold and
silver, with enough paper money issued
by the government, or by good and
stable banks, to do the business of the
country, and the paper interchangeable
into gold and silver at the pleasure of
the holder; that the commerce between
the states shall be so regulated by law