The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-09-01
MIR. HOARD NOMINATED.
CLOSE OF A SPLENDID RACE
FOR THE GOVERNORSLiIP.
Gen. Ginty Withdraws and the Popular
jefferson County Dairyman Meets
Success on the First Ballot
The Other State Oh
GERS Re-nominatod.

| 1915 Wednesday afternoon by Chairman
| II. c. Payne of the Republican State
| Central Committee.
The roster of the convention as pre-
| pared by the State Central Committee
at its meeting Wednesday morning. was
then read by Secretary NOVEL;. In
| the matter of the representation of
Kewaunee County, Mr.. NOVEL;
] announced that the State Central Com
| mittee had thought it proper to give
| the county two votes, In view OF the
| fact that the county had cast TAT Re-
| publican votes at the last national cleo
| ton This gave the convention 325
| delegates instead of 324
| The temporary organization was as
| follows: Chairman, Philo A. Orion, of
Lafay cite County; secretaries, w. 5.
| son, of Iowa County. In taking his
seat Mr.. Orion made brief address.
| The committee on permanent organi-
| cation was announced by the chair as
| follows: At large, j. w. Rewey; First
| District, j. +. Heg; Second District, w.
| A. Adamson; Third District, Robert
| Seele; Fourth District, w. S. Stanley;
| Fifth District, j. 2. Dousman; Sixth
| District, Jonathan Bowman; Seventh
District, c. X. Erwin; Eighth District,
J. f. Moore; Ninth District, T.. Nc
| Glachlin.
Delegate Mylrea, of Wausau, moved
| the appointment of a committee ON reso-
| lutions, to consist of ten, one from each
| Congressional district and one from the
state at large. He also moved that all
resolutions be referred to the committee
without debate. Both motions were
| carried
The committee on resolutions was
| then named, as follows: At large, w.
H. Mylrea, Marathon; First District,
| Geo. w. Burchard; Second District,
| Elihu Enos; Third District, j. w. Muir
ply; Fourth District, f. B. Simp-
son.; Fifth District, A.. D. De-
Land; Sixth District, G.. w. Waring;
| Seventh District, Frank Pooler;
Eighth District, S. w. Hunt; Ninth Dis.
trict, w. S. Wood.
| After the announcement of the COM
mittees, the convention adjourned till
2:3o O'Clock. The committees went in
| to session at once.
On reassembling the chairman delay
| ed calling to order until $50 o'clock, SO
that the committee on credentials might
have time to complete their work.
| Mr.. Rewey, chairman of the commit
| Zee on permanent organization, contin-
uing absent, the report was submit tied
| by Mr.. Heg, of Walworth. 1t recon-
mended that the temporary organiza-
ton be made permanent, and that T. A.
| Williams, of Walworth, and George
Laws, of Eau Claire, be elected assistant
| secretaries. 1t was adopted.
| Mr.. Barnum, of Wausau, then took
| the platform and exhibited a gavel
| which he said WAS made of wood grown
| at the birth place of the Republican
candidate for the presidency. at
was" he said, manufactured at the
city of Washington, and was offered to
| the convention by Senator Spooner.
| Mr.. Barnum followed in an eloquent
and appropriate speech, to which the
| chairman responded.
| The committee on resolutions, through
the chairman, w. II. Mylrea, reported
the following platform for the consider
| alton of the convention.
The Republicans Of Wisconsin, by their repre-
sentatives in convention assembled, heartily ap.
| prove of the nominations of Benjamin Harrison
Tor president and Levi P. Morton for vice presi.
dent, as candidates worthy of the warm and
| united support of the Republican party. They
| approve the platform adopted by the National
| the policy best calculated to maintain and pro-
| mote the welfare of the country and the pros
perity OF Its people of all classes and occupations
| With regard to the affairs Of the state they Of
| fer as the best guarantee for the future and the
| strongest claim 10 the continued con fdence of
the people, the record of the present Republican
administration and its predecessors 1t is a record
| of the honest, economical, impartial and Judi
| cious application of sound business methods to
the conduct of the various departments of the
| state government.
In conclusion. this convention desires to e1-
press Its recognition of the fidelity, ability and
| efficiency with which Gov J. NJ. Rusk has dis
charged the duties of his responsible Office; hon
est, courageous and just he has held the Office #
governor longer than any of his predecessors.
! and has 80 borne himself as TO win the respect
and esteem of the whole people irrespective Of
| party divisions.
The tribute to Gov Rusk and the
mention of the names of Harrison and
Morton called ont wild demonstra-
ton of approval. The report was
adopted.
Mr.. Quarles, Of Racine, offered a res
olution prescribing the manner Of
making nominations commencing
with the governor and proceed
ing though the list, On motion Of Mr..
Gardner the next order of business was
declared to be the presentation of names
Of candidates.
| E. L. Browne, of Waupaca, in present
ing the name of w. ID. Hoard of Jeffer-
son, said that 1000 Republicans of his
county had hidden him to say to this
convention that it was their ardent de-
sire that the convention place in nomi-
nation W. ID. Hoard for governor. Not
after the skillful manipulation of poll
ticians, nor in any effort to tear
down others, they ask for his nomina-
ton. In conversing with delegates from
other localities he found correspond
ing sentiment. Not because of any hos
tility to the others, but because they
believed the one best fitted to subserve
their interests was Mr. Hoard. There
| was, he said, no man who had done so
much to protect and advance the agri-
cultural interests of the state as the man
of their choice. 1t was a spontaneous
uprising of the people Instead
of its being an artificial boom and the
the work of ringsters, it is the work of
the people, and the people came out to
the caucuses in larger numbers than at
any time during the past twenty-five
years. Mr.. Hoard was the first man to
suggest the establishment of a
cheese factory in Waupaca County, and
now there is legion. No wonder that
the people of this state desire the nom
ination of a man whose life has been
devoted to building up the
agricultural interests Of the state
and sinew of the Republican
party and the farmeas will send ~ re-
turns which will be surprising if YOU
give them the man oftheir choice. Mr.
Hoard is the strongest man that could
be nominated.
Speeches seconding the nomination
of Hoard were made by George G. But
terrified, of Columbia, and George w
Burchard, of Jefferson.
S. S. Barney, of West Bend, present
ed the name of L. e. McFetridge, Of
Beaver Dam.
The applause both from the body o
the house and the galleries, at the con
cluslon. of Mr.. Barney's address, wal
positively deafening, and it was some
minutes before the enthusiasm aroused
by the name of Little Mac" subsideC
sufficiently for the convention to go OF
with its work.
Messrs. +. B. Simpson, of Milwaukee
and NJ. h. Barnum seconded the nomi
nation of Mr.. McFetridge.
The name of Horace A. Taylor, o
Hudson, was presented by Judge H. l.
Humphrey.