Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-09-05
BARwIG NAMED AGAIN.
The Second District Congressman Receives
the Nomination for Another Term


JUNEAU, Wis. Sept. 2.-The demo
cratic congressional convention met nj
noon and projected its temporary ORGAN
ization with DIR. BulIard, of WaukeSha.
rs chairman, Louis A. Lauge, of Fond du
Lac, as secretary, and John Buckley, of
Washington, rs assistant secretary, The
chair appointed us congressional district
committee b. +. Sampson. J. Martin, Sen
Dodge. J. +. Schwalhuch. Wash. John
Schmidt, Waukeshu; Gustav Rurghardt,
Fond du Lac. The committees ON creden-
tialS, permanent organization and resolu-
tions We're appointed and the convention
adjourned till o'clock.
When the convention came together
again and the time for baloting was
reached, an unexpected thing occurred
On behalf of the Fond du Lac delegation
Sam Smead arose to explain the course
of himself and associates who were
chosen in the interest of Gen. Bragg
He stated that long ago, before any
mention was made of other candidates
Gen. Bragg ut the solicitation of his friends
consented to be a candidate, provided
there was enough support from other coun-
ties of the district to nominate him with
out a great fight He was a candidate
simply If the party wanted him. In that
view of the case the caucusSes in
Fond du Lac county were held and
the delegates instructed for Gen. Bragg.
They never intended to make a fight for
the nomination, and now that the majority
of the convention were selected for Mr..
Barwig, the Fond du Lac delegation cheer
fully acquisced and tell into the column.
There are PRINCIPLES now at stake which
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democratic party of the state must pull to-
gether.
The Waukesha delegation stated that
it was instructed to vote for T. H. Ryan
or they would also fall into line The
formal ballot gave Barwig % and Ryan
:. On the formal ballot taken immedi-
ately thereafter the Fond du Lac delega-
tion asked that their names be called, and
as they were called each delegate voted
for Barwig and the nomination was made
The committee on resolutions reported
resolutions endorsing the national demo
cratic platforms of 1884 and 1888, de
nouncing the Mckinley bill and Speaker
Reeds arbitrary methods, commencing
the course of the minority in congress on
the able stand they took against usurpa-
ton, endorsing the state platform and
state ticket in their entirety, and promis-
ing to roll mp a greater majority than was
ever given before by the counties com
prising the district
The convention was very enthusiastic,
and the delegates rejoiced at 0eing al
lowed to meet upon the common ground
of democracy and the rights of the people
Charles Barwig, of MayvilIe, was born
in Hesse-Dirmstadt, Germany, March
l9, 1887 Re immigrated to this coun-
try with hi parents in l845, locating at
Milwaukee; graduated from the Spen-
cerian business college in 1857, and
located at Mayville in 1865, He was cleo
ted to the fifty congress as demo
crat receiving 16, ,8l3 votes, against l3, 859
votes for D. b. McFetridge, republican,
$50 votes for O. H. Crowl, prohibitionist,
l03 votes for Clark Hewitt, labor candi-
date and votes scattering.