Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-27

word, ''Stand by the little school-house.'
| ApplauSe. FOrSake not the hope of
your children and the progress and per-
petuity Of this republic. The Republican
| party has always been party of prlnci-
| pie. and an exponent of conviction. 1t
! fought for the life of the Union from 1851
to 1866. [ApplauSe]. 1t has been fighting
for the preservation of the fruits of tn at
victory ever since. 1t stands with
sublime end courage Ssr+f for progress equal
It now SVu demands for IF every cry ' child
| that he be given the privileges of his
birthright The child, the citizen that is
to be, has appealed to the Republican
party and all patriotic citizens that he be
| VAIN? Thank God, here Is an issue that
| reaches to the very core of our civic life.
| Men from every nation, and of every re-
| ligion, forgetting every prejudice OF race
| or belief touch elbows along down the
line. in defense of that education. to the
child that shall make secure that for
| which the immortal Lincoln prayed at
Gettysburg -''governmen for the people,
of the people and by the people," [Cheers.
Loud applausel.
The chair announced that the next
order of business was the nomination of
| candidates for lieutenant governor.
| M. G.. Mead, of Washburn County,
stepped to the platform. and placed in
nomination Thomas B. Mills, in short
and pithy speech.
The nomination was seconded by
Mark III. Barnum, of Wausau, in char
acteristic speech
w. E. Carter, of Lancaster, presente d
the name of Josph B. Treat.
| Mr.. Foster, of Winnebago, seconded
the nomination.
George End, of Sheboygan, nomi-
mated Thos. M. Blackstock. The nomi-
nation was seconded by Emil Baensch,
| of ManitowOc.
| H. M. Sackett arose and said that the
Sixth District was not solid for Mr..
Treat, as stated by Mr.. Carter; on the
contrary, it had some votes for Mr..
Mills. Chris. Paulus, Wechseloerg
delegate, said that the Fourth District
was not solid for anybody, and seconded
the nomination of Thomas B. Mills. G..
G. Sedgwick, of Manitowoc, also Sec
onded Mr.. Blackstock s nomination.
the nomination of j. B. Treat. This
closed the nominations and the conven-
ton proceeded to formal ballot. The
result of the first ballot was as follows:
Treat, 1873; Mills, 131; Blackstock, 39;
Bradford, 2. and Sackett l.
Mr. Meade, of Washburn, moved that
a committee of three be appointed to
escort Mr.. Treat to the platform. The
motion was lost, the delegates seeming
to wish to proceed with their work.
j. w. Murphy, of Grant, moved to
adjourn to 7:30 P. NJ. The motion to
adjourn carried.
The convention was called to order
again at O'Clock The Chair then an
nounced that nominations for secretary
of state were in order.
Ogden H. Fethers, of Rock. arose and
placed Edwin d. Coe. of Whitewater, in
nomination.
Bruno Fink, of Milwaukee, seconded
the nomination. Mr.. Fink spoke as
German-American and native of Mil
waukee, and strongly urged Mr.. Goes
nomination.
Eugene S. Elliott, then assembled the
plato rm amidst the widest cheers and
proceeded to nominate julius Wechsel-
berg.
S. s. Barney, West Bend; VIM. Win
dom, Of Ashland; John Manschot, of
Milwaukee; Tom Reid, of Outagamie !;
Mark Barnum, of Marathon, Matt
Simpelaar, of Milwaukee, addressed the
convention in favor of Mr.. Wechselberg,
while the name of +. ID. Coe was advo-
Gated by Messrs. E. r. Paine, of Mil
waukee; Michael Tierney, of Madison
Mr.. Murphy, of Grant; w. c. Williams,
VI nlINdukG0, DNlSHt alltIi, VI w al
worth, and Emil B9nsch, of Manitowoc.
The result of the vote was as follows:
Coe, 1S4; Wechselberg, III.
When the nominations for treasurer
were announced by the chair to be in.
order, w G. Williams, of Milwaukee,
stepped to the platform and nominated
A. B. Geilfuss.
NJ. J. Wallrichs, of Shawano, followed
with the nomination of Robert w. jack
son for treasurer.
Martin Berg, of La Crasse, nominated
Alley Peterson, of Crawford.
7. M. Blackstock, of Snebovgan, fol-
lowed, seconding Mr.. Geilfuss nomina-
ton.
Numerous short seconding speeches
were made, after which the vote was ia
ken, with the following result:
First ballot-Geilfuss, IA; Jackson,
100; Peterson, 90; James, 10; necessary
to a choice, 1T.
Second ballot-Geilfuss, III; Jackson,
1877; Peterson 80; Wechselberg, 3;
James, s.
Mr.. Wallrichs, on behalf Of Mr. Jack.
son, moved that the nomination of Mr..
Geilfuss be made unanimous and that
was done.
The ticket was then completed with
out difficulty, as follows, after which the
convention adjourned:
Attorney General-James Neill, of Clark.
superintendent of Public Instruction-I. D.
! Harvey, of Winnebago.
Railroad Commissloner-Syver E. Brimi.
Insurance Commissioner-David Schreiner, of
FOUND AND AGAIN LOST.