Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-08-26

! I or State treasurer ALLEY PElERSON
For Attorney General. JAS. O'NEILI
For State Superintendent. ......
| ............W. II. CHANDLER
| For Railroad Commissioner .....
j. D. BULLOCK
For Insurance Commissioner. J. E. HEG
milwaukee, Wis, Aug. 1.-THE two
Johns-John C. Spooner and John c. Kocl
captured the republican state convention
today.
| The west side TURF halle contained E
; mammouth audience when the convention
was called to order. It might nearly be
said that every republican of prom
inence in Wisconsin was there.
Uncle Jerry Rusk entered 2
few moments before order was called
and as soon as he was recognized, he was
greeted with tumultnous applause. He
took a seat directly in the rear Of the
chairman's table, and beside hin sat Pri-
vae Secretary Casson. Senator Sawyer
was ast III the convention hall during the
first SC sion.
Ia calling the convention t, order al
1890 p. NJ, Chairman H. G. Thorn, o.
the state central committee, made no
speech, but announced that the committed
had chosen Eugene S. Elliott, of MiIwau
kee, temporary chairman, and G. w.
Bowran, of WinGcbago, and B. P. Dyke,
Of Polk, temporary secretaries.
Col Nicholas Smith of Sank, then read
the st Of delegates entitled to seats in the
convention. Before he had finished Col.
l.. J. Rusk, Of Chippewa, moved to dis
pense with the reading of the roll and to
accept the Ii t as it stood. Some of the
tenth district delegates objected ON &C
count of Douglas county contest. After
considerable debate, the Douglas matter
was referred to a special committee O!
toree and toe report On credentials was
accepted. When this matter was Opposed
Of, motion to oppoint committees on
resolutions and permanent organization,
each to consist of one delegate from each
congressional district prevailed.
The committee on permanent organiza-
ton was named DIS follows:
Member at large, L. h. Mead, of SaeIi
Lake; first district, Paul E. Sluer, ke.
nosha; second, A. q. Hollister, Madison
third, r. D. Evans, of Sank; fourth,
Theodore O:jen, Milwaukee; fifth L W
Wittig, of Washington; sixth, George
Fitch. Green Lake; seventh, H. r. Price.
Jackson; eighth, James Hansen, Portage;
ninth, A. L. Kreutzer, Marathon; tenth,
c. S. Taylor, of Barron.
The committee on resolutions was form
I'd as follows:
Member at large, W. E. Carter, Grant;
first district, John Luchsinger, Green;
second, W. 7. Rambusch, Dodge; third,
20, G.. Munson, Vernon; fourth, c. A.
Chaplin, Milwaukee; fifth, G. a. Maynard,
Sheboygan; sixth, C. W. Bowron. Osh
kosb; seventh, W. A. Barber, of Monroe;
eighth, J. O. Raymond, of Stevens
Point; ninth, II, 0. Fairchild, Of Mari
nette; tenth, w &. Phipps, of st. Croix.
Messrs. l. B. Bradford, of Eau Claire;
E. I. Kidd, of Crawford and J. V.
Quar!es, of Milwaukee, were appointed
special committee On the Douglas contest.
The convention then adjourned to 3
o'clock p. N.
Afternoon Session.
The convention was again iste In Assem-
bling, and the delegates did net core to-
gether till after $3.50 p. m. At that time
the committee on permanent organization
reported in favor of NJ. G. Jeffris, of Rock,
for chairman, and w. L. Houser, Of Buff
falo, and Geo. D. Rossman, of Ashland,
secretaries. Judge Mead, OF Washburn,
and Mr.. PauIus, Of Milwaukee, escorted
Chairman Jetfris to the r latform.
Geo. B. Shaw. of Eau Claire, rising to
question of privilege, advanced to the
platform and presented the chairman with
a beautiful gavel. It was of white
birch, elegantly inlaid with pearl.
On the head was pearl badger
and the sides Of the handle bore
the following inscriptions: 'Eau Claire,
Aug. II. 1892" Protection and Reel
proeity," Compliments of the Badger
Pearl Button Company" Mr.. Shaw
made a humorous speech, in which he
dweit upon the implement as an exempli-
fcation of the good effects of pro-
lection. He created great laugh {
By saying: "a popularity of the !