River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-08-25
SPOONER Is CHOSEN
BY REPUBLICANS OF WISCONSIN


BY REPUBLICANS OF WISCONSIN
For Gubernatoriai Honers. A Ticket Nom
mated Representing all Portions of
The state. The Platform.
MILWAUKEE, WIS, Aug. LIT was
fully half past twelve o'clock before
Chairman Thorn raped the body to
order and announced that Eugene
Elliot of Milwaukee, had been selected
as temporary chairman, and c. w.
Banon and ii. c. Duke as temporary
secretaries. Mr.. Elliot was escorted to
the chair and made brief but digni-
fed and stirring speech. The various
committees were selected after Elliot's
speech, and then the convention adj
| 1ourned until o'clock in the afternoon.
The committee on permanent organi-
cation reported after the convention &C.
convened and M. q. Jeffris of GAINESVILLE
was made permanent chairman.
The committee on resolutions not be-
ing ready to report, nominations were
declared in order. l.. X. Luse of Dane
County nominated John C. Spooner for
Governor, and within less than min
ute after Luse sat down Spooner had
been nominated by reclamation. The
entire convention rising and cheering
in place of voting Aye" Immediately
there were cries for Spooner. and
/ committee was sent TO bring him in.
John I. Kelley, the president of the
Republican League of Wisconsin, pre-
scented the name of John c. Koch, of
this city, for Lieutenant Governor, and
he was nominated by reclamation amid
enthusiastic applause. The secretary
! ship came next. The First District
delegation announced that their candi-
date for this Office. j. +. Heg. of Geneva
Lake, had withdrawn. This left the
! field to o. l.. Rosencrans, of Waukesha,
and Robert w. jackson, of Shawano.
A ballot gave jackson 244 and Rosen-
Grams 40, and JaclSson's nomination
was made unanimous. Alley Peterson
had no opponent for the Treasurership,
| and he was nominated by reclamation.
| At this point the committee on resolu-
tions announced that its report was
ready, and Chairman Carter read it. IT
was unanimously adopted. Following
is the report:
The Republican party of Wisconsin
| in convention assembled afiirms:
1. It's approval and support of the
/ platform promulgated by the National
| Republican CONVEX. ion in Minneapolis.
:. Its unqualified approval OF the
| splendid administration of President
! Harrison.
3. Its unqualified opposition to the
| proposition announced in the Demo
cratic National platform to repeal the
/ 4ax la,-faH a..
circulation of State banks, a policy
which, If affected, would again fiood
the country with wildcat money, and
again subject the people to the annoy
| ance and losses consequent upon a fluc-
| tuating, uncertain, and deprecated cur
rency.
4. 1t denounces without foundation
and intended only to mis- lead the voters
of Wisconsin the statement so often
made and reiterated by the Democratic
press, that Republican success in this
/ State involves "A surrender or compro-
mise or whatever rights the courts may
hold to exist in favor of the State upon
the bonds of ex-State treasurers, and
pledges itself if il shall be intrusted
with the executive and legislative power
in the State TO enforce fully the rights
of the people in the premises.
5. ~ fayOrs such amendment of the
law authorizing and regulating the de-
/ posit at interest in the banks of the
State of surplus moneys belonging to
the people as shall without impairing
in any wise the security to be given by
such banks on such depositsI invite
competition among them, to the end
that the highest rate of interest attain
able may be secured for the people up
on the peoples money; that the locali-
ties in which such deposits are to be
made shall not be left solely to the
| favoriteism of State officers and that
the people may more fully know of the
disposition of such surplus moneys.
g. 1t reatfirms and unqualifiedly in
dorses the declaration of the Republic
| can convention held in this cityin May
| last upon the educational question. So
called, as correctly and fully defining
the position of the Republican party of
| this State upon the subject to-wit:
1--WE regard the educational issue of
! 1890 as permanently settled in this
/ State, not to be revived in any of its
! phases by the Republican party or
under its auspices, and this being true,
we. deprecate and denounce upon CON
| siderations higher than party, as harm
4 full in tendency, any further agitation
of the subject, or any attempt by any
one of any party for any purpose, to
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/ people by reason of or upon lines of
/ religion, education or nativity"
1t denounees the outrageous partisan
| ship of the Democratic majority at the
! late session of the Legislature in fore
ing the enactment without Legislative
consideration, deliberation. fair oppor-
| tunity for debate, or amendment of the
present so-called apportionment law in
defiance OF the plain provisions of the
constitution, as eXpounded by the SUI
| preme Court, and in disregard of the
| rights of the people.
| s. II denounces the parsimony of the
| Democr attic party of this State in its re-
fusal to make adequate appropriation
] of money for fit representation by the
| State at the Worlds Columbian EXPOSE
ton, and calls the attention with shame
! 70 the action of the Democratic major
| ity in Congress in refusing to grant
| liberel appropriations to aid in carrying
to a successful end that great National
exhibition of the wealth, progress, and
! civilization of the world and more es-
| pecially of the United States.
I 2 II declares now as heretofore its
| devotion TO all the industries of the
| State, and its purpose in the future, as
| in the past. to foster and protect them
/ by all proper and necessary legislation.
and denounces all attacks upon them
made or attempted by the Democratic
| administration of this State
After the report of the committee
had been presented, w. L. Green.
colored delegate, moved the following
additional plank TO the platform, which
was adopted:
1t believes that laws should be enact
ed and enforced guaranteeing to every
| citizen eqnal civil and political rights
without discrimination as to creed.
We denounce and condemn the cruel
and barbarOus treatment of American
| citizens in some of the Southern States
as tending to corrupt good government,
and as contrary TO the spirit of the Con-
stitution of the United States
-Laconic Proposal-'Cook?" Eyes.
Piano." NO" Mine. "-Fliegende
| Batter.