Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-08-27
He is Nominated Unanimously
by Acclamation at the Mil
waukee Convention.
John c. Koch and Alley Peter
son Also Chosen in the
Same Manner.

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JOHN C. SPOONEH.
For Lieutenant Governor
JOHN G. KOCH.
For State Treasurer
ALLEY PETERSON.
+ For Secretary Of State
ROBERT w. JACKSON.
For Attorney General
JAMES O'NEILL
/ For Sup't Of Public Instruction
w. II. CHANDLER
For Railroad Commissioner
JOHN w. BULLOCK.
! For Insurance Commissioner
JAMES HEG
/ Spooncr, Koch and Peterson We're
nominated by reclamation, and the
first two made speeches.
j. +. Heg, of W1lworth, declined to
be a candidate for secretary of state.
and Jackson was nominated on the first
ballot over O. NJ. Resemblance of Ocon-
omowOc, his only opponent. Jackson
had Ill votes To spare on the first
poll.
The first initial ballot for attorney
/ general resulted:
James O'Nem, Of Clark. ...........1O3
John ID. Wilson. of Grant. ..........99
( Geo. w. Sedgwick, of Manitowoc. 76
/ ID. Lloyd Jones. Of Portage .GS
1t being necessary to have III for Il
choice another ballot was taken
/ O'Neill received III, Wilson 1O6,
1 Sedgewicll S4-no choice.
On the third ballot O'Nein received
! 1Sl votes and his nomination was made
unanimous
For state superintendent the name of
( VIM. c. Whitford, of Milton college.
/ was presented by Dr. Henry Palmer, of
jlnesyille The name Of Prof. w. II.
/ Chandler, of Dane, was presented for
the same place by Col l.. J.Rusk Of
/ Chippewa. Prof. Chandler receiyed1S3
votes ON the first ballot, and, upon
motion Of DR. Palmer, the nomination
was made unanimous.
For railroad commissioner ex-senator
/ Geo. b. Burrows, OF Madison, presen-
ted j. d. Bullock, of Jefferson and Mr.
! Heaton, of Oshkosh, placed in nomi-
nation II. Il. Stevens, of Oshkosh. Bull
lock received PIG votes and his nomi-
nation was made unanimous.
For insurance commissioner d. B.
/ Barnes, of Delavan, nominated James
/ e. Heg, OF Lake Geneva, who with
drew as a candidate for secretary Of
state.
II. A. Kinney, of Wauwatosa, was
! presented by e. A. Sims. Of Milwaukee,
Geo w Shaw, of Eau Claire, nom
mated Il. Trowbridge, of Trempealeau
and John Bottensack, Of Appleton,
nominated Robt McCury, Of Oshkosh
Heg received over 200 votes and was
/ declared the nominee
The platform is rs follows:
THE republican party of Wisconsin
( in convention assembled atiirns:
! l. It's approval and support Of the
I platform promulgated by the national
republican convention at Minneapolis
- Its unqualified approval of the
/ splendid administration of President
/ Harrison
"3, Its unqualified opposition 20 the
proposition announced in the demo
cratic national platform to repeal the
/ tax levied by the federal law ON the cir
culHtion of state banks, Il policy which
/ if effected, would again food the couu-
/ try with wildcat money and again
subject the people TO the annoyance
ana losses consequent upon a tiucua-
/ ting, uncertain and deprecated cur
rency.
~ It deuuuces. as without founda-
/ ton ana intended only to mislcad the
! voters of Wisconsin. the statement SO
often made and reiterated 10y the dem
ocrauc press. that republican success
/ in this state involves a surrender or
/ compromise or whatever u-uJs the
courts may hold TO exist in favor Of
/ The state upon the bonds of eX-state
/ treasures, and pledges itself if it shall
/ be mtruSted with the executive and
/ legislative power in the state to enforce
fully the rights Of the people in the
/ premises.
1 IS 1t 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 impairin-
I in any wise the security TO be given by
such banks on such deposits invite
competition among them, to the end
that the highest rate of interest attain-
liable may be secured for the people
upon the peoples money; thar the To-
ralities in which such deposits are to b.
made shah not be left solely 20 the IT,
yoritism of state officers, and that the
people may more fully know of the dis
position of such surplus moneys.
sc. 1t reattiI1us ana mWalidedly in
dorSes the declaration Of the republican
convention held in this city in May last
/ anon. the educational question, social
Cd. as correctly AMI fully denying THE
position OF the republican party Of this
\ state upon the subject to-wiJ We re-
card the educational issue Of 1870 is
permanently settled in this state. not
I 10 be revived in any Of its phases by
the republican party or under It's au-
SPICES and this being true. we depra-
cate and denounce upon considerations