Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-04-22
Elect Delegates to the State Conyen-
ton to be held at Milwaukee on
Wednesday, May 4th.
Resolutions Adopted, and County
Committee Elected.

James Ryan, Aldro jerks and Robert
NJ, Crawford committee on creden-
tials, which committee reported the
following named delegates entitled to
seats in the convention.
Richard Kennedy, II.
j. Kisting, Matthias Chab, Jacob
Fecht, Peter II. Enger, Gulick Ander-
son, Joseph Kaiser, w. 2. Collins,
James Powers, Anton Imhoff, Jr.,
John w. Gum, George Niebur, p. J.
Dolan, A. J. Egan.
WYOMING-John NJ. Levake and
Richard Dunstan.
PULAsKI-H. W. Dietrich, Peter
Simonson, j. B. Eagan, Carl Lauge,
A. 3. Dimock. J. Ward, Michael
Hubrick.
EDEN-George Miller, Andrew
Reyes, Patrick Manning, Henry E..
Miller, and Michael Waters.
MIFFLN-Geo. w. Strong, J. c..
kirkpatrick, w. II. Elgar, and Elmer
Ellsworth.
DODGEYILLE City-W. ii. Thomas,
Aldro jerks, T. III. Arthur, F. A.
Carr.
Moscow Michael McKenna, W. II,
Spellman.
RIDGEwAY - James Ryan, Thomas
Brunker, Michael Mcmahon, Henry
Conley, James Brunker.
MINERAL POINT Town-Edward
Cullen, G. W. Holmes, Alois Sham
burg, Andrew Burghard, John Car
penter.
CITY, First ward-Cyrus Lanyon,
w. III. Curry, John Jeuck, John F.
Grace, Robert NJ. Crawford, J. M.
Smith.
Second ward-Charles Gilman,
ST., George Jeuck. J. W. Horn, J. M.
Mulhairn, Samuel Jenkins.
On motion being carried that a
committee on resolutions be appoint
ed, the chair named Robert M. Craw-
ford, John M. Leyake, and Michael
McKenna as such committee.
Richard Dunstan moved that the
convention proceed to elect delegates
to the state convention; which was
carried.
On motion of George W. Strong,
the chair appointed II. w. Dietrich
and Michael Waters to act as tellers,
and ballot being taken Hon. Richard
Kennedy was elected as one of the
delegates.
The committee on resolutions being
ready with their report, it was then
read, as follows:
Resolved, That we heartily endorse
the Democratic administration of the
State of Wisconsin, by which our dis
tinguished citizen Col. w. f. Villas was
elected to the United States Senate;
by which liberal appropriation was
made for public education; by which
$4,000 of interest on public fund bal
ances-which formerly went to build
up private fortunes of state treas
urers-has been paid into the public
treasury for the benefit of the school
fund and other funds to which it
properly belongs; by which, through
careful investment, the earnings of the
trust funds have been increased $685.
900 in one year, and by which judg-
ment has been obtained against
unfaithful eX-treasurers, guaranteeing
the return to the state of over $4,000.
Resolved, That we heartily commend
the action of our representative Hon.
A. R. Bushnell, and other democratic
congressman, in voting against the
Bland silver bill
Resolved, That a tax is burden,
not benefit; that taxation should be
limited to the requirements of the
government, and so levied that no
unnecessary burden may be imposed
upon our citizens.
Resolved, That it is the duty of the
hour to press forward the fight for
tariff reform; and that we are in favor
of nominating for President the most
redoubtable champion of that cause
Grover Cleveland.
George W. Strong spoke in oppo-
sition to the report; but it was adopted
Dy an almost unanimous vote.
Another ballot was taken, resulting
in the election of Hon. J. Montgomery
Smith as a delegate to the state con-
vention.
Four more ballots were taken in
which the votes were divided between
John II. Billings, Edward Cullen and
f. A. Carr; but as neither received a
majority of the votes cast, a seventh
formal ballot was taken resulting in
the choice of John Fl. Billings.
The eighth and last ballot resulted
in the election Of T. A. Carr as the
fourth delegate-completing the num-
Der of representatives which the
county is entitled to at Milwaukee.
After the election of delegates Mr.
Grace addressed the convention and
asked that new county committee be
elected, to serve for the ensuing two