Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-08-25
He is Nominated Unanimously
by AcClamatiOn at the Mil
waukee Convention.
John c. Koch and Alley Peter
son Also Chosen in the
Same Manner.

ATLEY PETERSON.
For Secretary of State
ROBERT w. JACKSON.
For Attorney General
JAMES O'NEILL.
For Sup't Of Public Instruction
W. H. CHANDLER.
For Railroad Commissioner
JOHN w. BULLOCK.
For Insurance Commissioner
JAMES HEG.
SpOoner, Koch and Peterson were
nominated by reclamation. and the
first two made speeches.
J. E. Heg, of WalWorth, declined to
be a candidate for secretary of state,
and Jackson was nominated on the first
ballot over o. NJ. Rosenkranz, 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'Neill, of Clark. ......... .103
John D. Wilson, Of Grant. ...... so
Geo. W. Sedgwick, Of Manitowoc. rs
D. Lloyd Jones, Of Portage. ....... .6S
1t being necessary to have III for Il
choice, another ballot was taken.
O'Neill received 1T, Wilson 106,
SedgeWick S4-no choice.
On the third ballot O'Nein received
1S1 votes and his nomination was made
unanimous.
For state superintendent the name Of
VIM. G. Whitford of Milton college,
was presented by DR.. Henry Palmer, of
GAINESVILLE. The name of Prof. w. n.
Chandler, of Dane, was presented for
the same place by Col. L. J.Rusk, Of
Chippewa Prof. Chandler received1S3
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 E. E. Stevens, Of Oshkosh Bull
lock received PIG votes and his nomi-
nation was made unanimous.
For insurance commissioner D. 3.
Barnes, of Delavan, nominated James
drew as a candidate for secretary of
state.
H A Kinney, of Wauwatosa, was
presented by e. A. Sims, of Milwaukee,
Geo. W. Shaw, of Eau Claire. nom
mated e. Trowbridge, of Trempealeau
and John Bottensack, of Appleton
( nominated RObt. McCurry, of Oshkosh.
Heg received over 200 votes and was
declared the nominee.
The platform is as follows:
THE republican party of Wisconsin
i'll convention assembled affirms:
l. It's approval and support of the
platform promulgated by the national
republican convention at Minneapolis
~. It's unqualified approval of the
splendid administration of President
! Harrison.
-. Its unqualified opposition to the
proposition announced in the demo-
: cratic national platform to repeal the
/ tax levied by the federal law on the Cir
culatiOn of state banks, a policy which
if effected, would again flood the coun-
/ try with wildcat money, and again
subject the people to the annoyance
and losses consequent upon a fuctua-
ting uncertain, and deprecated cur
rency.
II. It denounces as without founda-
ton and intended only to mislead the
voters Of Wisconsin, the statement so
often made and reiterated by the dem
ocratic press, that republican success
! in this state involves surrender or
compromise or whatever Tights the
courts may hold to exist in favor of
the state upon the bonds of eX-State
treasurers, and pledges itself if it shall
be intrusted with the executive and
legislative power in the state to enforce
fully the rights of the people in the
premises.
'5. 1t favOrS such amendment of the
, law authorizing and regulating the de-
post 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 Deposits invite
competition among them, to the end
that the highest rate of interest attain
able may be secured for the people
upon the peoples money; that the To-
calities in which such deposits are to be
made shall not be left solely TO the ia
| vOritiS1n of state officers, and that the
people may more fully know Of the dis
position of such surplus moneys.
j IS. 1t reaffirms and unqualifiedly in
dorSes the declaration of the republican
convention held in this city in May last
upon the educational question, social
ed, as correctly and fully denying the
position of the republican party Of this
state upon the subject tO-Wit: We re-
gard the educational issue of 1890 as
j permanently settled in this state, not
! to be revived in any OF its phases by
/ the republican party or under its au-
| spices, and this being true, we depra-
| cate and denounce upon considerations
! higher than party, as harmful in ten
| dency, any further agitation Of the
| subject, or any attempt by any one or
| any party for any purpose, to create or
| foster division among our people by
reason Of or upon lines Of religion, ed
ucation or nativity.
| -. 1t denounees the outrageous par
tisanship Of the democratic party at the
late session of the legislature in forcing
the enactment without legislative con-
| sideration, deliberatiOn. fair opportu-
! nifty for debate, or amendment of the
present so-called apportioDment law in
defiance of the plain provisions OF the
constitution, as eXpounded by the SUI