Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-06-08
WISCONSIN PROHIBITIONISTS.
A Full State Ticket n the FieId-The
Platform.

HIatIOrm.
MADISON, Wis, June 1.-There is no
| scramble for the honors of office at the
| hands Of the Wisconsin Prohibition
party, and the state convention, in
| session to-day, had great difficulty in
its efforts to find men willing to accept
places on the ticket Dozens of
names were discussed, and as
often as suggestions were made
| were they put aside by the
prompt declination Of the persons on
whom it was proposed to confer polit-
ical honors. The naming of the ticket
was left to committee, but it seemed
to have had poor success in its labors.
Chairman Cleghorn presided over the
convention. The question of s,the
location of the next state convention
came up. After long discussion, in
which speeches were made for Milwau-
| kee, Madison, La Crosse and Oshkosh,
the convention finally decided upon
| NJ Milwaukee. A motion was made
that the Northwestern Mail, Of
Madison, and the Oshkosh Signal
be made the official organs Of the party,
but it was tabled. The question of
chairman of State Central Committee
WAS taken on up t this morning nc and
| Vankuelen, of Oshkosh, that the salary
be made $500 and that the chairman
and the state organizer be made sepa-
rate offices. The motion was lost.
| The platform adopted is as follows:
Realizing that the great dangerin Amer
lean politics is the corrupting influence OF
the saloon system, and the over
reaching of the masses by the few
in their desire TOR wealth, and
that this is made possible largely
| through prostitution of the functions of
| government, the Prohibition party OF Wis
consin, assembled in state convention. this
| the 1St day of June, 1892, acknOwl-
| edging our reliance upon Divine
| Providence and the sovereignty Of
American citizenship, do demand
| that the traffic in intoxicating liquors as a
| beverage be forever prohibited and sup
! pressed, and that all laws making either
the federal, state or municipal govern
| mentS partners In the profits be repealed.
! That all money necessary for the steadily
| growing trade Of the nation be issued di-
rectly by the federal government, IN such
! form and upon such basis as shall give an
| ample circulation medium that shall be
| legal tender for all debts
That all the great lines Of transportation
and communication, including the tele-
graph and telephone, be controlled by the
! government, and we favor also an extern
sion Of the free mail delivery system.
That residence within the nation for
such time and with education to such an
extent as will insure intelligent
ercise suffrage for the good
| OF the voter and Of the state precede the
right OF franchise. and that no other re-
| striction should be placed upon the bal
! lot.
That our present laws relating to high
ways be amended to the END that the peo-
pie may, by new system Of supervision,
| be gwen thoroughly constructed and
permanent public roads.
That all revenues, national as we'll as
| state and municira, be raised by taxing
| the nations wealth rather than its labor.
That instead OF the present tariff sys-
tenn, by which the cOnSumptlODS Of the
masses are taxed to support the fed
eral government, the raising Of rev.
| enue and the protection of industries
ineXtrlciably mingled and confused in our
| tariff laws, be forever divorced and dealt
| with as distinct functions of government,
and that protection, when needed, be Sc
cured by other and proper legislative or
constitutional enactment.
We favor liberal public education in
the English language, enforced and super
vised by the state.
Believing that the time has come when
good meE ought to unite and make
great national party, that shall
be dominated by the intelligence,
morality and patriotism of the nation, we
! invite and urge all voters of the state to
JOIN with us in the present campaign.
The platform was adopted in its en-
tirety. G. ]. Carswell, of Lone Rock,
nominee for Congress in the Third Dis
trict, moved to reconsider the tariff
plank. He was declared out of
order. Then he stated that he abso-
lutely withdrew his name from the
ticket, as he could not 90 into the
canvass confronted by that plank
He called the convention gag con-
vention," and used rather strong Ian
guage. The Chair cut him off several
times but he renewed the fight at every
opportunity.
The committee on nominations report
ed the following names
Governor-T. G. Richmond, of Madison.
Lieut.. -Governor-G. A. Shepard, of La
| Crosse.
| Secretary of State-E. F. Russell, Of
Columbia.
State Treasurer-W. D. Barnes, of Mar
quette.
Attorney-general-F. A. Watkins, of
Douglass.
superintendent of Public Inst; :tion-
G. W. Underwood. Of Outagamie.
Railroad COMMISSIONED. L. Clayton,
| of Milwaukee.
Insurance Commissioner-OIe R1tan. of
| Barron.
Deiegates-at-large- D. Hastings, of
Madison; J. a. Vantleet, Of Wnnebago;
a. G. Merryman, or Marlnette; A. E.
Mckay, Of Douglass; j. T. Cleghorn, Of
Rock.
Electors at-large-S. C. Miller, of M ri
nette, and w. G. Jones, OF Jackson.
A minority OF the committee on nom
nations reported themselves as opposed
to the nomination of Richmond 1or gov
ernor, asserting that he had deserted the
party two years ago, because of lis
adoption o. woman's suffrage plank
and they did not consider his nomine-
ton wise.
TRAIN WRECKED BY WIND.