Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-09-07
NAMING THE MEN.
State Democratic Ticket Nominated by
Acclamation.

AT the Academy of Music, MilWau-
kee, at noon on the 3Ist ult., the Demo-
| cratic state convention was called to
order by Chairman E. g. Wall. Mr.
Wall made no speech, but simply an
nOunced the selection by the State Cen
trail Committee OF the following tempo
rary officers of the convention:
Chairman-Burr W. Jones, of Dane
County.
Secretary-Georg r. Mahoney, Milwau-
kee County.
Assistant Secretary-John Neher, Eau
Claire County,.
S0rgeant-at -ArmS-COl T. p. Denver
Milwaukee County.
Chairman Jones was received with
applause when he took his seat, and
has address was received with enthus-
tdsm. At the close of Mr.. Jon es' ad-
dress the following committees were
tnnOunced:
| COMMITTEE ON CREDENTIALS.
Chairman-W. FL. Smith.
First DiStrIct-Jas. Pennefeather, of Ke-
noSha.
Second D1strict-R. D. Weyerhaus, of
| Jefferson.
Third D1strict-L. f. S. Viele. of Craw-
| ford.
Fourth Dlstrict-Jos. Deuster, of Mil
| waukee.
Fifth District-E. NJ. Anderson, of Wash
| ington.
Sixth District-Owen Ferguson, of Fond
du Lac.
Seventh District-John L. Uttermoehl.
Eighth DiStrict-John Sh4peck, of
Brown.
Ninth District-W. A. Jenkins, of
OcOntO.
Tenth DESTRUCTIVE Il. Stafford, of Chip
peWa.
COMMITTEE ON PERMANENT oRGANIzA-
TION.
Chairman-Judge Ii. W. Sawyer.
First District-C. j. Mallory, of La Fay
ette
Second District-A. G. Cook, of Column
bia County.
Third District-W. N. Carter, of Vernon
County
Fourth District-Roman Czerwinski, of
Milwaukee.
Fifth District-C. E. Armin, Of Wauke-
Sha.
Sixth District-F. ]. Egerer, of Calu-
met.
-eventh District-A. E. Williams.
ighth DiStrict-W. w. Crane, OF Wau-
Ninth District-John Kingston, of Ash
land.
Tenth District-E. J. Fitzgerald, of
Pierce.
COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS.
First DISTRICT. f. Dodge, Racine.
Second Distrlct-Chas. A. Gardner, of
Dodge.
Third District-Dennis j. Gardner, of
Grant.
Fourth Dlstrict-Chas. NJ. Cottrill, of
Milwaukee.
Fifth District-WiIliam II. Seaman, of
ShebOygan.
Sixth District-F. t. Yahr, of Green
Lake.
Seventh DISTRICT. c. Gaveney, of
Trempealeau.
Eighth District-John Petarski. OF Por-
tage.
Ninth District-C F. Eldred, of Mara
thon.
Tenth District-L. Nelson, of Bayfield,.
vICE-PRESIDENTS.
First DiStrict-A. Woodward of Rock
Second District-M Johnson. Dane.
Third DiStrict-W. j. Mccoy, Grant.
Fourth Dlstrict-MaX Hottelet, Milwau-
kee.
Fifth District-F. W. Horn, of Ozaukee.
Sixth DlStrict-Chester Fink, of Mar
Quette.
Seventh DisUrict-David Austin.
Eighth DlStrict-JOhn Fetzer, of Door.
Ninth DISTRICT. n. Cutter of Lincoln.
Tenth District-W. F. Boland, of Doug
las.
On motion of Owen A. Wells it was
agreed that all resolutions should 60 to
the committee without debate.
The convention then took recess I'M
til $50 P. NJ.
When the convention was called to
order, the committee on credentials not
being ready to report, calls were made
for speeches from various party leaders,
and responses were forthcoming from
Gen. Bragg and John Johnston. The
report of the credentials committee was
then read and adopted. The commit
tee on organization reported, recon-
mending that the temporary officers be
made the permanent officers, and their
report was adopted. The resolutions
as prepared by the platform committee
were then read ad adopted without dis
sent.
Nominations now being in order,
Thomas F. Frawley, of Eau Claire,
mounted the platform and moved the
nomination of the present state officials
in bunch and by acclamation The
motion was seconded by w. II. Seaman,
of Sheboygan.
The motion wss put and carried unan-
imously.
A committee consisting of T. F. Fraw-
ley, Eau Claire; W. II. Seaman, Sheboy-
gan; w. Il. Rogers. Jefferson; J. H.
Taylor, Chippewa; Michael Johnson,
Dane, was appointed to notify Gov.
Peck OF his nomination, and during
their absence Gen. Doe made short
speech In response to a call.
The committee returned to the hall
with Gov. Peck, who, from the stage,
addressed the convention as follows:
MIR. CHAIRMAN AND GENTLEMEN OF
THE CONVENTION: Your committee has
Informed me of your action in renominat-
ing me for the Office of governor our de-
cSion is to me evidence that you are at
least not seriously displeased with the man
ner in which the present state admniStra-
ton has discharged the trust imposed upon
it by your convention two years ago, and
[ and my associates accept this second
honor at the hands OF our party through
it's representatives with grateful hearts.
Should the verdict OF the jury Of the peo-
pie again be in our favor next November.
we pledge ourselves anew to faithfully
discharge the duties committed TO our care.
Two years ago our little Democratic
army was nghtng battle for the funda-
mental principles Of our party with the
moral influence if not the material assist
ance OF the whole army of the opposition
IN the nation against us, and by reason Of
the business Of our cause we won. In the
contest now before us we are reinforced by
many young and enthusiastic recruits and
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