Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-09-13


that provision must ~ made for eluit-
able and lNeac,ahle adjustment Of the
/ differences between the wage Garner
and his employer,
-. We condemn So-callM Pullman
/ stores and demand the enactment ot
legislation for their Suppression,
IS The income tax feature W the
tariff bill meets our approval,
- The administration OF President
! cleveland has been wise patriotic and
CONTAGIOUS, and CommcndS itself to
/ the country.
/ 10 The action OF the democratic
! senators and representatives Of Wis
/ con>iu has our hearty apprnhatiou,
III. Tho democracy OF WISCONSIN
has completely FULFILLED its pledges 10
j the people in it's business like manage
/ mont of state affairs, 1t has returned
! to the treasury Of the state the sum OF
! S'2S,GoN OF the moneys uulawtully
i taken by republican, CN-trNaSurCrS and
/ has put into Judgment the further sum
/ of Sl91,A0t, making Il total VI SGHl,-
! lot. thus evidcncing its intention that
/ To rights VI the people IN lVliuQushcd,
/ 1t has reduced the state tax for the
/ present year in the sum OF SIl2,5Io, or
over * per cent, 4 feat heretofore I'M
| heard OF in the history ot any state,
and douhly wrlcomc In these hard
/ times, induced 10y republican misrule
| 1t has paid into the treasury rs intrr-
est received on public funds deposited
/ In bank, the sum Of over 100000, by
wise and iudicious Investments and
! permitting no selfish interests to come
/ in conflict with duty, il has Increased
/ the earning upon the school funds
/ since II has been In power in the sum
of SlGlSA over the earnings Of the
preceding four years of republican
/ miSmanagemcnt II has shown it's de-
votion to the little school house by cN.
/ pending In the advancement Of our ed
ucational interests S,lIi,IG more
/ than the republican administrations cX.
! pended for the same purpose In the
preceding four years, 1t has levied by
way Of taxes $li7,3i5 less than the re
i publrrans levied from 1857 to 1890. or
this magnificent record every demo
crat OF the state may feel justly
proud"
AS tho platform is said to have been
mado up by the central committee
there were clauses dcnouncing sumpt-
uary legislation and traitorouS United
States senator's.
II. s Rose, of milwaukee,, offered as
Al
nouncing as traitors the United States
senators who prevented full mrilt re-
form. The minority endorsed the ma
jority report in all other particulars.
Col j. IL. knight spoke earnestly
against the minority report, He didn't
believe that Il single vote could he oh
tanned in Wisconsin by any such de
nmciation ms tn" minority report IN
dulgcd in He did not believe sucl
senators rs Mcpherson, Smith
German, Bricc and Gibson had beer
hribcd The Louisiana senators. h,
maintained, were faithful to their con
StitucntS all senators ought 10 be
The speaker said he himself was
against all protective duties. lie dc.
clarcd that the talk against the so
called rcCrCant senators was II mere
Scntimcntalty.
Then the most sensational episode of
the day occurred. Mr.. Rose answering
exclaimed with deep feeling that Il
year and n half ago Col Knight was
candidate for United States senator
but, in view OF the sentiments he had
expressed he congratulated the dc
mocracy that he was tot elected lie
then spoke to the effect that the dem
ocrats Of Wisconsin were not east IN
the party in It's time OF need.
Delegate Frawlcy moved the pre-
vious question, and the minority re
port was overwhelmingly adopted by
yivc voce vote. Col. Knight de
mandcd a rising vote, but the result
WAS the same. The entire platform
was then adopted unanimously.
Delegate Frawlcy offered II resolu
ton similar to Delegate Langc's which
had been voted down, except that II
provided that the central committee
should be the committee on credentials
in future conventions, reporting, how
ever, all contests to the convention
The same opposition again broke out
and the resolution was quickly votet
down.
Nominating speeches by congress
siOnal districts were next In order
and Louis G.. Bohmrlch, Of KenOsha
spoke briefly in behalf Of Gov. Peck
! II. b. Kirkland, Of Jefferson, seconded
Pcck's nomination, contending that
as the issues had been defined, h'
} thought the man who had really made
them should head the ticket lie hat
|, come to the convention, thinking II
best to name another man, but, insofar
as others Che evidently meant Gen
Bragg had refused to run, he now be
lieved Gov. Peck should be rcnomi
mated.
II. Gasser, Of Grant, was opposed Il
third-termnism, and he proposed The
name Of John Winans.
Conrad Krez, OF Milwaukee, sec
onded Peck's nomination. because h'
thaupht Peek the strongest and mos