Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-08-01

chairman until Alley Peterson moved
that Mr.. Upham's nomination be made
unanimous. The motion was seconded
by the supporters of the various defeated
candidates and was carried with a whOop.
John NJ Ewing, Mr.. Taylor's chief sup
porter, arose and said that he and his
friends had made the fight, but above
that they had kept the fight. Three
cheers were proposed for Maj. Upham
and given with a will There were loud
cries for Maj. Upham, and a committee
of three was named to bring him to the
hall Chairman Elliott named g. H
Everett of Beloit, T. B. Reid of Ap-
pleton and J. V. Quarles of Milwaukee
Delegate Hall of Milwaukee wanted all
the candidates brought in. Chairman Ell
lott said that it would be the sense OF the
convention that all Of the candidates
would be welcome at any and all times.
f. z. LamoreauX moved that the gen
tleman who nominated Mr.. BlackstOck
be given an additional five minutes to
speak at this time. The suggestion was
greeted with cheers, and there were cries
of Blackstock, but the Sheboygan gentle
man was not in the hall.
A few minutes later Mr.. Blackstock
appeared and was given long and loud
applause. Mr.. Blackstock began by tell
ing a story of how Artemus Ward once
tried skating with disastrous results, and
on his return declared that he had tried
skating, had tumbled down, was sore
but still felt good L have been skating
l fell down, I'm little sore, but [ feel
good none the less, and | am going just
as happy as when | came. My pulse feels
just as strong as it did yesterday, and
my heart lis as warm as it ever was"
Then he told of dream he had last
night He thought he had gone to Heav-
en-, where all good Republicans were go
ing, and where he hoped a few good
I lnIN1 rs ole Il +o1l
beautiful it was there, but how his
thoughts turned to earth again, to Ameri-
ca, to the United States, to Wisconsin, to
Madison, to Milwaukee, to Sheboygan
and it seemed to him that Sheboygan was
the most beautiful place of all. He awOke
tor a moment and thought he saw Up
ham, Taylor, Scotield and Haugen in his
room. That made him sleepy and turn
ing over he went to sleep again
At that minute Maj. Upham came in,
and the applause t~dt greeted his appear
ance was Qeafening. AS he appeared on
the stage an usher handed him Il mag
nifcent bouquet from his admirers Mr.
Elliott made a happy little speech intro
ducing him, in which he said that in Mai
Upham was contained the three essen
tials for a grand man-bravery in war
discretion in peace, honesty in every
thing
When the applause had subsidized little
Maj. Upham said that for the honor con
ferred upon him in placing him at the
head of the ticket he returned profound
thanks, and promised to do everything TO
ensure harmony in the campaign and the
success of the Republican party. He
again returned thanks to the delegate
and retired amid rounds of applause,
after three cheers for him had been given
again.
A motion being made to proceed to the
A1.y,.Nr A
c. Dodge of Green county rose and pre-
scented the name of ]. Is. Treat of Green
county. He referred to him as the mayor
of Monroe and a member of the state
Senate. He had acquitted himself to the
satisfaction of the people of his city and
county, and hence he bespoke for him a
fair consideration at the hands Of the con-
ventiOn.
Z. T. Wheelock of Medford presented
the name of Jesse Stone of WATERFOWL.
He said he was not 4 Politician; he was
a business man. He served his state in
the Legislature, he is level-headed, he is
honest. But he is not the most wonderful
man the world ever produced, he is just
good, honest Republican.
Judge Esche declined to be a candidate
and Mr.. Durwin moved that a formal
ballot be taken
While the ballot was being taken Chair
man Elliott announced that the railroad
companies had extended the time on the
delegates tickets to the 9th.
Thomas T0rrisOn of ManitGwoc county
nominating Emil Baensch, called the at
tention Of the convention to the fact that
the Sixth Congressional district is over
ShdoWed by Democracy. 1t is of great
Importance that Manitowoc should give
all the support that can be mustered foI
the nominee for Congress in that district
and nominee from Manitowoc county
would aid materially in bringing about
the desired congressional election.
In naming T. A. Copeland Of La Crosse
Judge Esche said that he did not come tc
deliver a panegyric on the Republican
party. He came to nominate Col. T. A
Copeland, La Crosses favorite son. He
called attention to Col. Copeland's politi-
cal services and paid glowing tribute
to him as a man.
There being no more nominating
speeches the convention proceeded to an
informal ballot
FIRST INFORMAL BALLOT.