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

THE TICKET.
Gov ernor-GEORGE w. PECK, Mil
waukee.
Lieut. governor-A. j. SCHMITZ,
Manitowoc.
Secretary of state 7. j. CUNNING
HAM, Chippewa.
Treasurer-JOHN HUMMER, Eau
Claire.
Attorney general. l.. o'CoNNoR,
Dane.
State Supt.-W. IL. SHULZ, Sank.
r. II. commissioner-G. L. PRES
COTT, Milwaukee.
Ins. commissioned. Il. SkAAR,
La Crosse.
Milwaukee, Sept 7.--Cnairman Wall
called the democratic state convention
to order at l. o'clock yesterday in the
Stadt theatcr and announced as Secre-
taries 7. l.. Cleary, +. l.. Worden
ana +. b. krocger, then ut once, at
ter few directions relative to the
manner in which business could be cX-
pedited, introduced Senator w. +.
Villas as the temporary chairman who
had been chosen by the state central
committee for that service. The sena-
tor was given an ovation as he came
from box and passed forward upon
the platform. He opened his remarks
by compliment to Chairman Wall;
said the country had been rife with
important changes since the last state
convention, which had led republicans
to believe they would be speedily re-
turned 20 power. but of late their CON
fidence had been shaken and their hope
was now waning. Their imagined
glory and hope We've now waning like
the prosperity of man long in the
wrong.
He then proceeded to charge the re-
sponsibility fot the long train Of evils
with which the country is suffering to
the republican party during its long pc
riod OF possession of the national gov
ernment, and ont back to d review
of the last three republican admins
trations in the national government.
He said President Arthur, when he
assumed control had hoped only to
stave off the approaching evil day,
and the life of Daniel Manning was
sacrificed in an effort to save the coun-
try from the evils which republican
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of the nations fl
uancal system had brought upon the
country.
A calamity much worse than that
which had befallen the country, and
far longer in duration, he said, had
only been avertcd by the statesman
ship and sterling integrity of Grover
Cleveland.
Senator Villas then went into an eX-
tensive review of the financial manage
ment of the government, and claimed
the strong financial condition of the
government during the Harrison ad-
ministration was solely due to the
preparation made for it by the preced-
ing administration of Cleveland which
gave the Harrison administration a
surplus of nearly $1S0,00O,0O0 which
the country had seen.
Proceeding with this discussion of
the financial and business stringency
and its causes, Mr.. Villas charged them
all up to the congressional work dur
ing the Harrison administration, charg-
ing it with robbing the treasury by the
payment Of old claims, as unjust as
they were ancient, attributing much to
the silver purchasing act and the Nc
Kinley tariff law. In short he
charged all Of the countrys ills up To
the fifty-frst congress, giving many
figures Of accumulated expenditures TO
substantiate his statement.
In speaking Of Wisconsin he said:
Remark has already been made on
the captious criticism OF republicans
because our performance Of purposes
in national government has been In
complete 1t is an unlucky criticism in
this state. For here the democratic
PARTY was given by the people the full
ness Of power which it lacked in the
nation. And Wisconsin republicans
will not pretend that our perform
arce of pledges in the state government
has been incomplete - criminal
whipped at the post ever had NOR
realizing sense IF the completeness Of
the Justice administered to him than