Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-08-02

| Lewiston ...... .. 49,. 49,. ............... Is
Total ...............:34 5
This nominated Mr. Peterson and the
| nomination was made unanimous.
Cham. Ingersoll offered Il resolution
that he desired to have read, but Chair
man Elliott declared that it must be re-
| ferred to the committee on resolutions
Mr. Ingersoll said it had been to the COM
mittee and had not been reported.
! On motion of Mr.. Driver the convention
proceede to the nomination of attorney
| general.
w. E. Carter of Platteville nominated
John D. Wilson of Boscobel. Phil Allen
Of Mineral Point put S. NJ. Reese of
| Mineral Point in nomination.
The name of D. Lloyd Jones of Stevens
Point was presented by a. w. Sanborn
of Stevens Point.
DR., A. "; Treyitt of Wausau nomi-
mated w. H. Mylrea of Wausau in q
vigorous speech, which was we'll received
| Z. g. Mills of Superior presented the
name of George 2. Rossman of Ashland
and E. c. Eastman seconded Mr.. Mylrea
Somebody got in ahead of Mr.. Driver
! on the motion to proceed to ballot. but
withdrew his motion to give Mr.. Driver
| Il chance.
jones' me- 70 70: BOSNIAN o S? y. Total, 345.
| The next ballot nominated Myrea,
who received 2l9 votes. Wilson got 5o
Jones, 81; Reese. u; Miss Kate Pier, 1.
The usual order of nominations was
varied by the nomination of a state super
intendent of instruction ahead of the rail-
road and insurance commissioners Chair
man Elliott retired for a short time and
ID. Is. Barnes of Walworth presided in his
absence Several motions to adjourn were
| fol ny L To-
| ison nominated Prof. J. Q. Emery Of
Dane county for superintendent. G. H.
Moore of Portage named E. G.. True
The vote stood Emery 296, True 46.
There was the usual scramble for the
office of railroad commissioner and to
the surprise of a good many d. j. Nc
Kenzie, who had wanted to be treasurer
was sprung as Il candidate for the place.
George Grimm nominated John d. Bull
lock, his father-in-law. Charles Board
man of Oshkosh placed Ole Oleson in
nomination. Mr.. Mckenzie was nominat-
nominated e. V. Buckley of Black River
Falls, the sheriff of jackson county. B.
NJ. Goldberg placed in nomination J. E.
! Nugent of Kaukauna. John NJ. Ewing
seconded the nomination of John d. Bull
lock, and George w. Carter of Fond du
Lac urged the nomination of Capt. Ole
son. George P. Rossman of Ashland
nominated A. 2. Morner, and E. G.. Mills
of West Superior seconded the nominal
ton of Mr.. Mckenzie.
The first ballot resulted as follows
Mckenzie. 11S; Bullock, los; Oleson. 40;
Nugent, q; Morner, 20, and Buckley
16. Mr. Morner withdrew and the second
ballot gave Mr. Mckenzie 2O5 votes to
1872 for Bullock. The rest were scatter
ing. Mr.. Mckenzie was made the unani-
| nous nominee.
When it came to the nomination of an
| insurance commissioner somebody pro-
posed to nominate DR.. Fricke by accla-
nation, but objection was raised. w. c..
Williams put him in nomination and he
was seconded by D. B. Barnes of Wal
worth, who had been j. e. Heg's chief
hacker. Then the motion to nominate by
reclamation was renewed and carried by
| a rising vote.
The contest for the craftsmanship was
spirited. Mr.. Barnes of Walworth NOM
mated George N. Wiswell. Mr. Long of
were several seconding speeches and then
a ballot was taken, which gave Mr. Thorn
221 votes and Mr.. Wiswell 1914 On mo-
ton of Mr.. Barnes Mr.. Thom's election
was made unanimous. Mr.. Thorn made
brief speech of thanks Three cheers We're
given for Mr.. Thorn and three more for
Mr.. Elliott and the convention adjourned.
One of the pleasantest things in con-
nection with the convention was the
gathering of the ladies who came from
| III.
Two handsome parlors in the southeast
corner on the third floor had been set
aside for their use, and they had Il num-
Der of pleasant gatherings there. Their
callers averaged $50 a day, and on one
day the number ran up to nearly 200.
The ladies formed a semi-social, semi-po-
litical organization which includes among
it's members Mrs. Emma Sawyer White,
Oshkosh; Mrs. Emil Baensch, Manito-
voc; Mrs. Earl M: Rogers, Viroqua; Mrs.
H. c.. Thom,. Madison; Mrs: J. w. Bah
cock, Neeedah; Mrs; Martin ;Pattison,, Su-
perior; Mrs. II. G. Adams, Madison; Mrs
3. +. Willard, Chippewa; Mrs. e. w.
Keyes, Madison; Mrs. J. G.. Gaveney, Ar
cadia; Mrs. Charles Hall, Oconto; Mrs.
e. T. Wheelock, Medford: Mrs. Ralph G.
well, Milwaukee,; Mrs. G. II. Bullock,
Milwaukee, and Mrs. III. III. Rand, North
| Greenfield.
Thursday the following resolution was
unanimously adopted and presented to
| Charles +. Pfster:
consin delegations entertained at Hotel
| Pfster during the Republican convention
| present vote of thanks to the proprietor,
Mr.. Charles F.. Phster, for the many
courtesies extended them"
| The resolution bore the signatures of all
the members. The following resolution
was adopted and presented to Mr.. and
| Mrs. Rand:
Resolved, that the ladies of the Grand
| Old Party who have been SO courteously
treated by Mr.. and Mrs. II: II. Rand
Republican party in 1894 earnestly ac-
knowledge their appreciation by tender
ing their sincere thanks at this time
| The resolution, which was signed by
all the ladies attending, was accompanied
| by the gift of handsome cut-glass vase
and a dozen magnificent American Beau
| ty roses to Mrs. Rand.
SKETCHES OF THE NOMINEES.
| Mai. Upham's Career and Character
His Running Mates.