Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-09-27
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
For Wood County Well Attended and
Enthusiasm Greater Than Ever
Before.


Republican County Convention met in
Adler's Hall, Marshfeld, Thursday
September Goth. At II o'clock a. N.
Mr.. John 7. Cole, chairman of the
county committee, called the conven-
ton to order and announced that the
county committee had chosen F. A.
Cady, of Marshfeld, as temporary
chairman and A. L. FontaIne, of Cen
tralia, as secretary. They also selected
the following persons as a committee on
credentials:
j. W. Cochran, of Centralia; L. S.
Doud, of Pittsville; G. S. Vedder, of
Marshfeld; w. C. Witter, Lincoln and
+. Ramsdell, Sherry.
Mr.. Cady in taking the chair addressed
the convention at some length and
reviewed the local history of the Demo
cratic party in this county. He spoke
of the early defalcations, but particularly
of those of recent date. He said that
at the time of Peter Bever's re-nomi-
nation two years ago he was defaulter
to the amount of nearly $4,000 and some
members of his party were aware of
that fact. Yet, in the face of this
knowledge be was nominated and
elected, and forced to make loan of
$500. At this same time the county
clerk was defaultcr in the amount of
about $1,000. He did not fare as we'll
and was not re-numinated. Mr.. Cady
felt that it was high time the people
made a change in local officers. He
said he could verify every statement
made by the records at the Court
House. At the close of his remarks a
recess was taken until o'clock in the
afternoon.
On re-convening, the committee on
credentials reported all delegates pres
ent in person as follows:
Auburndale Village, w. D. Connor.
Auburndale Town, D. R. Coon.
Centralla, 1st ward, J. w. Cochran 2nd ward,
a. L. FOntalne, Srd ward, G. NJ. Hill.
Grand Rapids, LIST ward, g. W. Bowen, 2nd
ward, n. L. Compton, 3rd ward r. w Lyon, 4th
ward, G. j. CaTman.
Grand Rapids Town, f. J. Herschleb
Lincoln, W. C. Witter
Marshfeld LIST ward, Frank Noll I'd ward F.
A: Cady, Sd ward, Henry Horn, Fred Sonnabend,
18th ward F. NJ. Weld, 5th ward c. S. Nedder E.
L. Winch, 9th ward, E. S. Benham.
Marshfeld Town, John Friedel.
Milladore Town, Anton Kupsch.
P1ttsville, LIST ward, n. Mitchell. I'd ward L.
l.. Doud, 3rd ward, G. H. Finley.
Port Edwards, H. Halverson, S. Smart.
Rock, John Rousch.
Remington, C. E. Morley.
Rudolph, Edgar Warner Frank Hamm.
Richfield, L. l.. Ever.
Saratoga, Knute Knutson.
Seneca, Martin Jackson.
Sigel, Claus Johnson, Chas. Ecklund.
Sherry, E. E. Ramsdell, two votes.
Vesper, T. B. Kelley, two votes.
Wood, B. Tarbox, two votes
NekoOSa, A. Z. Lapham.
The report was adopted and on
motion the temporary organization was
made permanent.
On motion the chair appointed three
tellers as follows: c.. J. Carman, John
Rausch, c. Z. Morley.
An informal ballot for member of
assembly resulted as follows:
H. Wipperman 10.
A. B. Cotey Is.
l.. NJ. Alexander ,.
w. d. Connor 2
80
First formal ballot:
II. W1pperman 21
A. b. Cotey IS
Scattering 3
II
Second formal ballot:
III. Wipperman 26
A. B. Cotey Is
42
Mr.. Wipperman having received a
majority of all votes cast was declared
nominated for member of assembly.
Phillip. Ksycki, of Centralia, was
placed in nomination for County Clerk
by acclamation, the vote being unani-
nous.
An informal ballot was taken for
Treasurer and resulted as follows:
Bruce Kelley "a
John Lindahl IL
Scattering 6
Il
Mr.. Kelley having received majority
of all votes cast, on motion the informal
vote was made formal and Mr.. Kelley
! declared nominated.
Informal vote for sheriff resulted:
John LiEdall 20
| Nick Berg 10
W. L. Little 5
-
First formal ballot:
John Lindahl %
Nick Berg IS
Scattering
| Il
Mr.. Lindahl having received a
majority of all votes cast was declared
the nominee for sheriff.
Informal ballot for Clerk of Court
resulted as follows:
w. j. Shea Is
J. &. Davis Is
c. E. Ramsdell
H. GrOpp )
Nash Mitchell ,
\. Berg l
First formal ballot:
w. j. Shea is
j. G. Davis 8
+. f. Ramsdell
Nash Mitchell
Scattering