Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-07-11
DR.. POWELL NAMED.
Ee is Nominated for Governor by
the POpulisrs Of Wis


the POpulisrs of Wis
consin.
Milwaukee, Wis, July 5.-The Populist
state convention, held here yesterday,
named the following ticket:
Governor-D. Frank Powell, La Crosse.
Lieutenant-G Governor Frank H. Smack, Mon
roe.
Secretary of Staten. P. Larrabee, Chippewa
Falls.
State Treasurer-G So h RINGER Fond du Lac.
Attorney General-Ca. Runge, Milwaukee.
State School uperintendent-John Ulr1ch,
Milwaukee.
Railroad Commissioner-N. F. Lawler, Ste
yenS Point.
Insurance Commissioner-H. E. Stole, Mani
tOWOc.
Robert Schilling called the convention
to order. He made a speech and spoke OF
striking at the ballot box, referring to the
present strike. If the Peoples party had
control of Congress, he said, there would
be no strikes. Henry Smith was made
temporary chairman and w. S. F'riese of
Oshkosh temporary secretary and John
Eennel of Racine assistant secretary.
Cor three hours the report Of the commit
tee on credentials occupied the attention
OF the refOrmerS present. The Socialists
| and less radical reformers clashed, and
extremely exciting scenes followed. The
following committees were then appoint
ed, the appointeeS being named IN the
Permanent Experimentation Fennell, 7.
DAILY, Reuben May, Thomas Meyers, II. II.
Hosford A. Manhemer, John Lyon, }. A.
Sherman, G. j. Coodell, r. Pratt and Victor
l.. Berger, representing the Socialists and
union men.
Order of Business-T. H. Burt, n. e. AL
len, j. H. McLees, Frank Lux, A. +. Maler
G. E. Graves, ID. f. Powell, j. II. Lockhart,
T. W. Scheub, j. Meyer and Michael Fal-
Ion.
Resolutions-M. Shield, L. Woodland, G. NJ.
Ger Palmer, G. A. HaZen, S. n. Whittlesey,
G. w. neay j. B. Madison, H. f. H1cksOn.
Henry Smith was chosen permanent
chairman and John Stippick secretary:
The committee on resolutions reported
as follows:
Our country blessed with an abundance Of
natural wealth and all products needed to
maintain life, presents the strange anomaly
Of widespread misery and restitution i'll the
midst Of plenty.
When men, women and children starve
during bountiful harvests it furnishes posi-
tive evidence that our system of law and
society Eust be radically wrong to permit
such barbarous conditions, and that 1t IS
the imperative duty of every humane and
progressive person to study the cause of the
evil and apply the proper remedy.
When the Peoples party in national con-
vention in Omaha declared that the nation
had 'been brought to the verge of moral,
political and material ruin" and that ''cor-
ruptiOn dominates the ballOt-box, the legis-
latures, the Congress, and touches even the
met with shouts Of derision and our party
was denounced as calamity howlers" But
after two short years events have JuStlned
our statement and demonstrated also what
was said at that time, that the two old
parties in their struggle for power and plum
der have permitted the existing dreadful
conditions to develop without serious effort
| to prevent or restrain them,' and that they
propose to drown the outcries of a plum
dered people, with the uproar of a sham
battle over the tariff
We assert that both the old parties are
| equally responsible for the existing state of
affairs, as their leaders are Of one mind on
all public questions except the offices and
the tariff; but, as the collections for Gus
toms duties in the last report shows only
at SIS, 600, 900, less than So per capita per
annum, the tariff discussion can have little
bearing on the disturbed condition OF the
country.
A radical evolution into better conditions
| is absolutely necessary, and this can be
| brought about in a civilized state only by
| peaceable means in the judicious use of the
| ballot
Strikes and boycotts, like wars and other
| violent methods of settling disputes. though
often deemed necessary, always result IN
great harm and injury to all concerned, and
| could be entirely abolished under a system
| of universal cooperation as is thoroughly
| demonstrated in our pOStOftce system, in
| which neither strikes or boycotts ever Oc-
| cured Neither would there be occasion
for striking or boyc0tting on our railroads
| If they were owned by the government.
The Peoples party of Wisconsin demand
| equal rights and equal privileges for all the
men and women Of the country and endorses
! the platform of the national convention
| adopted at Omaha, Neb July 4, 1892.
| This convention also endorses the de-
ton of Labor at its annual session in Chi
| cago last December, as follows:
/. Compulsory education.
2. Direct legislation.
3. A legal eight-hour work day Tin indus
| trial pursuits).
4. Sanitary inspection of workshop, mine
| and home.
| s. Liability of employers for injury to
| health body and life.
6. Abolition of the contract system in all
public work.
T. The abolition Of the sweating system.
s. Municipal ownership of street cars, and
| gas and electric plants for public distribu-
| ton of light, heat and power
g. The naturalization of telegraphs, tele-
| phones, railroads and mines
10. The collective ownership by the people
| of all means of production and distribution,
! by which mean that when industry
| becomes centralized as to assume the
| form of trust or monopoly and hence a
| menace to the best interests Of the people,
| such industry should be conducted by the
| government.
IL. The principle of referendum in all
In addition we make the following de-
| mands:
| people on their debts, by providing that all
mortgages be deducted from the assessment
for taxes.
Z. Inc exemption OF q reasonable amount
| Of improvements on land, so that people be
| no longer punished for being industrious
| and economical.
8. That the state furnish a uniform sys-
| TEN of text books to the pupils of the public
| schools at cost of production.
4. That public authorities should furnish
employment to all who need it at reasonable
| wages.
3. That convict labor be utilized in the
! manufacture of binding Irvine to be fur
| nished to consumers at cost.
| The Socialists and other delegates
FLASHED and the Socialists withdrew, but
ultimately returned to the hall