Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-08-01
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This nominated Mr. Peterson and the
nomination was made unanimous.
Cham Ingersoll offered resolution
that he desired to have read, but Char
| 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. p. Garter of PlatteviIle nominated
John y. Wilson of Boscobel. Phil Allen
of Mineral Point put 5. NJ. Reese OF
Mineral Point in nomination.
The name of j. Lloyd Jones of Stevens
Point was presented by a. w. Sanborn
of Stevens Point.
mated w. II. Mylrea of Wausau in a
vigorous speech, which was we'll received
T.. @. Mills of Superior presented the
name of George z. ROssman of Ashland
and e. G. 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.
The ballot:
Mylrea, 1856; Wilson, u; Reese, 43;
Jones, 70; Rossman, a. Total, 345;
The next ballot nominated Mylrea
Jones, 81; Reese. ID: Miss Kate Pier, l.
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
| d. 3. Barnes of Walworth presided in his
absence. Several motions to adjourn were
| voted down. Dr. Hewitt Head of Mad
| ison nominated Prof. J. 9. Emery of
Dane county for superintendent. c. II.
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 q good many ID. j. Nc
| Kenzie, who had wanted to be treasurer
was sprung as a 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 nomnat-
| ed by Ira 3. Bradford. ]. J. McGillivray
nominated e. V. Buckley of Black River
Falls, the sheriff of Jackson county. b.
| NJ. Goldberg placed in nomination J. +.
| Nugent of Kaukauna. John NJ. Ewing
! lock, and George w. Carter of Fond du
! Lac urged the nomination of Capt Ole
son. George Z. Rossman of Ashland
nominated A. p. Morner, and Z. 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, "A: Morner, 20, and Buckley
| 10 Mr.. Morner withdrew and the second
ballot gave Mr.. Mckenzie 205 votes to
| 1872 for Bullock. The rest were scatter
| inc. 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. 3. Barnes of Wal
worth, who had been J. Z. Heg's chief
hacker Then the motion to nominate by
| reclamation was renewed and carried by
| rising vote.
The contest for the craftsmanship was
| spirited Mr.. Barnes of Walworth nom
| mated George n. Wiswell. Mr.. Long of
the Third nominated H. G. Thorn. There
were several seconding speeches and then
! Il ballot was taken, which gave Mr. Thorn
POI votes and Mr.. Wiswell 124. On mo-
| ton Of Mr.. Barnes Mr.. ThOm's election
was made unanimous. Mr. N, Thorn made a
brief speech of thanks. Three cheers were
| 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
! different parts Of the state to attend it..
! Two handsome parlOrs in the southeast
! corner on the third floor had been set
! aside for their use, and they had a num-
! Der of pleasant gatherings there. Their
callers averaged 100 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
| its members Mrs. Emma Sawyer White,
! Oshkosh; Mrs. Emil Baensch, Manito-
woe; Mrs. Earl NJ: Rogers, Niroqua; Mrs.
II. G. Thorn, Madison; Mrs: J. W. Bah
cock, NecedaA; Mrs. Martin Pattison, Su-
perior; Mrs. H c.. Adams Madison; Mrs
B. T. Willard, Chippewa; Mrs. E. W.
| Keyes, Madison; Mrs. J. G.. Gayeney, Ar
cadia; Mrs. Charles Hall. Oconto; Mrs.
| q. L. Wheelock, Medford: Mrs. Ralph c..
Vernon, Madison; Mrs. George n. Wis
well, Milwaukee; Mrs. G. II. Bullock,
Milwaukee, and Mrs. II. FL. Rand, North
| Greenfield
| Thursday the following resolution was
| unanimously adopted and presented to
! Charles F. Pfster:
Resolved, that the ladies of the Wis
| cOnsin delegations entertained at Hotel
Pfster during the Republican convention
| present vote of thanks to the proprietor,
Mr.. Charles f. Pfster, 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 50 cOurteously
treated by Mr.. and Mrs. II. II. Rand
while attending the convention of the
Republican party in 1894 earnestly ac-
| knowledge their appreciation by tender
ing their sincere thanks at this time.''
The resolution, which was signed by
J all the ladies attending, was accompanied
| by the gift of a handsome cut-glass vase
! and a dozen magnificent American Beau
| ty roses to Mrs. Rand.
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