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

that committees Oh CREDENTIALS, per-
manent organization and resolutions
he appointed. The motions prevailed,
f.. c. PorS, Of MarShirld. moved that
all resolutions 80 10 the committee On
resolutions, The motion prevailed, and
Senator Villas appointed rs chairman
OF the several committees the men who
had made the various motions The
congressional districts had previously
met and selected their committee mon
and the convention At once confirmed
the work there done as follows;
Credentials.
First district Il. r. Langley. Wal,
worth,
SetNnd-W. II. Rogers, Jefferson.
Third-J GrotophorSt Sank
Fourth Peter pawinSi milwaukee,.
Fifth-H w. BolcnS
SIXTH. c. Smith. OF Markesau.
Scvcuth-p. w. Cheney. of Monroe.
Eighth W. w. Crane. VI WaupaCa.
Ninth-W. Il. Shay.
Tenth-olohn Mueller rirNN
Resolutions.
First district John Wuuans, Rock
Second-JamrS NJ. Clancy, Dane,
Third Dan, Webster, Crawford.
Fourth H. :. Rose, milwaukee,,
Fifth 7. O'Mrara, Washington,
Sixth ThNo. KcrStcn, Chiffon.
Seventh -Scnator Lees, Buffalo
Eighth VIM. Kennedy, Appleton
Ninth j. IL. Knight, Ashland,
Tenth w +. McNally, ST. CroiN
Permanent Organization.
First district-G. 7. Hodges, Green.
Secund-JoO Mills. Columbia.
Third DR.. IL. GraSser, Grant
Fourth-rhilip Obcrman. Milwaukee,.
Fifth -Iorn Schwatka, OF milwaukee,.
Sixth VIM. Nash, Two Rivers.
seventh \, w Singleton, Eau Claire
Eighth H. HagrnmriStcr,
Ninth ID. l.. rlumcr. Marathon.
Tenth Joseph Bond, Washhurn.
The com ention then took recess
till 4 o'clock.
SECOND SESSION.
After recess, Chairman Miller, OF the
credcntial committees read the list of
delegates, and it was adopted When
the Fond du Lac delegates were read,
the name OF Congressman Wells was
substituted for that of General T.. s.
Bragg. 1t was the first mention OF
Braggs name in the convention of
tFi n .Nf u
clapping greeted it.
The committee on permanent Organi.
zation recommended THAT the temper
AIRY organization be declared permanent
and that nominations be made in the
usual order governor, lieutenant gov
cruor, secretary of state, state treas
urer attorney general, state supcrin
tcndcnt, railnAd commissioner; ais,
that the chairman of the state central
committee be- elected by the convcn
ton.
The reports were adopted, The com
mittcc on resolutions was not + .ldN
TO report.
Editor LanEc, OF Fond du Lac, ot1rret
vcntions the state central committee
act as the committee on credentials
Scvcrd members hotly opposed it rs
Il proposed Capitalization of power anC
as undemocratic. j NJ. Morrow moyeG
that it be tabled. Mr. Langc explained
that he introduced it at the request
of the central committee.
~ thought Sow was an exclamation
heard from many parts of the house
G. Y Thorn said he was Il member
OF the central committee and that ho
knew Of no such proposition and SHOULD
have protested against it, Mr.. Iangt
admitted that his resolution was pre-
scntod at the request, not Of thu
central committee, but of Chairman
Wall himself. He then withdrew j
amid confusion.
Delegate Carney, Of WAukcsha, pro
posed that, while waiting for the re
port of the committee on resolutions
nominating speeches for governor bt
made. A long but good-natured con
trovmSy cnsucd, which finally resulted
in the nominating schcm being
adopted, speeches to be limited to five
minutes each But j NJ Morrow a
once thereafter explained that, in fair
ness to the chairman of the committee
on resolutions who, he understood, de
SIDED to make a nominating speech {
recess should be taken to give tina
committee time il which to report
His appeal was effective, a Commute
recess being taken.
1t was $50 when the convention re
assembled, and then Chairman Kirk
land of the resolutions committee rcat
the platform. 1t varied in several par
ticulars from the one which Is said L
have been prepared by the centra
committee Wednesday evening 1t !,
essentially as follows:
Il. We the democrats of Wisconsin
in convention assembled reaflirm the
principals Of the national democratic
platform OF 1892.
20. The present financial distress
under which the country has suffered
and is still suffering, is the logical anC
necessary consequence OF republican
class legislation and mismanagement
40 Tho nau tariff lnw affords tho