Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-06-25

crowd shouted for him 70 take the plat
form. rhe silver men cried no but
he came forward in the midst of The
widest confusion. He was very much
speech calling upon the gathering to
say whether lie aud the other leaders
of the party had failed to stand by
democratic principles. L. j. Dockery
spoke for silver and Gen. Edward $.
Bragg delivered plea for gold
standard. The vote on the adoption OF
the minority report resulted lbs to III,
The majority report was then adopted
by the same vote.
The platform that was adopted by
the convention follows
The democrats Of Wisconsin in state
convention assembled endorse the
wise and patriotic administrations of
President Cleveland, We commend
the course in congress of our able SEN
ators, William +. Villas and John l..
Mitchell, III their faithful adherence to
the principles of the democrats OF Wis
consiu. We believe a tariff for rev
nue. only would extend American com
mercc TO the utmost parts OF the earth,
and that untrammeled industry would
advance our country to the foremost
place among other nations. We are,
therefore, firm in our adherence 10 the
doctrine enunciated by tha last nation
al democratic convention, that tnis
government should impose no tarh
taxes except for revenue. We b'ileve
the demands of commerce built upon
the broad and enlightened doctrine of
Tree trade, require a currency that can
not be discredted in any civilized
country Realizing this logical de
niand for the best money for interna-
tional trade and realizing also the dan
gers of a currency for domestic use, and
aware that the present condition OF
commercial distress calls for patriotic
and sturdy maintenance OF national
honor and financial integrity, W de
clare ourselves opposed to free unl!mit-
ed coinage of silver, and in favor OF
gold as the highest monetary standard
of the world We hereby direct the
delegates from Wisconsin to the nation
al democratic convention, to be held in
Chicago July next, to vote as unit
on all subjects and candidates when
and as the majority of the delegation
may direct"
The following delegates large
were then elected. William +. Villas,
Madison; Edward S. Bragg, Fond du
Lac. James G Flanders Milwaukee;
James J. Hogan, La Crosse. The alter.
nates-at- large chosen wcra John Suhr,
Dane county; Archie Woodward, Rock
county John w. Hume, Winnebago
county: J. J. McCallum. Richiand
county.
tlst of District Delegates
FRS: district George McKill James
Vile; Thomas kearney, Racine.
Second j. +. Malone, Juneau, W.
r. Rogers, Fort Atkinson.
Third Herman Gasser PlaltevilIe:
Dr. w A. Synon, Iowa county
Fourth. William Bergentnal Henry
Hasse, Milwaukee.
Fifth NJ c. Mead Plymouth; Dr.
Henry Blank, Jackson
Sixth-H p Hamilton, Manitowoc
J. H. Wood, Green Lake
seventh Robert Lees, Of Alma, a
G Larson, Of Eau Claire
Eighth. L. Brennan. Stevens
Point; John Wattawa, Kewaunee
Ninth-Judge Amos Holgate. Marin
cite; f. J. Dockery, Ashland
Tenth-R. J. Shields, Superior; II P.
McNally, New Richmond
The state central committee has
fixed upon September as the date for
the democratic convention to nominate
state officers. The republican conven-
tion Is set for August )
District Alternatcs.
Flrst-L. G. Baker, Of Walworth
county, and Fred Robins son, of Keuosha
Second E Jones, Of Columbia
and Job Mills Of Lodi
Third-HeTman Grotophorst, Of
Sank county and w S. Naming. OF
Crawford county.
Fourth Tgnatz Czerwinski and John
Wciher
Fifth-W H. Jochem. OF Ozaukee
and George II. Daubner. Of
Waukesha county,