Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-09-09

pass the nomination of Ieutenant-gOv
ernOr for the present and proceed with
the other nominations. When the of
fee of secretary of state was reached
that @. N. Butt had been nominated by
the Populists ii accordance with the
fusion programme, and asked that this
convention endorse the nominee. This
was done, the vote being taken by con-
gressional districts. The same was done
in the case of Fred W. Thai the Popu-
list nominee for insurance commissioner.
Proceedings were interrupted long
enough to re-elect ex-Gov. Peck as chair
man of the state central committee and
then the matter of acknowledgement
was taken up. The Silverites had previ-
kee for The place, but Thursday morn
ing they sent over word that they
wished Eto substitute the name of II. II.
Hoardaof sEWaupun, and the Democrats
therefore placed him in nomination.
There was no opposition to W. +. Piers
torff of Middleton for treasurer. The
contest for attorney general narrowed
down to three candidates-William
Smith OF GAINESVILLE, Henry 1. Weed of
Oshkosh and eX-Attorney-G General OCon-
nor, some delegates voting for the latter
notwithstanding that he had taken the
resulted: Weed, $40; O'Connor, 8; Smith,
81. Mr. Weed was declared to he the
|. nominee. There was quite q contest for
railroad commissioner, the following
names being presented: John G. Bach
huber Ms R of Juneau B. pos s. Potter of P Of
land county, 6. F. .KaIk of Barron
county. G. Brawley of Maus-
ton and Andrew Jansen of Edergton.
The vote resulted: Kalk, 115; Potter,
81; Jansen 3d. Brawley,~ 10; Baehhuber,-
40; Rodolf, 26. Kalk was declared to
be the nominee. Frank Cleary of Wau-
kesha received nomination for state.
superintendent Sof public instruction on
the first ballot, receisihgs 1866 votes to;
F146 for John e. Riordan of Sheboygan
and 8 for W. II. Shu1tz of Baraboo
A recess was then taken to 8 o'clock.
The nomination. of two electors-at-
large was the first business in the after
noon and Judge Cate of Stevens Point
and John Winans were chosen. Seven
district electors were then chosen, the
Populists having chosen three. The full
list is as follows:
First district-Abion A. Worsley of Ra-
cine county. ~ 49, r..
! Second district-Lester Woodland of CO.
Third district-owen King of Sank county.
Fourth district-Henry ]. Steinmann,
Milwaukee.
Fifth district-Ernest Merton, waukesha
county.
Sixth district-John L. Beau Of Fond du
Lac county.
Seventh district-Michael ]. Warner of
Trempealeau county.
Eighth Observation-Disclosures Roemer Of Outa-
game county.
Ninth district-Herman Naber Of Sha-
wano. $685.
Tenth district-Charles L. Drekkey Of
Barron county.
The convention then adjourned sine
die.
The Populist Convention.
Tho hoII OF NTiIuoulyoo rordoD 1voc
well filled when the convention of the
Populist party was called to order this
morning. Robert Schilling of Milwau-
kee, chairman of the state central COM
mittee, was the man who welded the
gavel and he took occasion to deliver a
little speech outlining the prospective
work of the convention. The temporary
chairman was G. M. Butt of Vernon
county and he delivered brief address.
Committees were selected and then
Ralph Beaumont of Oklahoma was
called on for speech. Henry Smith
of Milwaukee and A. A. Worsley of
Racine were the other speakers. The
report of the committee on credentials
showed that all but four counties in
the state were represented. A recess
until afternoon was then taken.
At the afternoon session the following
permanent organization was selected:
Chairman, A. A. Worsley of Racine;- sec
retaries, G. NJ. Boyce of Wausau and
John Ulrich of Milwaukee. The COM
mittee on resolutions then presented its
report The platform endorsed the one
adopted by the recent national convention
at ST. Louis.
There was little opposition from the
Sixth district as to fusion, but this was
subdued, and conference committee was
appointed. The members of the commit
tee were:
1.@C. D. wooster, Green.
2--J ohm T. Foran, Dane. - 49,
SC. Butt, Vernon rs
Al. T. SCHNEIDER, Milwaukee.
5.-Carl Runge, Milwaukee.
6.-Charles Scheel, Winnebago.
> III. NJ Collins La Crosse.
s SIS A. Sherman, Portage.
Cd. B. O'Shea, Marinette.
10.-Carl Pieper, Dunn.
At the meeting in the evening the re-
port of the committee on fusion was
made and the convention then pro-
ceeded to the selection of the candidates
allotted to it. DR.. Frank Powell was
nominated for secretary of state and
then Robert Schilling startled the con-
vention by announcing himself as a
candidate for the place, but each of the
candidates finally withdrew and G: M.
Rutt of Virooua Given tho N1apn