Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-09-10

thursday morning. II WAS ueShu 49,
pass the nomination of lieutenant-gov
ernor for the present and proceed Win s
the other nominations. When the OF,
fee of secretary of state was reacneu
Chairman Peck arose and annou1cteu
that G. NJ. Butt had been nominated py
the. Populists in accordance M Nha4 + his
fusion programme, and asked lnat -r .his
convention endorse the nominee; ms
was done. the vote being taken by con
gressionaI districts. The same was uone
in the case of Fred w. Thai, the Popu-
list nominee for insurance commlsslohs ,.
enough to re-elect ex-Gov. Peck as CHAIR
man of the state central committee ana
then the matter of Acknowledgment
was taken up. The Silverites had prev
ously named Rublee A. Cole OF Mllwau-
kee for the place, but sIhursaay n1 thar
wished to substitute the name OF n. n.
Hoard of Waupun. and the Democia.s
therefore placed him in nomlnatlon.
There was no opposition to w. Z. f1 M1rss
torff of Middleton for treasurer. lne
contest for attorney general na W;11;am
Smith of GAINESVILLE, Henry |. Weed OF
Oshkosh and ex-Attorney- eneral OCon-
nor, some delegates voting. for the iatier
notwithstanding that he had taken tn, nhe
floor and declined the honor. The baiiot
resulted: Weed, 240; O'Connor, 8; Smi TN
L.. r.
nominee. There was quite, contest ior
railroad commissioner, the following
names being presented: John G. Bach.
huber of Juneau, B. S. Potter OF
West Bend, S. G. Rodolf of Rich
land county, c. F.. Kalk Of Barron
county, W. G. Brawley Of Maus-
ton and Andrew Jansen of Edergton.
The vote resulted: Kalk, lis; Potter,
81; Jansen, 36; Brawley, 10; Bachhuber,
40; Rodolf, &C. Kalk was declared to
be the nominee. Frank Cleary OF Wau-
kesha received the nomination for state
superintendent of public instruction on
the first ballot, receiving 166 votes to
146 for John e. Riordan of Sheboygan
and for w. Fl. Shultz of Baraboo
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-Albion A. Worsley of Ra-
Second district-Lester Woodland of Co.
Third district-owen King Of sauk county.
Fourth district-Henry ]. Steinmann,
Milwaukee.
Fifth district-Ernest Merton, Waukesha
county.
Lac county.
Seventh district-Michael J. Warner of
Trempealeau county.
Eighth district-Christian Roemer OF Outa-
game county.
Ninth district-Herman Naber of Sha-
wanO.
Tenth district-Charles L. Drekkey of
Barron county.
The convention then adjourned sine
die.
The Populist Convention.
The hall at Milwaukee garden was
we'll filed 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,
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 III
the state were represented. A recess
until afternoon was then taken.
At the afternoon session the following
permanent organization was selected:
retaries, G. M. 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-John T. Foran, Dane.
&c. NJ Butt, Vernon.
fl: F. SCHNEIDER, Milwaukee.
5.-Carl Runge, Milwaukee.
6.-Charles Scheel Winnebago.
II. NJ. Collins La Crosse.
SIS. A. Sherman, Portage.
Sd. B. O'Shea, Marinette.
1O.-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.
Butt of Viroqua was given the place.
There were many candidates for in
surance commissioner, but Fred w.
Thall Of Milwaukee secured the place.
"A. A. WOrSley OF Racine, Lester Wood
ward of Columbia and G. Schirzinger of
! Fond du Lac were selected as presi-
Dental electors and then the convention
adjourned until 2 o'clock tomorrow
afternoon.
On Thursday afternoon the Populist
convention held a session to ratify the
nominations made by the Democrats
The substitute of the name of HI. III.
Hoard for that of Rublee A. Cole for
acknowledgements was included in the
| ratification. The electors allotted to the
Populists were elected and then the con-
| vention adjourned.
The Silver Convention.
| The Silver party's convention was held
| in Lincoln hall, and was called to order
! by Rublee A. Cole of Milwaukee c.. T..
| Wells was the temporary chairman. He
| delivered an address outlining the policy,
both as regards state and national affairs,
of the Silver party. Herbert Kline of
Milwaukee and John Ingersoll of Wan