Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-09-16
A STRONG TICKET
Excellent Men Placed on the Repub
Iican County Ticket-The Con
veDtiOn,

veDtion.
On Saturday last the Republicans of
Jefferson county nominated the follow
ing county ticket:
Sheriff-THEODORE B. ROACH, of Water
loo,
Register of Deeds-ALBERT ]. WEISS, of
Watertown.
Treasurer-J. A. FRTEDEL. of Rome.
County Clerk-FREDERICK BULLWINKEL,
of Jefferson.
Clerk of the Courts-JAMES L. COOK. of
Lake Mills.
District Attorney-E. A. WIGDALE, of Fort
Atkinson,
Surveyor-EDWARD c. JONES, of Fort At
kinsOn.
Coroner-PHINIoUS JACQUETH. of Pal
myra.
Superintendent of schools-J. L. HELEN,
of Ga akland.
Never before in the history of the
Republican party has Jefferson county
witnessed such a convention as that
held at J Jefferson, Saturday, September
II. Men who have attended the party
conventions since its organization forty
years ago say that it was unparalleled
in point Of attendance, number of can
didates and enthusiasm. Heretofore
it has been the custom to skirmish
around and induce people to allow
their names to 90 on the ticket. This
year there was a contest for almost
every nomination and in one instance
there we're seven candidates seekins
the same office.
Promptly at 2 O'Clock Chairman
George J. Kispert, of the county COM
mittee, called the convention to order.
Hon. Jesse Stone, of this city, was called
Jefferson, chosen secretary. A COM
mittee on credentials, with John Bull
lock, of Johnson Creek, as chairman,
and one on resol buttons, with Mark
Curtis, of Hebron, as chairman,
were appointed by the chair. Pend
ing the verification of credentials, short
addresses were made by Ex-Governor
Hoard, Hon. John NJ. Whitehead, of
GAINESVILLE, and Colonel F. E. Parsons,
of Lake Mills. The committee on Gre
dentials reported a contest over the
Seventh ward delegation from this
city, which was finally settled by the
convention seating George w Webb
and j. T. Norris as proxies of the regu-
larly chosen delegates.
There were two candidates for sher-
lff, James L. Cook, of Lake Mills, and
Theodore Roach, of Waterloo, the lat
ter receiving the nomination on the
first ballot. Three candidates for regis
ter of deeds were presented to the con-
vention, I. ]. Foljahn, of Rome; A. j.
Weiss and j. T, Moak, of this city.
The presentation Of Mr.. Moak IS name
to the convention was surprise to the
delegates from this city, it being un-
derstood that Mr.. Weiss was to receive
their support. The informal ballot
stood: Weiss, 50; Foljahn, 35; Moak,
70. On the first formal ballot Mr..
Weiss received SO votes and was de-
clared the choice Of the convention.
]. A. Friedel, of Rome, received the
nomination for treasurer on the first
ballot, his nearest competitor being
Fred WinkenWerder, of the town of
Watertown.
James L. Cook, of Lake Mills, and
Fred Bullwinkel, of Jefferson, were
nominated by acclamation for clerk of
the courts and county clerk, respect
lively. The contest for district attor-
ney resulted in the choice of E.
A. Wigdale, of Fort Atkinson. His
nomination created some surprise,
as 1t was expected that Edward
f. Wieman, of this city, would be
the nominee. Geographical reasons
controlled the selection, as the south
ern portion of the county had no can
didate on the ticket up to that time
Phinious Jacqueth, of Palmyra, re-
ceived the nomination for coroner,
Edward G. Jones, of Fort Atkinson,
for surveyor, and J. L. HELEN, of Oak
land, for superintendent of schools.
without opposition.