Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-03-26

Payne should be reelected member
of the national republican committee"
Charles f. Pfster presented the fol-
lowing, which was adopted at the
same time;
Resolved, That c. G. Rogers be and
( is hereby requested to present the
name of Eugene S. Elliott 10 the state
1 convention on the 18th inst, as one of
/ the delegates-at-large to the national
republican convention at st. Louis, on
( behalf OF the united and unanimous
delegation from Milwaukee county"
1 On motion of w. A. Fricke, Elliott
4 R. Stillman was recommended for
presidential elector from the fourth
\ district
Charles Nj. Gregg and Frank ]. Mar
1 shall were chosen for members OF the
state central committee
! The fight leaves some bitter recol-
4 lections, and will not add materially TO
the comfort of Mr.. S. A. Harper, VINO
/ is suspected of having inspired some
\ things connected with It.
Philetus Sawyer got angry during
the night when il was announced ~
Messrs. Haugen and Hoard that they
would have his scalp, and he set to
I work in earnest, making fur fly in all
directions.
As consequence, the Haugen crowd
4 had concluded by II o'clock that they
/ i 10 NIT nd m at
Sawyer, but would try conclusions
with either Stout or Scofleld, leaving a
reasonably clear field for both Sawyer
and Elliott.
! II had not been decided before the
! convention met whether II would be
Stout or Scofield that the Haugsn men
would unite against, but 1t looked as
though the latter would be the subject
OF their attentions. the argument used
being that with Mr.. Sawyer on the list
MIR. Scofeld was too near a neighbor
and the honor should go to some other
part of the state,
The Upham ofliceholders also made
quiet, sly fight against Mr.. Scofield, a
rumor having gained circulation to the
effect that the opposition to the re-
nomination of Gov. Upham had begun
to erystali2e around the Oconto man as
an available candidate for governor
} 1t was queer combination to see Hau-
gen and Upham men both working e
defeat the same man, but 1t only
served TO emphasize the saying that
! politics make queer bedfcllows when
rooms are crowded.
The pulling and hauling was some
thing awful all the morning, The fight
in the tenth district for a place on the
: state central committee resulted dis
astrously for the A. p. A, men who
were backing Mr.. Willard because he
was conspicuous before committees In
the last Legislature when speeches were
made in favor of taxing church prop
egty. They only mustered q votes in
the delegation, however, and Mr.. Mil
lard was defeated by l.. H. Mead, wnc
is prominent secret society man hui
has never been accused o. pelng d
member of proscriptiye organizations
Frank Pooler, La Crosse delegate
said that his part of the state was
stoutly opposed to Hoard, who, he
: thought had already done harm
enough to the party. In his opinion
the Hoard move was that of faction
which should be suppressed as en-
phatically as possible. He denied that
Sawyer was supporting or fayoring
Hoard. Sawyer was entitled to place
on the delegation and he was doing
nothing to imperil his own chances
After all the money that Mr.. Sawyer
had spent for the party, 1t would be
rank ingratitude to prefer any other
man to him as the head OF the delega-
; ton to the national convention. AS
to the settlement of the Milwaukee
contention, Mr. Pooler said that it was
, the result of the pounding admins
/ tered to the Payne movement by the
delegates from the rest of the state
1t would have made no difference II
/ Mr.. Payne had a unanimous delega-
ton from Milwaukee, for he could not
have been elected even then Four
years ago he was sent to Minneapolis
! as a Harrison man and then entered
into deal to defeat Harrison. The
republicans of the state remembered
that incident and they did not propose
to have any man on the delegation
! this year who would not vote fair, No
matter how much Mr.. Payne might be
in favor Of Mckinley now, it was well
known that he was not in sympathy
with the movement. There is no call
, for such men at this time.