The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-09-02
SOME OPPOSE
Warm Debate on Fusion in the
Wisconsin Democratic Con.
ventiOn.
Report of the Committee Gave
POpulists Two Good Places
on the Ticket.
Some Of the Delegates, However,
Believed One Office Enough
For Them.
p. Y. Deuster of Milwaukee Nom
mated For Lieutenant
Governor.

OemOcratlc state convention took re.
cess until "a. IN. , the Lyceum theater
was practically deserted at that hour
and not until 10 o'clock did the dele.
gates get together to finish their labors
In nominating the balance Of the
ticket. The first business to be trans.
acted was the selection by the conven.
ton OF the chairman Of the state cen.
trail committee. George w. Peck was
reelected by acclamation.
The state central committee, as
elected by the various congressional
district caucuses, was then ratified by
the convention.
Judge H. w. Sawyer Of Hartford.
the nominee for governor. was then
escorted before the convention. He
thanked the delegates for the nomin.
alton; said he had read the resolutions
with care and pronounced then patrl.
otic, and predicted success for the
ticket IN November.
The names Of p. V. Deuster of Mil.
waukee. John I. Kingston of Ashland
cadia, were then placed IN nomination
for lieutenant governor. Deuster was
nominated Oh the first ballot.
Fusion Committees Report.
The conference committee on fusion
reported that the Peoples party pro.
posed TO endorse the platform Of the
Democratic party and the ticket nom.
| mated by the Democrac party, and rec.
| ommends that the positions Of secre.
tary OF state and superintendent Of
| public instruction upon the Demo.
cratic ticket DO filled by the names Of
party convention.
The report of the conference commit
tee was received and put on file, where.
upon resolution was introduced that
| the convention nominate as the candi.
dates for secretary of state and super.
intendent Of public instruction gentle.
| men whose names shall be announced
by the Peoples party now in conven.
tion.
A motion to lay this resolution Oh
the Ia BILE was then made aud lost.
| Another motion was made to exclude
| the words superintendent of public
| instruction" and the name Of the can.
didate for secretary of state be subjec,
to the approval Of the Democratic con-
vention.
A hot two hours debate on fusion
ensued, the various speakers being
very radical in their expressions FOL
and against the proposed fusion. AT
o'clock recess was taken until 2:H
without q vote on the matter unde'
consideration.
Contest Over Resolutions.
The report Of the committee on reso
lutions was signed by every membe
of the committee, but fight was mad
The Democrats of the stat, Of Wiscon
sin in state convention assembled do al
firm our allegiance to the Democrati
Observation-Disclosures. liberty and equality
upou which our institutions are founded
which the Democratic party has advc
Gated from Jcfferson's time to our OWL
and we declare our firm devotion to tn
Democratic principles rs enunciated i
the Chicago platform Of 1888.
War Not Rightly Handled.
We congratulate the citizens of the M
ton on their loyalty and ardent patriot
ism. displayed in tho vigorous prosccutio
II the late war, and we especially homo
tho American army and navy for thei
yalor and intrepid bravery on land an
. s,a. and we condemn in unstinted mea
/. uro the war department. for the blundcl
and crimes committed against the bray
bows in blue In camp and on foreign ba
tlcticlds by selfish contractors, incon
rctent surgeons and vain, heartlcss arm
officers, appointed for political purposes
and we hereby pledge to our brave so
dicrs and sailors who survive this war OF
earnest and loyal support to secure tn
punishment Of the guilty parties.
Nine planks are then devoted to a
arraignment Of the Republican part
Of the state.
No reference to annexation is mad
in the platform.