Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-09-08

Deuster Nominated.
On motion of J. w. Bashford Of
Hudson, nominations for lieutenant
| governor began. Maurice A. Nc
| Cabe Of Milwaukee made the first
speech, nominating ex-Congressman
| Peter Y. Deuster OF Milwaukee.
Mr.. W. F. Bunde of the 7th district
placed the name Of ex-senator John
I. Kingston of Ashland. now a pri-
vate soldier in Porto Rico, before the
convention, paying a high tribute to
! the common soldier1nd Mr.. Kingston
and urging the political wisdom of
recognizing the soldier element in the
makeup Of the ticket.
| J. F. Doherty Of La Crosse nomi-
mated Stephen Richmond Of Arcadia.
Deuster's nomination was seconded
by Oscar Foley of Milwaukee and Mr..
Schwappe Of Taylor county, Mr.. Rich
rlond by ". J. Kershaw of Milwau-
lee and Mr.. Kingston by A. J. Dopp
| Of Waukesha and Sam. Ryan OF Ap-
| pleton. Mr.. O'Keefe Of Ashland spoke
good words for Mr.. Kingston but re-
minded the convention that two years
ago Kingston was a gold democrat
and he thought it proper the conyen-
ton should know the fact. Outa-
game county then withdrew its sup
port from Kingston amid applause by
many.
The ballot resulted: Deuster, 4O3;
Richmond, 1873; Kingston, 20. On
motion Of Mr.. Doherty Of La Crosse,
the nomination Of Mr.. Deuster was
made unanimous.
Thursday Afternoon Session.
At the opening of the afternoon ses-
sion at 3:05 O'Clock, Chairman OCon-
nor announced that he would take the
berty Of appointing a committee of
three to invite Mr. T. E. Ryan to
appear before the convention, and
named as such committee Messrs. A i.
J. Dopp Of Waukesha, Patrick J.
O'Meara Of West Bend and l.. J.
Bomerich Of Kenosha. On molten of
Leopold Hammel Of Milwaukee. a
similar committee. consisting OF
Messrs. Hammel, Neal Brown of Wau-
sau and Matthews of the sixth dis
trict. was appointed to
bring Mr.. Deuster before the conven-
ton, and one, consisting of Messrs.
G. W. Sloane of Juneau, J. A. Synon
OF Iowa county, and P. H. Bolger OF
Jefferson, to wait On Mr.. Rogers. The
spectators, as in the morning, were
but few. The three candidates were
brought in amid applause and made
brief speeches. The fusion resolution
was then defeated by a vote of 361 to
294
A motion to nominate in the follow
ing order was carried: Attorney gen
eral, insurance commissioner, railroad
commissioner, treasurer, state superin-
tendent and secretary of state. 1t
was voted to allow no seconding
speeches
Fusion Rejected
The rest Of the morning was con-
sumed in debate on the question OF fu-
sion with the populists, they asking
for the places of secretary of state
and state superintendent on the ticket.
Mr.. Kearney Of Racine, r. B. kirkland
Of Jefferson, Judge Aldro jerks of
Dodgevllle and D. J. Hayes of Brown
county opposing and Rublee A. Cole
and John F. Donovan of Milwaukee,
L. ]. Bomerich Of Kenosha. c. NJ,
! Walsh OF Adams and John Kluevin Of
Oshkosh fayoring fusion. Before the
vote was taken a motion to adjourn
Was carried.
j. A. Aylward Of Madison nominated
J. NJ. Clancy of Stoughton for attor-
ney general, J. W. Kershaw of Mil
Waukee named Judge J. U. MCCLELLAN
of Marinette and Claire B. Bird of
Wausau nominated H. H. Grace of
Superior.
It was voted to make all ballots
formal. The first for attorney re-
suited: Clancy, 246; Grace, 245; Nc
Gillian, l57. Clancy received the full
Dane county vote while Grace swept
the northern part of the state. On the
second ballot there was a great
stampede to Grace and Mr.. Awkward
speaking for the Clancy delegates,
moved to make the nomination Of
Mr.. Grace unanimous. The chair
ruled it out of order but motion of
Mr.. O'Meara OF West Bend to suspend
the rules was carried and the nomina.
ton OF Mr.. Grace was made unani
mons amid enthusiastic applause.
Mr.. Kirkland of Jefferson named
Otto J. Kirschensteiner of Jefferson
county for insurance commissioner
William Charleton Of Madison pre-
scented ANTON T z KaiSar Of Mil
Waukee, a war veteran. Byron Park
of the eighth district named Michael
Clifford Of Portage county. Senator
Neal Brown made a vigorous and
somewhat startling speech favoring
the nomination of John F. SCHNEIDER
OF milwaukee,, whom the peoples party
had nominated for secretary Of state
and wanted accepted by the demo
Gratis. He thought it would make
amends for the apparent discourtesy
shown that party and be good politics
Manye attempts ar seconding were
| ruled out Of order but Mr.. Koenitzer
! Of Milwaukee succeeded in making a
strong speech for SCHNEIDER. AS the
! balloting progressed SCHNEIDER de-
! veloped great strength and a sensation
was created when the sixth congress
sional district, through Louis A
LANCE of Fond du Lac, cast its entire
t "a votes for the Milwaukee man. The
ballot resulted: Whole number Of
votes cast, 632, of which SCHNEIDER re-
oeived 1854; Clifford, ia; Kirchen
steiner, SO; Kaiser. IL Mr.. Schind
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