Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-09-08

sau and Matthews Of the sixth ais-
trict, was appointed
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bring Mr.. Deuster before the CONVEX.
ton, and one, consisting OF Messre
G. w. Sloane Of juneau, J. A. Svnon
OF Iowa county, and P. H. Boleer a,
JEFFERSON, to wait on Mr. Rogers Tba
spectators. az in the morning, were
but few. The three candidates wera
brought in amid applause and made
brief speeches. The fusion resolution
was then defeated by a vote of 2s1 ~
2S4.
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. II
was voted to allow no secondiug
speeches.
Fusion Rejected.
The rest OF the morning was con.
sumed in debate on the question of IN.
sion with the populists, they asking
for the places of secretary of state
end state superintendent on the ticker
Mr. kearney Of Racine, K. B. Kirkland
of Jefferson, Judge Aldro jerks n,
Dodgeville and D. ]. Hayes of Brown
county opposing and Rublee A. Cole
and John F. Donovan of Milwaukee.
l.. j. Bomerich of Kenosha, G. NJ
Walsh of Adams and John Klueyin OF
Oshkosh favoring fusion. Before the
vote was taken a motion to adjourn
was carried.
]. A. Awkward of Madison nominated
j. M. Clancy Of Stoughton for attor-
ney general, j W. Kershaw of Mi.
waukee named Judge ]. U. MCCLELLAN
of Marinette and Claire b. Bird Of
Wausau nominated H. H. Grace OF
Superior.
1t was voted to make all ballots
formal. The first for attorney re-
suited: Clancy, 246; Grace, 245; Nc
Gillian, 157. 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 Nj. 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 E. +. Kaiser 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 fayoring
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 at 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
"A votes for the Milwaukee man. The
ballot resulted Whole number OF
votes cast, $50, of which SCHNEIDER re
oeived 964; Clifford, ia; Kirchen
steiner. SO; Kaiser, II Mr. Schind-
ler's nomination was then made unan-
imous. Being in the hall, he was
called on for speech and responded
briefly with thanks and pledged his
support TO the ticket.
Evening Session
The delegates returned to the con-
ventioQ hall at S o'clock to finish up
their work. c. j. Malek of MiiWau-
was named for state treasurer by &C.
clamatian. FIR superintendent OF
public instruction w. H. Schulz OF
Spring Green was chosen. Peer y.
Stromme of Mad son was nominated
for secretary Of state over John r.
Doherty Of La Crosse by a vote OIL
333 to 31S. \ resolution was adopted
empowering the state cen raj COMMIT
tee to fill any vacancy In case oi
death, also to fill the place OF insnr
ance commissioner assigned to Joho
F. SCHNEIDER in case the populists
compelled him to withdraw. he being
also nominated for the same place
on the populist ticktt.
The convention adjourned at lO'5V'
Lieut.. Hobscn has been recommenI-
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