Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-09-01

will be called to order at i O'Clock
noon today by eX-Goy. George ".
Peck, in the academy OF music wn"h
is handsomely decorated in flags ana
flowers for the event. EX-GoY. PecN
will turn the gavel over to ex-Attolney
General j. l.. OConnor who II
believed will also be made permaN ent
chairman. If this concession is made
by the Rose element it is believed the
Peck administration incident precipl-
tated by the Milwaukee mayor Will lie
dropped.
The leaders are all at sea regarding
the lower places on the ticket. Both
the Sawyer and the Ryan men claim
the nomination of their man on the
first ballot, but both are probably
wrong. Neither side will give figures.
There is some talk of Peer y.
Stromme for secretary OF state but
Clancy is in the way.
Ex-Mayor M. j. Hoven OF Madison
Is being urged to come caAdlaate
for the nomination for lieutenant gov
ernor. Many Milwaukee delegat
pledge themselves to vote for the
Madisol eX-mayor should he de-
clare himself candidate.
The Dane delegation held 4 @ou'rs
at the Republican house but all the
delegates were not present, some OF
them probably not yet having arrived
in the city. Sawyer got all but three
Of the Dane county delegates. They
are almost a unit for Clancy. Ryan
NAV get a couple. Rogers go1 part OF
the Wood county delegation.
H. H. Grace of Superior will be
chairman of the committee on resou-
lions. The platform will probably
contain mild Endorsement OF the
Chicago platform, but There Will be
no mention Of silver.
The congressional district caucuses
will be held this morning for the Sc
lection of representatives on the re0o-
lutions committee. John f. Donovan
will second Ryan's nominate IA.
The Plankinton, which is the head
quarters of the party, was busy
scene Tuesday. Every hour brought
additional delegates and as the ma
iority were unpledged they were passed
from the rooms OF one candidate 70
another. The three leading delegates,
Judge H. w. sawyer OF Hartford,
Timothy E. Ryan of Waukesha and
w. II. Rogers OF Madison all have
quarters on the second floor. Indlct
tions point to the nomination
Judge Sawyer though he does not eX-
pect to receive the honor on the hrst
ballot owing to the complimentary
votes which the large number of un-
pledged delegates will doubtless give
to home candidates, On the other
hand the friends Of Mr.. Ryan say
they are equally confident. Mr.,
Ryan's quarters are naturally crowd
ed. Mayor Rose, with his coat on,
was assiduous in his attentions to all
and met every country delegate with
glad hand and a good cigar. John +.
Donovan and Thomas McCarty OF
workers in the Ryan camp. Badges
were pinned on the visitors marked
Ryan and Victory" and the utmost
air of confidence was exhibited.
The crowd at the Sawyer headquart-
ers was conspicuous by the large mum
Der of ex-university students, attracted
by Judge Sawyer's two sons, E. W.
Sawyer, U. w. '93, and Hiram o.
Sawyer, 90, who were affable and
pleasant to all.
Ex-Mayor Rogers opened his rooms
shortly after dinner and had many
visitors during the day. With him
were his two daughters, Misses Martha
and Maud, and Judge S, W. Lamor-
eaux, T. c.. Richmond and others.
The Sawyer workers became more
and more confident as time wore on
and additional delegations arrived.
They say the northern part OF the
state is coming down SO strongly in
favor of the Hartford man as to abou
insure his nomination, perhaps on the
first ballot. They pointed out as an
indication that his nomination is
pretty generally conceded the fact
that delegation of populists had Wis.
tied the judge in the afternoon TO con
fer with him but had not visited the
other candidates. However, t. c.
ANANhhiohdt OhC VI lAC Angus 1oNAiASA -
says the most unexpected thing is not
unlikely to happen in a convention
with a great majority of the delegate
unnstructed. Mr.. Rogers says tn
situation is more gratifying than ne
had expected to find it and that If he
is not nominated he will hold the
balance of power.
The Dane county delegation arrived
at 1 o'clock and most Of the mem
bers were taken In TOW by ex-Atto--
ney General ], l.. o'Connor and J.
NJ. Clancy AMI marched 70 Judge
Sawyer's quarters, whera they were
received. The most of the members
say they will support Sawyer for
governor and Clancy fer attorney
general.
On Of the most conspicuous figures
II the Hobbies was ex-Goy. PEEK with
his rever-f failing carnation and JOKE.
During the day quite a boom deyel-