Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-09-12
REPUBLICANS OF JEFFERSON
NOMINATE COUNTY AND ASSEM-
BLY, TICKETS.
Enthusiastic Conventions Held at Jef-
ferson Saturday Excellent Nomina-
tions Made-PrOceedings in Detail.

tions Made-Proceedings in Detail.
The Republicans of Jefferson county
met in force at jefferson Saturday and
held one of the most significant and
largest conventions in the history of
the party. According to the opinion
of the old war horses it was by long
| odds the best convention of it's XII ind
ever held in the county. The effect
of such splendid gathering. with its
very harmonious proceedings and the
| display of SO much confidence, augurs
well for vigorous campaign and a
successful issue at the polls.
At 2:3O P. NJ. Chairman George j
Kispert, of the Republican county
| committee, called the convention to
order. Foster E. Parsons, of Lake
Mills, was chosen to preside, and. as
bas become set custom, j. F. Prem
tiss, of this city, was called to the
secretary's desk. Upon motion the
chair appointed the following com
mittees:
On Credentials--Ma Curtis, of
Hebron; j. T. Moak, Watertown; G.
Copeland, Jefferson; Fred Hansen,
Fort Atkinson; S. B. House, Lake
Mills.
On Resolutions-J. T. Moak, of
Watertown; F. j. Perry. Fort Atkin-
son; G. Rutherford, Oakland; G. Hoff-
| mann, Aztalan; A. j. Roach, Water
loo.
While the committees were engaged
at their labors, the convention was
| treated to an address by cx-Governor
Hoard. who in his usual happy way
proved himself to be able to entertain
his hearers. He mainly spoke Of the
splendid duties and opportunities of
American manhood.
The report of the committee on
| credentials showed the convention to
be complete with representatives from
every voting precinct in the county
in all ninety delegates.
THE RESOLUTIONS
Chairman Moak, of the resolutions
committee, submitted the following
platform, which was adopted by a
rising vote:
''Tbe Republicans of Jefferson coun-
| ty, In convention assemb bled. reaf1irm
their allegiance to the time-honOred
principles of the Republican party
We heartily approve of the action of
| the Philadelphia convention, both as
to its nominees and the platform
which it promulgated. We pledge it's
candidates, William Mckinley and
Theodore Roosevelt. our sincere and
loyal support, believing that in their
success lies the welfare Of the nation
and that their defeat would have a
most disastrous effect upon the fame
and fortune of this country.
eve declare further:
ssThat Imperialism is myth and
militarism a bugbear, known to be
such by those who, for unworthy pur-
poses, are trying to mislead and alarm
the people by pretending that there
is danger lurking in the policy of the
government toward the Filipinos.
THAT there can be and is no such
thing as imperialism or militarism in
| government constituted like ours,
| and that the cry now raised against
these imaginary evils is as senseless
as was similar one INDUCED in by
| the Democratic party during and after
| the war of the rebellion. We accord
ingly commend the course of President
| Mckinley in his foreign policy, as re-
CARDS this and other questions, as wise,
patriotic, humane and just.
That the efforts of the Democracy
to relegate to the background and ig-
more the silver question are we'll under
stood as calculated to deceive the peo-
pile and hide the cloven foot of their
candidate for president upon that
issue.
s.That it is the paramount question
before the people in this campaign
and more deeply concerns them than
any other.
That William J. Bryan's pledge in
1896 that if elected president the gold
standard would not be maintained in
this country longer than he was able
to get rid of it, has not been retract-
ed, but on the contrary has only re-
Gently been reafirmed by him; and
that therefore, if business conditions
are not to become unsettled and pan
demonium is not to reign in financial
affairs. disturbing values and inviting
renewal of the Industrial paralysis
which characterized the years 1898,
'94, '95 and '96, when uncertainty pre-
vailed as to the future money stand
ard, the continuance in power of the
present administration and Repub-
lican congress, under whose auspices
such phenomenal strides have been
made in the way of prosperity, is 9
consideration and necessity of the
first Importance.
That in So far as combinations Of
capital are made for the purpose o.
sitting fair competition Or creating
trusts which are inimical to the inter