Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-04-03
DEMOCRATIC CITY CONVENTION

partisanship and for what it believed to
be the common welfare, decided to drop
politics and unite with all who held
similar views, in the nomination and
support of citizens Bipartisan ticket
for city Offices.
The convention was called 10 order
by r. E. Powers, chairman of the demo
cratic city committee. The chairman
said that this convention was called to
nominate candidates for the various
city offices.to be filled at the election
next Tuesday; that as democrats the
delegates were supposed to nominate a
straight democratic ticket, but that as
citizens representing their different
wards and knowing the sentiment OF
the people they represented, they
should use their own Judgment as TO
whether this course was best. He said
he understood that they would be wait
ed upon by committee appointed by a
mass meeting of citizens held the night
previous and would be asked to appoint
conference committee to meet with
this committee and similar committee
from the republican convention to see
what could be done towards nominating
non-partisaE ticket. He urged that
no hasty action be taken in the matter,
but that the delegates give the question
calm and careful consideration, as much
depended on the action of this conven-
ton. The chairman then stated what
the democratic city committee had done
heretofore in connection with the re-
publican city committee in trying to put
up citizens ticket, told of the failure
of the movement and the call of eau
cuses and conventions by the two par
ties, and said that it was now in the
hands of this convention to say what
brand of ticket should be given to the
voters for their suffrage at the coming
election. He then called for the cleo
ton of temporary chairman of the
convention.
C. B. Bird was elected temporary
chairman, Fred Kickbusch, jr., tempo
rary secretary and Robert Schmidt as
sistant secretary.
A motion was made for the appoint
ment OF Il committee on credentials and
permanent organization and the chair
made the following appointments
Credentials Ringle, Chas. Jo-
jade and B. FL. Conlin.
Permanent organization-Fr Weisse,
Louis SalZmann and VIM. Breitkreutz.
The committee on organization rec
commended that the temporary organi-
cation be made permanent and the re-
port was adopted.
Louis Marchetti asked the privilege
of addressing the convention and it was
granted. He said he was one of the
committee appointed by the citizens
mass meeting the night before and that
he had come to ask this convention TO
appoint committee to meet with them
to see if citizens ticket could. not be
gotten up. He made good sensible
talk in favor of this plan, after which
the following resolution presented by
B. Fl. Conlin, was adopted
WHEREAS a movement has been started by
the citizens OF Wausau to nominate non-par-
tisan ticket to be presented to the voters of the
city OF Wausau at the coming municipal cleo
tiOn and believing such movement is to the
best interest of tax payers,
RESOLVED, That a committee be appointed
q fn0O oar : m ION
mitteeS of other parties and the committee APP
pointed by the citizens mass meeting, for the
purpose OF putting non-partisan municipal
ticket before the voters of the city of Wausau.
Chairman Bird appointed the follow
ing conference committee: B. H. Con-
lin, E. c. Kretlow, Fred Genrich, r. E..
Parcher and C. A. Williams.
The committee on credentials report
ed the following delegates entitled to
seats in the convention and the report
was adopted:
First Ward-Fred Genrich, VIM. Ro-
loft, John Ringle, Fred Kickbusch, w.
Breitkreutz, Geo. Schmitt.
Second Ward-Ed. Kretlow, j. Don
nelly, c. Bernhard, VIM. Paff, E. Lem
Ike, Geo. Steltz.
Third Ward-W. w. Albers, Philip
Stadler, Jos. Hildensperger, Jno. Band
low, John F. Lee.
Fourth Ward = Robert Schmidt, F.
W. Kickbusch, Jr., r. E. Parcher.
Fifth Ward-B. H. Conlin, q. B.
Bird, Fred Weisse, Fred Sell.
Sixth Ward-W. A. Berger, H. A.
Reuter-, Carl Haupt, Ernst Hcenisch.
Seventh Ward-Peter Werle, Fred
Eggers. VIM. Weisbrod, Henry Hoeft.
Eighth Ward-H. Pagenkopf, E. j.
Riheman, Emil Reinecke, w. Neitzke.
Ninth Ward-Louis Salzmann, Chas.
Joiade, Chas. Williams, Henry Belize.
Mr.. Ringle suggested, that as nothing
further could DC done until the different
conference committees had time to get
together, that the election of city
committee should be taken up at this
time. E. c. Kretlow placed in nominal
tion G. B. Bird for city chairman, and
he was elected by acclamatiom. The
balance of the city committee was made
up by the election of the different ward
chairmen, as follows: Fred Genrich,
E. c. Kretlow, John F. Lee, VIM. Will
son, E. b. Thayer, H. A. Reuter-, Fred
Eggers, E. j. Rifieman, and c. A. Will
liams. A recess was then taken to
await the report of the conference com.
mittee that had been appointed.
1t was about IL o'clock before this
committee was ready to report and
Louis Marchetti acted as spokesman
He went on to state that at the repub
lican convention all the most influential
men of that party had pleaded for q
conference committee to put up citi
zens' ticket, but that the majority o.
them did not want it, and the repub
lican convention refused 10 take part il
the movement; that the democratic
committee, the citizens committee anC
a committee representing the populis
party had gotten together and agreed
upon candidates for citizens ticke
and that those candidates were as fol
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