The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-05-30
MADISON CAN Do IT.
Care for the Republican State
Convention on July is.
The ABOLITION OF PROXIES
Sensations observation-disclosures Will
Leave No Stone Unturned-Mr.
Pfister's Gift of $4,000.

Madison, Wis, May 27.-Events are
| piling up rapidly in the political strug-
| gle. The convention will be held IN
Madison July 16 The choice was no
| doubt in Difference to the governors
| wishes, which is fitting enough. 1t is
| time also that Madison had one
| big, central, modern, popularity con-
| in large gathering of the sort-but
| the city has other advantages, and no
doubt the matter of nominating
ticket and shaping a platform can be
achieved here as we'll as anywhere
else. 1t is hot here, but it is hot every
where in July. Some enterprising cit
liens have taken hold Of the details,
and will probably surprise the state
Of course, it will be a crowd of kick
ers'' that come-especially the stall
warts who won't like anything that's
done here-but interest in the cOnven-
ton will be so intense that all else will
be forgotten.
Some think that the governor has
made Il mistake-they say that in
Milwaukee his delegates would be
| massed at the Plankinton and could
| be easily captained, whereas in Mad
| isOn they will be sprinkled over the
| city and subject to allurements of the
opposition. Again, the disappointment
| of Milwaukee in not entertaining the
convention may work against the gov
| ernOr in getting delegates from that
| city. But the LaFollette movement
being popular in character. more BELTS
| a Madison environment In such con-
| test as this, with so much at stake,
| money, ''alluring forms of vice." and
| setting is right for corruption. 4
| good deal has been said about moving
| the convention from Milwaukee, and
| of the early date, but these details are
III the power of the state committee,
which is responsive to the governors
| will. Details is what the committee
| is for.
| The Armory as a Meeting Place.
Objection has been made to the use
| OF the noble university armory for a
| political convention. This structure is
| purely factiOus-not in good faith.
The regents have more than once been
| scolded for refusing the use of the
building for one sort of occasion and
another, the complaint being that it
was built by taxpayers and taxpayers
as we'll as youth should be allowed
to enjoy it's benefits
| The contention that the state COM
mittee has no authority to shut off the
use Of proxies to future state conyen-
| tons has more substance. and it NAV
lead to trouble. The Free Press tru-
ly says:
| There are instances of record in
| Wisconsin where county conventions
| nave been dominated by men sitting
as members from towns where there
had been no caucus held There have
been state conventions where there was
no delegation from some counties. Prox-
| les have in such cases been fixed I'D
| by the convention steerers, and in case
| nobody was i'll town from the county
the proxies have been given to some
m;,n or men from anywhere, and by
them have the votes been cast"
That parliamentary bodies deter
mine the qualifications of their own
members is we'll established. There is
such excitement in the state over the
contest that every fellow chosen a del
egate will likely be in his seat, unless
he is side-tracked Or in eXtremis. And
yet among LOGS delegates there must
be some proxy holders. and souab-
bic may ensue. 1t will be a memora-
| BILE conflict, and if the defeated fac
| ton saw chance to leave the victorS
| IN rump' convention they would
not hesitate to avail themselves of it,
1t will rasp the stalwart managers ter
rlbly to see the governor the legal GER
tificated candidate Of the Republican
| party. The men at WASHINGTON. the
mass of stalwarts won't materially
care. They will accept the result as
they have swallowed other unpleasant
doses n the political game, but the
active handful in Milwaukee-the men
who have spent the money and done
the hard fighting, will resist to the
last. 1t would be no surprise in this
day of sensations to see a coup-an
injunction, a bolt-of some sort.
After the Nomination. Whato
This leads to the question of what
will happen after the nomination. It
should be said both parties are very
confident 1t has come to be a saving
| that the governor will get the nomina-