Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-08-20
AssENfnLN. con vEN rIoN

retary Bennett and adopted "a follows
wheatiand ~ J Miller. oh,s partralse
| Wit uAA dcn.
Rick moo John o raah. chaeirs Moore
COON A,lalph B.ye, q itadyi.. J y Mills
| Anton Nelson, Albert fhruac .les lpnc &
/ A i0rgeusoa
| teiYersap~OH II Natwjck, G1lick Iictitna
! Traman Kendall, Geo iiakan, Lemact Gca-
J hfnl, Jerome Favor
Rasd>town a Il Carter, q " Henika.
Efauktin- T0rgpr BeFge, Saru SoiveFson
Ole I tortney A J Rogers. I'D tliley.
Vifpqua-- Elijah iiton, Lars II Larson
fFedAricA Wilkins. Albert Maakrud. Burns
MorNson, l. L>'tnsmsrk, Ole Logan, Andrew
whitestowa-E aarshalt, Blaine Mcyey
Hsary Hanson
.s,ar Jos Gathers. Ernest Chase, Mack
NJ Net, Orlando Fumer
Uoion-Geo Marshall. Thos Brockley, T
Nuzum.
Forest oliver johnson, Jesse Taylor,J L
Marshall, John Bingham. by D O Mahoney,
proxy.
l.aFarge Alex mn, II Potts.
0ntario--I r Sullivan
city Of Viroqua-Firs ward, II u Williams,
Phillip Bouhleur, J johnson. Second ward
l. Boyle Z Nuzum, L NJ Rogers Third
ward Silas Fuster, Cobb, 1ohn W Brown.
ii Gosling
Ds Soto~BFon Emberson
Harmony Win Gutenberg. + NJ Baker. Jno
Glinsdale, Roscoe Bangle.
Westby- Lawrence Grimsrud, l. l. Thors-
gard
Clint,n--M Brody VIM Bolen, John Ham
son, fhos Haoey, A w Donovan.
0hristiana- Hans Sherve Andrew Wassend,
SOren Larson VIM Homstad, Carl J Hoyde,
Anton Aarstad Goldberg.
Bergen--C J Mcclellan. Flick, d
Bradley, j w Sims.
Greenwood Roth, Jr, j E shreve, A
SIama
Hiiishoro Village wsrnlcx, Curt rat
tn w @ Shear
Ninla--J f. Shrocder
~ n y
Morgan. Edwin Broadhead r Y Ytiri.
Genoa- Lee Huntington, Joe Bobst, James
D0wHie.
Libetty-K Mattison. 8 Morrison, James
Harris.
Hilisboro-John Dillon. Henry walker, o
Durkee.
Hamburg Q Ward, VIM Kapanke, l. O
Brye, Olnf Galstad.
webster--H NJ Allen. ] p Melvin, Nj Ap-
pleman, Mitchell Brown. ] NJ Allen. a j
Snyder, John Lyons
Alex. Hill of LaFarge, was chosen
chairman unanimously He thanked
the convention and ordered business to
progress. Lawrence .5rimsrud of West.
by, acted as secretary.
Frederick Wilkins L. V. Wernick
Torger Berge, J p Sullivan and L. c.
Boyle were appointed platform commit
tee. After brief secret session majority
and minority resolutions were submit
ted. MIR. Boyle was alone in the minor
itv report The resolutions of the
minority were not materially unlike
those OF the majority with one creep
tior. that of the endorsement of Sena-
tor Spooner. The minority report lam
ent the death of President Mckinley,
commend the course of Theodore
Roosevelt for carrying through t.-s pol
icies promised by the party, declare
adhesion 10 the last national platform,
approve of well directed efforts for
equalization of burdens of taxation and
for q system of nominating candidates
for Office that will insure TO every voter
the unimpaired right of exercising his
free will without the haneful influence
of political bosses. The resolutions
heartily commend to the voters of Yer
non county for their support at the next
general election the Hon Robert M. La
Toilette and his associates ON the state
ticket Also commend the services of
Assemblymsn Dahl The resolutions
were flattering endorsement of Senator
Spooner, commencing his work and
ability for the state and nation. The
last of the series of minority resolutions
over which the contention centered is:
RESOLVED, That wa most earnestly recon-
mend that no person be chosen in this assem-
bly, district as member of the legislature
who is not favorable 70, and who viii not
pledge himself to support for reelection, the
Hon John @, SpoOner TO succeed himself as
senator without pledge OF promise OF any
nature whatsoever on his part.
The minority position was strongly
urged by General Rodgers and l., G.
Boyle, who maintained that the duties
of senator have not TO deal with state
fltn
party of which q senator is member
has no warrant in exacting fealty to
a state platform. Judge Mahoney for
the majority report, said the creature
is not greater than the creator no man
has a right to ask or accept position OF
trust at the hands of his party and at
tire same time repudiate the party plat
form on which all other candidates of
the party cheefully stand and promise
to help carry through. The platform
of party is the contract with the voter.
The republican state convention, by a
tremendous majority declared for eau
Gus reform and equalization of tax bnr-
dens invited Senator Spooner to with
draw his letter positively declining to
stand for a reelection to the United
States senate, assuring him of hearty
support If he would do so and stand in
harmony and accord with the party
promises TO the people. The efforts Of
Mr. Spooner's professed friends, he said,
were to secure legislature unfayorable
TO the reforms promised under the good
name Of Senator Spooner Let the SEN
ator speak out fOr himself and there
will be no opposition to him A vote
in favor of the unqualified endorsement
by this convention is repudiation OF
the state platform.
At the conclusio4 of the discussion
the minority report was rejected on a
roll call of the convention by vote of
9s3 to 14i. The city of iroqua delega-
tion pushed the Spooner resolution.
They were assisted by only 81 votes
from the entire country vote, three be.
ing from Bergen, one from franklin and
from Webster
The majority resolutions we're then
adopted by nearly unanimous vote rs
follows:
Never before In our history, petbaps. unit
Cd iu heart ana soul with our fellow citizens
fn these United states We mourn the death
and record our undytug and agectiouate re-
gard for the merits As man, citizen ana a.
q soldier OF oar late President "hiiam NC
Thai we renew our acce ptauce Of and cup
port - the last national republican platform
B 4dauted At st. Lewis That Presideu; Thee
dDra Roosevelt and the national adsuInstFa-
tioB and the United States sen4tors and con
sfess9nal delegation of our state, by their
+ courageous and consistent support 20 reDub-
lican Drincip es and traditions are entitled .
and receive our cuTdiai approval We 1e~
/ sire - express the cDnlldent hOpe And De
lie ih It 8Iapie comes rCiai relief ana lu-
gvudzJng justice Jy practical teeiOFJcitT
and gtHerai-e, viii be accorded to Cuba.
THAT lust conservative snd susiieie8g isgis
fAtiOu for needed modification of riH and
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