The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-18
one LITTLE BREAK
How Kempf Got a Place on the
Wisconsin Ticket.
THE FULL LIST OF NOMINEES
Man, Says Money Was Used to
Defeat Harvey.

| From stan correspondent. Il rs=.r E.a
Madison, Wis, July alS.-At 8 o'clock
struggled out of the gymnasium and the
| epocn- making republican state convention
was thing Of the past. The full state
| ticket Is as follows: s,ar -
Governor-Robert NJ La Toilette, Dane
! county. -. = -.s>' y
Lieutenant Governor-J.. 0. Davidson,
| Crawford. ~ 80 s.,eIz s5t... ssss5
Secretary of state-Walter L. Houser.
Buffalo i 5.,- ~. ,
| Treasurer-John3 j. Kempf, Milwaukee "
! Attorney General-L. M. Sturdevant, Clark.
Superintendent of Public Instruction-C. P.
| Cary Walworth. : ~ -. ..-. -y:.g 81
| Railroad Commissloner-John w. Thomas,
Insurance Commissoner-Zeno M. Host,
| General Bryant was re-elected chair
man of the republican state committee,
the talk about superseding him with some
one else failing to materialize in the
least bit of action. o. .s.aa !. q, -s...s,s9. -.
| The convention, starting its afternoon
session at $780,, remained continuously
| in session until 1t had filled the ticket
and elected the chairman. t..>
One Break. -&. :.1>
The so-called slate was broken in only
one place. John j. Kempf of Milwaukee,
did it by getting the nomination for
| treasurer instead OF Joseph G. End of
|Sheboygan. Several factors contributed
| to this end. The stalwarts had hand in
/ 1t by changing their votes from eClausen
of Washburn, their nominee, when they
saw that Kempf was looming up strong.
But the determining factor was the
shrewd work Of the Kempf managers In
raising the point, about noon yesterday.
that If the slate went through there
would be no Lutheran on the ticket. Ever
since the days of the Bennett school law
there has been a feeling in Wisconsin
that it is necessary to nominate Luth-
eran' for state office to demonstrate that
| the republicans are not inimical to the
wishes of the Lutherans regarding edu-
| cation. AS a matter of fact, the question
is now so old that it. would have made
no difference. But the tradition is Sc
strong that when the word was passed
along the lines the delegates gasped IN
amazement that they had been so care
less, and hustled to vote for Kempf, who
was alleged to be Lutheran.
The funny thing about it is that it is
now asserted that Kempf cannot per-
sonally be connected with any religious
domination. and that he comes from a
Catholic family. 49,
Still the La Toilette leaders are rather
glad that he was nominated, as it takes
| the edge off the trouble making asser.
tions that the governor was trying tc
impose a slate on the convention. for II
is we'll known that il he had exerted h1s
] influence End could have BEEN saved
The final vote on treasurer after many
changes made from other candidates tt
Kempf and End and from End to Kempt
was: Kempf, 6141z;f End, 4144; Clausen
27; Ferguson, 8. .aG :" =. z.-..,ttz..-
Farr's Withdrawal. @t4' H.
i, A most determined effort to break tht
slate elsewhere was made on secretary
of state. Joseph Farr withdrew for the
purpose Of helping Rock. Flint of Me-
nomonie, against Houser. - Farr was alst
d rather forced to withdraw by the feeling
among some of his followers that 1T was
dangerous to have so many. La Follett.
candidates in the field for the office will
some 300 stalwart votes looking for
chance to WELD the balance of power.
The defeat of Superintendent :Harve.
for denomination Is to be: regretted y
much the same way that the practica
elimination Of Senator Spooner is to b.
regretted. Harvey has made: splendi'
superintendent and galvanized a mori
bund department. Into life, but he was no
La Toilette man. So he went down t.
defeat after hard fight, though plent
of La Toilette men stood for him. ~
Sensation at the Close. ,=--~-~,
A great sensation was caused last nigh
. by the bribery charges made in this con