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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-07-24

represent the republican party ~ It's can.
ddnte for governor, permit me through you
to convey my profound appreciation to
your constituents for this evidence of Their
continued confidence.
When William Mckinley was Officially
notified Of his denomination for the presi
dcncy he was able 10 say that faith with
the public had been kept that the pledges
made TO the people by the republican party
had been redeemed II Inns been the proud
boast OF the party from Lincoln TO Roosevelt
that It's obligations were always honored.
citizen u this country could at amy time
ascertain the lines upon which the repub-
licHn party would lcglslnte by consulting
It's platform declarations. II never cqulvO.
Gated II never lodged II never straddled.
In plain terms, II presented IFS promIses
In good faith It redeemed them.
Political platforms must be upheld II pc.
litlcnl parties are 10 be maintained Their
declarations are the expression Of the dellb.
crate judgment the consensus Of opinion
and we'll understood policy OF the party on
Important issues
Platform pledges express the convictions
oil the party and are the inducements Of.
fered by the party for the votes Of the PEG.
pie. They are the paftyB promise 10 do
specific things They are the voters guide
IN determining with what party he viii ar.
hllgte. They constitute n written contract
deliberately entered into with every man
who casts lis vote for the candidate OF his
party. Neither the party nor the official
representative Of the party can with honor
change or repudlate that contract The
candidate who IL unwilling 70 be bound by
the platform OF the party an no moral or
political right TO accept n party nomlna
ton. n having accepted a nomination he
finds that he IN not IN accord with the
pledges Of his party, n be cannot carry out
It's promises as an official, II be decides 10
be Independent Of platform obligations, he
s then IN honor bound so 10 announce,
at once 10 withdrew as party candidate,
and stand. II al all, upon his Individual
declaration ms candidate for office inde.
pendent Of party support. These PROPOSE.
lions require no argument. They are the
Unwritten but interchangeable law Of political
ethics They enforce themselves between
The candidate and the party, the Official and
the public,
PROMISES BROKEN.
That the platform promises Of the repub.
lican party have been broken and It's honor
stained IN Wisconsin, no man Is permitted
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-07-24
CREED OF
VICTOR
Enumerated by La Toilette
in Acceptance
Speech
Admits Failure of Party
20 Keep Its Prom
iSes
And Declares Equal Tax
alton Must BE
EXaCted

In accepting n denomination Gov
La Toilette euunctated principles very
clearly defining his future course
and he spoke with the same terrible
oarnestnoss which fairly transfxed
his auditors at the milwaukee, 90.
vention two years ago, Here is his
expression OF gratitude. his personal
platform:
Gentlemen II am Informed 10y your com.
mittec OF my nomination for governor OF
tho state OF Wisconsin by the republican
party which you represent here In convcn.
ton. accept the nomination with u deep
sense OF the honor which is conferred and
OF the duty which is imposed. am
grateful for the approval OF the acts ot
the administration by the republican party
for which YOU are authorized to speak and
to which you have given strong expression
here today Called for a second time to
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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-07-24

f. Stevens of Wtnnebago, F. c. Lor2nz
and Richard NJ. White Of Milwaukee
w. D. Corrigan of Waushara, w. H.
Flett Of Lincoln and James A Frear OF
Hudson.
A. E. MatLeson of Evansville spoke
for Senator J. NJ. Whitehead and Sena-
tor Julius Z. Roehr Of Milwaukee, ex-
Senator Woodwork Of Kenosha, and
Senator William O'Neil of Bayfield,
were among those who seconded the
name Of Whitehead.
La Toilette was then nominated, the
vote being:
La Toilette .............. .........1sO
Whitehead ........ ............. ZC6
Senator Stout of Menominee. Gen.
Winkler Of Milwaukee, J. c. Kerwin Of
Eeenah, Senator o. G. Munson Of Yer
non county and E. l. Philip Of Mil
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-07-24

F1fth-August Buckholtz, Milwau-
kee; s. Z. Gernon, Waukesha,
S!xth-John Il. Bennett, Port Wash.
iugton: F. NJ. Lawrence. Mabel.
SEVENTH. J. Foster, FairCnild; Or.
W. T. Searles, Sparta.
Eighth Eber Simpson, Oshkosh;
w H. Corrigan, Plainfield.
Ninth-W. Davis, Mayinette; J. T.
DouSman, Depere.
Tenth $3.50 NJ Brosenberry. Marathon;
NJ. E. Dillon, Ashland.
Eleyenth-Currte G. Bell, Bayfield,
Samuel J. Bradford, Hudson,
The second session at was fruit
less, the resolutions committee beng
unable to report, but in the evening
majority and minority resolutions
were submitted, those of the majority
obligating Senator Spooner, if candi.
date for reelection, to stand upon the
party platform, the other being as fol
lows:
Resolved, that the republican part,
of Wisconsin recognizes with proud
satisfaction the pre-eminent position OF
its senator, the Hon. John c. Spooner
in the councils of the nation, and the
highest public interests, as well as the
wishes of all of the people, demand his
continued service in the senate of the
United States. In full accord with
this sentiment we endorse the Hon,
Jonn c. Spooner Internationally for We
election to the United States senate.
On both sets of resolutions debate
occurred. The opposition to the anti
Spooner resolution was led by NJ. J.
Walrich of Shawano who protested
against the string tied to the TeSolr.
ton endorsing Senator Spooner." His
dissenting report was signed by three
members of the committee, Nj. j. Wal.
rich, F. c. Winkler and l.. A. Williams
John Brennan of Stevens Point, j. c.
Kerwin of Neenah and d. 0. Mahoney
OF ViroQua advocated the majority re-
port, while Senator d. L. Riordan "f
Eagle River, Gen. f. c. Winkler of
Milwaukee and H. C. McManus of Tdy-
lor county approved them. The pro-
Spooner resolutions We're reject I,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-07-24

waukee, as committee, went to the
executive residence and brought the
Governor. who made an impaSSionei
address, insisting that every candidate
for public Office must stand upon th>
party platform and that tax reform and
primary elections must speedily come.
He was greeted with vast enthusiasm.
Davidson Beats luedke.
Nominations for lieutenant governor
were called for. and A. II, Long Of
Crawford county presented the name "
J. 0. Davidson, now state treasurer
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709h to 353R. Then the majority re
port-the platform-was adopted, 7GS
to 279.
La Toilette Named.
At the morning session today Her.
bert w. Chynoweth of Madison nomi-
mated Gov. La Toilette and was re
peatedly Interrupted by the cheering
OF the executives supporters.
Seconding speeches were made by
M. C. Douglas of Green county, John
M. Watson of Lafayette, l.. E. Gettla
of Rock, ex-Gov. w. d. Hoard of Jeffer
son, John Clements of Eau Claire, f
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-07-24

three yesterday, the closing one be
ginning at this afternoon and con-
tinuing until at night, The weather
was warm at times but the great uni
versity armory was as pleasant as pos
sible under the circumstances. The
LOGS delegates and the 1000 visitors
were entertained well and the conven-
ton adopted a resolution thanking the
capital city for its hospitality. The
capital was found ideal for candidates
headquarters and both it and the ar
mOry entailed no expense.
The convention assembled at noon
yesterday and Judge l.. II. Bancroft of
Richland Center was named as tempo
rary chairman, later as permanent
chairman He made an extended
speech Committees were reported by
> the congressional district delegates as
follows:
On Resolutions.
First district-R. J. Wilson, La
Fayette.
Second-H. w. Chynoweth Madison.
Third. O. Mahoney, Vernon.
Fourth-F. C. Winkler, Milwaukee.
Fifth-Richard ]. White, Milwaukee.
Sixth. A. Williams, Fond du Lac.
Seventh-E. NJ Wing, La Crosse.
Eighth. c. Kirwin, WinnebagO.
Ninth-E. A. Edmunds, Oconto.
Tenth-M ]. Wallrich, Shawano.
Eleventh-A. r. Hall, Dunn.
On Permanent Organization.
First District-Harvey Clark, Mon
roe.
Second-Walter Gardner, Marquette
Third. P. Smoker, Iowa county.
Fourth-A l. Weidner, Milwaukee.
Fifth-George c. Remhardt, MiIwau-
kee.
Sixth-P. A. Rix, Washington.
SEVENTH c. Meur, Trempealeau.
Eighth-Andrew Noll, Calumet.
Ninth-Joseph Vallick, Sheboygan.
Tenth-W, H. F'lett, Lincoln.
Eleventh-Iryine L. Lenroot, Doug.
las.
New Central Committee.
First district-C. c. Cuttings, Ra-
cine: P. c. Wilder, Evansville.
Second-J. NJ Nelson. Madison; ].
c. Mckenzie. Columbia county
Third-Dwight T. Parker, Fenni-
more; James A. Stone, Reedsburg.
Fourth-George A. West, Ed. Bull
lock, Milwaukee.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-07-24

Governor
ROBERT M. LA TOILETTE of Zane
county.
Lieutenant Governor
JAMES o. DAVIDSON of Crawford
county.
Secretary of State
WALTER L. HousER of Buffalo
county.
State Treasurer
JOHN J. kEMPF of Milwaukee
county.
Attorney General
LAFAYETTE NJ. sTURDEVANT O,
Clark county.
State Superintendent
CHARLES p. CARY of Walwortn
county.
Railway Commissioner
JOHN w. THOMAS of Chippewa
county.
Insurance Commissioner
ZENO M. HOST of Milwaukee
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-07-24

The Federation OF Woman's clubs
has extended the right Of honorary
membership 10 the men who make
Rocky Mountain Tea Women's great
est benefactor Menges Pharmacies.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-07-24

F. c. Boden Of Milwaukee presented
the name OF II. August Luedke of Mil
waukee. Davidson was nominated,
the vote being:
Davidson ....,. ..,.,,,,,..'.'''
l4uedke ........ .....,,,.....2to
AFTERNOON.
At the long afternoon session lasting
nine hours the work was rushed
Senator j. w. Whalen of Buffalo
county presented the name of Walter
L. Houser for secretary of state. Frank
c. Cady of Marshfiold withdrew the
name of J, II. Farr as candidate and
thanked the delegates for such support
as had been given to him, Judge l.. IL.
Mead of Shell Lake then took the plat
form and presented the name of Rock
j. Flint of Menomonie as a candidate.
He spoke highly of Mr.. Flint, paying a
special tribute to his work as a newspa-
per man and as a soldier Houser was
nominated, the vote being;
HOuSer NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. .o5S
Flint .....,.... .......,,,,,...4Z
kempfs Surprising Strength.
The events of the day were exceed
ingly dramatic only in one particular
and that was when the stalwarts exc
ton of J, J. Kempf of Milwaukee for
treasurer, smashing the administration
cuted a coup and effected the nomina-
slate, which included J. C. End of She
boygan. 1t is true, Kempf is a La Fol
lette man, but the agencies working
for the capitalization of the ticket had
decided preferences for the Sheboygan
merchant. When the voting began the
stalwarts, more friendly to Kempf than
to any other sO-Called La Toilette can
didate suggested, judiciously distribu-
ted their strength, much going to Cla-
sen, some to Ferguson, some to Jar
dine, and little even to End; but be
fore the ballot was clOsed-before even
the last districts had been called
these same foxy politicians began to
change. One district after another
had it's vote transferred to Kempf, till
the columns of Ferguson, Clausen and
Jardine were practically exhausted and
not even Ends list was left unim
paired. In every case the votes were
given to Kempf, and the final record
stood:
Kemp ....,..' '.''...'bl41 Ne
End . NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Clausen Observation-Disclosures. II
Ferguson ..................
Sturdevant Victor.
Otto Bosshard of La Crosse pre-
b1 Of b,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-07-24

Perry Belmont's annual club dues
amount TO nearly $4,000, and TO
matrlculate in the various clubs to
which he belongs cost him over twice
as much. He manages to visit each or
the "a as least once a year, but Is
seen twice a week or so at few.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-07-24

Sparta spoke for ]. A. Broadwell also
of that city. ]. H. Bradbury seconded
the nomination Of J. Il. Broadwell ana
Assemblyman Lenroot for the eleventh
district seconded Mr., Hosts nomina
ton. lae latter candidate was second.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-07-24

F. Q. Tarbox Of Ashland was pre-
sented for the nomination for railroad
commissioner by NJ. f. Dillon Of Ash.
land. He said MIR, Tarhox was tn,
candidate endorsed by the organizeo
railroad laboring men of the state, l.,
Il. Nye ot Wittenburg presented for the
same office Jonas Swenholt. ]. Il,
Jones Of bayfield, presented Nels Nei.
son OF WaShhurn, urging the conveu,
ton 10 glve the northern part OF the
state q place on the ticket, He alsc
said Iust this man would strengthea
the ticket, being a prominent Scaudl.
naviau John w. Thomas OF Chippc-
wa, the old soldier candidate, was
placed in nomination by Oscar II, Pc
tersor Of Ladysmith. \. NJ. Anders m
of GrautShurg, another candidate for
the same place, was withdrawn and
Hoyt A. Winslow of Fond du Lac was
placed before the convention by l., A.
Williams of the same place. The vote
rNSn't,}.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-07-24
VICTORY COMPLETE
LA TOILETTE DOMINATES STATE
CONVENTION.
HAS A GREAT MAJORITY

Platform Deemed Unfriendly to
Spooner is Adopted--Governor
Renominated and Surprises Are
Sprung by kempf and Thomas
Harvey Beaten by Cary.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-07-24

Madison, Wis, July 1.-THE repub-
lican state convention named the above
ticket, adopted a platform virtually
obliging John c. Spooner to stand on
the platform or withdraw from the SEN
atorial race and reelected Gen. Geo.
E. Bryant chairman of the central com
mittee. Two sessions were held today.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-07-24

his standing among the Scandinavian.
Frank T. Tucker of Neillsville pre-
scented L. NJ Sturdevant of the same
place, the slate candidate, and was fol-
lowed by an Oconto man who placed
ID. G. Clausen of Oconto before the con
vention Assemb1yman +. Ray Stov-
ems Of Madison seconded the nomina-
ton of Mr. Sturdevant. Mr.. Cuttings
Of Racine then withdrew, asking 10
change all his votes to Sturdevant and
the vote when taken resulted:
Sturdeyant ................1O
ClassOn .................. Z3l
Bergh OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Harvey Beaten.
The next big fight was on the state
superintendent. L. f. Gettle Of Edger-
ton was the spokesman for c. p. Cary
Of Delavan, the slate man. He urged
Mr. Cary as a normal school, common
school and university product and as
one not being pushed by any book
trust This latter remark was re-
ceived with cheers as was his brand
ing as lies the charges that his man
has been helped by money furnished
by the book trust. George H. Buck
staff Of Oshkosh. ex-speaker, spoke for
Supt. L. D. Harvey as did also ex-Goy
Hoard and Senator Stout, but Cary
won, the vote being
Cary -. ............. 5I5Hz
! Harvey ...................4 65
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-07-24

In the nomination of Mr. Thomas
the old soldiers scored victory. Sven.
holt was unQuesionahly the choice Of
the administration forces, but Gov,
Hoard and other veterans broke away
and enthusiastically appealed to the
sentiment ever strongly latent for III
OF. boys il blue. Though Ave can't
dates We presented, the contest soon
narrowed to one between Thomas and
TarhOx, the latter former division
railway superintendent at Ashland.
Host In Favor.
General G. Il. Bryant OF Dane county
nominated Zenc NJ. Host of Milwau& ae
for insurance commissioner. He said
the splendid victory of the republican
party two years ago was due more 70
the work Of MIR. Host than to almost
any other man.
Robert T. Ha2elwood of Milwaukee,
present assistant insurance commits.
sioner, was presented by one of the
stalwart delegation. A. II. Smith of
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T'TT"I
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-11-26
STAGE GOSSIP.

Cuyler Hastings has made a pro-
nounced success as sherlock
Holmes" in Australia.
Charles Cherry has succeeded
Aubrey Boucicault in the cast of
Henrietta Cheeseman's "The Sword
of the King" Boucicault will ap-
pear in Clyde Fitch's new play,
The Bird in the Cage"
Ethel Winthrop has succeeded
Hilda Spong with Virginia Harmed,
Miss Spong going to Faversham' S
company.
Essie De Wolfe has secured the
American rights to the new London
play. Mrs. Willoughby's Kiss"
Edward Harrigan will return to
the stage to play an Irish character
in Fitch's new play, "The Bird in
the Cage"
Gibson's pictures, "The Educa-
ton of Mr.. Pipp," are to be drama
tiled for Stuart Robson.
David Belasco's "DuBarry" is a
great success in Vienna, where it is
being played in German by Madame
Odilon.
THE Christian King" Wilson
Barrett's new play. is successful in
London. The leading part, played
by Mr.. Barrett. is based on the
character of King Alfred.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-11-26

himself up against a knotty prob
lem. The murderer's hand had
grasped each side of the glass in
such a way that the mark Of the
thumb overlapped that of those of
the fore and middle fingers. How
were the imprints to be photo
graphed? For three days M. BERTH;
Ion was puzzled, but finally by US
ing powerful electric lights and
taking great pains he finally sue
ceeded in getting serviceable neg
atives of the finger prints.
The thing to be done next was to
find out If among the 100000 photo
graphs of the finger prints of Grim
inals which he has made there was
one that correspondent with the
prints of the digits Of the Rue St.
Honore murderer. 1t was at 4
o'clock last Thursday afternoon that
NJ. Bertillon finished developing his
BY APO he had discov-
cred that the finger prints shown
therein correspond with those of a
man named Scheffer, who had been
in custody about year before.
M. Bertillon was triumphant. He
to the project of police and
told him that If he would arrest
Scheffer he would have the man
who was in the room in the Rue
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-11-26

NEW YORK, Nov. 26.-There
has been plenty of novelty in the
atricals in New York this week,
and first-nighters have reveled in
new plays. Monday night saw the
openings of Viola Allen in "The
Eternal City" at the Victoria, Will
liam Faversham in Tmprudence"
at the Empire and James X. Hack
EFT in THE Crisis" at Wallack's,
and on Wednesday evening Mrs.
Fiske was seen at the Manhattan,
for the first time in New York, in
Paul Heyse's biblical play, Mary
of Magdala."
THE Eternal City" was, of
course, the most important of the
Monday night openings, and the
Victoria was crowded with well
known first-nighters. The general
verdict seemed to be that Miss AL
len has the best play of her career.
She was well received, as was her
company, which is excellent. The
play has been severely criticised,
principally because of the fact that
one of it's principal characters is
Pope Plus x. The Introduction of
the holy father has been severely
criticised in other cities in which
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-11-26
N. BERTILLON'S CLEVER WORK.
THE FAMOUS FRENCH EXPERT IDENTIFIES A MURDERER BY
THE IMPRiNTs FINGER PIECE GLASS.

PARIS, Nov. Pm. Bertillon has
performed the extraordinary feat OF
Identifying and convicting French
murderer merely by the evidence Of
his finger-prints. M. Bertillon is
the French expert whose System"
of taking measurements Of every
criminal arrested has made him
famous.
Up to this time, however, M. Ber-
tillon has never claimed more for
his system than that it enabled the
police to say positively whether or
not man has ever been in custody
before. The expert has employed
his records over 10000 times and
has never yet made a mistake.
The case in which NJ. Bertillon's
methods have triumphed so remark
ably had to do with the murder Of
a man n the Rue ST. Honore. There
was only one clew. In stealing some
valuables. which were in a glass
case, the murderer had broken the
receptacle. He had begun to pick
up the pieces Of glass and on one
of them were the prints Of his fin
gers. Bertillon resolved to photo
graph the imprints.
At this point, however, he found
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-11-26

Cecilia Lotus will play Ophelia
and Juliet with E. H. Sothern dur
ing the latter's engagement in New
York, early in the new year.
Annie Oakley is making a hit in
the eastern popular price houses in
a broader drama called THE West
ern Girl"
tombstone Bennett will star next
season in a new play under the
management of William A. Brady.
Cecil Raleigh's new Drury Lane
melodrama, "The Best of Friends
will be seen at the Academy of
Music, New York, next fall.
The Bostonians have accepted a
new comic opera called THE Queen
of the Adriatic."
John l.. Sullivan has made a ire
mendous success in vaudeville.
Laura Bigger announces that she
will again appear in vaudeville and
that she has a new sketch called
"A Strange Baby" In view of Miss
Bigger's recent difficulties the title
is causing laugh on Broadway.
Amelia Bingham, convinced OF
the failure of "A Modern NADIA
lene," will replace 1t with a new
Clyde Fitch play which has been
named 1.-THE Friskey Mrs. John
SON." =
Blanche Bates seems to have
made a success in her new Belasco
play, 1.-The Darling of the Gods"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1902-11-26

ECCLESIASTICAL vlNDicATloN OF FANCY STOCKINGS.
The Rev Dr. Hume of the
church williamsburg N. Y felt divinely
his pulpit the brightly
be by the female congregation.
His forced resignation is the
All who hold that privileges particularly pertaining
to womens choice of stockings will
got than he deserved.
Brightly oored fhnet stockings be obec
onabe shutting
them Particularly this remedy
But this Rev Dr. Hume did take this
mted his scrpural
pluck punishment upon
innocent
He n a puts her in
stocking fashy taking
young
who will the modern stocking of open
Possibly it is much that talking something
he did not anything
conservatism that talking something
have known much about as he pretended to know.
Evidently,
the did
prove guess Areopagus
caly assumed that they guilty
minister's knowing it.
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st. Honore on the night of the
murder.
The project smiled-a little iron
ically, Bertillon thought. The ex-
pert became excited. Pulling out of
his pockets notes worth 1000 francs
he announced that he would present
them to Scheffer as an indemnity
were he arrested and not found
guilty.
The project, impressed, ordered
his man, who previously had been
on the trail of one Georges, to
find Scheffer and arrest him. The
detectives reports showed that the
man had left Paris hastily on the
day following the Rue st. Honore
crime. Then they discovered that
he had been intimate with the MUIR
dered man-Reibel Convinced now,
the sleuths redoubled their efforts
to hunt their quarry down, and
finally succeeded in doing so.
Soon after being arrested Schef-
fer confessed his guilt.