The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-06-16

the RIGHT of the La Toilette faction
delegates to siad convention, were,
upon the merits, entitled to be seat
ed as delegates in said convention.
The action and manipulation oil
Congressional caucuses is then criti-
cised at considerable length. tending
to show unfairness in the affairs Of
convention. The statement scon-
cludes as follows; i sas~-2sC
ST That upon the nomination by the
republican party of Wisconsin of the
said Robert NJ. LaFollette as candi-
date for governor of said state in the
fall of 1900, he began a systena tic
efforts to secure, in various ways,
the support of the voters belonging
to the democratic and populist or
socialist parties in Wisconsin. That
in his campaign for nomination in
1902, and for a nomination for third
term in 1904, he caused lists to be
made of so-called fair minded demo
Gratis, in each of the several voting
precincts of the state of Wisconsin;
that he used such lists as mailing
lists and directed personal letters to
the individuals named in such lists
with a view of obtaining their
support in the republican primaries
and caucuses and that large num-
Der of the members of the democra
tic and populists parties in said
state responded to said appeal and
did in fact support and vote for
delegates favorable to his faction in
said caucuses and primaries, and
that his appointees for public offices,
many of them democrats having
taken an active and prominent part
in the preconvention canvass con-
Quoted prior to the election OF tho
delegates to the convention held in
Madison on May Is. That by reason
of these methods openly proclaimed
and pursued by Robert M. LA Fol
lette and his faction a large numbe
of the said delegates elected and
certified to said republicansconven-
ton in pursuance of the call herein
before set forth, were elected by
democratic and socialist votes that
were cast at said primaries. and had
it not been for the securing Of sue h
democratic and socialist votes in the
manner herein stated, very large
majority of the delegates tosasaid
republican convention would have
been selected opposed to said La
Toilette and to his denomination for
a third term as governor. ;
THAT the appeal for support so
made by and on behalf OF said Robert
NJ. La Follettee to the democr attic
and populistic voters of this state,
has been made for shis benefit per-
sonally and not for the support of
the national party and its general
party policies. That as evidence of
the fact that a large majority of the
republican voters of Wisconsin are
opposed to said Robert NJ. La Fol-
lette and his faction in the republi-
can party, the fact is here Stated
that out of the TWENTY-FIVE" delegates
elected from the eleven congression-
al districts in Wisconsin to the ma
tional republican convention to be
held at Chicago June Fl next, eigh-
teen of such delegates were chosen
by the republicans who constitute
the anti-La Toilette portion OF said
party and only four of said delegates
or those selected from two congress
sional districts, were chosen by the
La Toilette faction, and that the
reason why such very large major
ity of delegates so selected are op-
posed to the La Toilette faction is
that the democratic and popuIistic
voters of the state did not attend or
vote at the caucuses which chose the
delegates to attend the COMPRESSION
al conventions which, elected said
delegates to the national, convention
''That in support of all the fore
going allegations, proper sproofs
will be submitted before the nation
al committee of the republican party
at the time and place designated by
said committee, at which time and
place the said John c.. Spooner.
Joseph V. Quarles, Joseph W. Bah
cock, and Emil Baensch and their
alternates will ask sto be heard in
person or by attorneys
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