Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-09-06
DEMocRATrc STATE TICKET.

bE3lOCnAllC oiA1E
For Governor-GEoRGE W. PECK, Milwau-
kee.
For Lieutenant Governor DIR HENRY A
| LATHROP, Marsh6eld.
For Secretary of State-dAMES P. NOLAN,
Mantowoc.
For Treasurer-ANDREw JENSEN, Edger
For Attorney General F. WOLFE
La Crosse.
For Railroad Commissioner-EDWARD L.
For Insurance Commissioner-HENRY W.
FETZER. Sturgeon Bay.
Last Wednesday the democrats of the
state met in convention at Oshkosh
and placed in nomination the above
very strong ticKet-giying Geo. w.
Peck his place by acclamation.
Most of the delegates met in that city
! ! on Tuesday evening end the time be-
fore the convention, which met on
Wednesday, Aug. 3lst, at IL O'Clock A.
NJ, was spent in renewing old acquaint-
ances and discussing the work which
was to come before them. The citizens
of Oshkosh were equal to the occasion,
and they demonstrated that their city
was not only beautiful and progressive
but that it could take care of crowd
twice as large if necessary. There
were thousands of democrats in the
city besides the delegates, out the hotels
managed to take care of everybody
with ease. Great interest had been
taken by all of the business houses to
decorate and the streets were blaze of
| light with arches and electrical effects
One of the things enjoyed by the
democrats was steamboat ride on
lake Winnebago, in fact so wei were
| they entertained throughout that they
will never cease singing their ,raises OF
| Oshkosh
The convention was one of the most
| notable as well as one of the most
harmonious ever held by the democrats
| of Wisconsin There were good
speeches galore, the abest and in
which the most interest was taken were
those of ex-senator Villas and Neal
Brown. The former in his speech on
the majority report of the committee op
| resolutions, in reference to the primary
election plank, and the latter on the
same question and in his address
nominating Gov. Peck for governor.
The only contest worthy of mention
was that on the platform, on the planks
concerning the primary election and a
two-cent railroad fare. These were
settled as they should be, consistent
with democratic principles and divested
of every taint of LaFolletteism. The
platform is one every true democrat
can stand sqnarely upon and fight for,
and is given below in full, viz:
"We, the democrats of Wisconsin in conven-
tion assembled, cordially approve the prin-
ciples declared by the last national democratic
convention at st. Louis, and the nomination OF
the Hon. Alton b. Parker for president, and the
Hon. Henry G. Davis for vice president, and
pledge our earnest efforts to promote their
choice at the polls
I'VE especially commend to the people of this
state the oNerruling Importance OF a speedy
return to the fundamental principles of the
constitution the preservation of the respect
i've powers of the different departments OF gov
ernment as therein defined; reformation of
the tariff so that 1t shall no longer exact from
the earnings of consumers to increase the
riches of favored classes and further contribute
TO building up the trusts and combinations
which OppreSS tn, public and destroy fndfyid-
ual enterprise and Independence; the deliver
ance of our republic from the unnatural charac-
ter recently assumed as the oppressor of peo-
pie seeking freedom, and the enormous waste of
public moneys in mainte nance of fleets and ar
mics TO support foreign domination, besides the
extravaganza and corruption which have pre-
vailed in many departments of the government
in recent years.
"We deem it fundamental, to republican in
stitutions that the executive, Legislative and
Judicial departments OF the state be main
tanned in the integrity and Independence con-
ferred on them by the constitution, that the
one should not encroach upon or coerce the ac-
the legislative by the executive, and the at
tempted domination of all the other depart
ments OF the state in furtherance of personal
political ambitions as destructive OF the free
exercise by the several departments OF their
respective functions We submit to the con-
sideration of the citizens of this state the utter
inability of the republican party TO accomplish
needful reforms: That the agents and servants
of the state paid to subserve the public inter-
ests, have abandoned their official duties but to
engage at the expense of the state in factional
strife for nOlitiCal gnOilS QnRaQQer1nR personal
hatred. animostty and division precluding be-
yond all reasonable expectation any needful
legislation should the said party be continued
In power. And we submit that the remedial
legislation urgently needed can be accom-
plished only through the agency of the demo
cratic party.
''The recent scandals and accompanying dis
closures in the offices of insurance commits
sioner and state treasurer. Justify the Dellef
that the affairs, records and accounts of those
offices Well as of all other state offices, should
be examined ana investigated in the interest of
the public welfare which can only be accom-
plished through change of administration.
This convention reminds the people OF the
state that all their relief from railroad abuses
has come from the democratic party, and the
citizens must depend upon that party for the
protection of their rights against unreasonable
and extortion3ts dsmands of common carriers.
Ii was a democratic legislature alld demo
cratic governor that increased railway taxes
from three tc fcar per cent; that first passed
an anti free lf.sS act. that passed the co-em-
ploye law; thai passed the law compelling rail
roads TO FENCE tnelr tracks; that passed the law
compelling passenger coaches to be supplied
with tools for the protection of passengers in
cases of accident; that passed the laI, compel
ling common carriers to serve aIi persons alike
without discrimination in facilities or charges.
while il must be conceded that public ser
vice corporations such as railroads. street rail-
roads. express, sleeping cars, telephone and
telegraph companies and other quaSlpuDhc
corporations of like character ARE essential to
the progress and development OF the state and
TO the comfort and convenience of the people,
lls1 fhtAif
just and equitable share of the tax burden. In
the interest of the Shinper and the traveller