The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-18
CLASH ON CLASH
AT MADISON
Convention Is a Magazine and
Any Untoward Incident Will
Set It Off.
Cook Declines to Bolt, Altho I'm
der Great Pressure from the
Baensch Men.
From a Staff Correspondent.

From Staff Correspondent.
Madison, Wis, May 18.-There Is
tense excitement in Madison to-day.
Older heads are counseling GOODNESS
and moderation, but as one 'stalWart'
expressed 1t, the convention Is a mag
azine and any untoward incident may
be the spark to set 1t off,
Much depends on the action OF the
Cook supporters. At the caucus last
evening, Mr.. Cook decided against a
bolt and the caucus went on record
unanimously in favor of staying by
the regular convention. The Cook
delegates refused to attend the stall
wart'' caucus last night, but some Of
them went as individuals.
A Cook steering committee of nine
was appointed with General Hicks Of
Oshkosh and D. E. Riordan Of Eagle
River, as executive head. This COM
mittee met this morning.
Pressure on Cook.
The Baensch men have offered to
make Cook the nominee Of the bolt
ing convention and great pressure has
been brought to bear on him to permit
his delegates to walk out. Combined,
the Baensch and Cook forces have 542
delegates with certificates from their
county committee and with thirteen
from st. Croix, they have 555, clear
majority.
Without the Cook men the "stal-
warts" would be in minority and
their boiling convention a farce.
"Rule or ruin" the policy charged to
La Toilette by the "stalwarts," was
their own watchword last night at the
opera-house mass meeting. M. G..
Jefferies of GAINESVILLE, who presided
inflamed the delegates with bitter
speech. He announced that the
opera-house would be at the. disposal
of the "stalwart" delegates to-day.
Fight at the Door, Maybe.
The "stalwarts' met there at IL
o'clock and the contested delegates
convention hall, where all delegates
having certificates will demand admit
lance. The doOrkeeper will only ad-
NIT those with badge issued by the
state central committee this morning
and there may be a fight right at the
door. .... -
The delegates who are thrown out
hy the contests have secured seats in
the spectators section and one who
visited the Baensch headquarters to-
day said: ~
''The only thing for us to do Is to
go into the spectators section and
then cut thru their wire trocha and
force our way into the seats that be-
long to u.s.
The Baensch men have steering
committee headed by Emanuel Phil
ftp Of Milwaukee, who favors a bolt.
The state central committee re-
sqmed work on the contests at 8
o'clock this morning. The only con-
twelve contesting delegates for La
Toilette were seated. Both delega-
lions from st. Croix county were seat
ed, giving each delegate half a vote
La Toilette in Control.
One assembly district in Eay
one to Baensch, giving each nine
votes. The first assembly district ir
Dodge, 10 votes, was given to La Fol
lette, and the 9 votes Of the second
district to Baensch 0c0nto's l,
eleven contested votes from Gran
county.
The five La Toilette delegates from
the second ward of Milwaukee wer'
seated, but other contests were thrown
out, giving La Toilette 6s votes /,
son told II g urnal that thi
decision gave La Toilette 1851 vote
in the convention, out Of 1905. Ac
cording to other figures the addition o
the 521a contested votes gave hin
562h, or 291a more than a majority.
Congressional district caucuses wer
held this morning to choose commit
tee representatives, but the La Fol
1ette men did not attend. They vii
name the committeeman from tn
floor.
Convention in Session.
The "stalwart" delegates throw
out by contests made no effort to gre
by the husky guards, but used genera
admission tickets and took seats out
side the "trocha." Many having gen
eral admission tickets were turne
away on the claim that the ticket
were bogus. the signature bein
forged.
The platform prepared by the L
Toilette leaders will endorse primar
elections, railroad commission an
the La Toilette program Of equal taz
alton.
J. A. Frear of Hudson is to max
the speech nominating La Toilette.
Lenroot's Periods Cheered.
When General Bryant introduce
Mr.. Lenroot as temporary chairman
there was no protest from the "sta
warts"
The La Toilette delegates loud
applauded a statement that this WE
the last republican convention to
held In Wisconsin for nominating sta
officers Mr.. Lenroot's declaratio
. that the recent conflict within tt
party made the passage Of the pr
mary election law certain caused al
other outburst. La Follette's nan
was the signal for great demonstri
ton, the delegates standing on chat
and waving banners.
Minority Report From "Stalwarts
M. D. Rosenberg presented a m
nority report from the ''stalwar
members Of the state central commi
tee and the 'staiwart" delegates hs
their first chance to yell. This repo
maintained that the committee cou
only report the names of the del
gates certified by the county oommi
tees and had no right to determine Il
contests.
The report gave the names
counties not contested and declare
the ''stalwart" delegates from AS
land, Dodge, Eau Claire, Grant al
oconto counties, and from the secol
ward OF Milwaukee, prina facie O.
titled to seats. They found the ]
Toilette delegates from st. Croix e
titled to participate in the tempora
organization.
Mr.. Roseberry moved the substit
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