Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-18
MAJORITY OF 10 VOTES
WALL SECURES ENDORSEMENT OF
WISCONSIN CONVENTION.
La Toilette Controls Situation in State
Contest at Madison-Big Four
Dictate in Ohio.


For instructions, 365: against, 346.
The tariff plank as reported by the sub
committee was regarded by some as
radical departure from the democratic doc
trine, and there was an immediate ob1ection
and a delegate offered a substitute.
The platform, however. was adopted as
reported by the committee
Wisconsin Democrats for Wall.
A dispatch from Milwaukee says: The sup
porters Of Edward c. Wall defeated the ao-
herents of William r. Hearst In the oem-
ocratic state convention here yesterday
afternoon, a resolution instructing the WIS
consin delegation to the national convention
at st. Louis to vote for MI. wall Dsims
adopted by a viva voce vote. IN aooi.ioit
the convention adopted platform wnicn
recognizes the last national piatrorM, 90
the code Of the national democracy unt tn.a
new platform Is adopted. among Cens
things the platform favors the enforcement
80 Ia w,s AGAINST trusts" tariff for revenue
only: repeal of tariff on all trust-maoe a.
ticles: deposits of surplus money III 80
hank Repositories: an income tax raw, a t,,,
the election Of United states oenA'o''
direct vote. designating the
delegates to vote as a unit on Ill que'
tions at the national convention
Ia Toilette Wins Hard Fight.
A d,snatcb from Madison, Wis, last nlghe
soys. Gov. La Toilette will be renominaeeo
ON the first ballot tomorrow or IhursoaS'
thus ending the fiercest political campaish
In fine history ofsthe state. Inc stai"arls
conce1e that the fight is lost to tnem' ana
are now pleading with the admlnis. Io -
To permit them to send Senators Spooie.
and Ouarles to the national conyentioi H
delegates at large. Gov. La f0iiei.e VIZ
make absolutely no concessions. 1t has peen
a fight to finish and he Will hot sur
any of the fruits of victory. IT.,
Sergeant-at-arms Kayser mas CHOSEN IL ~,
tunuty-fiye aids with view to posslpie
r,ot and they include Evan Lewis, the
worlds champion wrestler; T.. j. Vahuet =,
BOOM half back on the university ,ooa "a
team: A. c. LIE Rum, right suaro, n.
Cocbems. former full back, and others oi
athletic prowess In addition. 1t Is saio,
several hundred young men stano reaoy
to iump at a signal to defend the COVER
nor's interests.
Rig Four Control in Ohio.
A disnatch from Columbus, Ohio, last
night says:
The republican state convention met here
This afternoon after the delegates had met
nv congressional districts to select a new
state central committee and members OF the
oomufttees on credentials resolutions. etc.
What is known as the "organlzatlon, lea a.,
ed by Herrick, Dick and cox. carried "a,
rooat all of the ~twenty-one districts, ana
controlled the convention by such De
cisiye majority that no contests or OPPOSE
ton to anything was apparent.
John b. Clingman, chairman OF the state
central committee, called the convention 70
order and PRAYER was offered by Rev. s..
S. Palmer.
Gov. Myron T. Herrick. on being intorduc-
ed as the temporary chairman. addressed
the convention on state affairs, reviewing
-, ,f 70
islature, and his own administration since
the first of the year,
Renominated for Congress.
At the thirty-seventh On. " district re-
publican congressional convention Repre-
sentative E. B. Vreeland was renominated
by reclamation.
George E. Foss was renominated for Con-
gress from the tenth Qll) district.
The republican convention, of the third
Nebraska district yesterday renominated
Representative ]. ]. Mccarthy by acclama-
ton.
was nominated for Congress by the four
.teenth district democratic convention.
To Drop Bank Directors.
A dispatch from New York says: Messrs.
Hornblewer, Nicoll and Joline. the COM
mittee of three appointed by Chairman
Oh
mittee to investigate the eligibility Of James
T. Woodward Harry Payne Whitney and
Isidor Strauss, national bank directors. as
candidates for electors on the democratic
national ticket. have finished their report.
They have decided to recommend that these
three names be dropped from the ticket.
The report says, further that while there
is some reason to doubt whether they are
ineligible, 1t Is believed best that the party
should take no chances.
Montana Democrats.
dispatch from Great Falls, Mont, last
night says: Senators w. A. Clark and
Paris Gibson and Governor ]. K. Toole
were unanimously chosen as three of Mon
tana's delegates to the national convention
at St. Louis by the state democratic con-
vention. The effort of the Hearst follow
ers to secure the Endorsement of the con-
vention for the candidacy for the New
Yorker for the democratic nomination for
President met with defeat in the commit
tee on resolutions. the platform adopted
calling for uninstructed delegation to
st. Louis. The Hearst contingent Is said
to be a strong one. and resolutions of in
structions may be proposed on the con-
vention floor
A dispatch from Little Rock, Ark, says:
State conventions were held In Little Rock
yesterday by the regular republicans of
Arkansas. and by the faction of the party
known as the insurgents" which broke
away from the regular organization two
years ago. Only one candidate for COVER
nor and one set of presidential electors
were elected. An understanding was reach
ed which is expected to result In the re-
uniting Of the two factions before the OPEN
Ing OF the campaign. General Powell Clay
ton. United States ambassador to Mexico
was a delegate in the regular convention
and was active In the peace movements
Harry II. Myers of Little Rock was nom
mated for governor without opposition, and
no nominations were made for other state
oinceA Both state conventions indorsed
President Roosevelt.
Baltimore County for German.
A dispatch from Baltimore last night
says: Two conventions in twenty minutes
this was the record made today by the Bal
timore county democracy at Towson Brief
as the period was. however, Senator Cor
man was Endorsed as the logical nominee
OF the democratic party for President of
the United States: the record zeal and In
tegrity of Representative J. F. c. Talbot
were heartily commended; one or two brief
speeches were made and delegates to the
state and second congressional district con-
ventions selected as given above. Both con-
ventions as matter of course were en-
tirely in the control of Mr.. Talbot. and it
is tribute to his hold upon the people Of
his own county that only his own refusal
to allow 1t prevented the convention from