Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-05-25
DEMOCRATS FORE WALL
Send Delegation to National Con-
vention in st. Louis for Him.
In the Meeting at Milwaukee the Party
Decides on It's Delegates
Hearst Defeated.
Delegates at Large.

Hearst Defeated.
Delegates at Large.
Timothy L. Ryan Of Waukesha.
David S. Rose of Milwaukee,
Neal Brown of Wausau.
Charles II. Weisse of Sheboygan Falls.
Alternate Delegates at Large.
George w. Bird of Madison
DR.. Wendell A. Anderson of La Crosse
Jason K. Wright of Marnette
Il Gallagher of Darlington
Delegates to National Convention.
First Distrct-Charles NJ. Freeman Of Ra-
cine, George Il. Sutherland of GAINESVILLE.
Second District-W. S. Henry of Jeffer
son, j. L. Jones of Portage.
Third District-Thomas L. Cleary of Grant
county, John NJ: Kelly of Sank county. :
West Allis, Melvin A. Hoyt Of Milwaukee.
Fifth District-John Mccoy Of Milwaukee,
Rollin L; Mallory of Milwaukee:
Sixth Districtm.Michael E. Burke of Dodge
county, Hiram w Sawyer of Hartford.
Seventh District-J. 3. Fleming of Eau
Claire; w. R. Mccall Of Tomah.
Point, julius Lensted of Manitowoc.
Ninth District-M. c. Haney of Algoma;
Robert j. Mcclellan Of Depere.
Tenth District-William G.. Fordyce of
Butternut, H. Il. Fitch of Nekoosa.
Eleventh District-George 3. Mccall OF
Chippewa Falls, Edwin L. McCausland of
Presidential Electors.
At large-Charles Abresch of Milwaukee,
Z. II. Martin of Green Bay.
First District-G. L. Hodges of Green
county.
Second District-Henry Volkmann of
Third District-Dr. P. ]. McCloskey of
Crawford.
Fourth District-Henry J. Millman of
Milwaukee.
Fifth District-Thomas Mccarthy of Wau-
keSha.
Sixth District-Charles f. Juestman Of
Juneau.
Seventh Districts. Richmond of Arcadia
Eighth District-Thomas Fl. Patterson of
Wild Rose.
Ninth District-John NJ. Baer of Appleron.
Tenth District-E. II. Schweppe of Med
ford
Eleventh Dlstrict-Harold ~ North of
Hudson.
Milwaukee, Wis, May 1S.-[Special.]
The Democratic state convention con-
tuesday evening. All the delegates sent
to the st. Louis convention of the party
are for Edward G.. Wall of Milwaukee
Tor the nomination for president. The
Wisconsin delegation is instructed to
vote for Mr.. Wall until two-thirds of the
Badger delegation conclude that it is USE
less to continue to vote for him. The
Hearst people were unable to influence
the doings of the convention and were
decidedly in the minority.
The Wall Resolution.
The endorsement of Mr.. Wall by the
convention was expressed as follows:
Resolved, that we, the Democrats of Wis
consin, in state convention assembled, do
therefore, instruct our delegates to the
national convention to be held at st; Louis,
to place In nomination the name of Edward
G.. Wall before that convention and to use
all honorable means to secure for him the
Democratic nomination for the presidency
Of the United States.
We also instruct our delegates to vote
as unit for him in that convention until
the nomination shall be made or his name
shall be withdrawn by a vote of two-thirds
OF the wisconsin delegates-elect.
Scrap Over Racine Delegation.
The liveliest scrap in the convention
was over the seating Of the contested del
egation from Racine The committee re-
ported 6 to 5 in favor of seating the
Wall delegates. L. L. Cleary made q
forcIble, plain statement Of the position
of the minority, claiming that in the Ra-
cine convention many delegates were
present from towns where no caucuses
had been held. Hugh Ryan answered
him, saying that the state convention had
no business to go behind the returns.
Jim" Slower said that there evidently
had been "hocus pocus" on both sides,
but that the convention ought to
stand by the committee. Calvin Stew
voice, pleaded with the convention
not to disgrace the young and
ardent Democrats who had been fairly
elected as delegates and asked if the
convention wanted to put premium on
boiling. w. J. Kershaw then spoke and
there were scenes Of disorder throughout
the house. Robert B. Kirkland Of JEFF
at of nd
and cheered. Chairman Wells whispered
to the speaker that he would protect him.
Mr.. kirkland said that although his hair
was white, the time had not come when
he couldn't protect himself in a Demo
cratic convention. Some one from the
rear Of the hall said that it was not in
cumbent upon old-time Democrats to rec
ognize "the younger generation" The
previous question was moved and ordered
and the vote taken by counties resulting
249 for the Hearst delegates and 297
for the Wall delegates. Wall men said
that this was not an indication Of the
relative strength Of the factions, many
Wall men voting with the minority on
the merits of the case.
Resolutions Adopted Mid Disorder.
The committee on resolutions then re-
the vote was taken on the endorsement
Of Mr.. Wall, which carried by vote
of 226 to 3O4. J. J. McNally and James
Marlette, Hearst boomers, challenged
the vote of several wards and gained
their point, it developing that many of
the delegates had gone out for a drink
and that their friends had voted for
them. Frank B. Schultz claimed to have
a proxy for a delegate who was present
in person and was called down. Then
the temporary organization gave way to
the permanent organization and Byron
B. Parks of Portage, the permanent
chairman, made a long speech, after
which the convention adjourned until s
o'clock, when the delegates-at-large and
alternates were elected.
Many Favored No Instructions
Many Of the leading Democrats be-
lieye that if a good rousing speech in IA
vor of an uninstructed delegation was
made before the convention, that reso-
luton to that effect would have pre-
vailed. They claimed that there was a
strong undercurrent fayoring that plan
as shown by the resolutions adopted by