River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-07-07

OF such roll at that time, but his obiec-
ton was by said chairman of said state
central committee declared out of order,
and thereupon said roll was read
That thereupon said chairman of said
state central committee announced to
said pretended convention the above
named persons as the temporary officers
OF said convention, and called said I. L.
Lenroot to the chair as temporary chair
man, and that he and said other persons
assumed thereupon to act as the tenn
porary officers of said pretended conven-
ton without said convention having any
voice in said matter.
Minority Committee Report.
'That thereupon M. B. Rosenberg,
member of said state central committee
and opposed to the La Toilette faction in
the Republican party, read a minority
report of said central committee, signed
by him and four other members thereof,
to the effect that all persons who had
been elected as delegates to the state
convention and whose election was duly
accredited or certified to by the proper
officers as required by said call of said
state central committee, should be placed
upon the primary roll of said convention
and seated as delegates therein with the
right to participate in the organization
of said convention and to vote on all
questions coming before said convention
except the one question of their own
right to sit as delegates therein; that
said minority report stated the counties
and districts in which. contests were
made, and the number of delegates duly
elected and accredited as shown on the
face of the returns from each of such
counties and districts, and said report
recommended that such contests be de-
ter1nined by the convention to be or
ganized as recommended in said report;
and further recommended that the mat
ter Of the contests be recommended to
said state central committee to take
proofs, which, for lack of time, had not
been done, and to report to the convent
ton its conclusions. and findings as to the
facts, in order that said convention might
act intelligently in the matter.
Contestants Vote in Convention.
"That thereafter motion was made
by delegate who was a member of the
La Toilette faction, that the majority
report, which consisted merely of a list
of names prepared by said state central
tao Of r11o on
mary roll of said pretended convention
made up as aforesaid; be adopted. That
thereupon Mr.. Rosenberg moved to
amend said motion to so adopt said ma
iority report by substituting in place of
such report the said minority report.
That demand was made that said mo-
ton to substitute be divided, so that a
separate vote should be taken as to the
right of the delegates from, each county
to be placed upon the temporary roll of
said convention as set forth in said mi
nority report, which demand was acceded
to. That q vote was thereupon taken
by call of the roll by ayes and noes,
first, as to Ashland county, and that on
been so arbitrarily and illegally attempt
ed to be seated as delegates to the state
convention by said state central commit
tee in the place of delegates duly accred-
tied as such, voted, except those from
Ashland county, and that the same pro-
cceding or kind of vote was taken as to
all other counties designated in the re-
port of the minority as counties or dis
tricts where the regularly accredited dele
gates had been deprived of their right to
be placed upon the temporary roll of the
state convention.
Demands for Rights Ruled Out.
"That prior to the taking of the votes
above referred to objection was made by
a delegate opposed to the La Toilette fac
sons who had been so arbitrarily and I'M
lawfully attempted to be seated as dele
gates by said state central committee in
place of persons duly elected and accred-
tied to the state convention as delegates
therein, should be allowed to vote ON
questions relating to the temporary or
ganization of the state convention, but
that such objection was ruled out of
order; and further, at this time, and be-
fore any such vote was taken, demand
was made by delegate opposed to the
La Toilette faction, that all those per-
sons duly elected and accredited as dele
gates to the state convention and who
had been thus arbitrarily and illegally
attempted to be excluded from said con-
vention, and in part excluded from said
hall, by said state central committee,
should be admitted to said hall and be
permitted to vote on all such questions,
except the one question of the right IF
any particular delegate whose seat was
contested, to sit in the state convention,
and that said demand was ruled out of
order; and further, before any vote was
taken ON said questions, a further de-
Dland was made by delegate opposed to
the La Toilette faction that the five dele
cations who had been SO urlawfully and
illegally attempted to be excluded from
seats in the state convention by said
state central committee from the Second
ward of the city Of Milwaukee, be adj
mitted as delegates to said convention
hall for the purpose of voting upon ques-
tions pertaining to the organization of
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