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vote Of to 5, voted to seat the wan
delegation. the majority report WAS
ADOPTED by a vote Of 297 to 249 This
vote dld not show the real strength ~
between the Wall and Hearst forces
as many Wall supporters voted for
seating the Hearst delegates far tha
sake Of harmony
Platform Declarations.
Mayor David S. Rose read tba mani
NOUS report Of the committee Oh reso-
Iutlons, OF which he was chairman:
The last national platform IL tn code
q haClonaI Democracy and should ~
recognized as such until a new platform
L ADOPTED qt the st. Louis convention.
Expressing the position of Wisconsin, DaT,7
ocrats upon those issues which are now
regarded as Of paramount importance
Flrst-We favor the stringent enforce
Heht Of the laws against unlawful and
monopolistic combinations Of capital m
the end that so-called trust oTganiza-
tons may be extermiuated
Second-We favor tariff for revenue
Third-We favor the repeal Of ali tariff
taxes on all trustmade articles
tourth-We favor free and uninterrupt-
go commerce between all people Of the
United States.
Fifth-We favor deposits Of surplus
pubic moneys in safe bank depositaries
49, SCCuAlNJ dIld DIT current
rates of interest
Sixth-We favor the enactment Of laws
prohibiting all railway corporations from
engaging in or carrying on any business
except that Of the common carrier
Seventh-We favor the speedy compile
ton Of the Panama canal and regret that
our government should have permitted
this great project to be stained with owl
dences Of dishOnOrable intrigue against
the integrity Of a friendly republic
Eighth-We favor an income tax law
nd n mt
necessary to accomplish it.
Ninth-We favor the election Of United
States senators BY direct vote Of the peo-
pie.
Instructinu for Wall
The following supplementary reso-
luton with a preamble eulogistic Of
Edward 9. Wall, Of Wisconsin, was
then read:
Resolved we. the Democrats Of wis
con, instruct our delegates to the national
convention to be held in 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 until the nomination shall be
made or his name shall be withdrawn by
vote Of two-thirds Of the Wisconsin
delegates-elect
motion to adopt the platform as
~
Grant county, a supporter Of William
r. Hearst, moved to amend 50 as to
adopt all the report except that por-
ton instructing the delegation to vote
for Wall. The amendment was lost by
a vote Of 304 to 226, and the resOlu-'
lions were adopted as q whole by a
viva VOce vote
Mayor Rose reported that while the
committee was unanimous On the
platform proper, there were two dis
senting votes against the adoption Of
the supplementary resolution instruct
ing the delegates for Wall.
Byron E. Park, Of Stevens Point was
made permanent chairman, and after
short speech Of acceptance, the con-
vention took a recess until o'clock.
As Unit.
The convention ratified the list Of
delegates and presidential electors re
ported from the district caucuses.
A motion was adopted instructing
the delegates to vote as a unit on all
questions sit the national convention.
The convention then adjourned sine
die
The delegates Of the First congress
sional district failed to agree in their
caucus and as a result the delegates
supporting William r. Hearst bOlted the
meeting, leaving the Wall men in con-
troll and organized a rump caucus of
their own. Two separate lists of Off
GERS were elected The trouble started
over the fifteen delegates from Racine
county. There was a bolt in the RAJ
cine county convention and the state
central committee settled the contest
in favor Of the Wall delegates