River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-06-23

Minutes of the Wisconsin State Repub-
lican Convention, Held at the Fuller
Opera House May IS, 1904, Commenc
ing at O'clock.
The delegates to the Wisconsin state
Republican convention called by the State
Central Committee to meet at the Gym
nasium at II o'clock noon, May IS, 1904,
having tried to assemble at said place
and many of the legally elected and duly
accredited delegates having been excluded
from the Gymnasium by force and the
said Gymnasium having been in posses
sion of body of men there pretending to
hold convention and then and there ex-
Guiding delegates to said convention there
from, said convention duly assembled at
the time and place above named.
Gen. Z. O. Winkler, one Of the dele
gates from Milwaukee county, called the
convention to order. Gen. Winkler then
said: Fellow delegates, take the liber-
ty Of nominating Mr.. NJ G.. Jeffris of
Rock county for temporary chairman of
this convention"
Mr.. Jetfries unanimously elected tenn
porary chairman of the convention.
Mr.. Jeffris spoke to the convention as
follows:
"Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gen
tlemen-I did not realize twenty
Four hours ago when we gathered
ing Of this kind here tonight; but have
been in the Opera house a great many
times and | do not think [ ever saw In
this or any other house a more magnif-
cent meeting than there is here tonight
with the house packed from the pit to
the top gallery.
Gentlemen, we are here tonight on
most important business. We are here
tonight to exercise our greatest wisdom
and our wisest discretion-we must make
no mistakes, We must take time for de-
liberation, we must take time for con-
sultation, and / want to say to you here
that there is no programme mapped out
for this meeting. Great applause.) No
body has gotten out typewriter direc-
tons as to who would make this motion
and who would make that and how. the
delegates should vote on it. applause
We are here as Republicans Voices,
good, good and great applause) and I
want to say to you that we are here
tonight representing in its entirety the
Republican party Of Wisconsin Tire
mendous cheering)
I'VE went down into a convention to-
day, and as we said we would do last
night, we would insist upon our rights
in gentlemanly, but perfectly firm man
ner, that we were a majority of the 1904
Republ ican convention of Wisconsin and
we knew it. Great applause) And
we did not propose that the majority
Sn0uku De TAKEN AWAY 4EOu us by fraud
and technical practices. We said last
night with no uncertain sound that we
would insist upon our rights in that con-
yention and we would carry our rights
through regardless Of the consequences
Great applausel, and that is what we
are here for tonight: and / want to say
to you that we have gone over the list
between the time we left the convention
hall this afternoon and now, and there
is represented in this meeting tonight
majority of the delegates of the Wiscon-
sin Republican convention. (Great APP
plause.1
"You viii hear probably yourselves
called boilers. Can you realize how d.
majority of the convention can be
'boltersr daughter and cries of no,
neyer.o
I'VE have found it necessary to call