The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-19
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unanimously The roll call showed
that 5s51a delegates were present..
La Toilette Ran0lninafad ....s

unanimously. The roll call showed
that $3.50 delegates were present.
La Toilette Renominated.
State Senator John M. Frear placed
in nomination for governor Robert M.
La Toilette. Several seconding
speeches were made and the nomina-
ton was made by reclamation.
Ticket Completed.
On motion of Senator Miller Of Dane
county the rest of the state officers
now holding office were renominated
and voted upon collectively. They
received the 585 " votes in the conven-
ton and were declared unanimously
nominated.
The list is as follows: Lieutenant
governor, James o. Davidson, Soldiers
Grove; secretary of state, Walter l..
Houser, Mondovi: attorney general, l..
NJ. Shurdevant, Neillsville; treasurer,
John ]. Kempf, Milwaukee; insurance
commissioner, Zeno NJ. Host, MilWau-
kee; railroad commissioner, John W..
Thomas, Chippewa Falls.
Wild Over sBOb."
Governor La Toilette was escorted
to the convention hall by a committee.
He was introduced 4 by Chairman
sLenroot as "the present governor and
the next governor Of Wisconsin" A
wild reception was accorded him.
University students joined in the
greeting and gave him the university
yell. Governor La Toilette made a
ringing speech Of acceptance and was
frequently interrupted with applause.
His speech, In the main, was confined
to state issues. -:
The Platform.
The La Toilette republican plat
form says in part:
The republican party of Wisconsin re-
affirms its steadfast support of the endur-
ing principles Of the republican party as
expressed in its national platforms and
wrought out day by day In the admins
tration of the affairs of the national gov
| eminent by Presidents Mckinley and
Roosevelt.
We record our unqualified approval OF
the progressive, patriotic and courageous
administration Of Theodore Roosevelt
Facing the gravest responsibilities. re-
| quired to deal with new and unsettled
problems at home and abroad, he has al
all times and under all circumstances, with
marked wisdom and foresight, so dis.
charged the duties of his office as tt
command the confidence and admiration
Of his countrymen. -.
i Merger and the Tariff
| We comm end President Roosevelt's firm
enforcement Of law and the preservation
Of peace, as especially evidenced by hi:
conduct in settling the, coal strike il
! Pennsylvania. and in prosecuting the mer
ger litigation in the northwest.
We firmly adhere to the Fundamental
republican, doctrine of protection to Amer
lean labor and believe that the aim of {
truly protected policy should be to stimu
late competition in, the home market ant
not destroy it by favorirg trust combina
lions.
We, therefore, believe in readjustmen
of tariff schedules In all cases where pro
Election is employed FOR the benefit of cap
Eital only to the injury of the consumer an.
lworlzingman. III: ~
4 The republican party of Wisconsin
Egives its unqualified approval to the rec
5EOmm endations Of thee interstate commerce
4 commission and of president Roosevelt
and pledges it's support to the presiden
and the commission in their efforts to Sc
cure relief from the increasing burden
imposed upon the people by these publ
service corporations. -!
Delegates to Chicago.
=. Governors La iFolIetteT spoke :, fo
about an holL after Sxhich the con
vention took a recess until O'CLOCK
when the election Of delegates-at
large to the national convention will
tbe the order. The slate is: GOVernO
La Toilette, Isaac Stephenson, w. Z
Conner and James H. Stout. EtF'-' =
49, La Follette's Ringing. Periods:
Governor La Toilette said in part:
L accept the nomination, deeply i'm
pressed with the confidence it expresse
and the obligation it imposes. No ma
who rightly conceives the issues that hay
been before us for seven years would be
. little this action into a political contes
for offices. Citizens Of sister states ar
hoping for the overthrow Of governmer
by corporations in Wisconsin, the end {
control Of legislation by public service COZ
porations. That condition is the creates
menace to our popular government to-da!
It. is dangerous because yelled under tn
pretext Of promoting industries.
: Governor La Toilette said that Wis
: consin, Iowa, Illinois and Minnesot
2 were pioneers in state control of trans
8 portation charges. Wisconsin had re
) peatedly exercised this right Wis
t consin had also declared in it's con
ventions for four years for primar
: elections, but this expression had bee
7 overthrown in the legislatures. Til
3 railroads, he said, control both com
' merce and legislation and are tn
main factors in building UP trusts. HI
!. position with regard to railroad gov
: eminent he said was Endorsed by Pres
: ident Roosevelt He held it the dut
Of the state to see that equal and jus
: rates were enjoyed by all shippers j
the western states
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