River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-05-26
DEMOCRATS OF WISCONSIN
STATE CONVENTION rs HELD IN
CITY OF MILWAUKEE.
Delegates Instructed to Cast Vote for
Edward c. Wall for Presidential
Nominee-The Platform.

porters of Edward G. Wall defeated the
adherents of William r. Hearst in the
democratic state convention Tuesday, a
resolution instructing the Wisconsin
delegation to the national convention
at st. Louis 70 vote for Mr.. Wall hav-
ing been ADOPTED by a viva voce vote
Byron B. Park, of Stevens Point, was
permanent chairman. A fight lasting
an hour was made over seating the
delegation from Racine county. The
committee, by vote of six to five,
voted to seat the Wall delegation and,
after a lot Of speech-making, the ma
jority report was adopted by vote of
297 to 249. This vote did not show
the real strength as between the Wall
and Hearst forces, as many Wall sup
porters voted for seating the Hearst
delegates for the sake of harmony
The committee ona resolutions re-
ported the following platform:
"The last national platform is the
code of national democracy and should
be recognized as scuh until a new
platform is adopted, but recommend
the following as suggestions to the st.
Louis convention expressing the posi-
ton OF Wisconsin democrats upon
those issues which are now regarded
as of paramount Importance:
81 We favor the stringent enforce
msnt of the laws against unlawful
monopolistic combinations of capital to
the end that the so-called trust organ
izations may be exterminated.
"2. We favor tariff for revenue
only.
SO. We favor the repeal of all tariff
taxes on all trust made articles.
~. We favor free and uninterrupted
commerce between all of the people Of
the United States.
So We favor deposits of surplus pub
lie moneys in safe bank repositories
upon adequate security and at current
rates of interest.
IS. We favor the enactment of laws
prohibiting all railway corporations
from engaging in or carrying on any
business except that of the common
carrier.
81. We favor the speedy completion
L
our government should have permitted
this great project to be stained with
evidence of dishonorable intrigue
against the integrity of friendly re-
public.
IS. We favor an income tax law and
an amendment to the constitution, if
necessary to accomplish it.
Hn oil Of INF cd
States senators by direct vote of the
people"
A supplementary resolution, with
long preamble eulogistic of Edward G.
Wall, of Wisconsin, was then read.
The resolution is as follows:
Resolved: We, the democrats Of
Wisconsin, in state convention assem-
bled, do, therefore, instruct our dele
gates to the national convention to be
held in ST. Louis to place in nomina-
ton the name of Edward G.. Wall be-
fore that convention and to use all
honorable means to secure for him the
democratic nomination for the presi-
dency of the United States.
1--WE also instruct our delegates to
vote as a unit for him until the nom
nation shall be made or his name shall
be withdrawn by a vote of two-thirds
of the Wisconsin delegates elect"
A motion to adopt the platform as a
whole brought Mr.. Cleary, of Grant
county, a supporter of William r.
Hearst, to his feet, who moved to
amend so as to adopt all the report ex-
cept that portion instructing the dele
cation to vote for Wall. The amend
ment was lost by vote of 304 to 226,
and the resolutions were adopted as a
whole by a viva voce vote.
Mayor Rose reported that while the
committee was unanimous on the
platform proper, that there were two
dissenting votes against the adoption
Of the supplementary resolution in
structing the delegates for Wall.
The following were elected delegates
at-large to the national convention:
Timothy E. Ryan, Waukesha; David S.
Rose, Milwaukee; Neal Brown, Wau-
sau; Charles H. Weisse, Sheboygan
Falls. Alternates: Col. George w.
Bird, Madison; DR.. w. A. Anderson,
Lacrosse Jason K. Wright Mari
nette Hugh ]. Gallagher, Darlington.
Electors at-large: P. H. Martin.
Green Bay; Charles Abresch, Milwau-
kee
The following district electors were
named: First district, G. T. Hodges;
Second, Henry Volkman; Third, H. ].
McCloskey; Fourth, Henry J. Millman;
Fifth, Thomas Mccarthy; Sixth, F. J.
Bartlett; Seventh, Sam Richardson;
Eighth, Thomas H. Patterson; Ninth,
John M. Baer; Tenth, E. H. Schweppe;
Eleventh, Harold n. North.
A motion was adopted instructing
the delegates to vote as a unit on all
questions at the national convention.
The convention then adjourned sine
die.
FRESH FEMININE FINERY.