Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-05-27

peaTeu Wnen M. Is. ROSENBERG of
Wausau, in behalf Of the minority of
the State Committee, presented the
minority report, protesting IN detail
against the unseating Of the sixty-four
stalWart delegates whom the majority
proposed to throw out. Mr.. Rosenber-
ry moved that the minority report be
substituted for the majority report.
''The motion is out Of order" said
Chairman Lenroot.
Instantly a low growl Of protest
came from the rear sections Of the
hall, to which the stalwarts had been
assigned. Lenroot saw he had made a
mistake and submitted the question to
delegate named Hall, who enjoys
the reputation in Wisconsin of being a
parllamentarian of experience and ca
paclty. Hall told the chairman that
the motion was in order and it was en-
tertained
Assistant Attorney General Bancroft
and State Senator George p. Miller,
speaking for the Governor, defed the
stalwarts, telling them that if they did
not like the way things were being
done they could get out and nominate
ticket Of their own.
Nearly the whole afternoon was de-
! coted to calling the roll upon the sew
eral contests. The job was finished
about 6 o'clock when the majority re-
port was submitted as whole with
the verbal understanding as explained
by the chairman, that the vote would
be recorded upon each contest minus
the votes of the La Toilette contestants
directly concerned.
Then a most singular and unpre-
cedented thing occurred. The caucuses
composed of district delegates had met
during the forenoon and selected dele
gates to represent the several Congress
sional districts upon the committee on
credentials.
State Senator Hudnall moved that
the temporary roll be declared the per-
manent roll of the convention, and
that the temporary organization be de-
clare1 the permanent organization.
Thus without reference of the merits
of the several contests to a committee
appointed by the convention itself,
which is the universal practice of poll
teal bodies, the findings of the State
committee were approved.
Last Straw for Sta1warts.
That was the last straw for the stall
warts. They had expected it, but
when it came they felt the time had
arrived when they must take decisive
action. Mr.. Jeffries jumped on chair
and, after registering a protest, which
was received with Kisses and groans,
he notified the stalwarts to meet at
the Fuller opera-ho at o'clock. In
stantly several hundred Of their num-
Der arose and began marching from
the hall. The La Toilette delegates
iumped>upon their chairs and cheered
and groaned and Kissed until they had
gone.
The former Attorney General, E. r.
Hicks, of Oshkosh, who belongs among
the supporters of S. A. Cook, of Nee
nah, made an eloquent plea for bar
mony and fair play. He spoke for
twenty minutes. In conclusion Mr..
Hicks appealed to the Ia Toilette men
to adjourn the convention until s
o'clock, whereupon State Senator u
rich moved that the adjournment be
extended until o'clock Thursday.
Both Hicks and Ulrich were espe-
cially emphatic in their demands that
the permanent organization be not eff
fected No attention was paid to them,
however. Hudnall jumped on a chair
and put the motion to the convention
which he had previously made and it
was carried by a storm of yeas from
the La Toilette men. Thereupon Cook s
followers began to leave the hall, Mr..
Hicks with them.