Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-09-01
Steal Governors Thunder.


he overcome.
Steal Governors Thunder.
WaUsau-The democrats, in the res.
olutions passed in the second dis
trict assembly convention, stole
some of the governors thunder. The
resolutions favor the adoption of
primary election law, establishing
freight rate commission, state legisla
ton governing public service corpor
ations and the election of United
States senator by direct vote of The
people. La Toilette supporters here
are made up mostly OF men who have
III years past voted the democratic
ticket and it is said the resolutions
were passed to win back these voters
Hold Hot Convention.
Waukesha, Aug. S0.-The convention
of the democrats to elect delegates to
the state convention at Oshkosh
proved to be stormy one. The con
test was parliamentary fight between
friends of National Committeeman T.
E. Ryan and State Senator Ernst Mer
ton of such intense bitterness that the
convention seemed about to be broken
up. Merton was against sending an in.
structed delegation to the Oshkosh
convention to vote for Peck All A. r.
Warden. Mr.. Ryan's friends demand
ed that such delegation be sent.
When 1t was charged in the conven.
ton by G. Holmes Daubner that the
slate of delegates was framed up in a
star chamber session in the rear of a
local saloon, Senator Merton's name
heading the list. That gentleman in a
hot speech refused to have anything to
do with the matter and denounced II as
an outrage and insult to the delegates
who had not been invited to the back
room meeting. He declined to have
his name head the delegation and when
he told A. ]. Dopp, in response to
question. that this decision was final,
Mr.. Dopp proposed the name of T. f.
Ryan to head the delegation.
Nomination at Kenosha.
kenosha, Wis, Aug. 30-At the dem
ocr&tic convention w. L. Dexter was
nominated for the assembly,
Racine Favors Peck.
Racine-Racine countys fifteen dele.
gates to the democratic state conyen.
ton VIII vote for George w. Peck for
the gubernatorial candidate. No other
candidates for state officers were con
sidered by the convention.
Want Mcclellan for Congress.
Green Bay-Former State Senator
Il, j. Mcclellan of Depere was indorsed
for the democratic congressional nom.
ination in the ninth district by the
Brown county democratic convention.
Lewis for State Secretary.
Black River Falls-The Jackson
county democrats met in convention
in this city and elected NJ. p. Cannon.
C. F. Hillie, D. NJ. Mccormick and w.
G. O'Halloren delegates to the state
convention and passed resolutions in,
dorsing G, w. Lewis of Madison for
secretary of state
La Crosse Delegates Pledged.
La Crosse-The democratic conven>
ton which elected delegates to the
state convention, pledged to urge the
nomination of w. F. Wolfe of this city
for attorney general.
Rack for Assembly.
Watertown-The democratic assem-
bly, convention for the first district
unanimously nominated Edward Rack
for the assembly. Mr.. Rack has been
mayor and alderman.
Marathon Democrats Free.
Wausau, Wis, Aug. 29.-The demo,
cratic county convention adopted reso-
lutions favoring a primary election law
and a railway taxation commission
The delegates headed by Neal Brown
are not instructed.