Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-06
REPUBLICAN, CONFERENCE

A republican conference, called by
Chairman M. B. Rosenberg, was held
Thursday evening in the court house.
The nine wards of the city were repre-
sented by an even fifty delegates,
chosen on the basis of one delegate for
every forty republican votes cast at the
last election. Besides these there were
many others who attended that they
might be informed of the campaign
plans of the party.
Mr.. Rosenberg, in opening the meet
| ing, stated that it had been called as a
conference-not as eonvention--and
while the primary election law pro-
hibited conventions it could not stop
citizens from getting together and ex-
pressing their views as to who should
use their party name and also as to
what the party should stand for He
thought this method better than for one
candidate to make his own platform
without consultation with members of
his party. He presented resolution,
which had been prepared by the city
committee, which he said if adopted
would provide for organization and the
business of the meeting. He then
read the resolutions and the same was
unanimously adopted.
Upon motion, DIR. A. w. Trevitt was
chosen chairman and John King secre-
tary. The chairman made few re-
marks and then proceeded to the regu-
lar order of business, as mapped out by
the resolution. He appointed the fol-
lowing committees:
On Credentials-Louis Gross, j. C..
Justesen, Anson Clark, A. r. Bardeen,
Henry Ellenbecker.
On Resolutions-M B. Rosenberg,
John w. Miller, Henry Juers.
On Permanent Organization-F. A.
Hecker, Phillip Werheim, A. f. Kroen-
ing
The meeting became informal while
awaiting the report of the committees.
The delegates of each ward chose a
ward chairman and each was in turn
chosen as member of the city COM
mittee. They are:
First ward, Henry Grob Second, Ed.
Heiman; Third, John Wolf; Fourth, F..
A. Hecker Fifth, Ray Charter Sixth,
j. q. Justesen Seventh, Henry Juers
Eighth, Bernhard Kruger; Ninth, A. L.
Rapraeger.
After the reading of the report of the
committee on resolutions the selection
of a city chairman was next in order,
and the office went begging. 1t was
first offered to Mr.. Rosenberg, but the
latter stated he could not accept for the
reason that he would be absent from
the city the two weeks prior TO election.
1t was then offered in turn to G. b.
Bird, A. +. Marquardt, l.. A. Pradt, c..
F. Beck, w r. Chellis and c. S. Curtis
Each refused. 1t was then moved and
carried that M. B. Rosenberg be
chosen chairman with power to selecs
one or more assistants to serve during
his absence.
Then it was announced that the dele
gates would be called upon for an ex-
preston of opinion as to their choice
for the different city offices, the NOM
mating speeches to be limited to five
minutes duration and the wards to be
called in their numerical order.
For mayor, all of the wards were in
favor of M III. Duncan, except the
Third, Fourth and Ninth. The Third
presented the name of HI. e. Flieth, the
Fourth was non-committal, deciding to
stand by the primary nomination, and
the Ninth presented the name of Aug.
Marquardt,
For treasurer, Henry Juers was the
unanimous choice of all the delegates.
For comptroller, four wards named
Herman Marquardt as their most
favored candidate, two favored V. A.
Anderson and three made no recon-
mendation.
For assessor, three spoke for Her
man Miller, three for Julius Priebe and
three had no choice.
For justices of the peace, eight wards
favored j. G. Clarke and j. A. Jones,
while one presented no names.
For constables, five wards expressed
their approval of Simon Reineking,
one was for Frank Ross, one for Theo.
Steltz, one for Geo. Bullion, and two
made no suggestion.
l.. A. Pradt was then called upon for
a speech and told of the early expert
ences of the republican party in this
city and county.
There being no further business the
meeting came to close.
One feature that met the approval of
those present was that one man who
has been as busy as an old hen with a
brood of chickens, for the past several
weeks, getting signatures to nomina-
ton papers and buttonholing voters,
was not even mentioned in the con-
ference. He will without doubt be
turned down completely at the prim-
aries. He wants an important city
office.