Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-07-19
ON PERMANENT ORGANIZATION.

ON PERMANENT ORGANIZATION.
Chairman-John Lamont, Wausau.
First district-Judge j. b. Simpson,
Lafayette.
Second-J. E. Jones, Columbia
Third. O'Neill, Wauseka.
FOurth-A. j. Zimmerman, Mil
waukee.
Fifth-C. E. Armin, Waukesha.
Sixth-Thomas O'Meara, Washing
ton county.
Seventh-A. C. Smith, Pepin.
Eighth-S. W. Randolph, Mantle
woo.
Ninth-Joseph Martin, Green Bay.
Tenth-F. A. Wolf, Shawano.
Eleventh.. R. Hawley, River Falls.
ON RESOLUTIONS.
Chairman-Joseph E. Martin, of
Green Bay.
First district Thomas NJ. Kearney,
Racine.
Second-H. C. Truesdell, Green
Lake.
Third-W. C. Graves, Viroqua.
FOURTH. L. O'Connor, Milwaukee.
Fifth-James III. Slower, Milwaukee.
Sixth-H. W. Bolens, Ozaukee.
Seventh-Paul w. MahOney, La
Crosse.
Eighth. E. McMullen, Calumet.
Ninth-G. B. Hastings, Kaukauna.
Tenth-L. j. Nash, Ward.
Eleventh.. j. Cunningham, Chip
pewa.
The convention adjourned until
o'clock. Recovering at 4:30 VIM. t.
Wolfe of Lacrosse was introduced as
permanent chairman, and Joseph NJ.
Crowley as permanent secretary. Mr..
Wolfe made very eloquent address.
An intermiSsion was taken at $3.50
o'clock until s. The various commit
tees reported and that of the COM
mittee on resolutions which was
adopted was as follows:
We believe that the right of home
rule is inherent in the smallest of
the divisions into which the state is
divided for governmental purposes
and that all questions of local con-
Germ should be determined by the
electors of each separate division.
In municipal affairs we favor the
largest measure of home rule con-
sistent with the terms of the state
constitution, and we believe it is
strictly in accordance with the
principles of home rule that the
citizens of municipalities should be
permitted by the state legislature
to determine whether or not they
should adopt the initiative, refer
endum and recall.
We condemn the action of the
Republican party of Wisconsin for
enacting law by which they in
tended to prevent the Democratic
party from having a place as a
party on the ticket.
We favor the amendment of the
constitution of the United States
in such manner as to permit of the
election of United States senators
by direct vote of the people.
The Democratic party favors the
conservation and government con-
troll of the natural resources of the
state and nation; and true to its
past history of conservation de-
mands the enactment of law which
shall provide that every grant or
franchise to individuals or corpora
tions for their use of any of the
natural resources of the state shall
be coupled With the express provi-
sion that such individuals or corpor-
atoms shall pay into the state
treasury annually such percentage
of the gross earnings derived
through the use of such natural
resources as may be determined by
the rate commission of the state to
be lust and reasonable, and that in
case of forfeiture all improvements
made by any such grantee on the
public lands of the state shall be
forfeited to the state.
We charge that the republican
party has been a reckless squander-
er of our natural resources. OF our
public domain, once the greatest
heritage of our people, the Repub-
lican party has from the year 1862
down to the present time granted
to corporations Isl, 419, 56S acres,
and to foreign capitalists and
noblemen a total of IL, L., 600 acres,
equal in size in the aggregate to ten
average states of the union: from
all of which the people of the
United States have derived no
profit or compensation whatever.