Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-07-19
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WISCONSIN DEMOCRATS IN CON
VENTloN NOMINATE scAAlTz
FOR GOVERNOR.
THE CONVENTION IS STORMY
Milwaukee Meeting Scores Aids 10
Senator Stepherson's Election
After Bitter Fight-Repub-
licans Condemned.

MlIWauRee.-Atter q busy days Ses.
sion, during which several spirited
contests arose, the Democratic state
convention at the Alhambra theater
early Wednesday morning voted in
favor of nominating a state ticket and
named Adolph ]. Schmitz as the par
TVS candidate for governor. The nom.
nation of Mr. Schmitz was unani.
nous
The big sensation of the day came
when George f. Ballhorn, former as
sistant district attorney of Milwaukee,
introduced a resolution condemnins
the three Democrats in the last legis.
lature who walked out on the day
Isaac Stephenson was elected United
States senator, making the election
possible by their absence.
The resolution threw the conven.
ton into an uproar. Temporary
Chairman Michael Reilly of Fond du
Lac ruled Mr. Ballhorn out of order,
declaring that all resolutions must be
handed to the committee on resolu.
lions and must not be introduced
from the floor of the convention. The
resolution went to the committee, was
reported back, and was finally adopted
after bitter fight on the floor Of the
convention.
In a strong defense of principles of
the Democratic party and with harsh
criticism of the Republican admins.
tration, Chairman Reilly outlined the
plan of the Democratic campaign in
Wisconsin at the opening of the con.
vention.
More government for the people and
by the people; less government by
class and for privilege, and a pro
gressive platform were among the
things advocated by the temporary
chairman
On the right of the government to
levy tribute on one class for the bene-
mt Of another the Democratic party
takes decisive issue with the Repub-
lican party" said Mr.. Reilly.
The unanimous report of the COM
mittee on resolutions which was pre-
sented to the convention favors home
rule in municipal affairs, citizens to
determine whether or not they should
adopt the initiative, referendum and
recall
The Republican party of Wisconsin
is condemned for enacting a law by
which, it is charged, it intended to
prevent the Democratic party from
having a place as party on the ticket.
The law referred to is the 80 per
cent" primary law, which provides
that any party in order to get a place
on the ticket must cast a vote at the
primary equal to 20 per cent. of the
party vote cast at the preceding presi.
Dental election. The amendment of
the Constitution of the United States
to permit the election of United States
senators by direct vote of the people
is favored.
A lengthy plank declares the party
in favor of conservation and govern
ment control of the natural resources
of the state and nation and charges
the Republican party with being a
reckless squanderer of natural re.
sources.
The report concludes with the fol.
lowing planks:
we favor the enactment and the
rigorous enforcement of a stringent
corrupt practise act to the end that
politics may be purified and members
of corrupt combinations in politics
adequately punished.
1--WE denounce the infamous Payne
Aldrich tariff lew passed by the last
congress as a betrayal of the interests
of the people and as a measure enact
ed for the benefit of special interests,
Offering no relief whatever to the con-
sumers Of our country; we approve of
the gallant opposition of the Demo-
cratic members of congress to the
same and declare for a prompt reduc-
ton of the tariff in favor of the peo-
pie end not In the interest o. the prod
uct of any trust or combination what
soeyeT.
I'VE reafIirm our devotion to the
Democratic principle Of economy in
public expenditures, both state and
national. We denounce the reckless
and unjustifable extravaganza of the
Republican state and national admin
strations, and we oppose the practise
of creating unnecessary offices for the
purpose of supplying places to polit-
lcal henchmen, whose chief occupa-
ion is that of keeping the Republican
party in power at the expense of the
taxpayers of the state
The report was adopted as read aft
er the convention had wrangled for
three hours in an effort on the part
Of a large number of the delegates to
change the phraseology of the planks
relating to conservation and home
rule.
Dies Without His Revenge.
New York-Henry Dexter, the mill