Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-07-15
DEMOCRATS
END SESSION
At MIDNIGHT
PEACE COMES AFTER A SPlR-
TIED FIGHT EY THE
DELEGATES.
PICK THE STATE TICKET
Legislators Who Aided Stephenson
Were Denounced. The Platform
Is Short. initiative, Referendum
and Recall for State Voted Down.

and Recall for State Voted Down.
STATE TICKET.
United States Senator-BurU VIII
liams, Ashland.
For Governor-A. J. Schmitz, Mil
waukee.
For Lieutenant Governor-M. j.
SchOley. Kenosha; III. w. Bolens,
Port Washington.
Secretary of State-GeOrge w.
Theisen, Dodge county John Nj. Cal
lahan, Oshkosh.
State treasurer. G. thinner
man, WauSau.
Insurance Commissioner-John A.
Haselwood, jefferson.
Attorney GeneraI--John f. Doher-
ty, La Crosse.
Mllwaukee.-The morning session
of the Democratic state convention
was devoted to the assembling of the
various districts throughout the
state for the purpose of electfng rep
resentatives to the several state com
mittees and for settling some of the
more vital questions of the conyen-
ton
The committees as selected in the
various district caucuses were an
nounced as follows:
ON RESOLUTIONS
First dstnct-1homas NJ Keamey. Racine
T fSSGnh Graves hp9esd'l v,r Srssn Lake,
E Es / oCannor Milwaukee,
szth-H ". Boisns s.' oa sniSauASo
sssisJ Mc, MnsSn'y S, La Crosse
T Tints-fs J. + H Hsiiin Ward RAuhann'
Eleventh.. ]. Cunningham. Chippewa.
ON CREDENTIALS
First disirict-JudGe John c. slater Kenosha.
FouTh1M W ". o kaiahpr. n' Milwaukee.
si1th-Chrls Pickart. FOND du Lac
s sfsS9ba9 g g S kims. cl %inn.b.so
Tenth--H B. McDonsid. N9 Ashland
Eerenth--A. J. kinney, Hudson
ON PERMANENT ORGANIZATION
First dstric.--JudSc ]. b. simpson. Lafayette
F TSiS5dJ'. o! K 1ons w,n Columbia
Eourth-A J. i,'i fimm %aTasSnA Milwaukee
FfthC. +. Armin waukesha
SsSsnin a. l. smith fS'' rep @aSains''' county
EKhth~-S. w. Randolph, Mantowoc
Ninth-Jaseph Martin. Green Bay
1enthF A. Wolf shawano.
Eessnth-J, II, Hawley River Falls.
STATE CENTRAL CoAISnTTER
This II l. Lucknow. Baraboo; T. L. cleary.
Fourth-So nominations
slxth-GeoHe Thtesen. Dodge county: William
1oakum. onukee county
Eghth-Fred D. Rawson. waushar
Hnt6
Ele.enth-John W. Walsh. washburn; A. J. Kin
neg. Hudson.
Beginning early with the district
Caucuses. the convention was called
to order at / o'clock. Temporary
Chairman M. K. Reilly of Fond du
Lac made his speech and appointed
the chairmen of the various commit
tees and the committees had retired
for elaboration. all before o'clock
Recommending at 400, William F.
Wolfe of La Crosse was introduced
as the permanent chairman and
Joseph Nj. Crowley as the permanent
secretary. Mr.. Wolfe made his adj
dress and other business was cleared
away so that the convention could
adjourn at 6 o'clock to reconvene
at 7;30 o'clock to adopt a platform
and finish it's business.
iStlipOidIJ NylidAt man IhGiilN dD
pointed as chairman of the three i'm
portant committees the followinl
we'll known Democrats: Resolutions
James Martin, Green Bay; eredeu
tials. George Herzog, Racine; or
ganization, ]. f. La Mont, Wausau
Congressman c. w Weisse of thu
Sixth district, the only Democrat,
congressman from Wisconsin, an
nounced positively after the adjourn
ment of the convention that he woulC
again be candidate for congress
al shall accept the call of my con
stiuents," was MIR. Weisse's brie
statement. 1t is understood the othe
announced Democratic candidate
will not retire from the nomination
contest
The evening session was devote
largely to the discussion of the plat
form and the advisability- of nominal
ing a state ticket There was a
abundance of oratory. The vote i
favor of recommending a ticket t
be voted on at the September pri
mary was $50 to 295 against tn
proposition,
The following Is the platforr
unanimously adopted by the CONVEX
ton;
We believe that the right of HON
rule is inherent In the smallest {
the divisions into which the state
divided for governmental purpose
and that all questions of local col
Germ should be determined by tf
electors of each separate division
In municipal affairs we favor I'll
largest measure of home rule col
Rap GAINESVILLE City Attorney