Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-07-15

various district caucuseS were an
nounced as follows:
on RESOLUTIONS
First distrct--Thomas NJ. Kearney. Racine.
Second-H. c. TruesdelI Green Lake.
Fourth L. o'Connor Milwaukee
FiftR s. H y, stoyer. Milwaukee.
ssss@sn1raSI Y Eois ashoa S5auT Is Crosse
Ninth-G. r. Hastings Kaukauna.
TENTH ]. Nash Ward.
HeVenth-T ]. Cunningham. Chippewa.
ON CREDENTIALS.
FGst John Slater kenosh
EourthM. W. Kaiaher Mil~aukee
Flfth-George Grunnell. Waukesha
sixth-Chris Pickart. Fond du Lac.
E Efsffh1 E e S Kimbal cl Winnebaso
Ninth-Joseph II. Ray Kawamee.
Tenth--A. b. Mcdonald. Ashland
Ele7enth-A. j. Kinney. Hudson.
ON PERMANENT ORGANIZATION
First dtstrict-Judge ]. b. Simpson Lafayette
Third. o'NeIiI, Waukes hai.''@
F nTi f. Ar rli'eT Waakes Milwaukee
sixth.Thcmas o'Meara. washington county.
EishthIs W. Randolph sal1oi lsP Manitowoc.
Ninth-Joseph Martin. Green Bay.
Eleventh.. r. Hawley. River Falls.
STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
Second district
Third-E L. Lucknow. Baraboo T. L. Cieary.
Fourth-No nominations
sotnas1 Th ndsnt1 Dodge county William
Eighth-Fred D. Rawson waushara
Ninth
Tenth
Eieyenth-John W. Walsh. washbur: A. J. Kin
Beginning early with the district
caucuses, the convention was called
to order at 1 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 deliberation, all before o'clock.
Recovering at 4:3O, William F.
Wolfe of La Crosse was introduced
as the permanent chairman and
Joseph NJ Crowley as the permanent
secretary. Mr.. Wolfe made his ad-
dress and other business was cleared
away SO that the convention could
adjourn at o'clock to reconvene
at 1880 o'clock to adopt a platform
and finish it's business.
Temporary Chairman Reilly ap-
pointed as chairman of the three i'm
portant committees the following
we'll known Democrats: Resolutions,
James Martin, Green Bay; creden-
tials, George Herzog, Racine; or
ganization, J. F. La Mont, Wausau.
Congressman G. w. Weisse of the
Sixth district, the only Democratic
congressman from Wisconsin, an
nounced positively after the adjourn
ment of the convention that he would
again be a candidate for congress.
q shall accept the call of my con-
stituents," was Mr.. Weisses brief
statement 1t is understood the other
announced Democratic candidates
will not retire from the nomination
contest.
The evening session was devoted
largely to the discussion of the plat
form and the ACCESSIBILITY of nominal
ing a state ticket There was an
abundance of oratOry. The vote ia
favor of recommending a ticket tC
be voted on at the September pri-
mary was 396 to 295 against the
proposition.
The following is the platform
unanimously adopted by the conven-
ton:
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 prin-
ciples of home rule that the citizens
of municipalities should be per
mitted by the state legislature to de
termine whether or not they shoulc
adopt the initiative, referendum ano
recall.
We condemn the action of the Re
publican party of Wisconsin Tor en-
acting a law which they intended &c
prevent the Democratic party IRON
having a place as party on Tue
ticket
We favor the amendment OF the
constitution of the United states III
such manner as to permit OF the eiec
ton of United States senators by ui
rect vote of the people.
The Democratic party favors tne
conservation and government contro
of the natural resources OF the state