Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-07-25
DEMOCRATS PICK
PRIMARY STATES
State Convention Places Can
didates Before Voters.
NO REPEAL OF INCOME TAX
Platform Upholds Principle of the
New Law and Declares for Amend
nnent-RepeaI Plank Loses by Vote
of 3 to ! After Hot Debate.

of 3 to After Hot Debate.
MiIwaukee.-The democratic state
convention closed its work after
making the following nominations
for candidates to the various state
Offices, from which the voters will
make their selections of candidates
at the primaries:
For Governor-Judge John c..
KareI Of Milwaukee and A. ]. Schmitz
of Milwaukee.
For Lieutenant Governor-Henry
". Bolens of Port Washington, Ozau-
kee county, and Henry A Moehlen-
pah of Clinton, Rock county.
For Secretary of State-Andrew
Kealy of Hudson, st. Croix county.
For State Treasurer-Jacob Leon
ard of Marshfield, Wood county, and
Nicholas Schmidt of Marathon City,
Marathon county.
For Attorney General-John F.
Doherty of La Crosse and G. A. Kad-
ing of Watertown.
HGIuSe 10 CGCidT6 TOT F6pedi~
By a vote OF 5251a to 1641a the
convention, after three hours of de-
bate, in which some bitter words
were used, refused to demand the
repeal of the income tax law.
This was a decisive defeat for the
Karel forces, who had made repeal
the slogan of KareI's candidacy, and
a corresponding victory for the
Schmitz men.
The committee plank reafirms be-
lief in the principles of an income
tax" pledges an amendment so as to
remove the laws obnoxious fea-
lures" without specifying them, and
promises to submit the amended law
to a referendum vote of the people
Of the state.
The amendment proposed by
Mayor Walsh of West AIlis, which
was rejected, demanded the repeal
of the law and the passage of a new
law to be submitted to the people.
The plank of the platform relating
to the water powers of the state also
was the subject of discussion. A.
J. Ginrich, Marathon county, moved
that this plank be stricken out He
said that if there had not been so
much agitation on the water power
question northern Wisconsin would
have been a greater industrial cen
ter than it is today.
Wolfe Temporary Chairman.
The convention was opened with
the election of Hubert o. Wolfe, as
| temporary chairman, who in his ad-
| dress paid glowing tribute to Bryan
and Wilson and who urged fair-mind-
ed republicans to join with democrats
in the election of Wilson. His men
ton of Bryan and Wilson called out
VociferOus applause.
The name of Judge Karel was pre-
scented to the convention by VIM. J.
Kershaw, Milwaukee, and w. F.
Wolfe of La Crosse county placed A.
/ J. Schmitz in nomination. Consider
able sharp repartee was INDUCED in
in the course of the seconding
speeches by the two factions
1t was insisted that under the call
of the state central committee no
ballot was to be taken if only two
candidates were presented. T. NJ.
Kearney, the permanent chairman,
ruled, after reading the paragraph
! relating to the nomination of candi-
4 dates, that a ballot must be taken,
and this ruling was not challenged.
Narrow Majority for KareI.
The one ballot for governor re-
suited: KareI, 1913; Schmidt, 375.
The ballot was reached at about
midnight at the second session of the
convention, which convened at the
Pabst theater at II o'clock on
Thursday, July II. The convention
then adjourned until o'clock Fri
day morning for the nomination of
two candidates for each of the other
state offices to be filed and TO adopt
a platform.
Candidates for secondary places on
the state ticket were chosen without
a contest developing, except in two
instances when a vote was taken on
the nominees for the office of state
treasurer and for attorney general
Harry w. Bolens, mayor of Port
Washington, and Henry A. Moehlen-
pah. banker, Clinton were recon-
mended as candidates for the lieuten-
ant governorship, without a ballot
theirs being the only names pre-
scented.
Jacob Leonard, MarshfeId. and
i Nicholas Schmidt, Marathon City, re.
ceived the highest vote as candidates
for state treasurer, and We're recon.
mended by the convention. Mr.. Leon.