Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-09-19

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. to select
state ticket any time before Sept.
q was given the newly elected state
central committee of the Progressive
/ party at the convention in Dream
land, if in the opinion OF members
OF the committee there is at that
time no ticket in the field which the
members Of the party can consist
| emily support.
The resolution as presented to the
convention by the nomination COM
mittee, and carried without a dis
senting vote, reads:
Your committee deems it neces-
sary that there be in the field a COM
pIete state ticket which the members
OF the Progressive party can heartily
support at the November election.
The state central committee is
hereby directed to hold a meeting,
not later than Sept "a, 1912, and
if in the judgment of that commit
tee at that time there is no state
ticket in the field which the Pro
gressiye party can consistently sup
port, either in whole or in part, then
said state central committee is here
by authorized and directed by this
convention to make such nomina-
lions as shall be necessary to insure
a complete state ticket, every candi-
date of which supports the national
candidates OF the Progressive party
ana is in sympathy with the prin-
ciples of that party"
Not murmur was raised in pro-
test to the resolution, and round
after round Of applause swept over
the delegates as they realized that a
question which for a time threaten
ed to disrupt the organization in
Wisconsin, had been safely and eff
fectively disposed Of.
The convention approved the fol-
lowing to be presidential electors
from the various congressional dis
tricts:
First district, r. Lee Norton, Ra-
cine; Second district, DR.. o. B. Baces,
Sheboygan; Third district, F. c. Bas-
kerville, Madison; Fourt hdistrict. f.
G. Thwaits, Milwaukee; Fifth dis
trict, Chas. F. Stitt, Milwaukee: Sixth
district, Florian Lampert, Oshkosh;
Seventh district, DR.. A. Andrews, La
Crosse; Eighth district, George H.
Fuller, Spring Lake; Ninth district,
II. G. Schultz, Outagamie: Tenth dis
trict, vacant; Eleventh district,
Peter Eckerson, Superior; at large,
Col. John Hicks, Oshkosh, and
Wheeler P. Bloodgood, Milwaukee.
The state central committee was
authorized to fill any and all va
cancies which now exist or may ap-
pear
The resolution adopted by the con-
vention means that it will be up to
the republican platform convention,
which meets Sept. II at Madison, to
determine whether a ticket shall be
put in the field against them by the
ProgressiVes, and that Gov Francis
e. McGOyern will not be required to
make a statement, either for or
against the Progressive party per-
sonally.
) The convention was called to or
der by Norman L. Baker, state chair
man, who was later chosen both tenn
pOraFy and permanent chairman.
Addresses to the convention were
made by Gov. Johnson of California,
candidate for vice president; Sena-
tor Niles POintdexter of Washington;
Medill Mccormick of Chicago, and
Wheeler P. Bloodgood of Milwaukee.
Reference to Senator La FoIIettee
was made in the speeches of Gov.
Johnson and MedilI Mccormick, the
latter charging that the Wisconsin
senator has coined the reactionaries
in aspersing leader he formerly
praised"