The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-07-19
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
ment-Repeal Plank Loses. by Vote
of to | alter Hot Debate.

of 3 to alter Hot Debate.
Milwaukee.-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 G..
Karel of Milwaukee and A. j. Schmitz
of Milwaukee.
For Lieutenant Governor-Henry
w. 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 WATERFOWL.
Refuse to Declare for Repeal.
BY a vote of 5251 u to 1912 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 Karel's candidacy, and
corresponding victory for the
SchmitZ men.
The committee plank reaffirms 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 Allis, 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 adj
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-
sented 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 70
ballot was to be taken if only two
candidates were presented. VI. M.
Kearney, the permanent chairman,
ruled, after reading the paragraph
relating to the nomination of candi-
dates, that a ballot must be taken,
and this ruling was not challenged
Narrow Majority for karel.
The one ballot for governor re-
suited: Karel, 1913; Schmidt, 375.
The ballot was reached at about
midnight at the second session of the
convention, which convened at the
Pabst theater at IL o'clock on
Thursday, July IL. The convention
then adjourned until 9 o'clock Fri
day morning for the nomination of
two candidates for each of the other
state offices to be filled and to adopt
platform.
Candidates for secondary places on
the state ticket were chosen without
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-
sented.
Jacob Leonard Marshfie1d and
Nicholas Schmidt, Marathon City, re-
ceived the highest vote as candidates
for state treasurer, and were recon-
mended by the convention. Mr.. Leon