The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1922-06-08
DIR. w. A. GANFIELD Sc.
LECTED TO OPPOSE BOB
Morgan Choice Of Convention
For Governor with Riley.
Young as His Team Mate. A
Fine Convention.

Nine hundred and niety-eight dele
gates, representing every county in
the great State Of Wisconsin, went
to Milwaukee last Thursday to at
tend the first meeting of the Repnbh-
can State Conference which was
called for the purpose Of nominating
candidates to represent the Repub-
lican party in the primaries to be
held In September, and without ex-
ception every delegate at the con-
ference was there for the purpose OF
naming ticket Of men that would
represent the people Of this great
state as they should be represented.
William J. Morgan. Of Milwaukee,
known as lighting Bin" because OF
his activities in trust-busting in
Wisconsin, was the choiss Of the con-
venton TO head the state ticket. Roy
Wilcox of Eau Claire was also nona-
mated as was Kreptxer Of Wausau,
but on the very first ballot the Mil
waukee man had 656 votes and the
other candidates withdrew and made
Morgan the unanimous choice Of the
convention.
DR.. w. E. Garfield, President of
: Carroll college. was unanimously
named as the candidate for United
States Senator to oppose Robert M.
LaFollette.
Riley S. Young Of Darian was
named IS candidate for Lieutenant
Governor.
Esnry johnson was selected rs
candidate for Stat Treasurer.
Martin r. Paulson, Of Stevens
Point, was elected as the candidate
Cor Secretary Of State.
John F. Baker Of Madison, was
named the candidate Tor Attorney
General.
Morgan and Ganfeh are two-Ast-
ed. hand hitting compaigners. and
viii stump Wisconsin from one end
OF the state to the other in the battle
, against >radicalism.
Riley S. Young is former Speaker
oS ths Assembly and . man known
: throughout the state for his fairness.
Martin K. Paulson, chosen for
Secretary Of State, was buck private
ia the world war. He is President
+ Of the Wisconsin Loyalty League and
= law student in the Wisconsin
University. His nomination was
the result Of . demand by the con-
vention to place an ex-service man
on the state ticket and his endorse
ment was unanimohsi the other
candidates withdrawing to give him
Q clear field.
Henry johnson the veteran state
treasurer. had no opposition. He
is widely known throughout the
state.
John F. Baker, named FOR Attorney
General, has been connected with
tha ofsce Of Attorney General for q
number Of years, and has been pro-
Sninsnt In the affairs Of that Office
A finer bunch OF men could not
have been choaen to represent the
people Of this great state.
The convention registered solemn
protest against autocracy and ma
chine rule. against the false pre-
tense Of those who seek to use the
party as . cover for designs foreign
to it's principles, and took the first de-
cisive step to terminate q domina-
don Which has become interabls te
the party and dangerous to the vel
fare Of the state.
TEXT OF G. o. r. PLATFORM
TIE text follows:
The representative Of the people
Of every county in Wisconsin in Re-
publican state conference ASSEMBLED
fechim the right to counsel together
Cur political parties have been dis
organized. The councils Of the peo
pie have been destroyed. There 70
mains nothing but the personal fol
lpwinss Of those ambitious Tor offic'
apd these too often make their owl
p.atforms as . mere snare to catcl
voters. :
We are determined there shall b.
8 new regime in which the citizen
shall arise, determine the principle'
fOf which they stand and compel can
didates and public officials TO recOg
= nike and obey the popular will
We no longer have rspressntAtiy