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WISCONSIN. 



ZACHARLE, HEINRICH A. 



or exercise powers not expressly delegated "by the 

 Constitution, and the interference of the Federal 

 Administration in matters of purely local concern. 



2. That in the administration of our national af- 

 fairs of late years we find but little to praise and 

 much to regret and disapprove. 



3. That the framers of our Government wisely 

 guarded against the union of Church and State, and 

 we insist that the principles of our constitution in 

 this respect shall be adhered to strictly and forever, 

 and that, in the administration of our public affairs, 

 all sectarian issues shall be discarded. 



4. That under our constitution the school-fund 

 and its revenues are set apart and exclusively de- 

 voted to the support and maintenance of the public 

 schools, and that all agitation relating to a division 

 of the same is impolitic and uncalled for ; that such 

 schools are an independent element of republican 

 institutions, and we believe in more and more per- 

 fecting the system, so as to bring a thorough and 

 free common-school education within the reach of 

 all, but we also insist that, as required by the con- 

 stitution, the public schools throughout our State 

 shall be kept free from sectarian instruction, in order 

 that they may be accessible to all, without interfer- 

 ence with the rights of conscience. 



5. That the power given to the Legislature by the 

 constitution of our State to exempt property from 

 taxation was expected to b. e exercised with the ut- 

 most caution ; but much complaint has been made 

 that the power has been used with very little re- 

 straint, to the detriment of public interests, and we 

 accordingly recommend an early revision of the laws 

 upon that subject. 



6. That, after the many unsuccessful efforts of the 

 Republican party of Wisconsin to promote temper- 

 ance by prohibitory legislation, we rejoice in the 

 final acknowledgment that true education and sound 

 morals are the best agencies for that purpose ; but 

 that we deem it essential to remain vigilant rather 

 than confide in declarations possibly dictated by 

 partisan exigency instead of by settled convictions 

 of principle and duty ; and we furthermore recom- 

 mend any amendment of the present excise law 

 necessary to secure every portion of the people from 

 arbitrary infringements upon the letter and spirit 

 of its provisions. 



7. That we congratulate the people of Wisconsin 

 upon the settlement of the question of the sovereign- 

 ty of the State over corporations of its creation, and 

 upon the perpetual source of redress thus assured 

 against aggressions from monopolized capital, and 

 we demand that the power of the State thus estab- 

 lished shall be firmly and continuously exercised for 

 the complete protection of the people from every 

 form of corporate injustice, extortion, or aggression : 

 and we repeat and declare that the improvement 01 

 old and construction of new lines of railway are 

 necessary to the progress and development of the 

 State, and that railroad companies are entitled to 

 reasonable and reliable compensation for actual capi- 

 tal and labor thus employe,d. 



8. That the use or contribution of money by party 

 candidates, for the purpose of directly or indirectly 

 corrupting public opinion, is an offense which de- 

 mands the execration of all enlightened and patri- 

 otic men, and we insist upon a prompt and vigorous 

 enforcement of the law to punish the crime of bribe- 

 ry committed at or before elections, and upon such 



amendment of said law as experience may prove 

 necessary to the full protection of the ballot-box 

 from crimes of this class. 



9. That the vast annual contributions of the coun- 

 try fo"r the support of the National Government war- 

 rant a more rapid reduction of the national debt, and 

 a corresponding relief of the people from the burden 

 of annual interest paid from the profits of their in- 

 dustry. 



10. That we demand an early revision of the patent 

 laws, and a more liberal legislation for the protection 

 of the people in this department from the exactions 

 of aggregated capital. 



11. That we sincerely deplore the recent failure 

 of enlightened men to establish civil-service reform 

 in the administration of the National Government ; 

 that, in the opiniou of this convention, appointments 

 to office in this State and nation should DC based on- 

 the permanent qualifications of honesty and capacity, 

 and not upon partisan service ; and we earnestly in- 

 vite a united effort of all patriotic men to guard the 

 people from the evils of partisan and official corrup- 

 tion, for prompt and condign punishment of crime 

 in official places, and for the restoration of pure and 

 economical government in every department of the 

 public service. 



The existing State officers were renominated 

 by acclamation, as follows : Governor, William 

 R. Taylor; Lieutenant-Governor, Charles D. 

 Parker; Secretary of State, Peter Dayton; 

 State Treasurer, Ferdinand Kuchu ; Attorney- 

 General, A. Scott Sloan; Superintendent of 

 Public Instruction, Edward Learing. 



The Republican candidate for Governor, Har- 

 rison Ludington, was elected; the other of- 

 ficers chosen were Democrats. The vote was 

 as follows : 



Governor: Harrison Ludington, 85,155; Wil- 

 liam R. Taylor, 84,314; C. E. Hammond, 460; 

 scattering, 141. 



Lieutenant-Governor : C. D.Parker, 85,437; 

 Henry L. Eaton, 84,238; L. D. GilfiUan, 407; 

 scattering, 180. 



Secretary of State : Peter Doyle, 85,102; 

 Hans B. Warner, 84,484 ; H. W. Brown, 406 ; 

 scattering, 195. 



Treasurer: Ferdinand Kuehn, 86,230; Henry 

 Baltz, 83,426 ; J. Turner, 407; scattering, 179. 



Harrison Ludington, the present Governor 

 of Wisconsin, was born in Putnam County, 

 N. Y., July 31, 1812. At the age of nineteen 

 years he emigrated to Wisconsin, reaching 

 Milwaukee in November, 1838. Soon after 

 he opened a small store. Since 1851 he has 

 been engaged in an extensive business of man- 

 ufacturing and selling lumber. He has three 

 times been elected Mayor of Milwaukee. He 

 has been an enthusiastic Republican since the 

 organization of that party. Before being elect- 

 ed Governor, he was an unsuccessful candidate 

 for Congress. 



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ZACHARLE, HEINRICH ALBEET, a German of Law in 1842. In 1848 he was a member of 



jurist, born November 20, 1806 ; died May 8, the German National Assembly. In 1863 he 



1875. He studied law in Gottingen, became was appointed a member of the Council of 



lecturer at that university in 1830, extraordi- State, and in 1867 was elected to the first 



nary professor in 1835, and ordinary Professor Reichstag of the North - German Confedera- 



