WISCONSIN. 



WYOMING. 



783 



Chairman of State Central Committee, Gen. George 

 E. Bryant. 



The Democratic State Convention met in Mil- 

 waukee, June 12, chose delegates to the national 

 convention, and adopted resolutions on national 

 issues, approving the Chicago platform, expressing 

 love for and devotion to Mr. Bryan, and denoun- 

 cing " the Republican party for its brazen incon- 

 sistency in treating Porto Rico as a part of our 

 territorial possession, and at the same time un- 

 justly discriminating against its people, as well 

 as our own, by imposing a burden of tarift', in 

 express violation of the Constitution of our coun- 

 try; in establishing a system of imperialism re- 

 pugnant to the spirit of our institutions, and 

 necessitating the maintenance of a system of mili- 

 tarism that threatens the perpetuity of our Gov- 

 ernment, for the sole purpose of gain arid con- 

 quest; in establishing for all time a scheme of 

 taxation under the guise of war taxes, for the pur- 

 pose of maintaining a standing army, at a time 

 when peace should prevail, and providing revenue 

 made necessary by a policy of exorbitant and pro- 

 hibitory tariff impositions, practiced in the inter- 

 ests of monopolies and trust combinations, that 

 have been fostered by the present administration; 

 in the profligate and corrupt use of the public 

 funds in fraudulent army contracts, and the pur- 

 chase of war vessels; and we point to the gigantic 

 postal frauds in Cuba as a fair sample of Repub- 

 lican integrity." 



The remaining paragraphs condemned trusts, 

 favored election of United States Senators by 

 direct vote, and expressed sympathy for the Boers. 



The second Democratic convention, in Milwau- 

 kee, Aug. 22, named the following candidates: For 

 Governor, L. G. Bohmrich ; Lieutenant Governor, 

 Thomas Patterson ; Secretary of State, J. H. Wood- 

 north; State Treasurer, August Bartz; Attorney- 

 General, G. C. Cooper; State Superintendent, 

 Homer B. Hubbell; Insurance Commissioner, G. 

 W. Hill; Chairman State Central Committee, A. 

 D. Warden. 



Twelve presidential electors were also nominated. 



The platform repeated the declarations of the 

 June convention on national issues. In regard 

 to two of the four constitutional amendments 

 that were passed by the Legislature of 1899 and 

 will come before that of 1901 before being sub- 

 mitted to the people, it said: 



" We are opposed to joint resolution No. 13 

 proposing an amendment to Article XI of the 

 Constitution of Wisconsin, giving the Legislature 

 power to pass a general banking law, and believe 

 that the people should continue to be vested with 

 the ultimate power to vote upon the passage of 

 any banking law. 



" We are opposed to joint resolution No. 16, 

 proposing an amendment to section 1 of Article 

 X of the Constitution of the State of Wisconsin, 

 relating to education. This proposed amendment 

 is in conflict with the recently expressed vote of 

 the people as to the supervision of public instruc- 

 tion, and opens the way for the vesting of the 

 control of the public schools arbitrarily in the 

 hands of the State Superintendent and the taking 

 away from the people of the various counties the 

 election of county superintendent." 



A convention of the People's party was held in 

 Milwaukee, Aug. 22. The nominations of the 

 Democratic party for presidential electors were 

 adopted, and the convention decided not to put 

 out a State ticket. Besides approving the na- 

 tional party platform, the resolutions demanded 

 abolition of monopoly in money, transportation, 

 and land: direct legislation known as initiative 

 and referendum ; public control of public utilities, 



ROBERT M. LA FOLLETTE, 

 GOVERNOR OF WISCONSIN. 



national, State, and local ; a primary election law ; 

 the issue of all money by Government directly 

 through the Government banks; abolition of the 

 arbitrary power assumed by judges in granting 

 injunctions ; a 

 legal eight- 

 hour work day ; 

 municipal home 

 rule ; and the 

 abolition of 

 prison contract 

 and child labor. 



The Prohibi- 

 tionists met in 

 convention in 

 Madison, Aug. 

 22, and adoptei 

 a platform in 

 line with the 

 party princi- 

 ples, approving 

 the national 

 candidates, and 

 saying: 



" We declare 

 that no sub- 

 stantial reform 

 can be made 

 by legislative 

 enactment for 

 purer primary and general elections so long a- 

 the saloon debauches the citizen and breeds the 

 purchasable voter. Break down the rum trallic. 

 elevate manhood, and a sober citizenship will 

 give us an honest ballot. 



" We are in favor of equal and just taxation, 

 and as the first step to this end we demand the 

 repeal of the present license laws of this State, 

 which take more than $2,000,000 from the wives 

 and children of drunkards, that should be levied 

 upon the property instead of the poverty of our 

 people. This can only be done by the enactment 

 of a prohibitory law in place of the license sys- 

 tem, which is wrong in principle, vicious in theory, 

 and a failure in practice." 



The ticket follows: For Governor, J. B. Smith; 

 Lieutenant Governor, T. K. Torvildsen; Secretary 

 of State, Edwin Kerswill; State Treasurer, H. J. 

 Noyes; Attorney-General, E. W. Chafin; Superin- 

 tendent of Public Instruction, H. C. Senn: Rail- 

 road Commissioner, V. M. Weeks; Insurance Com- 

 missioner, F. R. Derrick; Chairman of State Cen- 

 tral Committee, J. E. Clayton. 



Howard Tuttle was nominated for Governor by 

 tiie Social-Democrats, who met in convention in 

 Milwaukee, Sept. 1. 



The election gave the offices to the Republican 

 candidates. The vote for Governor stood: La 

 Follette, 264,420; Bohmrich, 160.674: Smith, 

 9,712: Tuttle, 6,590; Wilke, Socialist-Labor, 7,095. 

 T" e Legislature' will consist of 31 Republicans in 

 the Senate and 81 in the House, and 2 Democrat- 

 in the Senate and 19 in the House. 



The presidential vote was: McKinley. 265.910: 

 Bryan, 159,284; Woolley, 10,124; Debs, 7,095; 

 Malloney, 524. 



WYOMING, a. Northwestern State, admitted 

 to the Union July 10, 1890; area, 97,890 square 

 miles. Population in 1890, 60,705: in 1901). 92.531. 

 Capital, Cheyenne. 



Government. The following were the State 

 ollicers during the year: Governor, De Forest 

 Richards; Secretary of State, F. Chatterton; 

 Treasurer, G. E. Abbott; Auditor, Leroy Grant; 

 Adjutant General, Frank A. Stitzer; Attorney- 

 General, J. A. Van Orsdel; Superintendent of 

 Education, T. T. Tynan; Supreme Court: Chief 



