He was surprised yesterday when a
member of the party refused to permit a
nomination to be made unanimous. “We
have no factions in the fifth district."
said the speaker, eyeing (Jen. Bragg good
humoredly. *'\\e always work in har
uiony up our way. He closed by naming
J. E. McMullen, of Calumet.
0. W. Levis, of Jackson, said: "! wish
to present the name of a man who has
lived in this state since fifty-six a man
of ripe experience, of fine' presence, of
sound judgment; a nun whose democracy
is as firm as the rocks of the state (Ver
mont) in which he was born Carl C.
Pope, of Bh>. '. iuver Falls.
*N . NV . O’Keefe, of Ashland, was glad
to see such a multiplicity of candi
dates for various positions. It was the
best guarantee of that good men
would be chosen. In an eloquent phrase
he asked that Michael Lennon, of Ash
land. be honored with the nomination.
Robert EL Kirkland, of Jefferson de
clared that all the democrats of his section
wished to do was to have a chance to vote
for “the hoys. He seconded Mr. O’Con
nor’s nomination.
O’Connor Nominated
The first informal ballot resulted as fol
lows ;
O'Oonnor jg-
Lonnon
McMullen.
J*°P® •$!
Total vote 399; necessary to a choice 150.
John Brennan, of Douglass, made a
motion, which prevailed amid great en
thusiasm, that Mr. O'Connor's nomination
be made unanimous.
State Superintendent.
T. E. Ryan, of Waukesha, said Wau
kesha county was ambitions to have a rep
resentative on the ticket, and he thought
it had just the man tor the offiee of state
superintendent in the person of Sidney T.
Smythe, of Delafield.
