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Show lwisrosi iti.fi'nLicvs. Tlie Stale font rnlloii and Us rial, lorni. MIL.UAUKIE, Wis.. Aug. 20. The republican State comeutiou was called to order by Chairman Pay ne of the State central commit tee. Michael Griffin of ln Chlre was cliot-n (cmiwrary chairman, tirifllu's at-i-ch uas entliU"Li-tically aitlauded and every reference to Governor Heard and the Iteiiuett law was the signal for hearty diet 1-ing. 1-ing. After the aiiIiitnient of com-mitteus com-mitteus the con fiition adjourned until 5 o'clock. Governor Hoard u ill lie renominated by acclamatiou and a platform endorsing the Ikn-uttt Ikn-uttt coiniul-ory school law adopted. Cion n-j.-ciubling the platform uxt rej.iri. I. uhich uas uuaui-motii.l uuaui-motii.l ad , led. It declares its devotion de-votion to th common school as the 1 hicf factor in thecducatkm of the eoplc, and pledges It-elf tosUi)rt, strengthen and defend it, It recog-iUjs recog-iUjs as valuable auxiliaries iu the uork of popular educ.at.ou, private and innnhil seliooK snjtjrteil without aid fr ml iiuhv !uud, an I ili-clnlim ali-oluUdy any lairiaiM.-whatever lairiaiM.-whatever to lidirfire in am manner man-ner with such tihoots, ether at to tin I r terms, government, or branches to lie la'ight then-ill. affirm af-firm the right and duty of the State to cnict lau t that u ill guarantee lu all children sulllcleut tir-I ruction in the legal lingua ;e ut the state to enable them t rvn J an-I writ- tl.e hoiih: Isrlievet tliat the coniiUlMri law pa.-.eil by the late leghdature is wi -and humane In ail its -t-ntlal jr-et, and onet ib renal, Ult at the same time a--ettt thai the -relit or guirilian hat tlie right to select the time of yeir an 1 place, uhtther 4ibhc or irivate. and uhereer, locatitl in which lilmlill-dren lilmlill-dren or wanls sliall re.-ive iu-trui-tkiii, and urges a modltl.ati.iii of the ex Wing law, s- that it shilW-011-form to the foregoing declarationt. Till: 1-I.ATItlKM sa: "We further Udieve tliat all children chil-dren Ut ween the ages of 7 and II j ears shall Isj .rutee'.xl by ajiro-pnate ajiro-pnate legi-Utiou from the eIIs, physical and mental, arising from their eniloymeul lu factories and similar -dares f work, and adequate I ruvi-lon lw maile fur tile case of -luldren incoinglbly truant. We ate unalterably o.j-.l to any uukiubf church and State. ami will rtt-i-4 any attemitof eitlu r to invade tlie domain of the other." We whl mt in any manner invade in-vade the domain of ojiwicncc. trample uxm areiital lights or religious re-ligious liberty. Our only irf in ti--t to Hi- cducalloinl jlley of th? State is to secure b all children within its botders at the carlk-t prail'rable age pnn-r eipih-meiit for the Il-charge of tlie ordinary duties of eitlieli-lilp. ami to thlt end, of like iiiiwrtanrr to "-late, clilblren ami to the rent of the children, we invite thcco-o.-ralkin and aid of all hmod-iuinded and utrintlc jstijde-" "Tliis coiiMiUloii ik-cIaitTi Ha ad-hertuce ad-hertuce to the riticiidea of the national iirty set furtti in the dat-form dat-form adopted by the national repul-Ik-an conveiiUou ol 1S! and maintain main-tain t that the lt-t luterrsts of the American istoje are invmotwl by a iiintliiuanceof the system whkli in.ti-cts American enterpri ami lalor ailtW OHilia.-tltHiii of the cheap lalair of Kurojs; protests against the VIOI.I.XT AM IRAfW 1.DT of the Democratle larty to supress the llcpuUlicaii Mite in the Southern States at 'unjust, uucontlitutional an ! utterly ludefeusive; ilei lares its coutkleuce in tlie natbHlal ad ill ill I-stritkiu, I-stritkiu, the integrity. iilriot.ui and earnest luqwee to prjmote the lil.lk- w el fan- which directs its action; and commends the ellortslt it making to establish r.t iproeal relations re-lations ilti M-veral natiout of this coutliieut uiain such b iit at w ill lie mutually ajvantageout. Il further w aruly approves the cour-e of our f"uiauirs and lleiublk--m IU-jrraeu tativet in the pnent Congress." jovtruor llot.rd was rensminated by acclamation. J. It. Tnat of Green county was nominated for Lieutenant t Jovenior. Tiie ticket wxs not comjdeteil until un-til after midnight. The nominations nomina-tions arv. Secretary of Slate, til-ward til-ward Coe of Walworth; Treasurer, Albert It. Gellfutsof Milwaukee; Attorney-General, James O'Nilll of Clark county. The convention was still In revdou at 1 a. m. |