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WEEKLY WATERTOWN LEADER.
VOLUME XLIX
DEMOCRATS FIRE IRE
FIRBE POLITICAL GUN
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SPEAKING CAMPAIGN OPENED
HERE LAST EVENING.
Burl Williams. Mayor of Ashland.
Sounds the Keynote of Democra
cy at Turner Opera House—Brll
liant Young Orator Spoke Over
Two Hours—Arguments Many.
The democrats of Watertown opened
the local campaign last evening at the
Turner opera house, the speaker of the
evening being Mr. Hurt Williams,
mayor of Ashland, and the democra
tic candidate for lieutenant governor.
The speaker of the evening was intro
duced by Mayor Arthur Mulberger,
who paid many high and deserving
compliments to the brainy and brilli
ant young orator from the northern
part of the state.
Mr. Williams spoke for over two
hours upon matters of importance
which enter into the present political
campaign, presenting them from the
standpoint of democracy in a verv fair
and impartial manner. And it can
be said to his credit that he refrained
from resorting to any personal abuses
throughout his able discourse. Mr.
Williams is one of the most able
young men of the state and even
though he spoke from the view-point
of dem icracv, his efforts were worthy
of a far better representation of his
narty than that which greeted him.
The speaker introduced his remarks
by paying compliments to Mayor Mul
bjrger, the chairman of the meeting,
also to the good old city of Water
town asserting that the influence ot
the citizenship of our city had not on
ly been felt throughout the state, but
the nation as well, in the industrial,
commercial and civic activities. Mr.
Williams made but meager reference
to his own candidacy and spoke char
itably of his opponent, adding that he
did not appear to speak of men, but
rather of principles as espoused by
true democracy. Considerable stress
was laid upon the growing spirit of
independence, adding that the masses
were not as ready to tollow the lead
of party busses or voting for machine
candidates. “The man who holds his
party first and the country afterward,
is not a good citizen,” said the speak
er. He then cited what he believed
to be a fact, that one man who held
his country above party principles,
was the democratic candidate for the
presidency, giving as an illustration
the attitude of William Jennings Bry
an on the message of President Roose
velt to Congress, in which the docu
ment was extolled by the great com
moner in face of the fact, that at the
time Mr, Bryan did not know but
what he and Ihe president would be
rivals for the presidency. Mr. Bryan’s
praise of Senator La Follette was then
referred to, adding tha> if all the U.
senators were of the stripe of Mr.
La Follette. there would be no danger
of that branch of Congress going to
the democracy. These were given as
further illustrations to show that
growing spirit of independence, argu
ing that democracy represented equal
and exact justice to all men.
The speaker staged that the contest
in the United States at the present
time was whether we (the people)
rule, or whether we do not. Refer
ence was then made to the fabulous
wealth which has been permitted to
grow up in the country among a few
and unprotected by any legislation
as far as the masses are concerned,
the argumentation being that to hon
estly gain the fortune of Andrew Car
neige would take 5,000 years Refer
ence was also made to the fact that
through the lack of proper legislation
in preventing the watering of stocks,
it was possible in one night and in a
single transaction to take millions of
dollars from the peonle and convert
the same to the coffers of a greedy
few—the watering of stock with no
legislation to restrain. As illustra
tions of these corrupt practices, Mr.
Williams paid his respects to the Con
tinental Railway company of New
York, the Sugar trust and the Amal
gamated Copper company. As another
evidence of the fact that the rich are
growing richer and the poor poorer,
it was shown that out of the 229,000
miles of railway operated in the Uni
ted States, one-sixth, or 35,000 miles
are controlled by Mr. Harriman, the
“Railway King” of the United
States.
Then the speaker gave the Standard
Oil comrany a little merited notice.
It was shown that this company owns
under the earth, pipe lines covering
almost the entire oil fields of the
world. It was further argued that
owing to the exclusively high freight
rates, it was absolutely impossible
for the independent companies to com
pete with the Standard and they were
forced to go out tf business and the
trust absolutely dominates.
Speaker Wißiams stated that he did
r.ut appear as a campaign speaker to
decry wealth gained honestly, bu*
stated that he was opposed to monop
oly. The trend of his argument then
was to lay the blame for the present
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SEEIN' THINGS.
condition of affairs in the country.
Many of hia arguments were extracts
from speeches of reform candidates
within the ranks of the Republican
party. He cited Irving Lenroot of Su
perior, former candidate for governor,
later a candidate for the U. S. senate
and at present the republican candi
date tor congress in the Eleventh con
gessional district. It was pointed out
that Mr, Lenroot openly made the
charge that the railways of tie coun
try absolutely controlled legislation,
going to prove that the blame rested
upon Congress and the Republican
party.
The speaker then dwelt at consid
erable length upon the tariff and in
the course of his talk stated that
through a high and prohibitive tariff
in tavor of the octupus, the Standard
Oil company was now shipping oil to
England and selling it at two and one
half cents less tnan it was being sold
to the American people for. The tar
iff on oil being of that amount, Mr.
Williams argu and that there was no
necessity for a tariff an ! that the two
and one-half cents should stay in the
pockets of the American people. It
was then argud by the speaker that
the harvester trust of our country was
shipping its products to foreign
countries and selling them from twen
ty to forty per cent less than tney are
selling at home to our American
farmers.
.Mayor Williams then spoke at
length upon the emergency cuirency
bill, a measure which he declared was
solely in the interest of the Wall
street bankers and against the small
bankers of the country It was argued
that the democrats were desirous of a
| law ihat would give a guarantee to
the small depositera. Senator La Foi
lette was extolled ro the skies for his
angagonism of the emergency currency
hill. Henry Cochems, who presented
the name of La Follette in the nation
al republican convention, was also
praised for bis position on national
affairs. The House rule of Czar Can
non came in for considerable criti
cism, as did also the injunction record
of Presidential Candidate Taft, going
to show tha power which is being
usurped by individuals in the interests
of corporate wealth and against the
masses. The speaker closed with a
flowery word painting of the two pre
sidential candidates, naturally putting
more elaborate touches upon the
sketch of hia favorite son. Mr.
Williams along in ftis closing words
made reference to President Roose
velt, in whom he said his faith had
been shaken because of the fact that
the president bad sent his son-in-law,
“Prince Ni<r“ down into Illinois to
boost the political stock of Joe Cannon
in an effort to return him to his ex
j alted position as speaker in the lower
| house of Congress.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Biederraan of
i Marshall, were visitors in the city
1 yesterday.
SUCCESSOR TO THE WATERTOWN REPUBLICAN.
At the University,
Tomorrow on the 8:20 the local
’Varsity football squad leaves tor
Oshkosh to play the State Normals at
that city. Though somewhat cripp'ed
up from the Kipon game and out
weighed by about ten pounds to a
man, the N. W. U. squad promises to
bring back the honors of victory for
the “Black and Red.” Having held
the strong Ripun team, one of the first
teams on the list for State champion
ship, down to one sole touch down the
eleven is confident of forcing the Nor
mals to bite the dust. The Normals,
determined to wipe out the disgrace
of last year, being credited with a
stronger team than ever will undoubt
edly put up a hard fight.
Somewhat slow to recover from the
effects of the Ripon game, the hardest
fought battle ever lost on the local
gridiron, regular practice was sus
pended until last Saturday. Capt.
Zieslar. though unable to play in the
regular scrimmages, determined to
win the next game at all cost, con
siders no practice too hard and is at
tempting to Incite all weak points in
the team which can still he remedied
before the coming struggle. During
the past week a series of entirely new
plays, recenly received from Chicago,
have been taken through and at pres
ent offer every earnest of being effec
tive. With a variety of about forty
forward passes and any amount of
fake plays, the team has more plays
than ever before.
Since the Kip -u game, Capt. Zeisler
has deemed it wise tc sufject the line
to a complete change, which will
strengthen it in every respect. Hass
has been shifted to left guard and
Probst to letf t ckle. From injuries
received in a recent scrimmage, Hass,
one of the best line-rnen, might be
unable to partake in the Oshkosh
game. Should this be tna case.
Mahnke. the last year’s tackle will
fill the vacancy. Owing to sickness,
was also unable to appear
on th gridiron during the past ween.
Hanke, has been filling bis position
as guard. L. Zeisler was shifted to
right end while O. Koch is now play
ing quarter back. P. Ze ler will not
play unless necessary.
The physical condition is not as good
as it might be. Hass, Probst, Zeis
ler and Dahlraan. still suffering fiom
injuries sustained iu the Kipon game,
will probably not be able to play with
their usual vim.
Following will be the line up:
A. Berg, full back; H. Zeisler,
right half, Dahhuan. left half; Koch-
Zeisler, quarter back; C. Shruader
center; Hass-Mabnke, left Euard;
Probst, left tackle; Hoffmann, left
end; Hanke, right tackle; L, Zeisler,
right end.
Mrs. Jennie Biocr of Beaver Dam,
is in the city, the guest cf her sister,
Mrs. Otto J. Goeldner.
WATERTOWN. JEFFERSON COUNTY. WIS. OCT. lb. 1906.
N. W. u. Second Team 22,
Wayland Academy 19
Un Oct. 10th, the second team went
to Beaver Dam to meet the faeav v
Wayland team on the gridiron. Al
though, (Japr. Koch's team was out
weighe 20 Ids. to a mao, they were
nevertheless victorious. It was an
unusually rough game because the
Wayland payers, especially their cap
tain, crntinually resorted to slugging
and other rough tactics, which the
officials, who were at the same time,
Way land's coaches, either failed to
see or overlooked. Wayland got the
ball on the kick off and brought the
ball m the second team’s territory.
With a few yards to gain on the third
down, they made a forward pass in
the center of the line of scrimmage,
because they could not gam otherwise.
The reteree’s attention was called to
the il egal pass but he allowed it.
This brought the ball to the five yard
line from where they carried it over.
Shortly after the kick off, Motz
kua got the ball on a run in the mid
dle cf the field and by a spectacular
run made a touchdown. Wayland
scored several minutes later when
they blocked a punt vhich roi’ed the
ball behind the goal line where one o f
their men dropped on it. Kocn scored
next when he got the ball on a re
turned punt and raced over the goal
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line for a touchdown. Just before the
first half was over, Klutnder was
pushed over for another touchdown.
In the first part of tie second half,
Williams cf vVayland, kicked a drop
kick over the goal from the 20 yard
line. Shortly after this he repeated
it from the 15 yarn line. With only
three mintutas to play, the second
team braced up and in three plays
brought the ball to within three yards
of the goal, from where Mabnke was
pushed over fcr a tuuchdown. The
half ended with the ball in Wayland’s
territory.
tvoch, Motzkus, Ernst, Birckholz,
and Eickmann deserve special mention
for their good playing, but the rest of
the second team also played a strong
game Very few straight plays were
used in the game, as both sides used
the forward pass most cf the tira*>
and also punted very often. The game
was not interesting from the specta
tors standpoint becau ie it was marred
h y the rough tactics of the Wayland
players.
Apollo Club Notice
On account of the Reading given by
the Saturday Club next Tuesday even
ing, the next rehearsal of the Apollo
club will take place on Wednesday
evening, of next week. Members
take notice.
It you trade with the other fellow,
we will save you some money. If
i you trade with us, we will save you
j more. The Central Trading Cos.
Work in Progress
Prot. W. K. Weisbrodt and time
of the Milwaukee directors of the
Lutheran Horae for the Feeble Minded,
were here Wedneslay and during their
visit, in company with three of the
local directors; Messrs. William Gnr
der Sr., F. W. Ganim and Albert
Wegemenn, stskid cut thegrcur.ds
for the new Home which is to be
erected n xt year just southwest ot
the city. A contract was let to E
A. Mendenhall to dig a well on the
land and the work of excavating tor a
cellar will be completed this fall, so
'ha work on the building may be be
gun at an early date in the spring
The new Hon e will te of brick, ana
have a capacity for 85 inmates besides
help and employes, and W’ll cost
when completed, $30,0 0. 't he archi
tect is H. W. Buermming of Milwau
kee.
The directors of the Hume, about
two years ago purchased a tract of
land southwest o i the Junction, which
will be utilized by the Home and be a
source ct revenue. Prof. Weisbrodt
and the directors have acted wisely
and their good work will follow them
in all the years to come. “As ve did
it unto the least of these, ye did it
unto me. ”
Into New Quarters.
Strauss & Sette, one of cur popular
and enterprising firms dealing in gen
eral raerchan; ise, are about ready to
begin moving into iheir handsome new
quarters at the corner if Main and
Second streets. The task of moving
the stock will be commenced
lier part of the coming week ariu by
the end of the week they will te pleas
antly housed under their own roof and
in one of the neates store buildings to
be found in this section of the sta'e.
The members of this firm evidently
have taith in the tuture for Water
town, as is evidenced in their rearing
such handsome and coramcdious quar
ters to accommodate the demands of
their ever increasing trade. The new
quarters are modren in every essential
and reflect much credit on these en
terprising merchants and their enter
prise should bring them increaed busi
ness.
THE ISSUE AND PARTY RECORD
Will tlie People Trust Experiment
alists and Theorists?
(From Sherman’s Speech of Accept
ance.)
The overshadowing issue of the cam
paign really is; Shall the administra
tion of President Roosevelt be ap
proved, shall a party of demonstrated
capacity in administrative affairs be
continued in power, shall the reins of
government be placed in experienced
hands, or do the people prefer to trust
their destinies to an aggregation of
experimental malcontents and theor
ists, whose only okiim to a history is
a party name they pilfered?
With a record of four decades of
wise legislation; two score years of
faithful administration; offering its
fulfilled pledges as a guaranty of its
promises for the future, the Republi
can party appeals to the people and,
with full confidence in their wisdom
and patriotism, awaits the rendition of
the November verdict.
DENIES THAT BRYAN
“COULD DO NO HARM.”
Congressman Burke Says Office of
President Is Infinitely More Pow
erful Than Congress.
Congressman James Francis Burke,
of Pittsburg, in an address on “The
Powers of the President,” says:
“The American people can make no
greater mistake than to elect Mr.
Bryan on the assumption that he can
do no harm in the face of an adverse
Senate. As between the executive and
legislative departments of the govern
ment. the former has infinitely greater
power to rule and ruin than the lat
ter.
“Mr. Taft and Mr. Bryan are wholly
different types of men. Each pos
sesses a strong individual character,
which would certainly assert itself in
the White House. What either of
these men would do during a four
years’ terra In the White House ;s
causing as much anxiety among
thoughtful Americans as the mere
matter of election alone.
“Asa disturber of moneys the Pres
ident is without a rival in the world.
Through the agencies under his con
trol he will this year disburse a billion
dollars, showing the great things we
are doing in adding to the unparalleled
list of the world's achievements.
“In view of the fact that during
ffie fifteen years of Bryan leadership
the States controlled by his party have
decreased from 23 to 12, the number
of Senators from 48 to 31, the number
of Representative# in Congress from
220 to 164, and in that time the Demo
cratic party was in control of the
ground, whereas it is now, as a conse
quence of his teachings, a hopelessly
heterogeneous mass of Populistic ele
ments, the American people can see
little prospects of a constructive policy
if Mr. Bryan should succeed.”
If you need a stove, we have them
and the prices are right to fit anv
pocket. The Trading Cos.
REPUBLICAN PARTE
AND LABOR
An Equality of Opportunities Se
cured for Wage Earners.
William H. Taft’s Speech of Accept
ance Gives Party Record iu Behalf
of Labor.
(William 11. Taft in his speech of ac
ceptance. )
We come now to the question la
bor. One important phase of the poli
cies of the present administration has
been an anxiety to secure for the wage
earner an equality of opportunity and
such positive statutory protection as
sjiall place him on a level in dealing
with his employer.
The Republican party has passed an
employers’ liability act for interstate
railroads, and has established an eight
hour law for government employes and
on government construction. The es
sence of the reform effected by the for
mer. is the abolition of the fellow-ser
vant rule and tlie introduction of the
comparative negligence theory by
which an employe injured in the service
of bis emi*loyer does not lose all his
right to recover because of slight negli
gence on his part.
Then there is the act providing for
compensation for injury to government
employes, together with the various
statutes requiring safety appliances
upon interstate commerce railroads for
the protection of their employes and
limiting the hours of their employment.
These are all instances of the desire
of the Republican party to do justice to
the wage-earners.
Doubtless a more comprehensive
measure for compensation of govern
ment employes will be adopted in the
future; the principle in such cases has
bmsn recognized and iu the necessarily
somewhat slow course of legislation
will be more fully embodied In definite
statutes.
The interests of the employer and the
employe never differ except when It
comes to a division of the joint profit
of labor and capital into dividends and
wages. This must be a constant source
of periodical discussion between the
einpioj’ei and the employe, as indeed
are the other terms of the employment.
To give to employes their proper po
sition iu such a controversy, to enable
them to maintain themselves against
employers having groat capital, they
may well unite, because in union there
is strength, and without it, each indi
vidual laborer and employe would be
helpless. The promotion of the Indus
trial peace through the instrumentality
of tlje trade agreement is often one of
the results of such union when intelli
gently conducted.
There is a large body of laborers,
however, skilled and unskilled, who are
not organized into unions. Their rights
before the law are exactly the same as
those of the union men, and are to be
protected with the same care and
watchfulness.
In order to induce their employer
into a compliance with their request
for changed terms of employment,
workmen have fhe right to strike in a
body.
They have a right to use such per
suasion as they may, provided it does
not reach the point of duress to lead
their reluctant co-laborers to join them
in their union against their employer,
and they have a right, if they choose,
to accumulate funds to support those
engaged In a strike, to delegate to of
ficers the power to direct the action of
the union, and to withdraw themselves
and their associates from dealings with
or giving custom to those with whom
they are in controversy.
TAFT'S KINDNESS TO BLIND,
Overrules Washington Monument
Regulation for Benefit of the
Sightless.
The kind heartedness of Mr. Taft
and his sincere, common sense sym
pathy with the unfortunates in this
world has just been brought to the at
tention of the blind in a peculiar way.
Away up in the top of the Washing
ton monument, where thousands go to
behold the beauties of the nation’s
capital, the Columbia Polytechnic in
stitute, which seeks to make it possi
ble for the adult blind of the United
States to rise above conditions of de
pendence by becoming self. sustaining,
placed on sale souvenir post cards
manufactured by its blind. Some sen
timental persons took the view that
this was undignified and succeeded in
having the superintendent of public
buildings and grounds order the cards
removed. F. E. Cleaveland. principal
of the institute, appealed to Mr. Taft,
then secretary of war and within
whose jurisdiction came the office of
public buildings and grounds. It took
only a few words to convince the sec
retary that the blind should have the
benefit of this privilege, and the cards
were again placed on sale in the mon
ument.
‘•For this action,” said Principal
Cleaveland in discussing the incident.
“Mr. Taft deserves the gratitude of
every blind person, particularly the
progressive blind, who are striving to
help their less fortunate fellows.”
In Georgia the electors must have a
majority, and with Watson. Hisgen and
Chafin pulling away from them the
Bryauites are becoming apprehensive.
* *^r.
HERR IS THE PROOF I
(Contributed by N. A. (loddard. M. D.)
You will notin' that in referring you
to cases I have successfully treated and
cured to stay cured, that I refer you to
people right here in Wisconsin, in your
own county, not to people away off in
some other state. Von are at* liberty to
ask these people about their cases or
write to them and verify mv statements.
Mr. Nick Kedinger of Knowles. Wis.,
cured of a rupture, 20 years standing.
Mrs. W, .1. Lyle of Kox Lake, cured of
varicose veins of the leg.
Mr. Jesse Redmond Redgranite, Wis.,
cured of chronic appendicitis.
Mr. John Burns, Watertown, Wis.,
Cured of piles of 20 years duration.
Mr. Albert Tieotz, Lebanon, Wis.,cured
of rectal ulcers.
Mr. Adolph Hammerstiom. Redgranite,
cured of granulated eye lids.
Mr. ( has. A. Shwereski. Watertown,
Wis., cured of rupture of 12 years stand
ing without the use of knife or opera
tion.
Miss Dora Saunders of Berlin, Wis,
cured of goitre,
Mr. Herman Guclzow, Redgranite,
cured of chronic bronchitis.
Mr. Thomas Owens, Redgranite, Wis.,
cured of blood poison, and hundreds of
others in other parts of the state. Names
given on request.
Remember I take no incurable cases.
1 give a legal written guarantee to cure
Private diseases of both sexes receive
special attention. At Watertown, Sept.
Bth. Consultation free. Write me
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