The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-10-25
Z xtrac.s From Charles ~. FelkeI's
Eloquent ID .G..l-a of shc $, hoOis.

| consin since the days Of Matt. Carrcn-
ter, was that of Charles w Felher at
the Davidson theatre Saturday eve
ming.
lie began by saying that having liy
cd in W isconsin since 1916 he fslt that
+ lie had q right to be proud of MIwau-
kee, as the common heritage OF the
psoi,lc of the state. He was not long
in getting to the Bennett law, and he
first disposed of the windy argument
that the public school system of Wis
c,nsin w.s founded 10y the Democratic
party. He said:
Il harp ned to live in this state
| when the present constitution was
adopted. We had three parties then
in this state, the old bunker party,
the Free soil party and the old Wing
party. and they were all unanimous
upon the recent provision III the CON
stituton regarding the support and
maintenance of the common schools.
IApplitse The Democratic party
10 more created the common school
than they created the world or the
city of Milwaukee. Continued APP
! plause But, gentlemen. how jeal-
o,isly did they guard and care for that
school fund. The constitution was
adopted in 1918, and in 1865, under the
old reign Of Barstow, we found them
irving to steal every dollar Of that
school fund, (applause) ana today there
are lying in the treasury of the state
Of Wisconsin 500, eco of the principal
of mortgages so worthless that the
lands upon which they were given 10
the proteges Of that administration
are MT worth the paper they are writ
ten on. IAppL;usc. J So much for
this clap-trap that has been injected
into the Democratic platform about
jealousy guarding the school funds Of
the state" Laughter and applause
Then he proceeded to show that the
compulsory cdEcition law of 1879 was
really more stringent measure than
Il e Bennett law, and that the amend
ments Of 1882 and 1887 added to its
stringcncy. Now" he said, ''from
1879 until 1889 we lived under this
strict, stringent, compulsory law.
There was no bowling of Democratic
orators about rights of citizens beng
abridged, no hlrat ing of any kid fear
ing to be PULLED from the mother goat
and tlken away from parental control
[great laughter and api lausel no
screaming about parental rights and
patcrnalism. Laughter
Col. Villas whose rhetoric and clo-
quence gid and paint the falshoods of
the enemies Of the common schools, >
was taken up and his arguments chop
ped into little bits. Mr.. Feliler men
toned the muci-quoted passage from
Villas speech about getting the con
scientious hand of the parochial
school supporter into the public treas
ury, and said:
You will feel, gentlemen, if Col.
Villas and his service allies ever get
control of that legislature, that while
the voice of Col Villas may sound to
you from this platform as the voice of
Jacob, yet the hand will be the hand
of Esau. Applause. They found it
out at a very oppor;une time. They
found it out when they felt they could
dictate terms to the Democratic party.
They found it out when they felt that
with the aid Of the Democratic party
theT could steak their position i'll the
rest upon the general fund for the
support of the common schools-tor
the support of the schools YOU and
used to attend-but for the common
schools and the German Catholic par
ochial schools.
He declared that Col. Villas WAS not
honest in his opposition 10 the Ben
nett law, and that he must have had a
ers over the bonnet where the sena,
tori.l bee Is buzZin2.
Mr. McAdoo with al his cock a
dooGlc-doo, WAS an expression that
greatly ticklcd the audience when Mr..
Fclker turned his attention to the
Jersey statesman. Proceeding to pay
his respects to those who have de-
nouuced Bennett law Democrats, he
said:
Who is entitled to call the Demo
cratic Bennett Law League rene
gadess Is 1t rotten egg Deuster: Mr..
DeEster, whenever his friend Mr..
Guenther has run for Congress in the
: Sixth Congressional District. and !
think he ran three terms, always as
far as lay in his power. quietly assist
ed Mr.. Gunther, and in 1854, WHEN we
nominated A. l.. Smith, of Appleton,
as excellent and scholarly a gentleman
and clean a Democrat as ever stood on
Il Democratic platform, he peddled
through this state that he was 4 pro
hihitionist, In order TO help his friend
Guenther"
Then Gen. Bragg was given a
scorching. Taking up the Fond du
Lac statesman 5 assertion, made in the
state convention, that he followed the
flag of Democracy wherever he found
it. Mr. Ftlker called TO mind the fact
that iii lSa2, when Charles A. Ehiridge
WAS the Democratic standard bearer
III Bragg's district, the General fatty
boiled
The candidates for governor were
taken Up and Pcck's political c,iliher
measured 10y the statement that
twenty-four hours before his nomina-
ton for MAYOR of Milwaukee he was
an advocate of the Bennett. To Gov.
Hoard he referred as bright example
of what the common school has done
and can do, and said he desired to pay
. iriluie in lis truih lis maul ness and