Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-10-31
DEMOCRATS PROTEST.
Twenty MarShfeld Democrats Ex-
press Themselves Against the
Malicious Attacks of the Mil
Waukee Journal Upon
Mai. Upham.
n Suppressed Letter Comes to Light to
Bother the Democrats.

Maj. Upham's fellow citizens at Marsh
field are thoroughly indignant because of
the persona! attacks of the Milwaukee
Journal upon the Republican candidate
for governor. This feeling is not con
fined to citizens of the same political COM
pleXiOn as Maj. Upham. but is the senti-
ment Of 4 large number of the most faith
full Democrats in Marshfeid.
When the Wall organ printed a grape
yine Centralia dispatch the other day re-
lating the blood-curdlins details of how
Maj. Upham had cOerced his employees
into signing q document generating him
from the little organs charges. under
colossal pyramid of headlines, these
MarShfeld Democrats got together and
decided to indite a protest against this
style Of campaigning. The information
for The Journals grapevine communica-
ton was anonymously credited to "a citi-
zen of Centralia' The MarShfield Demo
Gratis decided to set forth their protest
over their own signatures in the same col
umns as gave space to the assault on
Mai UDham A letter was mailed to
The Journal on Wednesday of this week
by DR.. IL. A. LathrOp. and the registered
receipt for it issued by Postmaster Adam
Paulus Dem and who by the way did
not sign the communications in posses
sion of The Sentinel.
Did Not Print the Protest.
The Marshfield Democrats looked in
vain for the letter IN Thursdays edition.
They looked on the first page, where they
thought it would be displayed below
screaming advertising type like that over
the Centralia grapevine dispatch, but
found it not, and the close perusal of the
market page, the favorite depository for
matter unfavorable to the cause, failed
to reveal their protest. DR.. Lathrop
then furnished the SentinePs Marshfield
correspondent with a copy of the COM
municatiOn. 1t is signed by twenty Dem
0crats, who. while they are loyal to their
party believe that if success is to be
achieved in this campaign the result can
be effected without an attack upon the
personal character or business integrity
of Mai Upham, whom they assert has
always been liberal, just and honest with
his workingmen. The communication
should set ut rest any doubts that may
have been caused in the puhlic's mind
of the business uprightness of the Repub-
lcan candidate and the relations of the
Upham company and its employees.
The Marshfield letter which the Milwau,
kee Journal suppressed because it eX-
posed the falsity of its statements is as
follows:
Marshfield. Wis. Oct. TO- 1S94.-To the
Editor of the Milwaukee Journal-Dear
Sir: Please to give this letter the same
publicity in the columns of your valuable
paper as you did the article dated Centralia
Wis. Oct. 6, 1894:
Marshfield. Wis. Oct u 1S94.-We, the
undersigned, citizens of MarShtield. who
are Democrats because we believe the
principles of Democracy are right, and who
feel a just pride in the record made by our
present Democratic governor and state Of
metals, who have given us an honest, able,
economical administration that should COM
mend itself to every voter in the state.
hereby enter our earnest protest against the
policy of attacking the personal character
and business integrity Of the Republican can
didate for governor, w. H Upham of Marsh
field AS a man and as a fellow citizen, he
has ever stood ready to help any and all
who needed assistance. without regard to
their religion, nationality or politics; ex-
pecting nothing in return, and asking moth
ing. In labor he has always been liberal,
Just and honest with his workingmen. and
any one of them with real fancied
grievance against the Upham Manufacturing
company can always lay the matter freely
before Mr.. Upham and be certain of a salts
factory adjustment.
City Built Up by His Liberality.
The city of Marshfield is essentially a
city of homes fully nine-tenths of its resi-
dents owning their own houses, such own
ershp in a great many instances having
been made possible through the liberality
of the Upham Manufacturing company, in
supplying material and giving credit far In
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