The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-04-29
CAME BACK TO REIGN.
A SREAcHs Il, ,MPEACHED AS MAYOR,
is AGAIN PUT INTO OFFICE.
Enemies Laughed and swore, but Stark
ses:her Got the Votes-He Had "A Pc
euliar way Abosss aim--The Most Re-
-,.rks ale Campaign ON Record.

ses:her Got the yotes-He Had Pc n
euliar way Aboss Him--The Most Re- ~ y,
--.rks sJe Campaign ON Record. 4
IN 1894 Charles S. Starkweather was a
pastus 81 She Church of the Redeemer ,
EpIsccsa San and the most fashionable
in & D, tl~n Of Superior, Wis. ,
In tie spring of 1895 he resigned to
enter the mayoralty contest was elect
ed and three months afterward was
impcached by the city council for re-
reiving money from policemen and fire.
men as reward for their positions
Two months afterward the supreme
court Of Wisconsin affirmed the judg-
ment of the city council, and, not salts
fed with this simple affirmation, adj
ministered an artistic judicial roast to
the preacher-mayor.
In 1896, with reputation destroyed,
with no pulpit or other avocation open
to him, the ex-clergyman and ex-mayor
retired to a piece of land i'll the wilds
of northern Wisconsin. and with the
mark of Cain upon him proceeded 10
earn his bread in the sweat OF his brow,
his wife remaining in Superior and
maintaining his residence here.
{ I'm 1897 he returns to Superior con-
{ ducts campaign single handed and
q alone. runs independent and receives
4 about 3, 600 votes, defeating both the
+ Republican and acknowledgements
a candidates.
Every newspaper in the city opposed
him Not a public man spoke for him.
The Republicans, Democrats ana fopu-
o. lists had their best speakers on the
D. stump, and yet not one OF them was
able TO get an audience if "Starkie, OLD
W how. was speaking within ten blocks.
r. No man ever developed greater quail
lv tiles as a campaigner. StarkweatheI
or saws he was inspired from on high; tha'
W. he invoked and secured the assistance
ne of heaven. At any rate Superior Is Will
no. ING TO give him the earth, Judging D.
the noise and enthusiasm Oh the nlgh
nv after his election.
,od And true it is that as campalg
the sneaker his efforts, when elected peior'
ret were puny and lilliputian when con
ON nared with those he has shown IN u
hts campaign just closed. Some men nav
Vet vast latent resources, and some, IL
ro said 90 to their graves without havn
ne31 .Lo,, sti,red into action. Had M
and Starkweather never drunk SO oeep
in the dregs of adversely he mlght ma
,,;th died without knowing his power.
90 That he has exhibited III tins cal
"a ro;on great dramatic genius and pow
and every one comedies. his campaisn =
IN a beep spectacular and emotional appe
ard inc TO the sympathies and admlrati
90 of his hearers rather than to their 10y
81 al discrimination because, when III
-: 49, remembered that as mayor he ackno'
,no odgod taking money from the policen
.n1 fremen after they drew their i
;na,e months pay, his position was a.
i'".e a,,lt one IN maintain He asserts, M
- - over that it was simply an assessm
- ,vh;cb the bows voluntarily MADE 10
will imburse MN iol o 20 accustome,
! does and that preachers are so aocus'on .'
accent donations that the Tree ou,'
of the heart could not be refused.
During his period OF burning Oh
cover .nd emitting trees on his farm he W.
,monp so,not;mes drive to town with pa
ansla- ,,,,los assuming the most rustic
,ss;ble - ;,naoinable, then few days
emote -, ,,;tb his wife, he would appea
land III, hot and the most fashionabl
rly Oh tire behind prancing steeds driven
Inning coachman. g.,
h, pro- His speeches. III 'ne oa -.;th ,yb;c
e. He and tact with the crowd WIN W."
dam mad TO deal rivaled those OF Apra
broken Lincoln. He has well modul"'eo
MS. COT excellently trained voice 1or =
ne fur sneaking. elegant pronuncia'ion
II such a~ont language. Taken all i'll ALL
cd the .,,o ,,reatest campaigner northern
yre on consin has ever developed,
- cole Af,er he was so completely CT
9 every tho newspapers, though working Il
;oht he ;.,,noach;ng. have always treated
60 the axcoed;nply well, printing COZ
!, Rut ato,t him in their local depar
iserable and never perni''ins -, od;tori
,old. let said against him III the eoi'oi : :
- more. rmns. on the theory that IL was
angel or fnl to kick dead dog. Ihey VI
,manity FOO his campaign as huge ~
-, fre r.;ro his numerous speeches al
-, sball poln;ng him to draw audiences
ID April was continued untii n,s v" that
assumed such proportions wa,
;mnossible to head it OIL through
naper effort. The last day OF U
hered in revspapers changed their tac.lc
Professor ned helping him draw crowns
lal poem tackled him i'll the edltoriai ~
With the INIT it was too late. de GOV rhe
pended to around Superior and the iuii"e'
lI...sA "a
planatory .f.-Chicago Times Heraio'
ould read -.or
mo so. he LERE AND IHGNG