Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-10-18

should have lost the appropriation.
He stepped III and saved us just
because he had the influence and
because he is true to the interests of
all Wisconsin, as we'll as to the Eighth
District"
No other congressman has stronger
claim to the respect and good will of
battle Scared veterans and veterans
widows than has Mr.. Minor His
enthusiastic and untiring energy for
deserving pensioners is passport to
their success here. AS an expert ex-
| aminer at the Pension Bureau told me
some weeks ago, MIR. Minor is the
most conspicuous figure around our
building from Capitol hill. We all
! know him. He never misses u daily
visit to look after one or more claims
and he generally gets them through.
He is the most ardent champion of
the old soldiers that l have met in all
my years in this department."
| Repre- sentative Minor has data filling
two large volumes containing more
! than 2OOO claims for pensions now
pending before the pension bureau.
| More than 500 have already been
pushed through by him and the claims
allowed. He is member of the
| Invalid Pension committee and has
, reported 80 private pension bills from
| that committee, every one of which
will become a law at this session.
| And so we find him serving ZealOuslv
| and admirably also on the committee
| of coinage, weights and measures.
| adding wise observation and wise
reflection to every tribunal of which
| he was made a member. His work
| deserves and juStitieS the confidence
of every republican voter.
Finally, President Mckinley'S
administration is without d parallel
in the history of the country in the
promptness and ability with which it
| has met every emergency and fulfilled
every promise. Without the indorse-
ment and sympathy of the House of
| appropriations this matchleSS conduct |
of public affairs would have been
impossible. Today this House is
imperiled. The contest for supremacy
within said body is being made in |
several states not even secondary to |
| the presidency. In sure republican |
commOnwealths the fight for Organism |
is being centered in congressional |
districts, and as you we'll know, the |
solid delegation now representing |
Wisconsin in Washington is likely to
be reduced by at least two. Just look |
at the democratic representatives in |
this Congress from New York, Penn
sylvania, New Jersey and other |
strougholds of republicanism on
national issues. Just look at the 139 |
democratic members sent from the |
solid south without an effort: repre-
SentativeS of negro diSfranchiSement |
and of the doctrine of government |
1o1, lNyyx Il
cratic party. That is the advantage |
that MIR. Bryan has for nucleus in |
the House, that is the odds confront
ing republicans. | hope that my gold
democratic friends at home who have
voluntarily written that Mack and
Teddy are again their choice will
find it equally reasonable and
judicious to put in their vote for our
member of cn.Ag5rress. For the two go
hand in hand. [ do not find any
serious place where Mr.. Minor has
failed his friends or disappointed mis-
enemineS. All those who believe in
| business devotion to an official trust
will render the highest service to
home and district that the coming
| Eighth Congressional campaign
affords by sustaining Hon. Edward S.
Minor of Sturgeon Bay at the polling
| booth.
How does my friend D. D. Conway
reconcile himself to that splendid
position on free silver this year which
his worshipful master seems to have
taken: "We are still for 16 to 1, but
please don't remind us of it. Let us
hide undiSturbed behind our military
bogey man and the imperial dummy"
Bryan has a magnetic make up and
a voice, but John q. Carlisle was an
eminent democrat when Mr.. Bryan
was unknown. Mr.. Carlisle is still a
democrat, but advanced years and
experience in public affairs has caused
| him to draw broad distinction
between democracy and Organism,
hence he considers he is really serving
the former by fighting the latter.
Grover Cleveland has disappointed the
three-legged isms who thought he
would join the Bryan democrats.
Grover has changed bis mind and gone
| fishing With best wishes to all the
boys and to all my old friend readers
of this paper, permit me to subscri be
myself Yours for victory,
G.. EDMONDE LANIGNE.