Evening star., 1900-10-17
GERMANS IN WISCONSIN
THEY ARE ALL FOR MCKINLEY, AC-
coRDING TO MIR. PRADT
The Assistant Attorney General Has
just Returned From Tour
Over the state.

Louis A. PTadt. assistant attorney gen.
eral. has. returned from trip to Wisconsin
He is one Of the best posted men in pollttcs
in his state and knows as much OF the SEN
tiTnent of the people as any man. Talking
to a representative Of The Star as TO the
outlook. he said:
Talked with People of All Kinds.
4 have just returned from two weeks
visit TO northern Wisconsin, during when
time | took part in the opening of the cam
paign in that part of the state. While there
met and talked with many persons of va
rious business occupations, besides address,
ing several large meetings, and had thus a
chance 10 learn the drift 81 political opinion
in that locality IL is say strongly toward
Mckinley and against Organism. And yet
my home county, which. by the way. is as
large as the state of Rhode Island is
actly the field. according to the oracles that
evolved the Kansas City platform, in which
To lCok for heavy Bryanite gains. More
than half of the population are of German
pdrenta age-many born in the old country.
Two birds of The population live on farms.
and large proportion of the Inhabitants of
the city and villages of the county are en-
p!oyed III the various sawmiits and facto-
ries. Thus a majority of the voters are
farmers and Workingmen of German origin.
The county was a veritable stronghold OF
democracy until 1896. when 1t was carried
for Mckinley the free silver issue by
slender margin. But the Bryanites began
early this summer to claim that the para
mount issues proclaimed at Kansas CITY
would surely bring the Germans back into
line and restore the old-fa shioned demo-
cratic majority of 1.5Oo or 1000.
Republican Majority VIII BE Increns-
AS matter of fact, however. there is
every indication that the republican major
ity of 80 will be materially increased, and
that it may even reach 1000 All over the
county old-time democrat farmers are open
in Their support of Mckinley. The working
men are of the same mind At the repub-
tlcan county convention, held while / was
in Wausau, there We're several delegates
who mad been Bryan democrats four years
before. The convention was addressed by
TWO former leaders OF the democratic party,
paignefs in the state tor Bryan in 1896.
Everywhere We're evidences of republican
enthusiasm and of corresponding gloom on
the other side. And the secret oil it all ,s
that the voters OF Marathon county-albe belt
just the class that the Bryanites expected
20 barbooZie this time-kuoW a good thing
when tney have II, and they have nad un-
bounded prosperity during the past three
years. Against this concrete, potent fact
the bogies of Imperialism, .miIilarism' and
trusts have been shattered .nto their com
ponent mist in Marathon county.
'tor example, one old German farmer
VINO mas always been ! democrat, after
SFumpIing 10 me for full quarter Of an
hour about the trouble that the Philippine
Islands mad given US. wound UP by SAVING:
But that makes me difference: the dol
lar counts nit me and | Vote for Mckinley.
The State by 100000,
'on my return to Washington | met KEEP
resentative Babcock at Chicago and on
telling him that we expected 10 carry oId
Marathon for Mckinley this fall he ex-
Gained. with characteristic force. If you
can do that in Marathon county We Will
carry the state for Mckinley by 1uD0 0O0 ma
Jorty. And shall not wonder II W 30.
i may add that l am satisfied from va.
fiouS reliable sources Of .niDrndt.ga thai
the same condition that exists IN my c0uny
prevails throughout The whole northern part
Of Wisconsin,