Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-09-17
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gresham Herman B. DAZZLE Of Mt. Ho-
reb was renominated here yesterday
by the. second district republican con-
vention. There being no other cand1-
date, the nomination was made by &C
clamation. Earnest N. Warner of Mad
ison made the nominating speech and
ex-Congressman e. Sauerhering of
Mayville seconded the nomination.
A. G.. Zimmerman of Madison was
elected chairman Of the congress
sional committee, the other members
being J. E. Messersmith of Dane coun-
ty, w. I. Slight of Dodge, c. F. Hubbs
of Jefferson, and Frank Heidi of Col
umbia.
Mayor w. C. Leitsch of Colombus
was made chairman of the convention,
which was called to order by John M.
Nelson of Madison, chairman of the
former congressional committee
The platform adopted reafirms the
national and state republican platforms
and contains a strong sound money
plank. The resolutions also call at
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work during the last session for the
Grout oleomargarine bill, and his sue
cessful efforts in introducing free rural
mail delivery in this district. The res
olutions refer to the large number or
such routes in operation in this dis
trict and pledges continuance of work
along the same line.
During his speech placing Mr.. Dahle
in nomination, Mr.. Warner read let
ter, from Charles Y. Knight of Chicago,
secretary of the National Dairy union,
eulogizing Mr.. Dahle for his speech on
the. Grout bill and giving notice that
he would send from $4,000 to $4,000
copies Of the speech to farmers
throughout the country interested in
the bill
Dahle said in part:
Gentlemen of the convention and
fellow republicans: I accept this NOM
nation with full sense of the great
honor you have done me, and deep
appreciation of the responsibility it in
D.
and congress rests the prosperity and
welfare of the country, and your con-
fidence, as expressed by your action to-
day, shows that you believe that l
shall, If elected, support such measures
as will add to the prosperity of Inc
countryy and that I shall oppose SUCH
measures as would place that prosper
ity in danger. accept the nomination
with the determination to make every
effort to secure a good majority for the
republican party in this district, and
when elected, to stand for the best in
terests of my constituents. I ask the
aid and support Of every member of
the district.
+ f'When I became a candidate for con-
gress two years ago, l pledged myself
to the people of this district to support
sound and safe financial and tariff leg
islation, and to oppose all efforts to Sc
cure the free coinage Of silver at the
ratio of 16 to:1. This have I done, an6
I point with pride to my vote for the
wise and conservative currency
law passed at the recent session of con-
gress, by which our finances have. been
put on "a sound basis, and every dollar
of our money made as good as gold.
! eve are again face to face with
a proposition. for the immediate free
coinage 81 silver at the ratio Of 16 to /.
The national democratic platform,
adopted AT the Kansas City convention,
demands the. immediate adoption OF
a free silver law, and that platform has
been endorsed by the state democratic
convention, and by the congressional
convention recently in session in this
city The democratic candidate for
congress in this, district is pledged to
vote for the immediate passage Of a
free silver law should the democratic
party secure. control Of the congress-
/, however, am now, as I have always
been, utterly opposed to free silver
coinage at the ratio of is to 1, and if
reelected shall continue to oppose it.
There is another reason why the
people of this district should not, in
my.opion, elect a democrat to congress.
The. democratic portion Of the house OF
representatives is composed chiefly of
men from the solid south where dairy
ing is not an industry, and from the
cities of the north where the influence
Of the oleomargarine manufacturers is
strong. This being the case, it is prac-
tically impossible for a democratic
member of the house to do anything for
the dairy industry. The democrats Ill
the present congress are the strongest
opponents of the Grout .oleomargarine
bill, which is designed to protect the
dairy farmers from the fraudulent sale
of oleomargarine as butter. A demo-
cratic member, surrounded and in
f1uenced by his democratic colleagues,
would be poWerless to secure the pas
sage of this necessary measure
= WORST IN YEARS.