Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-09-30

MyY0R Marchetti, at the democratic
county convention last Saturday, made
a brief but very effective address. which
was received with great deal of en-
thusiasm The following is a brief
synopsis of his remarks
''For the last eight years the
clouds have hung low over our beads
bur they are now dispensing, and
believe that on the 4th day ofNovember
next the sun will shine on democratic
Aust srisizn He made short reference
to The Dingley tariff as being tariff
fostering trusts and referred 20 the
change IN the attitude of the republican
party with reference to trusts. Two
years ago" said the speaker, Senator
Hanna, whose close and intimate rela-
tiOnship TO the late lamented president,
give his words special importance to all
his public utterances, said that trusts
were good thing. President RoOse-
welt has discovered since that time that
there are bad trusts, and that they need
the supervision of the government, and
In his speech making tour beginning in
the state of Maine and ending in the
middle West, he advocated government
supervision, butshe declared that before
anything could be done the constitution
would have to be amended, giving the
president more power to deal with
trusts. AS it takes at least, e years to
pass an amendment to the C. Institution
this would be very poor remedy The
republicans have also discovered, the
speaker said, that the tariff needs re-
vision" but insist that the revision must
be made by the the friends of the
ntnerinx riff m cY1aueh ~ tho
friends of the Dingley tariff
are the trusts, no benefit can
come from such a revision to the
people and it would simply be q case of
jumping out from the frying pan into
the fire. Two years ago, republican
speakers would wrap themselves in the
flag and in fervent patriotic peroratlon
would exclaim that wherever the flag
is put it shall stay put forever" yet
they have lately taken down the flag in
Cuba and taken it down under the
blessings of the people, and Cuba is now
a free and independent republic. The
speaker said he hope he would soon
see the day when 0ba would ask
admission into the sisterhood of states
in the Union, but he warned his hear
ers that the protected industries would
not allow Cuba to come in as a state If
they could help it,
The war in the Philippines with the
civilized and christianized Filippinos,
, at least had come TO an end and they
have been promised self government
by their own people In the fashion OF
our territorial government; and II that
had been promised them in the begin
ming the war might have been avoided.
About four years ago, gold, in paying
quantities, was found in Alaska and
when, soon after, these gold finds the
trouble began in the Philippines, Great
Britain discovered at once that the
boundary line between British Column
bia and Alaska was not established sat
isfactorily to Great Britain. The Can
adian government invaded American
territory in Alaska hosting the British
flag over American soil, and advanced
their frontiers over territory nearly half
as large as Wisconsin, and our accom-
modating Secretary of State, MIR. Hay,
made a treaty withGreat Britain where
by it was agreed that Great Britain
might temporarily hold that territory
until the boundary was settled by arbI-
tratIon. For fifty years, the speaker
said Russia had held that territory and
the boundaries as claimed by Russia
were acknowledged by Great Britain
and as we have succeeded to the Russian
title there was nothing to arbitrate. 1t
is a curious policy to allow the Canadian
constables TO come into American terri
tory that we had in our possession under
| the purchase from Russia and allow
them to keep slice pending arbitration.
We should have kept what we had
pending arbitration at least.
Judge Marchetti spoke of the fact
that the state expenses have largely in
creased since the last democratic admin
istration; that officers were multiplied
which render no service to the state;
that among other things tax commits
sion was created four years ago at an
expense of $4,000 year. After this
commission was in session for two years
they discovered what everybody knew
| before, that the railroads were not pay
ing their full share of taxes, and the
commission recommended two years
ago that the license fee should be raised
from four to six per cent When that
report was sent in to the legislature
and a bill introduced in accordance
with this report, the legislature divided
upon that question, some claiming that
six per cent. was all right while others
argued that five per cent. would be a
great plenty, and they kept that fight
| up in the legislature until the end of the
session and then compromised their
differences by leaving it as it was at four
per cent. The tax commission has now
cost the state over $50, 900 and the state
has not received one cent of benefit up
to this time, and if a republican gov
ernor was ell cted the outlook is good
that in the fight between Gov. LaFol-
kette and his enemies on the one hand
and between Isaac Stephenson and
John c. Spooner on the other, all tax
reform will be lest sight of just as two
years ago.
Speaking of the democratic candi-
date he said''very few men have been
twice elected IN succession to the office
of Mayor Of Milwaukee in the last
thirty years; David s. Rose was
thrice elected to that Office and the
last time by majority reaching nearly
1850 The people of Milwaukee have
tried him and have testified by their
votes to his courage, his capacity and
his integrity If any reform is to
come in tax matters and the people re-
lieved from oppressive taxation it
must come from the democratic party.
OF Karl Mathie the speaker said, he
owes his nomination to no trust and if
elected he will perform the duties of
that Office in manner that Is satisfac-
tory to all the people: ne is school
man whose heart is in his work. He
will see to it that education be brought
to the humblest cabin of the pioneer"
MADurl MIC DAN DnAn MANANC