Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-10-11
ROSE GREETS FARMERS,
Delivers Ten Speeches in Three
Counties on the Same Day.
THEY COME MANY MILES
Halls are Not Large Enough to Accom-
modate the Great
Crowds.

Mayor Rose delivered ten addresses
Tuesday, his concluding speech being in
Richland Center. Farmers came dis
lance Of fifteen miles to hear him. The
court house, where the Democratic can
didate for governor talked, was damned
and hundreds could not gain admlttance.
Mayor Rose recalled in brief terms the
names of men who had conferred dis
tinguishment upon this section of Wis
consin, mentioning the names of Moses
M. Strong, Judges Crawford, Knowlton,
Dunn and Coltrum. He took up the
taxation question and discussed the in
congruities Of the present system, calling
the present plan double taxation. He
brought up the matter of the Frost bill.
He said If Gov. La Toilette would de-
vote more Of his attention to tightening
the tax burdens on Gods patient poor he
would have more demand on their SYM
pathy and their support. The speaker
touched upon the school scandal charge,
giving the details Of the transaction.
Scores Stevens Bill.
In reference to the Stevens bill legis-
lation, Mayor Rose took up the steps by
which this law was sought to be enacted
by Gov. La Toilette and said that Sen
ators Kreutzer and Hatton and others
tried to secure compromise and amend
ment without success. He said that
there would be no change in the COVER
nor's attitude, and it would be the Stew
ems bill or nothing. He said that tine
Stevens bill took away the rights OF the
people to assemble, and was destructive
of a representative form of government.
Mayor Rose took up the charge that
he maintained a wide open policy i'll Mil
Waukee.
"Have you ever read the history Of the
constitutional convention which adopted
the constitution of the United States" he
asked. "the Magma Charta, which has
commanded and received the admiration
Of all the nations Of this earth, and which
was made so perfectly from its beginning
that it has answered the purposes Of
century with but few amendments and
that was considered for days, aye,
considered for weeks in constant de-
bate and discussion? Why, the whole
frame of the republican form of govern
the power shall reside in the people, SOW
ereignty shall be theirs. The people shall
be supreme.
Glow shall the people consider these
questions Of public government unless they
have an opportunity to come together,
unless they have a right to assemble,
right that is guaranteed to them not only
by the constitution Of our state, but by
the constitution of the United States"
Mayor Rose paid a tribute to the old sol
diers and prefaced it by saying:
everywhere we go | see in the lapels
of the blue coats the badge Of honor, the
G. A. r. button. At Mansion last Thurs
day night there was paid to me the high
est compliment [ have ever received,
when Judge Barney, member of the
Grand Army Of the Republic, one Of the
strongest lawyers in that section, always
an active, aggressive representative Of
the Republican party, in behalf of half
hundred members Of that party expressed
the wish that, as representative Of an OPP
posing party, l might be elected, and
pledged me their support"