Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-11-01
To the Voters of the
End Congressional District.

Next Tuesday, November 4th is elect
ion day.
State officers are to be elected, legis-
lature which will elect United States
senator, a member of Congress and
county officers.
1t is an important election.
It will determine state policy and
have strong influence upon national
affairs.
If citizenship in this country means
anything, voting is an imperative duty.
No man should evade that duty or
perform it blindly.
The election of Mckinley in 1896
brought back prosperity to this country.
The republican party redeemed its
pledges.
It promised a sound currency. We
have it. The credit of the United States
has never been so good as now. The
money of the Uuited States is the best in
the world.
The Wilson bill was repealed.
The Dingley bill was enacted.
The men who had money turned it
loose into the channel Of business be-
cause of their confidence in republican
policy.
The men who did not have money
found chance to work and earn it when
capital unlocked its vaults, started the
furnace fires, opened the mills, built
new factories and new railroads and
new value to farms and farm products.
The demonstration was complete.
And because of it a great host Of
democrats who cared more about business
than party names and old alliances have
walked and fought in the republican
columns for years.
The issue to-day is the same old issue.
1t cannot be lodged or evaded.
1t cannot be laughed or Sneered out of
court.
1t is not question of sentiment.
1t is not question of abstract theories.
1t is question of plain business and
affects every laborer in the land, whether
he works with his head or his hands.
1t is a question as to whether the
sound money, protective tariff policy of
make good times in this country or
whether the free trade leadership of the
democratic party shall again experiment
with the legislation and business of the
land and bring back the hard times of
| appeal to your citizenship, not to
your partisanship.
In 1892, in the full tide of prosperity,
the American people listened to the
promises of the democratic leaders and
repented in sack cloth and ashes for
four years.
Ten years have passed and the same
democratic leadership, in the face of a
business prosperity never before known
in this country, is trusting to the short
memories of the people and endeavOring
to induce the voters to make another
mistake.
The policy of Mckinley has been
splendidly continued under President
Roosevelt.
Cuba is free.
Peace reigns in the Philippines.
Porto Rico is cOntented and prosper
Gus.
In international affairs the country
has gained new power and respect in the
fields Of diplomacy.
The wonderful industrial development
OF the United States since 1896 has
made this country feared and danger
Gus competitor Of Europe in all the
worlds markets.
Because of these things and because
the election OF 1902 is the preliminary
contest Of 1904, good citizens, regardless
OF party, should support the republican
ticket.
A temporary but severe illness has
prevented me from taking the stump in
this campaign.
l take this means of reaching con-
siderable portion Of the voters of the
district, all of whom have a right to
know how stand upon state and nation
al questions.
| endorse the republican state ticket
and the platform of the convention
which placed it in nomination.
believe that John G. SpOoner should
be reelected to the senate.
favor revision Of the tariff to con-
form to present prices and conditions.
The difference in the labor cost of
goods made in this, county and abroad
should be the measure of tariff duties,
lam opposed to all combinations in
restaint OF trade or which seek to limit
production or unduly raise prices.
For nearly twenty years I have done
what could in this and other states
through the press, on the platform. be-
| fore numerous organizations of farmers
| and dalrymen, in the state legislature, in
| office of dairy and food commissioner
and in every fair way in which my
| influence could reach, to secure for the
farming interest broader intelligence
and legislation which should protect the
| honest productions of the farm from
fraudulent competition.
| We crushed the filled cheese fraud in
this state by prOhibitory law.
! For three years we have been waging
war in congress on eleomargarine