The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-11-06
Congressman Cooper Puts a Fitting
Climax on the Hard Fought
Campaign in Kenosha.
MAKES AN ELOQUENT ADDRESS.
Great Questions Before the Nation Handled
With Mastery Touch by the First
District Congressman.

CluuSu HIS SpCdAAES lOuI 1OI the Cdu1-
paign Monday evening and was given
rousing reception by the people of
Kenosha county and city. Fully five
hundred people gathered at the Rhode
opera house to bid him hearty well
come. Before the meeting at the
opera house Congressman Cooper held
an informal reception at the hotel and
many of his friends gave him warm
greeting.
Chairman A. E. Buckmaster Of the
Republican County Committee pre-
sided at the meeting. On the stage
were seated Hon. z. G. Simmons, Geo.
Hale, Capt. Chas. Frantz, A. E. Tar
bell, Fl. S. VanIngen, Hon. E. G..
Timme, James Stebbins and other well
known Republicans. Congressman
Cooper was greeted with prolonged
cheers when he came upon the stage.
In introducing the speaker Mr.. Buck
master said:
"Among the Wisconsin Represent
atives in Congress no one stands
higher than the representative from
the First District and no one in Con-
gress stands higher among the people
of the district. Always will the Re-
publicans of Kenosha look forward to
the coming Of Mr.. Fl. A. Cooper, whom
it is my pleasure to introduce to you.
e When Mr.. Cooper arose to speak
noisy man in the gallery was so en-
thusiastic in his greeting that the
speaker was forced to delay in his
speech until the admirer had been told
to go way back and sit down. Mr..
Cooper spoke of the record of the Re-
publicans and especially of the work
in the last ten years.
SIT Declares" he said, "by the
record of the past ten years that It is
the only party that has any claim to
the suffrage of the people,"
He spoke of the prosperity of the
country under Republican rule and
compared with it the stagnated bust
ness conditions under the rule of
Democracy. He spoke of the unmiti-
gated gall of the Democracy in ap-
pealing to the American people for
votes. He showed the fal1acy of the
Free Trade doctrines of the Democrat
and the fearful effect on the Nation.
He spoke of the misery that had been
engendered by Democratic rule; of the
suffering of women and children; OF
the closed factories and open soup
houses and the great army Of unem-
p1oyed 1aborers who marched the
country seeking work.
"Thank God" he said, "no such
army ever marched when the country
was under Republican rule and no
such army will ever march so long as
there is Republican Congress and
Republican President in the White
House chair. Racine was like de-
serted city during those awful days
and Kenosha was little better. Fac
tories closed and the iron touch of hard
times was on the people. And yet to-
day" he continued, "we are asked to
turn back to those days and elect
Democratic Congress.
He spoke of the work Of the two
parties showing the Democratic ad-
ministration had resulted in AFFECT
failure. In this line the speaker fol-
lowed into discussion of the "Trust."
"Never in the life of the youngest
auditor here tonight, !" said Mr.. Cooper,
twill more important question be
submitted to the people. The fight be-
gins tomorrow and you must settle it."
With this introduction Mr.. Cooper
launched into mastery discussion of
the Trust problem, finding for the
Trust an origin in unrestricted COM
petition. He showed how the last
eight years had brought about revo-
luton making business only a survival
of the strongest and the meanest. He
showed how unrestricted competition
had forced the workmen to form the
labor union to make it possible for
them to compete with the combina-
tons among the employers.
"There are no politics in it, he de-
c1ared, Republicans in Trusts, Dem
ocrats in Trusts. The Republican may
be Trust leader and the Democrat is
his superior in management.
Mr.. Cooper found no remedy IN elm
dividua1ism." ''The world has been
made over since the days of Thomas
Jefferson and today you could flash
$50, 900 to Manila in less time than you
could send $40 to Somers in those days.
It's another world and Thomas Jeffer
son can't tell us what to do"
In his colloquial discussion Mr..
Cooper put the audience in good spirits
by some witty comparisons of the past
and present.
"These combinations" he said,
"have come and come to stay. They
cannot be prevented, but they can and
shall be controlled for the interests of
the American people. have faith"
concluded Mr.. Cooper, "to believe that
the Republican party which settled so
many great problems will be able to
settle this for the benefit of the people
and for the good of the whole Nation"
He then spoke of the Philippines
and the work of Judge Taft and his
commission, paying high compli-
ment to them for their work. Amidst