Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-11-01

Tickets-An Eloquent Extract.
Senator John G.. Spooner addressed
very large and enthusiastic assem-
blage at Ashland last Tuesday evening.
Having spoken at length upon the i'm
portance of the ma tional questions that
confront the country to-day, the Sena-
tor spoke of the duty of the Republi-
cans of Wisconsin in the present cam
paign, and said:
You have also to elect this year a
state ticket, have toured this state.
This is an off year. There ought not to
be any off year to an honest, steadfast
Republican, | find men discontented
and dissatisfaction with this thing or
the other. l tell you, gentlemen, [
have been a Republican always with
out variation and shall be without
turning.
Il have followed the party flag in
sunshine and in storm. [ have carried
it myself down to defeat as the leader
of a valiant party. l have done what
| could to advance it's principles, to
promote the success of it's policies, be-
cause I believe that therein is best
served the interest Of our people and
as Republican talking to Re-
publicans l beg of you to con-
slider that there is no such thing as
Republican party of the state except
as a part of the Republican party of
the United States''
81 want to see the Republican party
of the state of Wisconsin maintained
in its position. l want to see the state
kept in the column of Republican
states. want to see Theodore Roose-
velt nominated for President of the
United States in 1904. (Applause.) [
want to see him elected. | want Wis
consin to be in position to help do it.
| do not remember time when it has
seemed to me more important that our
people should stand pat.
eff you like what you have, if you
are satisfied with what Mckinley and
Roosevelt have done, stand fast and
make certain that those policies may
be moved forward and that deprecia-
ton and uncertainty will not be
brought upon the country to the detri-
ment of labor, the depression OF busi-
ness and the diminution of prosperity
by trifing on personal grounds with
the votes out of which are made the
senate and the house of representa-
tiyes.
'Rememberu, we lost the state in
1890. We could not get it back in
1892 with all the effort that was made
and after we had given the country a
splendid administration. President
Harrison, who gave the country that
administration, was named in 1892 for
President. tell you to turn this pre-
liminary skirmish into great and sue
cessful battle. 1 want to see every
Republican in this state go to the polls
on election day and vote for the Re-
publican candidate for congress, vote
for Governor La Toilette and every
man on the state ticket down TO the
very lowest, and thereby make Repub-
lican victory in 1904 certain. Lead
ers, you know, do not last long. You
have known Republican governors of
this state now dead, but you and I
know the party still lives.
GA year ago our chivalrous leader,
our ideal, was Mckinley. He sleeps
tonight in his grave at Canton nearer
and dearer to the great throbbing
heart of the American people than
any other President we have had ex-
cept Abraham Lincoln, but the party
lives. it's principles and policies are as
important to the people of the United
States as they were in 1900 and as they
would be if he still sat in the White
House. Why tri1e? Why stand look
ing at each other with enemy in line of
battle before us? 1t is childish. There
is nothing steadfast in it. There is
nothing loyal in it. 1t is forgetting
principle in personality. It is inju-
rious to the interests of the people and
so say to Republicans touch elbows,
face to the front, forward march and
keep marching forward until the sun
goes down on election day and then
we will have made certain, and you
can do it in no other way"
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