Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-11
THE FIRST GUN FIRED ON FRIDAY EVENING.
Large Crowd Greeted Messs Peck Sheppard and Ruggs
at the Opera House, Notwithstanding the Rain.

kept his listeners in the best of nature
and with humor and solid facts was
able To do much more for democracy
than speaker whose forte was To say
as many harsh things of the opposition
as possible. The governor accused him.
self Tor being on the rostrum this fall
saying that when he was first nominated
for governor of Wisconsin, he was fill.
/ ing the Office of mayor of Milwaukee:
the second time, he was governor of
the state, and neither time felt that it
was his right to neglect the duties of
the offices to which he had been elected.
but now he felt differently and was able
to go about and mingle with his friends
on his own time. He said he knew
that at times the young bucks of the
party, not having enough fighting to
make 1t interesting at home, went out
onto other reservations 10 help some
other chief TO win out. He now wanted
all of them to come home and help chief
feck out. He made a strong plea for
democrats to vote their ticket this year.
4 ana by doing so there was victory in
/ sight for them in Wisconsin. He stated
/ IN very emphatic language that if elect
ed economy would be practiced in every
/ department OF the state government.
and every person connected Herewith
would earn his salary. On the primary
election law he said that the whole
matter was now up to the voter, and if
/ the people of Wisconsin wanted a pri-
mary election law all they had To do
was to so cast their votes and it would
be forthcoming under a democratic
] administration.
The governor made an excellent inn
preston and by cutting out every hing
OF personal nature, and by his genial
way, he made many friends
! wells M. Ruggies, candidate for con-
gress OF the Tenth congressional dis
trict was next introduced, who said he
was not present To make speech, but
just to show the people of this vicinity
what kind of man the democrats of
the Tenth district had placed in nomin-
alton; that be was coming to Wausau
again to make speech and when he
did he wanted all to come out and listen
TO what he had to say He said he
thought it was the duty of person
nominated for congress TO tell the peo-
pie plainly the course he would pursue
if elected. This the present congress
man had never done and he blamed
him for it,
Morris Shepard, congressman of
Texas, was slated for the principal
speech of the evening All present
thought him to be an alderman, and
when he stepped upon the rostrum
there was a feeling of disappointment.
but this only lasted until he had spoken
about q moment, and then there was
decided change to that of pleasure and
when he had concluded it was the con
census OF opinion that he was the most
eloquent orator that ever had appeared
before Wausau audience There was
no getting around what he said. Ii
was the truth couched in such language
as To hold every listener until the very
end. He started out by saying that the
democratic party is the only one that
had survived from the time of Wash
ington until the present time, all others
We're in existence only for brief periods.
The PILOT has not the space to give
this excellent speech in detail, suffice 1t
to say that the speaker ably discussed
the tariff, trusts, Imperialism and all
the other vital questions which are now
before the public. 1t was masterfuI
arraignment of the republican party.
1t was the sober truth of history pre-
scented in elegant and forcible language
with an eloquence and earnestness sell
dom equalled. No important statement
of the address can be successfully ques-
toned on tae score Of accuracy, and the
and appropriate.
The partiSanS who get their history
aud political theories from organs like
the Inter Ocean and the Sentinel, must
have been shocked at the revelations of
what has TRANSFERRED in recent wears
Inc natural impulse would be to deny
the accuracy or adequacy of the state
mentS, but a thorough study would re-
veal their trustworthiness and convince
the DIRECTORS that they were like Arte
mas Wards man who knew a great
deal, but the trouble with him was that
he knew so many things that wasn't so.
The Daily Record, of this city, which
is quick TO see and publish the short
comings of democrats, paid Mr. Shep-
ard the following compliment:
Congressman Shepard closed in an
eloquent appeal for united action on
the part OF all, to save our beloved
nation from the accumulated horrors
of republicanism, through the election
of the gentleman he was enthusiastic
enough TO denOminate the Washington
of the Twentieth century
AT the close of the address, in com
pliment to the ladies who were present,
congressman Shepard gave very beau
tiful tribute to American womanhood,
displaying a wealth of acquaintance
with famous women from Cleopatra
GOWN to but exclusive of Carrie Nation,
that is certainly commendable in man
so young-huC, as are all real Southern
gentlemen, so chivalrous- Ii was a
burst of real oratory in the sentiment
of which all who were there concurred, |
aud which was delivered with the mas
terly skill which could not fail to com
mand the admiration of ALL"
1t is greatly To be regretted that the |
weather prevented so many from at |
tending There was good house rs it |
was, but the capacity of the building |
would have been tried but for the rain,
and the audience would have enjoyed a |
treat seldom afforded by campaign
speech.