River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-06-23


ing to have every step examined, step By
step, and see that no mistake is made.
and we will have committee Ii you
approve of this suggestion, on credentials
that will be represented here tonight,
and that committee better report with
such recommendations and such informa-
ton as they get at meeting tomorrow
morning. think that would be wise,
and | want to make an appeal. / know
that MANY of You have been here two
days already; and there is that feature
about this assemblage, they are business
men and they have got some private
business. | realize that your private
business is demanding your attention,
but l want to say to you as sure as you
sit IN your seats tonight, this is BUSH
ness matter as well as political mat
ter. 1t Is a matter OF vital importance
to the fiscal welfare of the state of Wis
consin that its politics be cleaned out.
(Applause) No state ever has prospered
under bit of isms.' Kansas tried it
and you have all read what was the
matter with Kansas. Why, / tell you
il you get that old article-and it is one
OF the besr | ever saw-'What's the
matter with KansasY you will find that
Wisconsin has got in the early stages,
every one of the symptoms today. Gap
plausel 1t is populisms pure and sim
pie. SO that as a matter of business to
you business men, to you farmers, to you
laboring men, it is matter of impor-
lance that this state be Strengthened out
and again put on the high road to pros
perity. 1t is important that our fac
tories be encouraged. We are now, l
believe, the seventh manufacturing state
in the United States, and we want to
head the list If we can, and you never
can head the list under populism or any
thing like it. (Applause.) You have got
to have stable government No body of
laboring men ever prospered under any
kind of ism that was ever manufac-
tured. The laboring men prospers when
there is plenty Of work and high wages.
and that is what the prosperity of this
state means: Plenty of work and plenty
Of wages.
1T means that is the advantage of
the laboring man. 1t means also that it
IS the advantage of capital. | want to
say to you here, that the Republican
party has never stood for or encouraged
a contest and fight between labor and
capital. The Republican party believes
that labor and capital should go hand in
hand; that one should cooperate with the
other and that one helps the other, and,
in fact, that they are, when you get
down to the last analysis, one and the
same great force. The Republican party
believes and always has believed that
the encouragement of good will, of fellow
ship between labor and capital, made the
(Cheers) So we have got to encourage
the manufacturing establishments of the
State of Wisconsin. We have got to en-
courage the great agricultural industry,
and we do it. Why, the appeal has gone
out here that the railroads were taking
everything out of the state As | said
before, | believe q railroad is great
quasi-public institution that should be
regulated. 1t is d monopoly and it should
not be permitted to make. an, extortion
against the people. 1t should not be
allowed to make a discrimination in favor
of one man against another. But | want
to say that when a railroad comes into
our state it is entitled to the same fair
treatment that you and / are entitled to.
And let it go out, if you please, that the
great State of Wisconsin has got a long
knife out for every railroad institution
and corporation, and see whether 1t will
help us any. | say to you, we have got
three railroads here In Madison; wouldn't
you like to have half dozen more?
Many of you live in towns where the
railroads have single track. Wouldn't
you like to have it doubled tracked, and
then wouldn't you like to have it have
four tracks as the New York Central
has, and wouldn't you like. to see train
going through every five minutes? What
does it mean? 1t means that when the
railroad is doing that kind of business
that you and | are prospecting; that the
ers' land is going up in value; that their
products get a market quicker and are
worth more money. 80 l say about
railroads, that / believe in their regula-
ton. We believe that they should be
held down to a just and fair rate and
an honest rate between man and man.
We believe that they should pay a just
tax. We believe that they should pay
a full tax, just as full as you and l pay.
But, gentleman, the Republican party,
as a party, does not stand for taking one
penny more out of a railroad corporation
than it does out Of you and me, great
applause, because If you do It Is an i'm
justice, and when you do an injustice it
is not going to benefit you, but we pro-
pose to show that the injustice they did
us today is not going to benefit them any.
'Now, gentlemen, have already talked
to you too long on this proposition. L
have just given you an outline to show
you the Importance of standing right by
your guns. You understand that this is
an important occasion and the Repub-
lican party of Wisconsin, to paraphrase
a famous naval officer, expects every man
to do his duty (applause), and we say to
you, you can only do that full duty by
staying here until we come to wise de-
cision-a decision that meets your APP
prevail and meets my approval, one which
we have gotten together and formulated,
and If we do that we will go home and
the State of Wisconsin great applause);
and to carry out this plan / would sug-
geSt that you now elect temporary Sec
rotary, appoint a committee for the pur-
pose of considering credentials to report
to this meeting at some hour which we
will fix tomorrow morning, and, further,
let me say-that we want to see here on
the stage after this meeting Is over,
every one of the county chairmen. l
refer to the ehairmen of the county dele
cations selected to cooperate with the
steering committee.
II think that covers all Of the sugges-
tions | have to make. / simply say to
you: Here is my hand to each one of
you extended in a handclasp to stand
right by you-will you give me the
squeeze back"
Mr.. Burke of Brown county nominated
Col William j Anderson as temporary
secretary of the convention.
Motion seconded and unanimously car
ried.
Motion made that a committee on Gre
dentials consisting of eleven, one from
each congressional district. be selected.
Chairman-"If you would permit the
chair to make one suggestion, | will sug-
gest that it be committee of twelve, of
which Mr.. M. y. Rosenberg Of Wausau
shall act as chairman, because he has
been entirely familiar with all that work
throughout the entire session."
The chairman's suggestion was accept
ed as part of the motion, which was then
seconded and unanimously carried.
Mr.. Rosenberg suggested that Mr.. Dill
lon and Mr.. Simpson be made members
of the committee.
The following delegates were selected
by their respective congressional deIega-