The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-10-20
Malcolm c. Jeffris, Of GAINESVILLE,
Stirs the Republicans
to Fever Heat.
FLAYS GOVERNORS THEORIES
Chairman of State Republican Conven-
ton Gets Busy and Brings HI. A.
Cooper Into State Turmoil.

Malcolm G. Jehfris, Of GAINESVILLE
chairman of the last Republican
State Convention, was the guest Of
Kenosha Republicans Tuesday night
and delivered great address at the
Rhode opera house. 1t was by ali
measures the speech of the campaign
in Kenosha, and it will live long in
the memory of the great crowd which
heard it. Mr.. Jeffris did not mince
words, and for two hours and hall
he gave the people some real truths.
There were sensational points in
the address which caused the people
to, rise in their seats and cheer, and in
his statement of the state issues not
thing was overlooked. Not a person
left the hall during the long speech,
and the crowd at the close of the adj
dress was greater than at the begin.
ming.
It was splendid crowd that greeted
Mr.. Jeffris when he came into the hall
and fully nine hundred people cheered
the noted Republican asShe passed on
to the platform. 1t was an audience
that any speaker might we11.be proud
of and Mr.. Jefris appreciated the
make up of the crowd. The crowd
showed that the peoples of::::Kenosha
were anxious to hear the discussion
of the great issues of the Campaign
and in the audience were many who
were considered firm supporters OF
the Governor.
The Arion quartette tiopened the
entertainment with song which was
heartily encored, after which Emory
l.. Grant who presided at the meeting
introduced the speaker In opening
the meeting Mr.. Grant spoke of the
pride and confidence he felt in having
been Republican from the time OF
Lincoln and Roosevelt and being such
a Republican, Mr.. Grant said it was a
high honor for him to introduce one
who was representative of the un-
shaved Republication of Wisconsin.
Mr.. Jefris opened by declaring that
he belonged to the uns1aved class of
Republicans of Wisconsin and that he
came not seeking Office but simply to
discuss the great questions at issue in
the campaign.
Gets Right At Tt.
Mr.. Jeffris lost no time in getting
at, the points at issue and started
right in to discuss the statesEissues.
He spoke to both Republicans and
Democrats and declared that the wei
fare of the entire state demanded the
union of all honest men against the
common enemy of Representative
Government
He spoke of the fact thatssssword had
been sent down from Racine ordering
followers of the Governor Pnot sto at
tend the meeting ands officers in the
pay of the state had carried the.word
along. The dictatoria1 policy of the
Governor along this line was dis
cussed and Mr.. Jeffris showed the one
man power that had controlled every
action of the Half Breeds.
He spoke of the indignifed action
of the Governor in leaving the Exec
utive office and going out through the
state seeking a denomination. He
spoke of the Governor saction as
shown in his article in Golfers Week
ly and declared that the Governor had
deliberately fa1sified the facts. The
convention, Mr.. Jeffris declared should
have been under the control of the
Stalwarts. He showed that the Stat
warts had filed but one contest while
the rest had been filed by the .Fadher-
ents of the Governor.
The State Convention.
The disgracefu1 action of the adj
ministration in Ashland and St. Croix
counties was touched in detail and
then Mr.. Jeffris spoke of the thirty
feet of thugs who guarded the en-
trance to the convention hall and
crowded out the Republicans of the
state.
He spoke of the convention work OF
Assemblyman S1ade andSenator John
son and declared that thestags which
Governor La Toilette had placed an
them were marks of honor. Then
Mr.. Jeffris told the story of,the Oper.,
House Convention and the decision 81
the National Republican Convention
and it's committee on credentials. He
showed that by all the precedents of
the party the Opera House Convention
was the only convention of the Re
publican party. Mr.. Jeffris declared
that he would fight every time when a
man attempted to rob him of his po-
1itica1 rights and the rights of an
American Citizen. Furthermore he
declared that he didn't need public
Office as bait to make him fight.
He spoke of the action of the SUI
preme Court and declared that the
court had found no jurisdiction in the
case and that the, judges had been
forced to decide in keeping with the
state law. In discussing this matter
Mr.. Jeffris became dramatic. Greg
u1ar or Irregular" declared Mr.. JEFF
frs that La Toilette ticket will be
beaten on the eighth day of Novem-
ber.' Mr.. Jefris then spoke of the
Primary Election Law and showed the