Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-01-06
WEBB'S FRIENDS HOPEFUL
Senator H. c. Wipperman Ex-
Presses Their C0nfidence=In
Thorough Sympathy With the
Reforms Advocated by Presi=
dent Roosevelt.

GRAND RAPIDS, WIS.,, Jan. =
Friends of Judge Webb here say that
his candidacy for the United States
senate becomes more formidable as
the day for halloting approaches. The
judge is not waging personal cam
paign, but has left the matter entirely
/ to his friends, who are pushing his
candidacy with much vigor and
enthusiasm. Senator II, G. Wiper
man Of this city said today:
II have made d canvass of the senate
rial situation and feel confident of
Judge Webb'S ultimate success. First,
| because of the number of his sup
pOrterS. who are from various parts OF
the state and who are going to stay
because the Judge is man big
enough to fill any position to which
| his fellOWmen niay elect him. The
| people of Wisconsin want man tC
succeed Senator Quarles who is in
| thorough sympathy With the political
reforms advocated by President
Roosevelt, and from my intimate
acquaintance with Judge Webb !
know him to stand squarely with the
president on these questions. .
| Continuing. lie said:
Il would like to see Judge Webt
elected because in his selection
harmony and unity would come out of
confusion He has always been d
staunch Republican, and very strik-
ingly Of the Roosevelt type, standing
for a square DEAL and has assisted in
the work of the party SO far as was
consiStant with the office he has So
long held The people with whom he
has come in contact as lawyer, state
senator and circuit judge have the
utmost confidence in his ability
integrity and fitness for any public
Office Of trust. No man is better and
more fayOrably known in the state Oh
has Stauncher friends. His integrity
is such that he would never bring his
party or state in disrepute, and his
ability is such that l firmly believe
that he would rank with the best
members Of the senate. Judge Webt
is not and never has been a corpora
tion lawyer or been identified with
any combine, trust or obnoxious
mOneyed interest, and is free from the
popular suspicious and prejudice thai
are rife. He is sound ia reasoning
impartial in judgement-haS gOOC
business sagacity and fine persona
attalnments.
Il do not and cannot believe that
Gov La Toilette will become &
candidate for this Office, nor can events
SO shape themselves that he will fee
forced to become such. In his inter
view with Walter Wellman last fal
the governor settled this point. ant
settled it wisely, and will not go bacl
on his word.
"a circumstance that argues yer,
strongly in Judge Webb's favor is hi
location. and while this consideration
should be secondary, yet all othe
things being equal, it should ente
into consideration. Every part of th
state, except the Wisconsin rive
valley and the territory northweS
have been represented in the United
States senate"
Judge Charles NJ. Webb is a self
made man, He was born nea
Towanda, Pa. Dec. 80, 1888, and a
the age Of II left school to enter
printing office at Troy, Pa. Later h.
worked as printer at Wellsboro. Pa
and in 1850 entered the miitar
academy at West Point, which he lef
year and half later. He returne
to the printers trade, but in 1S5
began studying law and was admitte'
to the bar in 1857. The same fall h
came to Wisconsin, remaining a shor
time in WaukeSha county and tn
city of Madison, and finally settlin
in Grand Rapids, ir April, 1858. Hi
| nrofaSSiopal SurcnSS heuan at onca an