Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-10-19

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and making six speeches. the last
three being at Fort Atkinson, Jeffer-
son and Johnson Creek The neces-
sity of using SO many automobiles was
occasioned by breakdowns occurring
while enroute. Upon the arrival here
the governor and Mr.. Gilbert were
met at the Hotel Commercial by the
reception committee which had await
ed their coming and large number
of citizens among whom were quite
a number of democrats who were in
vited guests. After introductions
and an half hour of visiting, the gov
ernor, Mr.. Gilbert and twenty four
guests repaired to the dining room
where a sumptuous course dinner had
been prepared by the Iandlady of that
excellent caravansary. The governor
was fanked on one side by Mayor
Mulberger and on the other by w. G.
Stone, an intimate friend of the chief
executive. After the dinner the
governor was taken to the Turner
opera house in carriage accompanied
by w. G. Stone, Ex-Mayor Wertheim-
er and E. F. Wieman, the auditorium
being well filled sby those anxious to
listen to the governor who was intro
duced by the chairman, E. F. Vie
man, in a short address. The chief
executive was we'll received and spoke
for two and half hours. Owing
to indisposition, Mr. Gilbert did not
speak but retired early to his room at
the hotel.
The governors speech was as fol-
lows in part:
Mr. Chairman, Fellow Citizens, Lad
Use and Gentlemen -
In coming before you at this time
in the Republican state campaign, |
cannot refrain from growing enthus-
Iastic over the great prosperity which
has settled upon this country and our
state. | cannot refrain from con-
graduating the people upon the Won
derful material development Of this
country, the great increase in popula-
ton and wealth, the unprecedented
activity in the industrial world and
the bounteous crops with which nature
has SO generously provided us this
year. Agriculture, finance and COM
merce anticipate period of prosperity
unrivalled IN the history of our state
and nation. No threatening cloud
appears upon the horizon. Confidence
was never before SO firmly placed.
With these conditions safe-guarded
by wise and efficient state and nation
al legislation, Wisconsin and the
United States enter upon All era of
public and Individual well-being
hitherto unapproached.
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT.
One of the most potent forces oper-
ating to bring about this prosperity
has been the long uninterrupted appli-
cation of Republican principles. Under
the tariff industry has been firmly
and permanently established. Immense
wealth has been added through river
and harbored improvements and irri-
CATION. A protracted and successful
struggle has been carried on for the
reasonable governmental control OF
interstate transportation companies
for the regulation and charges and
prevention of Determinations. The
national republican administration has
been conducted with a singleness of
purpose and honesty of motive, giving
it the rank of at once the most salts
factory IN it's result and the most pros
porous in the history of the country.
This wonderful record is due large
ly to the brilliant intellect and fear
less personality of our national leader,
Theodore Roosevelt. He has prosecuted
legislation vigorously, consistently
and effectively. In his struggle
against the gigantic corporations like
the coal trust and the beef combine
in his battle for justice and equellty
in the field of interstate commerce,
and in his endeavors to maintain
peace and liberty in foreign nations,
he has endeared himself to the civil
zed world. As a statesman of lofty
character, undoubted integrity and un-
selfish motives, President Roosevelt
has been national leader rather than
merely party president.
THE TARIFF
The most important national prob
lem confronting the people of the
United States is the problem of the
tariff. The republican party stands
today as firmly committed to the
policy of protection to American labor
and industry as it did generation
ago. The degree of protection how.
ever, and the industries still requiring
aid, is a question for most careful
consideration. The United States ha:
outgrown the need of tariff whose
schedules are in many instances pro
hlbitive and which cause injustice
rather than public benefit, but it can
not be argued from this that the en-
tire tariff fabric should be torn asun
der. The tariff is largely question
of standard of life. In those coun