Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-07-25

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scheme would have worked admirably
had there been no Danger Of the ques-
ton Of motive being raised OF course,
it could not be raised very effectively
if-the press kept to their concert. +"
But the press wanted a voice in the
mayor-making, and could not or would
not agree upon the candidate Behind
the scenes, the concert" became in
harmonious. For the prosecution to
have arbitrarily named strong man
for mayor, which would have been the
safest thing for the prosecution to do,
would have created even a greater
storm than the temporary appoint
ment of Boxton. AS it is, the con-
cert is at an end.
The Examiner is now singing de-
cidedly out of tune.
When enc stops to think of it, the
position of the Examiner is decidedly
strong. District Attorney Langdon is
sort of Examiner protege. He was
the independence league candidate
for governor last year, and, the indie
pendence league is sort of Hearst
adjunct. Then again, ]. J. Dryer and
others prominently connected with the
prosecution, are league people, and
are even now organizing the city in
the interest of the independence
league. Without District Attorney
Ilangdon the prosecution would. of
course, be at sea. So It will be seen
that the Examiner has quite as strong
hold on the prosecution as mas
Spreckels himself.
But Spreckels is by no means an
Examiner man. Furthermore, spreck-
els silent partner in the prosecution
is generally recognized to be James
Phelan, who is persona non grata at
the Examiner Office And again. Mr..
Phelan is generally regarded as The
Daily Bulletins angel and between
the Bulletin and the Examiner there
is war to the knife 1t is quite plain
to be seen that the man that the
Phelan-Bulletin side would want for
mayor would not be acceptable to the
Examiner, while anyone whom the Elk.
aminer might name would be quite
as unacceptable to the Bulletin and
Mr.. Phelan.
IL is difficult to see where Mr..
sipreckels can land before the end OF
the campaign, unless he takes up with
the element which is supporting the
independence league. To be sure, the
league is a Hearst affair, but il
nevertheless contains many members
in San Francisco who are not, strictly
speaking, Hearst men, but who are in
dependents, disguised with the methods
of the two old parties. These people
recognize the necessity of organizing
and the only organization of independ
ents that counts for anything is the
league. Before he is done with it
Spreckels is going to require the as
sistance of some such organization
and as there is no other organization
at hand, it is hard to see how he is
going to avoid being fairly driven into
the arms of Hearst.
BY threatening to kick over the
/
traces the Examiner effectively block
ed any direct appointment of mayor
by the prosecution. The prosecution
was therefore forced to submit The
matter to the people as best it could
With the appointment of Boxton as
temporary mayor, the prosecution is
sued call for a convention of thirty
members. fifteen from the labor unions
and fifteen from the commercial
bodies of the city BY TINS means
it was thought the Examiner would
be forced to accspt the situation. and
in way the Examiner has accepted
it, for the Hearst people no doubt
feel their ability to get control of the
convention. But the Examiner is by
no means pleased, as that papers
picturesque and persistent roasting OF
the prosecution through Boxton
shows
Schmitz has given up claim to the
mayoraty but from his safe quarters
in Jail he issues edicts daily. Mayor
Schmitz is not quite so safely bottle1
up as the prosecution might wish. In
deed, there is some danger of his be
ing released on bail by some easy. OF
indulgent or corrupt court. Should he
be released. fur would fly at the city
(, hall. Mayor Schmitz would insist
! that he is mayor, and that he will con
tinue as mayor until the court of last
appeals passes upon his case. Further
| more, as mayor out of Jail. he
would no longer be incapacitated to
act as mayor. and it must be recog.
nized that there is grave question as
. to whether his contention is not sound
At any rate. he would have the back
| ing OF the chief of police. and that
would count for good deal in this
riotuos city. San Francisco has had
| troubles enough with one ooodling
mayor in Jail. and another boodling
mayor out of Jail, but these troubles
would be multiplied many fold were
bcsn boodling mayors at large, a con
iition not at all unlikely to occur. II
would mean violence. The confusion
that has this city by the ears NAV he