The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-07-16
District Attorney McGovern Says
Wisconsin Republicans Will
Support Party Nominee
MANY AT LINCOLN CLUB FEAST
Milwaukee District Attorney is Given a
Great Boost in His Candidacy to
Succeed Stephenson in the
United States Senate

5rict Attorney Francis E. McGovern of
Milwaukee, Wednesday night in Ke-
aosha declared the fealty of all Re
publicans in Wisconsin to Taft and
sherman and declared that while the
men who supported the great 'Wiscon-
sin Idea' had gone to Chicago to the
National Convention to support a Wis
consin favorite son, that the conven-
tion had decided for the party and that
Wisconsin Republicans without excep-
ton would support the man named by
the convention. FWe shall bring to
the support of Mr.. Taft, +" said the
Milwaukee man, "the same loyalty and
the same devotion that we should have
given had our own candidate been chos
en- to lead the party to national victory.
We are proud to support such man as
Taft Our candidate is a man of
achievement in many fields. A man
broad minded, capable and unquestion-
ably honest. Taft paid graceful tri-
butte to Abraham Lincoln and in fact,
[ deem it one of the most beautiful tri-
butes that has ever been paid to our
greatest president when he said: cit is
easier since we had Lincoln for man
to be a president. He set the standard
Not only did he set the standard for
president, but for citizenship in this
great nation and it is easier to be a
citizen now than it was before Lincoln
set the standard. E"
This was the keynote of the banquet
Wednesday night anu it was greeted
with great enthusiasm which indicated
that the men who had supported La
Toilette for president before the Re
publican convention were just as tho
roughly in line for the election of Taft.
The first dinner of the Lincoln Club
at which Mr.. McGovern was the guest
Of honor, was great success and more
than 250 Republicans from Racine and
Kenosha county were in attendance.
The Racine Lincoln Club sent down a
delegation of sixty-fve members headed
by a drum corps and the delegation
contained many men who have been ac-
tive in the organization in Racine
county. Among the number was Post
master G. G. Cuttings, Mayor William
Horlick, Clerk of the Court Lemuel
Owen, City Attorney Roy Burgess and
many others. The towns out in the
county also sent large delegations,
among the number being the various
candidates for county offices, Assem-
blyman Curtiss and Richard Swenson Of
Salem, DR.. Darby Of Wilmot, and many
of the men who had been prominent in
the work Of the club since it's organi-
cation.
The dinner was served by the mem
bers of the Woman IS Relief Corps and
it was one Of the best dinners ever
served in Kenosha. There was an
abundance of beautiful flowers in the
hall and splendid music was rendered
by an orchestra during the evening
The banquet was from every side a
McGovern banquet and from the first
tap OF the gavel Of A. E. Kuolt, who
presided the meeting was one for the
advancement of the candidacy Of the
Milwaukee man. Chairman Kuolt intro
duced the speaker Of the evening as a
''man who was not large land owner
or large taxpayer in Kenosha county,
but one who had aided in protecting the
smaller taxpayers and the next United
States Senator from Wisconsin. -
After speaking Of Taft, Mr.. Mccoy
ern launched into lengthy defense Of
the so-called wisconsin Idea and de-
clared that the question now before
the public was, "Shall the progressive
movement which was inaugurated in
Wisconsin be continued or checked and
turned back. He declared that che
great problem in the United States to-
day was the contest against the centrali-
cation of political and industrial power.
He followed this idea along the usual
lines showing the Capitalization in
politics and industry which had been
developed in the last twenty-five years
and declared that the remedy must be
found in evolution and not in the revo-
luton proposed by Socialism and that
it would never be taken care of until
the voters of the nation placed men
in office who we're just as capable, as
far seeing and as strong as the men in
charge Of the great Capitalization Of
the industrial wealth Of the nation. lie
spoke of what had been done in Wiscon-
sin and declared that Wiconsin was to
carry the same idea to the nation. He
declared that the fight would be a
terrific one and that 1t must be fight
of individual as well as collective eff
fort if it were to be won.
The speech followed closely the adj
dresses Of Senator LaFollette in regard
to his cherished ideals and many times
the speaker was interrupted by great
applause. Mr.. McG0vern did not men
ton his own candidacy, but in the short
speeches which followed there were
some hard shots made at the men who
had dared oppose the. idea. Old Uncle
Ike Stephenson's left ear must have
burned during the evening as he bore
the brunt of the attack of the orators.