The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-09-17
SIGNS AND 0MENS.

The observer of events and things
need not look beyond the borders Of
Wisconsin to learn what il beginning TO
happen to the supporters OF stand
pat" and especially to Cannonlsm,
Measrs. Cooper and Nelson of Wiscon.
sin we're distinguished in the BOth Con
gress rs the only two republican con
gressmen in the country with courage
to oppose Cannon. Cooper in the first
and Nelson in the second We're opposed
! in the primary by a safe man, man
who would never swerve from alleg
lance to the powers that rule the House
| In both districts the lines were drawn
on Cannonism. Cooper and Nelson,
anti Cannon, won handsomely. The
| third district is democratic. In the
fourth and fifth, the Milwaukee dis
tricts, opposition to the speakers prac'
tees and methods made itself distinctly
felt, the fifth being particularly emhpatic.
There, Stafford, stand patter and pro
! Cannon, saved his nomination by beg
carly handful of votes. His opponent,
Cochems, though very young man and
without any particular strength, an
nounced himself n progressive and
! hostile to the Cannon regime, and there.
| by corralled nearly enough republican
votes to run out the intrenched in
cumbent. The sixth district is demo-
cratic In the seventh Mr.. Esch Is con,
sidered mildly progressive, though he
| has never taken sharp issue with the
speaker boss The eighth, our own dist
rict, saw no one put up to oppose Mr..
! Dav.d-on's nomination. In the ninth,
| Congressman kuestermann, considered
a progressive republican, easily beat Elk
| Congressman Minor, known to be a re-
dictionary republican, In the tenth Mr..
| Morse, whose tendencies are not very
well defined, obtained denomination
without trouble But it was in the
eleventh, the extreme northwestern dis
trict of the state, that things happened
to Cannon. There the primary contest
was vigorous, even heated On the one
side, Congressman Jenkins finishing his
fourteenth year in office; chairman of
the great Judiciary committee in Uncle
zoos House; keeper of Uncle Joe's
morgue undertaken in charge of the re
mains Of all the beneficial public mea
-nres done to death by the omnipotent
head OF the oligarchy first lieutenant
to the owner and proprietor Of our pop
ular' branch of Congress, prominent
lawyer, able politician, almos, states
man; equipped with II great natura
and with all the immense power OF
patronage acquired during seven terms
in Congress. On the other side, privat,
citizen Lenroot rather young; defeated
two years ago in u contest for the nom
nation for governor; without any par
ticuIar professional or political accom-
plishments; without money Thes,
two, and between them the republican
voters chose by ballot They chos,
l4enroot jenkins will stay at home. II,
haa been Informed in plain terms tina
his constituents do not favor an oligarch,
IN the House, nor the domination of
speaker, nor the ruthless killing of bill
designed for the public good and favor
ed by president and congress, that the,
want a congressman who will represen
them and not the trusts, who will com
ply with the demands, not of boss or
speaker, but Of his constituents who pu
him there. There Is no question AZ t,
the meaning Of the verdict. All through
the primary campaign Lenroot attacked
Cannoni1m and jenkins connection
with 1t, aud Jenkins defended.
1t cannot be doubted that Lenroot i
the inferior Of his defeated opponent |,
experience and ability. Have, then