Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-04-27

United States District Attorney Will
lam M. Wheelan of Wisconsin has re-
signed Office to become Wisconsin attor-
ney for the Chicago and Northwestern
Railway.
1t is reported that Gov. Smith, of the
Philippines, will resign his executive po-
sition and sail for San Francisco May 10,
to resume the practice of law which he
abandoned when the Spanish-American
war began.
In Chicago interview William ]. Bry-
an said that the fact that Nebraska had
adopted the Oregon plan for electing Sen
ators had no connection with the candi
dacy Of any one. He had urged its adop
ton, but did not know yet whether he
would be candidate for the Senate or
not. He said: I'm many ways it is at
tractive. 1t is the position to which
aspired when a boy, but | had rather do
the work that has fallen to me as a pri-
vate citizen than to hold any Office, even
that of Senator" At the same time at
tention has been drawn to the new cam.
paign begun through Bryan's paper, the
Commoner, which is sending urgent let.
tiers signed by Bryan's brother, Charles
w, to persons willing to undertake the
work of organizing local clubs. Each
letter contains several posters headed,
''Mr. Bryan's Plans," and naming the vi.
tai issues, as the tariff, postal savings
banks imperialism, State rights, primary
laws inheritance tax, initiative and ref
erendum and recall commission form OF
government for cities, regulation of rail
roads and other corporations, popGiar
election of Senators and income tax.
A big drought was heralGed in nineteen
of the twenty-Seven counties of Michi-
gan where local option elections were
held the other day. and COO saloons, to-
gether with ten breweries, were voted
out of existence. On the same day, one
more county in Kentucky joined the dry
column, Boyd, making the total Of nine
ty-six prohibition counties in the State
famed for its dstilleries. The rural sec
ton of Long Island, New York, voted to
license the saloons for the next two years
The Alabama Supreme Court has upheld
the State prohibition law, unanimously.
this being the second decision in favor Of
the Statewide law. It's enforcement win
now oe begun vigorously. Coy. Shallen-
berger has signed the daylight saloon
BILL" under which the sale Of liquor will
be fcrbid except between Z a. m. and
p. M, afteI July 6. Two more counties
voted wet in Indiana, Cass and Black
ford, but by a close majority, and the
drys claiming Cass. Official vote to de-
eide.
Republican supremacy in the chicago
City Council viii continue as e result
Of the recent election in that city. The
Democrats increased their number of
seats from twenty-six to twenty-nine.
The Massachusetts, Legislature, in
joint session, had a hot fight over the
choice of a successor to Treasurer Chs
pin, who had been made savings bank
commissioner. Senator Stevens was the
choice, Notwithstanding the fact that il
was pointed out that the constitution d.
reefs that the choice must be from the
people at large" The seating Of Stevens
is to be contested in the courts.
Several of the prominent Socialists
have made replies to the Roosevelt at
tack in the Outlook on their political
faith. these generally appearing 10 the
Socialist papers. But one, that by Joseph
MedilI Patterson, the wealthy Chicago
an. appeared in the Chicago Record
Herald Of recent date. AS to the charge
that Socialists preach free love, Patter-
son replies: They do-in this sense
That they believe woman should me eco
nomicaily independent, so that when the
time comes for her to nnrry she may
give herself to the man she loves, not sell
herself in married prostitution TO the sui.
tor with the most money"
Harvey Sullivan, a brother Of State
Senator Sullivan, Of Saltwater, Mimi,
has been NAMED 10 oe United States Mar
shall in Alaska. Harvey Sullivan has
lived in the territory for many years. lie
makes his headquarters at Valdez.
Gov. Hughes of New York has sent to
the Legislature his Recommendation for
the direct nominations bill, which has
excited the angry opposition Of the ma
chine Republicans IL proposes the nam
ing Of candidates through party commit
tees, instead Of the convention x-stem.
the candidates for the committees to be
named by petition signed b. . special
number Of voters annually.