Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-06-24

no conscience, all bowels and no
heart, all greed and no generosity.
Our party-and with shame say it
has been turned into vest-pocket as
set of this vile corporation. For
months past, and more especially to-
day, you have seen what its power is,
as opposed to the power of the more
honest citizens of our party. 1t won
to-day, it won yesterday, and it won
the day before 1t always has won.
1t rests with us here to-day, now and
in this hour, to decide whether new
Proclamation of Emancipation is to be
issued or whether the great Demo
cratic party in the Mountain State
shall continue to be the chattel, the
credulous. simple. weakened, back
homeless, hopeless, helpless, victim of
the greediest, most corrupt railroad
that ever trailed it's steel shackles
across the face of the earth. Whether
or not the Boss-guided Machine shall
beat us to earth and hold us there for
ever We have tried reforming the
party from the inside, and we have
failed Has the time come to reform
it from the outsider"
He paused, and the answer came.
From the Conover hosts went up a
shout of mo! MOI" mingled with hiss
and groan. But instantly, from a
great scattered mass Of the audience,
and from the Standish delegates on
the floor, there arose an outburst Of
cheering that drowned the barking
negatives of what had been but ten
short minutes before majority of
that convention.
The effect of this outburst was di
verse on it's hearers. With Standish
himself it acted as a tonic, as an cleo
tric battery which gave him added
force and vigor for what he had yet
to say. Karl Ansel it seemed for the
moment to Supply and paralyze. Con
overs lieutenants it threw into a state
of CONSERVATION, which approached
frenzy, panic, Decentralization. They
ran aimlessly to and fro, comforting
excitedly in hoarse whispers.
Conover, alone, from his den at the
rear of the stage, smiled to himself
and gave no other sign of interest,
standish was speaking again, and
now behind him stood Karl Ansel re-
covering from his amaZement, and in
tent to catch his leaders every word.
II tell you,,' Numbered Give, beside
himself with excitement, 1--WE have got
to act-and to act now. l tell you that
the people of this State, irrespective
of party, are waiting for half chance
to throw off the yoke Of the railroad
of the Machine. All over this coun-
try of ours bosses are being over
thrown. They are going down to ruin
in the wreckage of their own Ma
chimes and it is the PEOPLE who are
downing them. The day of Bossism
is passing passing forever. We came
into this convention as free men.
Some Of us did. And I for one pro-
pose to walk out of it free man. If
we go before the people of this State
on the issue of honest government as
opposed to dishonesty, l tell you that
we will win. 1t only needs man
with a match, and the nerve to use
that match to start a confagration
that will burn party ties to cinders
and leave a free, emancipated people.
"Let them call me bolter, if they
will! Let them call me traitor, in
CRATE renegade! I would rather be
bolter than a thief | would rather
rip my party, dearly as l love it, to
rags and tatters, than to sacrifice my
own self-respect any longer!
Eyes, they may call me bolter, and
properly so, for am going to bolt
this convention! is there man who
will follow me out of doors? Out Of
the filthy atmosphere of this Machine
ridden, Boss-owned convention into
the pure sunshine of Gods own peo-
ple?"
In the midst of an indescribable
tumult, in which Kisses and cheers
were madly intermingled, Give Stan
dish leaped off the platform, cleared
the orchestra railing and strobe up
the middle aisle toward the open door
at the far end of the hall.
And then strange thing occurred.
Karl Ansel, as man wakened from
dream, rubbed his eyes, and peered
for a moment at Gives retreating
back. Then with yell that shook the
rafters, he, too, bounded over the rail
and FASTENED up the aisle behind his
leader.
The delegates from Wills and Mata-
wan counties arose as one man, form
ing in procession behind Ansel and
Standish.
Down the steps from the gallery
came not one, nor dozen, but nine
tenths of those who had heard the
speech, including the very cream OF
the representative business element
Granite.
The remarkable scene was over in
almost less time than it takes to tell
of it. In a daZe sat the abandoned