The chronicle=news., 1912-10-25
SOCIALIST LEADER
HERE TOMORROW

EMIL oiucI' vice prcsluchtlaI can
didatc on the Socialis, ticket will be
In Trinidad tomorrow and viii
speak ut the West thcatcr tomorrow
night.
Emil Sciiel. OF Milwaukee. Wis.
the vice presidential candidate of
the Socialist party. is one OF the most
interesting figures in the politics OF
the nation today
At the rattcrnmakcrs bench.
where care ana accuracy count. Emil
Scidcl acquired his cnrncs, and con-
scIcntiOus spirit. He was only /:
years OF uae wncn he began work
His parents were Germans. but Il.
was born In Schuylkill County. Pa
ON December 10. 1864. Before he
had reached his fiftn year his family
had settled In Milwaukee.
This cutting short OF his school
Ing hus always been n serious re-
grct to Mr.. ScIdcl. and his sympathy
for tho young people dates back. nv
doubt. to the days when he first he
came n wage worker. after graiunt-
Ing from the Union School In the
Sixth Ward.
However. In hIs twcnty-scrpnh
year he went abroad To pcrfcc, him
self In hia trad" uf carving and de
signlng. Six years he lived In Ecr-
lin. working nj his trad. by iay aud
attending y trade school ~ Yl.a,
In 1892 he returned 10 Milwaukee.
He then added pattern making To hy
other trades. In 1898 he married
Mis- Lucy CciSsrI.
Long bcior" this. however. h. had
become u trad" union.st. Away back
in 1854 h" had helped 10 organize
the wood workcrs While In Hcriln
lie was iDcmh"r OF union. Later
he Joined the Milwaukee associ cia,ion
of pattern mntrrs, lie was also NJ
early worker In the Social,s; move
mcni. His bailu, was one Of u total
Of two Snclalis, votes In his prccinc;
In 1892. II would have been u rash
prophecy thcu to predict that he one
day he swept Into tn. mayors office
on u Socialist ticket.
The first Sc, -i;lst branch organ
lied In MIiwauks. enrolled him a. u
charter mcnibcr. Mr.. S.idc! served
1wn Germs ss alderman from the
twcnticir ward and In 1909 was
elected atldcrman at large. In 1910
ho was elected mayor OF Milwaukee
on tho Socialist ticket. winning out
over the Republican and Democratic
candidates.
After his inauguration people
who were accustomed to Tho easy .o-
inK ways Of previous officials were
astonlshsd To find the mayor with
his sleeves rolled up. toiling carly
and late at his official duties. As
time wcH, on. however. shey iiscov-
cred that this spirit OF .arncs, and
conscientious work was The ruling
spirit OF the new administration. Tho
work OF Nr. Scitlcl. the pattcrnmak-
cr-mayor. has been in line with the
impulse OF thorouIhncss and accur-
him. while set u young wage worker.
to cross ,ls' ocean and undergo long
wear Of hard work and study In order
to become an expert in his own
trade.
Mr.. Scidcl was the candidate OF his
party for reelection In April OF this
year when the Republicans and Dem,
ocrats combined their forces TO Gus;
the Socialists from the city hall. AL
though the Socialists increased their
vote 27.O0O IN 1910 to over 10000
this year. they were unable TO over
como the vote OF the combination
this year. This they hope to do In
the municipal election of 1919.
When the national convention OF
tho Socialist party met at Indianapo-
lis. Ind. in May. Emil Seidol was
unanimously chosen as tho vice prcsi.
dcEttal candidate OF tho Sociaiis,
party. and is now making u campaign
tour that will cover every state in
the milton.