The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-08-22
THURDAY, AUGUST %, 1918.
The Ingratitude Of Cooper.

tude OF henry Alien Hooper. LII
speeches made all over the District
the Congressman has numerically
abused the men who have opposed him
in this campaign. He has attributed
to them the basest Of methods and even
baser motives in suggesting that he
had outlived his usefulness in Wash
ington and that another should be nam
cd to succeed him.
Fully ninety percent Of the men
who are now active in opposing Mr..
Cooper for reelection have in the
past been his closest political, asso-
ciates. They have in other years been
his "right hand men," They have
stood with him and for him in thir-
teen campaigns. Many of them have
Rided financially in electing him to Of
fee and yet he stands today on a plat
form calling these men names and at
tributing to them the basest of methods.
He shouts that they are the tool of
'fbig interests and some times "spe-
cial interests" Certainly these men
have not changed their whole life just
because they believe that Mr. Cooper
has not represented this district and
for this reason he should give way
to some one who would be representa-
tive of the district. If they represent
special interests now they must have
had leaning toward those same spe-
eial interests when they were urging
The election Of Mr.. Cooper in former
PEARS.
The ingratitude Of Mr.. Cooper is
glaring. Because some one has sug-
gested that he has not a life hold on
The job of being congressman from
the First Wisconsin District Mr..
Cooper is desperately peeved. Instead
Of argument he hurries to use abuse.
His action is the action of every poll
tician who has been asked to give up
what he considered his "life hold" on
public Office.
These men are opposing Mr.. Cooper
today because he refused to stand up
boldly and represent this district in
Congress. Because he leaned to the
side of German frightfulness-bec
he voted against the declaration of
war - because these men could no
longer stomach Mr. Cooper's friend
ship to Germany and things German.
They have no selfish interests in
this campaign. If they had taken the
course of least resistance and forgotten
their loyalty and their patriotism they
would have followed their old habit
Of twenty-six years and just gone on
voting for Cooper.
The Racine Times Gail in recent
editorial sounds the slogan for opposi-
ton to Mr.. Cooper. 1t says:
Thousands of citizens in the First
Congressional district have recognized
for years Mr.. Cooper's incapacity and
lack of constructive leadership, but
they have good naturally tolerated
him because he did not do any harm
and, after a fashion transacted the
business pertaining to the district.
But when, in the great national crisis
which reached it's climax April 5, 1917,
Mr.. Cooper failed to vote to protect
the honor and integrity of his coun-
try, when he voted and spoke against
war and thereby sought to bow to the
insolent and lawless demands of the
German government, they realized, as
loyal citizens, that the time had come
for a change.
AS their, representative he voted and
spoke forsthem and they do not pro-
pose that any man shall sit in the
House of Representatives and commit
them to the yellow dog policy of an
ignominious surrender to the demands
of the despotic gang of international
brigands who control the government
of Germany.
When the time came they took the
necessary. steps that will lead to Mr..
Cooper's retirement to private life
where he can never again misrepresent
the patriotism of the great loyal citi-
zenry Of this district and attempt to
@SAU NANo SASdb 1I66 udbAOn INTO a sur
render of its rights to the autocratic
and despotic German government.
Naturally, Mr.. Cooper is angry be-
cause he is to be separated from Uncle
Sans payroll where he has browsed
for twenty-five years. But he has only
himself to blame.
Had he represented the brave and
loyal free men of this district as they
have the right to be represented, had
there famed mp in his heart the cour-
age to defend his country and their
country from encroachment on its
rights and dignity by Germany or
any other country in this great world
crisis, had he not favored course Of
action that would have dipped Old
Glory in the mire> of international dis
grace by submission to the demands
Of Germany, he could probably have