The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-08-15
PAYS RESPECTS TO WHALEy
Declares His Opponent for Nomination
Is Being Taken from War Service to
Aid Political Cause Urges League
of Nations to Keep Peace.

to the finish and the kaiser must be
finished 1t is now either freedom and
democracy, or, autocracy and Prussiar
military despotism. / stand for de
mocracyl The spirit of my ancestor
seems to appear before me; he, who 1
life's blood ebbed away upon the battle
field Of Lundy's Lane, for one of the
grievances which caused us to declare
war against the German Imperial
government. My mind goes farther
back to those noble pioneers of liberty
of 1776, who pledged their lives, THEN
fortunes, and their sacred honor that
we, their children, might be free and
independent. Let US emulate these
men, speed up, and do our utmost, Ell
terrain no base thought of what il
there in it, Or, does it pay? But
ever, and, at all times, keep in view
liberty and democracy, for which we
must work, strive and fight until it is
perfectly and completely attained
With this ringing call to loyalty and
with blast of defiance to his critics
and his opposition in his own party
Calvin Stewart opened his campaign
for the Democratic nomination fol
member of Congress in Kenosha, on
Saturday night, speaking at the corner
of Main and Wisconsin streets.
While the "keynoten speech came
unheralded, a considerable crowd OF
people heard the Kenesha candidate
They cheered his sentiments of loyalty
to the echo and applauded his defiance
to the other candidates in the race.
Mr. Stewart had much to say Of the
candidates which had followed the
great war in Europe. He spoke at
length on the proposed league Of ma
tions to enforce peace which he mod
estly admitted that he had suggested
and which he claimed was now receiving
active support by many prominent men
of the nation, regardless of party.
He declared that SO far as he was
concerned politics was adjourned fol-
the period of the war and that his
greatest interest in the political battles
about to be fought was to secure repre-
sentatives in Congress who would stand
firmly behind the President and the
nation. He did not mince words in
referring to his opponent Villas Whaley
of Racine. In speaking Of other men
in the fight for the congressional
nomination, he said:
lin Racine, the patriotic voters OF
this district have two fine birds to Sc
lect from. Mr.. Cooper, the Republican
candidate, has already pleased thu
kaiser by voting against war. Mr.
Whaley, the Democratic candidate, is
now pleasing the kaiser by trying tc
escape service, for, he cannot serve his
government in Congress and in the
navy at the same time.
"He was drafted under the selective
service act and placed in Glass by
the local exemption board. He is
within draft age and single man
An appeal was taken from the local
board to the district board to have his
deferred. The district
board refused to defer his classification
and left him in Glass l. Thereafter,
an appeal was made to the adjutant
general and governor Of the state, who
refused to defer the classification aud
said that he was properly classified. It
was up to Whaley then to go war to
serve his country as your sons and
brothers are now serving.
"Whaley, as soon as he learned his
could not be deferred,
slipped it over on 'em by joining the
navy as some of his ill-advised friends
now claim), and went to the Great
Lakes Naval Training Station. Be
fore he had been at the training sta
ton long enough to have his health
tested, it is claimed that his
said friends urged him to become can
didate for Congress and he accepted
the call.
Now, there are plenty young farm
ers in this district, young mechanics,
young professional and business men,
and others who had as much right to
have their classification deferred as
this young Racine lawyer, and sub
nit to all fair minded men that Whaley
has no right to draw a congressman $
salary and serve in the navy or to step
out of the navy and occupy a seat in
Congress after he has taken an oath to
serve his country in the navy dur
ing the period of the war.
"That is the reason why I have
made this rather blunt and homely
statement that the patriotic people of
this district have two fine birds to Sc
lect from in Racine.
Under ordinary circumstances, and
on account of my long and active as
ISOLATION with the Democratic party, I
would refrain from entering into any
controversy with my Democratic OPP
ponent at the primaries, and / would
support him, or at least remain passive