Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-10-05
VOL. LV.-No. 4S
NOMINEE FOR GOVERNOR
MEETS WITH SPLENDID
RECEPTIONS

Three meetings were held on Sun
day last in Marathon County in the
interests of the gubernatorial cam
paign of Colonel Robert B. Mccoy,
Democratic candidate. Two other
speakers appeared on the program
with the colonel at Marathon, Athens
and Edgar, Willis V. Silverthorn, a
son of the late Judge w. c. Silver
thorn, who is candidate on the DEM
ocratic ticket for secretary of state,
and Karl Mathie of this city.
Excellent Meetings
At Marathon. to which the Demo-
cratic party of fifteen motored Sun
day morning, a crowd of 200 people
filled the hail. The party which ac-
companied the colonel and Mr.. Sill
verthorn, was composed of Karl
Mathie, T. H. Ryan, Kurt Beyreis,
Karl Schmidt, Major ]. r. Bryant,
Major Abraham, Walter Wiedemann,
Louis B. Ziebel. j. p. Riley, Norman
Haase; c. n. Flemming, Walter NJ.
Barden and E. B. Thayer, Jr. The
meeting was presided over by DIR. 2.
j. Taugher, the well known Marathon
physician, who introduced the speak
and many more messed the address
because of the forest fires surround
ing the village The meeting at Ed
gar was held Sunday evening at 7:15
and the theatre hall in which the
meeting was held was filled to over
bOwing. More than 300 persons were
present.
81 am glad to bring back by word
of mouth the success of that first
lieutenant of Marathon who was
finally raised to the grade OF
major, Major F. L. Gottschalk, to
bring back the knowledge of that won
derful intuitive strategy that he pos
sessed, tC tell of how he occupied a
woods just prior to the order from
headquarters that it be TAKEN" the
colonel declared at Marathon. 81 am
highly pleased also to look into the
faces of boys who served in the ranks
because when we were forced to adopt
the French methods of fighting we
found ourselves in a mighty difficult
strait. We found ourselves obliged
to advance over hills, wales, and every
type of ground, and the privates
solved more problems of occupancy
than any other group. To them is due
the credit for that persistency, char
acteristic throughout the war and the
success which resulted.
Resents Charges
I'VE, in Wisconsin, have been
charged with disloyalty l reserve the
right to defend the patriotism of those
of Germanic names on every plat
form from which | speak. | resented
il in Waco when 500 men were sent
10 other camps because of suspected
dislOyalty When as a result of al
enlistment campaign at the start oi
the war, we jumped from 1900 tC
$4,000 volunteers in the state, many
of them beiRg from Germanic settle
ments. that alone was a refutation
could recite many incidents which
refute charges of disloyalty. On one
platform where | appeared a Germa,
editor took the stand as an American
which resulted in the enlistment O
over 100 men, and when | returned t.
Shawano l learned that twenty-eigh
of them had given their lives. From
as many platforms as l can speak,
shall carry the message that Wiscon
sin was not disloyal
I'VE have heard much of the Non
partisan league. Men are thinkin,
today. Mere partisanship has gon,
to the rear. The junior senator from
Montana last week issued a reques
that Democrats in Montana vote tn
straight Republican ticket In tn
state of Wisconsin the senior senate
takes the stand that both old partie
have failed. Gilbert E. Roe. his for
mer partner. took the stand in tn
committee of forty-eight. Thinkin
men have come to the conclusion
that they must take a definite stand
The Nonpartisan league, Socialism
BOlShevism, Sovietism-all thes
movements are but manifestation
of Socialistic propaganda that seek