Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-10-05

tOl. He De MCSoN
whom had been invited to meet the
Colonel by MajorsF L. Gottschalk and
j. R. Bryant, who served with Colonel
Mccoy i'll the 32nd division, the col
onel himself having commanded the
1913 Infantry. The demonstration was
informal and practically every ex-
service man who attended was en-
abled to meet and to talk for a sec
ond with the man whom all de-
clared would be the next governor of
the state of Wisconsin. Among the
faces whom the colonel declared were
very familiar, were Major Bryant
Major GottSchalk, Lieutenant Drake
Captain Lucas, Major Abraham, Lieu
tenant McLennan, and not few pri-
Yates who had served with that di-
vision. In his brief address to the ex-
service men, after an introduction by
Patrick T. Stone, chairman of the
Democratic county committee, the
colonel emphasized the fact that he
was entering this campaign with hard
ly any organization behind him; that
Mr.. Silverthorn and he were making
the state alone; that he would not ask
the support of the eX-service men col
lectively because he knew too well
the tenants of the American Legion
and other organizations, which forbid
political activity as a body. But he
did emphasize the fact that each and
every individual might do much to as
sist him in carrying out to success
his campaign unorganized as it might
be. Among the audience of ex-serv-
ice men were distinguished many
staunch Republicans who indicated
their intention of supporting Colonel
Mccoy
introduced by Stone
Il am appearing here as an individ-
ual, but not as the commander of the
American Legion post" declared Mr..
Stone, who introduced the first speak
er of the evening, w V. Silverthorn
at the Opera House "This meeting
augers we'll for success. The day of
hard-shelled Democrats and moss
backed Republicans is gone. am
going to vote for one man on the Re-
publican state ticket myself, Mr..
Morgan, who has taken his stand with
Colonel Mccoy against the Nonparti-
san league. Those two men are
standing on common ground They
are lighting a common cause"
w. V. Silverthorn, candidate for
secretary OF state, then talked on the
Nonpartlsan league, showing how with
It's 10000 members in Wisconsin and
with 10000 to $4,000 allied with it. the
organization has succeeded in placing
on the Republican ticket men who
stand solidly for its program.
Eat the platform convention, re-
Gently held, when the Republicans
adopted platform repudiating the
Nonpartisan league, these same men
had not the courage of their convic
tons to come before the people with
out camouf1age. The election of our
Republican governor, so-called, a
lieutenant governor and a secretary
OF state and numerous legislative of
hcers, would mean that the organiza-
ton imported from ~ Dakota gains a
foothold III the community and the
night cannot but become more severe"
Colonel Mccoy
Following Mr.. Silverthorn, Mr..
Stone introduced Colonel Mccoy, who
was given splendid ovation by the
audience before he commenced his
talk. Mr.. Stone in introducing the
Colonel, said: IF there is one man in
wisconsin who comes out of the
World war loved, it is Colonel Nc
Coy. The patriotic record of the col
onel runs from the Spanish war to the
Argonne Forest"
1T is with great deal of pleasure
that can come to Wausau, because |
ind old comrades of the Spanish
American war and / remember Cap
tain Abraham, who had command of
company at the same time that |
was captain of Company L in the
same regiment" said Col. Mccoy. at
is a pleasure TO look into the face of
captain Lucas, who led the bows to
the front, and Major Bryant, to whom.
think, L owe my life; of Drake and
that other youngster from Wausau.
than perhaps no other soldier in Wis
consln exceeded in his record of eff
tlclency, strategy and ability to meet
front-llne conditions-that youngster.
who from the grade of lieutenant. it
was my pleasure TO see advanced to
the grade of major-Major Gottsehalk.
Recently friend said to me: Nc
~N@t sS0 lAiS OI q 0SDI
you had before. 1t is fight of low
atty against disloyalty.' 1 said: No
Tor | have been travelling about de-
nying that charge of disloyalty. From
the soldiers standpoint, / want to
emphasize the untruth of it. Run
down the names of those men in the
SIND DiviSion-many of them were
common household words across the
Kline. An example of their fidelity /
remember at Leona one night, when
10 men were present. most of them
not having their first papers. When 1
told them l could not accept them
they purposed going to Crandon the
following morning. / went with them.
They obtained their first papers
walked into the private office at hand
and IA enlisted. These men were NOT
subject TO draft. When this country
was threatened. these men were al.
of them ready to meet the call of the
emergency.
Laws from Masses
Our republican laws come from
the masses. Therefore the reduction