The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-08-24
POLITICS

Governor Blaine addressed a large
gathering in front of the court house
last Friday evening in the interest of
his candidacy for the Republican nom
inatiOn for governor. The crowd was
estimated at 500 by the anti-La Fol
lette crowd and at over 5000 by the
| other persuasion.
1t was somewhere between the two,
certainly way over 500. The governor
gave the speech that is familiar to
those who read the newspapers and had
the crowd right with him. A large
part of his time was devoted to his
taxation issue, which he created. He
closed by warning his supporters
against over-confdence.
Monday night William Morgan, can
didate for the Republican nomination
for governor, held forth at the Opera
House. There was a good attendance.
+. l.. Kelley called the meeting to or
der and made a brief address ailuding
to Senator La Follette's theft of the
Republican convention in 1904 when it
was claimed Judge Baensch had a ma
iority of the legal delegates. Mrs. j.
A. Strathearn introduced Mr.. Morgan
in brief talk and the candidate
pitched in. There was naturally some
curiosity to learn what he would say
here on the war issue of La Toilette
and Blaine and he handled it frankly
and courageouSly but with tact. On
this question he said in part:
81 stopped off at Sheboygan for a
moment to see some relatives of mine,
What they told me in Sheboygan and
what some of my high school friends
told me here tonight has made me as
indignant as are those friends of mine,
loyal Americans of German ancestry.
They told me of the appeals that have
been made on behalf of La Toilette and
Blaine notably by the former to stir up
race feeling and bitterness over the
war.
"They tell me that men have dared
to come among you aspiring to the
highest Offices now within your gift
and tell you that your country waged
an unjust and unrighteous war,-that
our sons and brothers are not heroes
but victims. Senator La Fol
letie and Governor Blaine are welcome
to every dsloyal vote, if there be any
such among you. l want none of
them. | shall be content if among the
rc'ers f SernlaE ancestry nov living
in Manitowoc county only those who
love America more than they love any
other country will not vote for me.
"And on behalf of my boyhood
friends and companions who have been
and still are my best loved friends
want to resent the insult to their patri-
otism and to their honor, which is inn
piled in the assumption that their sup
port can be won by catering to dis
loyolty. To La Toilette and
Blaine, who seem to have assumed that
praise of Germany would carry them
further in some sections of our state
than praise of America, would say
study the record of enlistments in our
German Counties, study the record of
Liberty Loan subscriptions-Study the
record of Red Cross work, before you
make any such assumptions.
81 would gladly accept the division
they have tried to make of the votes in
Manitowoc county did | not so regret
any such division of our people, for if
only the disloyal voted for Blaine and
all the loyal of Manitowoc county vot-
ed for me | would receive from the
county of my boyhood's home the most
overwhelming majority ever received
by any candidate in any county of
Wisconsin"
He ran the whole gamut of the is
sues of the present campaign although
laboring under difficulties of bad
voice from his long campaign and
made out a good case, He was gener-
ously applauded.
Monday evening two women speak
crs addressed a large crowd from the
court house steps, Mrs. H. Greely, a
New York lawyer, and Miss Gena
Thompson of La Crosse were the ora
tors Miss Thompson made the usual
La Toilette speech and was well re
ceiyed. Mrs. Greedy was something
new to most of the outdoor crowd, a
woman brimming over with ideas
which she expressed in an easy fluent
English that was a delight. She is q
first class public speaker and held most
of the audience through a long pro
La Toilette talk that did not end until
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