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TEBJfS OF THEWISCOMIIS. Dllly WlBconsIn, one year, ty JJaliy Witcoosln, months, by Daily WlKbiurfn, tironionUis, by Wtoconrin, poMjmW, one wSthtng ttietr addratia chanaei mutt ffirepreviout addratat veUat Oie new one. Editor of WEEKLY WISCOKSIN eat catlont. Contributor! or corrapondentt mai ittrire to potteet Ijieir manutcripts, if umaea, tnouia ltqfa AIKENS CRAMER. Milwaukee, Wiiconnn.

OCT. 11. 189O. STATE TICKET. For WILLIAM D.

HOARD, of Fort Atkinson. For JOSEPH B. TREAT, of Monroe. For Secretary of EDWIN D. COE, of Whitewater.

For State ALBERT B. GEILFUSS, of Milwaukee For JAMBS O'NEILL, of Ncillsville. For State LORENZO D. HARVEY, of Oshkosh. For Railroad SEVER E.

BRIM, of Eau Claiie, For Insurance DAVID SCHREINER, of Lancaster. For United States JOHN C. SPOONER, of Hudson. THE VOICE OF GREAT AMERICANS ON TH! EDUCATIONAL ISSUE. 1 Promote, then, on object of primary tm portftncc.

Institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion the structure of government gives force to public opinion, It Is essential that pnbllc opinion should be en WaiMngton't Farewell Addrea. No other sure foundation the diffusion of.knowleflge among the can be devised for the preservation of freedom and happiness. If anybody thinks that kings, nobles or priests are good conservators of pnbllc happiness, senc him here. It IB the best school In the universe to cure him of that Tlumai Jefferson writing from France 1o friend in Virginia, in 1870.

Preach, my dear sir, a crusade against Igno ranee, and Improve the law for educating the common Tluntua Jcfferiou'i letter tc George Wytlic. A well-Instructed people alone can be per jnanently a free annual meaage offrettacnt Jtadieon. If we are to have another contest In the near future of our national existence, I predict that the dividing Jlnewlll not be Mason and Dlxon's, but between patriotism and intelligence on the one side, and superstition, ambition, and Tlgno- rance on the other. Now is a good time to begin the work of strengthening the founda- -tlouB of the structure commenced by our patriotic forefathers 100 years ago fit Lexington. Let us all labor to aid all needful guarantees for the security of free thought, free speech, a free press, pure morals, unfettered religious sentiments, and equal rights and privileges to nil men, irrespective of nationality, color or rcllg- Jon Encourage free schools, and resolve that not one dollar appropriated for their support shall be appropriated to the support of any sectarian school.

Resolve that neither the state nor the nation, nor both combined, shall support institutions of learning other than those sufficient to afford to every child growing up In the land the opportunity of a good common school education, unmixed with sectarian, pagan, or atheistical dogmas. Leave the matter of religion to the family altar, the church, and Ihe private school supported entirely "by private contributions. Keep the church and the state forever separate. With these safeguards, I believe the battles which created the Army of the Tennessee will not have been fought in Oranf frcech at Da Hoinet, la. SO, 1S7S.

Shall a Wise Child-ljabor Statute be Repealed? There is nothing in the Bennett school law which so justly merits support by people and maintenance among our statutes as its well-considered, carefully drawn, and comprehensive clauses respecting tne labor of children under 13 years of age in our factories and workshops. The advocates of the Bennett law knew that the previous statutes of Wisconsin were BO incomplete in this regard as to be of service in protecting young children from being severely worked at a time when they be learning the English language to fit themselves for the proper duties of manhood and citizenship. Heretofore a child at as tender an age as 8 years could be worked by cruel or avaricious parents eight hours a day for of the year. Tbie is a startling fact, and should be remembered by every voter, inasmuch as the Democratic party of Wisconsin has solemnly declared that the Bennett child labor law is "unnecessary, unwise, unconstitutional, uu-Democraticand un- Think of these monstrous BBsevervations against a just and reasonable statute, embodied in an English education law in order to give completeness to the child's education, so that When he is taken from the factory he. will be sent to school.

Even "when the Democratic party abased itself and bowed down to the Dagon of slavery, it was scarcely in so humiliating and so degrading a position as it occu-. pies to-day in its crusade against English education of children and against astringent statute to prevent children of tender years from being overworked, deformed in body and dwarfed in mind. England; though a monarchy, has a stronger statute against the abuse of child labor than existed in Wisconsin previous to the incorporation of the child-labor clauses in the Bennett school law. They Were aCaenanimoiu lieadera The current jmrnber of Belford'a Magazine contains the conclusion of an account by Admiral Porter of Lincoln's entry into Richmond. One of the incidents of the martyr president's return from the rebel capital seems to indicate that the spirit of inagnanimity which Gen.

Grant BO nobly exhibited" at Ap- veas kindred-with the loVe for the misguided enemies of the Union, filled Abraham Lincoln's large heart, i It would to show thai President Lincoln and Gen, eome -conferences as to how Che rebelsBhWd be treated in the jln 1 tter'a flagship; the Malvern, arrived at City Point on the return from Richmond, the Presides was rowed ashore in one, of the Mai tern's boats. On the -way, 'the boa passeil a transport containing 1,000 hungry rebel prisoners who were bein supplied -with food. They -were a good natnred lot of rebels, and as the presS dential boat swept by them they hailed the President with "Halloo, Abe, your bread and meat is better than po; Lincoln's eyes shone -wit! fatherly love as he tamed to Admiral Porter and said: "They will neve shoulder a musket in anger, if Grant is wise he wlUleave theih their guns to shoot crows with, and their horses to plow with; it -will do nc harm." When Gen. Lee was permitted by Gen. Grant to retain bis sword, wb.il the men of bis command were allows to ride home on their horses begin new life by figuratively beating their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks, whicl was indicated by President fatherly remark in the presence of the ragged and hungry rebel prisoners 01 the off City Point was into effect.

Republican Protectionists and tbi Trusts. A Washington correspondent of New York paper quotes Senator John Sherman as having expressed himsel as follows in the discussion regarding bill in the Senate oh Monday The great thing that stood in the way the success of the bill, he said, was whether or not the manufacturers of this country would permit free competition in the American market The danger was that the beneficiaries ot the. bill would combine and cheat the people out of the benefits the law. They were now given reasonabli and ample protection, and if they would resist the temptation attaching to great aggregations of capital to combine anc advance prices they might hope for a season ot (Treat prosperity. But Mr.

Sherman warned them that they went into pooh; and combinations, and made "corners," they would so offend the people that the protective tariff would disappear with great rapidity. He did hope, the Senator concluded, that the manufacturers would the doors to fair competition and Its benefits to the people. "If they said Mr. Sherman, "I shall be as ready to vote for the repeal of this law as I am now ready to vote for it" These remarks do not appear in Tuesday's Congressional Record, Senator Sherman having withheld them for revision; but that what he said was in substance as reported there is no reason to doubt, the sentiment which is thus expressed being in accord with that the Republican party. It is just as well that capitalists who are inclined to combine for the purpose of subjecting the people to extortion should be told in plain terms by a recognized Republican leader that the Republican party will not support them in such sinister enterprise.

The object oj a protective tariff is to help the people by developing home to assist rings and combinations to fleece consumers. The Democratic chum that trusts are an especial prodnctof a protective tariff is false, as is demonstrated by the, fact that there are trusts in free-trade England, and also by the existence ol trusts in this petroleum trust may be cited as an which the commodity affected is not protected by the tariff. Indeed, it is easy to show that the tariff system endorsed by the Republican by the way if? the party that originated and passed the anti-trust possible the infliction of condign punishment upon manufacturers who combine for the practice of extortion. Contemporaneously with the announcement of the enactment of the new tariff, the public has received information of the organization of a combination of carpet manufacturers by whom prices of Brussels carpets are expected to be jerked up 25 per cent Let all such greedy schemers be warned by the fate -which has befallen the manufacturers of bindine twine, who organized a trust which took unfair advantage of the farmer by charging him extortionate prices for twine, and who now witness the summary withdrawal of nearly the whole of the protection that they formerly en- ioyed. Expand the Irangs.

The reasons for the relative immunity from pulmonary consumption in Colorado are discussed by Dr. H. B. Moore, ot Colorado Springs, in the current num- aer of the New York Medical Journal. The prevalent sunshine, the dry soil and the consequent dry air, and the rarefied of the atmosphere, are the prime influences which stimu- ate the consumptive and re-establish lie health.

But there is another influence which makes for health that may ie consulted by those who are not financially able to go to Colorado, and that is, full and proper use of the lungs. Tjpon this point Dr. Moore says: the most conspicuous effects of high altitudes is the increased expansive power of the lungs. This fact Is so generally known and recognized that it needs no comment it signifies, of course, that, owing to the atmospheric attenuation, to fully meet the needs of the system greater respiratory activity is necessary, and that lortionsof the lungs but little used at sea- evel are brought into requisition, and the whole organ takes on increased functional activity -with all the incidental nutritive advantages, according to the known law that tubercle has a special affinity for organs that functionate incompletely, and its converse, that their power of resistance md vitality exhibit a direct ratio to their micbonal activity. If those -who have weak Junga would put their breathing organs through a aurseof daily exercise, filling them to the utmost with expanding every cell-without any -violent straining, bey would gradually increase their ung power, strengthen the circulation of their blood, improve their digestion, and reestablish bodily vigor.

'Non-use atrophy, either in lungs ot in muscles, and we should: pay as much attention to tang gymnastics, ao to speak, as we do to exercise of the egg and A half-used lung is, more likely to be the seat oft than a full lung ible to throw oft germs andvOtheriixrJ did Brown.XXJtmty' neighbors because 1 opportunity to 'revenge hirnsfflf' upon them. If these old neighbors of Soquet will ann themselves in as mncbj guns and pot energy in. the miscreant as they occasionally do in gunning for little and gray rabbits, Brown County will be too lot as a hiding place for Soqnet. Insure Spooner'a He-election. The legislative caucuses of this year are made very important by the "fact that the 'Democrats are putting forth desperate efforts to capture the in order to elect Wm.F."Vilas to succeed John C.

Spooner in the United States Senate. The Republicans hare in the caucuses which have thus far been held made very good selections, and if the like care is exercised in making the remaining nominations Mr. Spooner's return to the Senate will be assured. It will be observed -Tory prominent Democrats are not averse to making efforts to secure election to the Legislature. Mayor Pratt, of Oshkosh, was sufficiently prominent in his party to make him a candidate for some time for the gubernatorial nomination.

When he retired from the race for the place at the head of the ticket he was mentioned for the Congressional nomination in his district, but he declined that honor, and is now the Democratic candidate for state senator. John Winans, of Janesville, went through a similar mill of honorable preferment, and is now also a candidate for state. senator. If the Democrats were not straining themselves to beat Mr. Spooner, Messrs.

Pratt and Winans and others almost as prominent in the Democratic party would not deign to run for seats in the Legislature. The nomination of Paul Bechtner in the Fifth Senatorial District is a good one, and if the Republicans of the district do their duty they will elect Mr. Bechtner over Baron Cotzhansen. And what can be said of the duty of the voters of the Fifth District may be said as to the duty of voters in every senatorial and assembly district. The struggle for the election of the Republican legislative candidates should be continuous and unyielding.

Failure to return Mr. Spooner after his very effective work of six years in the highest council of the nation would put disgrace upon the state. The very thought of any such contingency should nerve Republican voters to fight with great vigor for their legislative candidates until the polls are declared closed on the evening of the 4th of November. OUR STANDARD BEARERS. William Dempster Hoard was born at Stockbridge, Madison County, N.

father being a Methodist minister. He came to Wisconsin in 1858, and at first located at Oak Grove, Dodge County. Later he moved to Lake Mills, and since 1873 has lived in Fort Atkinson, where he edits several agricultural publications. He served through the war, first in the Fourth Wisconsin Infantry and afterward in the New York Light Artillery. He has held many honarable positions, and is now for the twelfth time president of the Northwestern Dairymen's Association.

In 1888 he was elected governor, receiving 175,636 votes, against 155,423 votes for James Morgan, Democrat; for E. G. Dn- rant, Prohibitionist, and 9,196 for D. F. Powell, Union Labor.

Joseph B. Treat, ot' Monroe, Republican candidate for lientenant-gov- 1 srnor, was born in Prono, Me, in 1836. EEe came to Wisconsin in 1860, and a ew years later went into business as iry goods merchant. He has been ruBtee for the village of Monroe, and repeatedly served in the state Senate. bom in said is 50 years educated" at, Waviand-'University and the State Ha before graduating.

fie served thevwar for -two and was discharged on injuries received in the service. He has been chief clerk in the Assembly-for- several years. Albert B. GeOfuss, candidate for state treasurer, is a native of Saxony, where he waa born on March 1,1847. His father brought the family to Milwaukee in 1851.

In 1861 Albert B. Geilfuss graduated from the German- English Academy, with high honors. He was teller of Merchants' National Bank, and later: cashier of the Chamber of Commerce. In 1878 he was chosen city treasurer, and secured the position after a legal contest is now cashier of the Commercial Bank. He is a representative German-American, and very popular in social and business circles.

James candidate for attorney-general, is a graduate of the Madison University law department, and is now a practicing attorney in Neillsville. He has been district attorney of Clark County, and is considered and excellent lawyer. L. D. Harvey.

Republican candidate for superintendent of instruction, is about' 40 years old, and is a teacher at the State Normal School at Oshkosh. He is a graduate of Milton College, and is considered a ripe. scholar and experienced pedagogue. S. E.

Brimi, Republican candidate for insurance commissioner, was born in Lorn, Norway, and settled in Eau Claire in 1869. He is a merchant, and has been alderman, school commissioner and assemblyman. In ,1888 'he elected presidential elector for the state at large. David Schreiner'is soldier, and went to the war hL Secretary ROSK'B. company-, jmaking a fine He baa al 'an -outspoken ad-' herent-'Qf'the Bennett Jaw.land lor many yearsiiaabeen the leading'mem- beroTjthe and iaabeenidentifiea the caase of populaTyedne SENATOR SPOONER'S REMARKS ON THE.BENNETT 2fo Intortorenca Parental with fhe Eaw Only Do Not Temen.

Their the Following is the portion of Senate Spooner's speech at West Side Turne Milwaukee, which deals with th 3 Bennett compulsory educational law: Now, ladles and gentlemen, I turn, weary and having wearied you and cries of to a consideration for a erf moments, If I may do so, of the Issues of the state campaign But there is one issue in our state campaign which overshadows all other issues. It excites net only the interest of the people of SViscon- it has excited interest ot the people of the whole country. Thiacampaigp on this one issue is unique in the history of parties in our government. I intend to talk to yon upon it for a little while if you will listen to me, with directness and of speech. It is the Bennett law.

The Bennett law was passed, ladies anjd gentlemen, by the Legislature, under precisely the same circumstances which precede the enactment of a great number of bills by the Legislature. It was introduce cl as other bills are introduced, and it passed through both houses without debate, and without any division upon its enactment. The Republican party being in the majority is doubtless technically chargeable with the responsibility of its passage, and the Republican party never was, is not now, and never will be. a coward in the face -of responsibility. That technical responsibility it must take.

It cannot shirk if it would. That the Bennett law is a perfect law I bfe- lievo none of its friends insist; that it is not susceptible of which if enforced administration would lead to iariesittt JTOchlal schools; out to int whatever schools, harm and injustice, I do not find it necessary to-night to controvert, and I do not inow that the friends, so-called, of that law are disposed to controvert it One thing is certain, the objections which have been urged against it were all born of tie debate upon it which succeeded itspassag It was not pasted in redemption of aiy pledge of the Republican party, and neyi can be said as ft stands upon the statue book to be a party measure except in tlie qualified sense to which 1 referred a few moments ago. The first opportunity: that; the Republican party had to declare itself upon the subject was when a state convention met It is the convention and accredited delegates of a party, meeting together, and speaking the average judgment of the party which voices the party win and tne party judgment and which is a test of a party position upon any subject I say for myself that since this agitation beean I have not seen the day when! I thought with all the objections which were urged against tne law. some of which 1 shared, 1 have not seen the day when I thought that the Republican party coud abaiufen nppn any demand its essentiU and fundamental principles (cheers); but the issue is not what the Democratic pan seeks to make it The issue which they make in this campaign from the stump is characteristically a false issue. I do not speak of the party of the massevl speak of the leaders upon whom responsibility rests for the attitude of the party.

The issue is not the Bennett law as it is written upon tbe statute book; the issue is that which has been tendered by the Republican Beqpctt law as the Republican party pledges itself to make it Now Iplaut myself firmly and strongly upon the platform of the Republican party upon that subject THE LITTLE SCHOOL ROUSE. I call your attention to the platform. The Democratic platform although it was will not say adopt-, ed days after the Republican convention met instead of meeting the issue tendered by the Republican party, shot by it and contented itself with the denunciation pi the laws as written on the statute books which the Democratic party helped to make. Cheers. 1 Now what is this platform First, ladies and gentlemen, it declares the devotion of the Republican party to the common school system.

It places upon our flag, not to stay there simply for this campaign but to stay there in all campaigns so long as the party lives, the little school house. The common school system was the dream of Washington. It is in our day the realized hope of the fathers of the republic. The common school! We of the masses look to it first, naturally because lit is the school, of the state. It is the school of the constitution, it is the free and common-school, it is of the people.

Horace Mann once said, the school houses are the Republican lines of fortification. In the shadow of the school house treason never was born, and could not live if it were bom, In the beautiful speech which Goy. Hoard made at Boston, and it was a credit to him and an honor to Wisconsin great he told God's truth when he said that if the South, in its bills and dales; had been dotted- over with school houses, there would have been no treason and. no retw 1- lion. The common school is dear to the hearts of our people.

If it has enemies they do not dare avow it They march nlot as troops of the line into the open field. If it has enemies they are sappers and miners, and the; fight under cover of darkne: s. Whoever they are, wherever they come from, the Republican party has. triven challenge to mortal combat, and it will stand by the little school house. While the Republican party declares by its platform its devotion to the common school and Us purpose to defend tne common school system and to strencthenl it and to 'build it up, a pledge which it will sacredly keep, it recognizes, as it'must needs recognize, as legitimate and valuable auxiliaries-in the work of popular education, the private and paroca al schools of the state.

Onrctn- stitution provides for the common school, provides that it shall be maintained by public maintenance. It provides also ior thentmostof reHgious liberty: it provides that DO man shall be compelled to support a ministry against his will of which he 'does not approve; 'it would not tax a man to support a school in which was taught religions tenfts, which did not meet with his approval; therefore it that ttie framers of the constitution excluded frt the public schools any sectarian instnic- faon whatever bat, carrying ffle principle a httle further, recognizuij: the fact as they must for they the preamble thanked God for his mercy to our people, they provided that no money should, be paid out of the public treasury for the sup-, port of religions or theological colleges or No one can suppose for a moment that it entered the mindsjof men at that day or in this, that there would not be and that there should not be private ana parochial schools in the stlte doing their part in the grand consummation of popular education. Why. ladies and gentlemen, this provision of the Constitution it necessary that tr' fathers 1 and those there thousands and tens of thousands of "who conscientiously, believe that- children should he instructed in the faith which, they regard as so vital to tbeir future welfare as veil as present, should have secular instruction, must teach it and must find it outside of the publto wherc'else than in the schools of their om choice, where they couht have as instruction, I do not Impeach, no man can the Republican: party dpes not impeachi. the sincerity of a desire to Combine andi secular instruction, which they must fimf party te parochial whatthej'saaK teach a misled, or mislead stop to oxgi Bennettlaw' interferes with; schools or not I with terras or govem- ie taucht thcre- the-RepuWc jt, paradms laf-the Republican the private and ite to them, they shall either themselves attempting-to 1 I do nor whether, the the statute boot iTSkte and parochial that the Re-.

publican party which speaks in plain Ian- page and nerec Jtea.iaTrofce has said that not interfere Kith them in any mariner whatever as to government, or the branches to be taught, and declares' purpose and makes its pledge to reform the law when tnenexf so that a sflalJ clearly principles here declared; And now jou may be able to see how an intelligent man, who is- honest, can read: that platform, and, then sincerely and EDUCATION. Whatis nextin the platform onthissuo- ject-Mbe next thing to which I deiire to call your attention is that the platform declares for compukory education. Well there does not seem to be very much issue about compulsory education. The Republican party declares for it, party declares for it, under a law vrhichjs repealed they to pledce themselves" to reenaet TLanghter and cheers.1 Ouxr' Xfutheran xrienus in their convention declared in favor of 'compulsory education." The Catholics in their: convention declared in favor of compulsory education. There seems to be no sue-aniong us on the subject of compulsory education.

Thebnly person I have heard of who bitterly opposed it, was this educational miasionao from the wilds of Texas. and A gentleman the other day sent me a little book, and if you will permit I want-to read a word from it on the subject- of compulsory education: "Where there are towns and villages which, the- your electoral grace, has -the power to compel them to maintain schools, pulpits and parishes. 'If they will not do rt from a consideration for their salvation, then your electoral grace, as highest guardian for the youths and; all others needing supervision, is to compel them do so-iust as they are compelled to render contributions and services towards bridges, patfis, roads or other improvements pertaining to public interests. Those who enjoy the privileges of the country are to contribute towards everything wat the common inter- ests of the country require. Now there is nothing move necessary than to educate men who are to succeed us ana govern.

I maintain: the civil authorities are under obligation to compel the people to send then: children to school, especially such. as are promising, as has elsewhere been said, for rulers are certainly bound to maintain file spiritual and secular faith and calling so that there may always be preachers, jurists, pastors, scnoes, physicians, schoolmasters, and the like, for these cannot be dispensed with, If the government can compel such citizens as ate fit for military service to use the spear and rifle, and "mount ramparts in time of war," This sounds like prophecy as it comes ringing down the centuries "how much more has it a right dreu to school, because in this case we are to compel people to send their chil- warring with the devil, whose object is simply to exhaust our cities and principalities of their strong- men, and destroy the kernel and leave a shell of ignorant and helpless people whom" he can sport and juggle with at that is starving out a city ot destroying it without a struggle and without Knowledge." I put Hartin Luther against 3tr. How much did it leave ox on the education; question? NO TffTK ntf KK PATO3 BIGHTS. Now ladles and gentlemen, not proceeding hi the order of the platform, 1 have said all 1 want to say about this charge that the Republican party will interfere with parochial schools, and I want to refer for a moment to another clause of this platform. It ix said that the Bennett law interferes with the right of the father or enardian to choose the piace of the school to which he wiltsend his child.

I do not discuss the of instsnction. I do not need to. 1 claim, the rigHt to send my boy to the school where I think best, and I accord that right to every other living man and so does the Kepnb- licanpaityinitspratfonn. Let me read ft: "We assert," not we admit, "We assert that the parent or guardian has a right to select the time of year and the. place, whether public or private, and wherever located, where his child or ward shall receive instruction.

We pledge ourselves to modify the existing law so that it shall conform to the foregoing declaration." So when you hear a Democrat or anybody else telling the people that the Republican patty is asking a continuance. their confidence upon a platform -which denies to the father or guardian the right to choose the place where he will send his boy to school yon tell him that he is terribly economical of the truth to say the least of it What is the next Your proposition in the platform against child I believe the Democrats in their platform declare their approval of the, prohibition of child labor. I do not seeTiow they can consistently do it, but I will attempt to show in a moment, il you nave patience to listen to me a few moments that the Republican party stands, now, and all the time has stood, by the prohibiaOBin; the 'Bennett law against child No child with undeveloped body and'nnformed mind.chil- 'drenol tender ought to be put into the factory to work; that Is a law that God has written in the human heart It is not just to the, child. It stunts him in body and in mind: it Is not Just to those whose labor it displaces; it to not Just it is not Just to the state: nothing is just to society or to the, state which does not give achildagood.fair.free, honest chance life. What is next? It Is a provision which declares the Republican party to be fax favor of legislative restraint of the incorrigible truant.

Tdo not know whether the Democrats: aiftjtt'lawr of thator not about it in but to needsno argument to maintain the -wisdom and the justice tt OTBt child has gone-Twfond the control of the father or motBer'or or, -where -they live vindifferent loyita -welfare, anoV where Streets, aaa citizenship'and honors friends.