Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-04-17
THE WISCONSIN ISSUE AGAIN.

Governor Hoard of Wisconsin has taken
a very decided position against the for
elgners of that State who won in the recent
Milwaukee election, to the extent of elect
ing officers in that city opposed to the en-
forcement of the Bennett law. recently fulIv
explained in the REcoRD-UNIoN. The
Governor has declared, says the Inter
Ocean, that for himself and for the great
Republican party, of which he is the chief
representative in the State of Wisconsin,
there will be no cessation of war until a
Tree education in the American language
Is secured to every child between the ages
of seven and fourteen years
1t appears now that the German Luther
ans are discovering that they were deceived
in being led into the position they occu-
pied in the late election. They now see
that in allowing their children to grow up
Ignorant OF the English tongue and unable
to read the laws of the land, they are
handicapping them heavily in the race of
life. In fact it is absolute cruelty to edu-
cate youth in this country in an alien
tongue to the exclusion of the common
language of the people of the nation As
the issue is debated the opponents of the
Bennett law will become fewer, for they
will discover that the law requiring all
children to be taught to read and write in
the English language is a law operating
for their good and not in the slightest
degree affecting their religious beliefs or
training. A parcel of bigots on the one
hand and INSCRIPTIONS and designing
priests on the other have deluded the Ger
man people in Wisconsin, and as they
awake to that fact they will fall off in
their opposition to the Bennett law and
acknowledge that the advice of Governor
Hoard is wise; that is, that if they have
so little love for their adopted land that
they cannot tolerate its tongue their proper
action should be retiracy from the coun-
try. The Chicago Inter Ocean recently
said:
INC DeAiIoSialIC pdtty dS Il Wnolei surely can
not De so base as to desire TO make such total
surrender OF American principle as would be
implied by the repeal of the Bennett law.
Let our contemporary not deceive itself
the Democratic party will sell itself to
the proposition OF "no education at all" if
ii thinks that by such proposition it can
snatch Wisconsin from the Republicans
The leaders of the party have already pro-
posed to make opposition to the Bennett
law the chief plank in the party platform
for that very purpose, hoping thereby to
play upon the prejudices of the foreigners,
who dominate in Wisconsin. The Chicago
Herald, Democratic leader, does not hes
itate to say that it is ashamed of its Wis
consin brethren, and thereupon reads them
lecture that ought to have a salutary ef-
feet. 1t says:
II the Democracy OF the State should follow
IN the wake of the city Democracy, and stake
its success on opposition To compulsory educa-
tion, il will suffer disastrous defeat Its defeat
will also be well earned and richly deserved
the State of Wisconsin has the right 10 Ameri-
canize its foreign population and 10 cOmpeI the
children of its foreign-bo born citizens TO he edu-
Gated and to be taught the English language
Anything TO the contrary involves want of
sefTespset, and is repugnant TO the feelings
and instincts of every American citizen who is
worthy OF the name If the Democracy of Wis
consiu should commit Itself to such PROPOSE
ton 1t will simply invite its fate