The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-10-04

to that shameful platform. The election
| of that ticket will not be a Democratic
! victory: it will mean the degradation of
| the Democratic party and the triumph OF
! the German Republican LutheranS. De-
| feat now VIII strengthen and purify the
| party, not weaken ii. it will cleanse II
from the stain placed upon it by unscrupu-
! lOuS bosses
! We who thus address you are Democrats,
! strong in love of the Democratic party, In
! reverence for its historic grandeur. and i'll
/ faith in its present integrity and patriotism
and its future triumph. We are not try
/ ing to organize new party: we are seek
/ ing no personal political advancement. nor
/ are We becoming Republicans. We are
neither leaving nor asking others to leave
! the Democratic party. we propose To vote
/ for Democratic congressman ard county
officers. The state ticket only is pledged
/ to the anti-English teaching. church-Statr
plank of the platform. and the Gefeat of
that ticket will Vindicate the integrity of
! Democrats on those questions. We are
making no fight against the party. but are
fighting for il. and against the leaders who
have betrayed it. On all national issues
We are III accord with the party. and be
lieye the best interests of the country de
mand its success on those issue S
But i'll our Judgment the church,
state question is the one issue of
the campaign so far as the state
think q large proportion of the party
throughout the state believes. that Demo
Gratis owe il to themselves. to the party. %
the state and to every child within the
state. to aid. as Democrats and because
they are Democrats. IN crushing out all at
tcmptS at ecclesiastical assumption OF Secu-
lar power: to assert and maintain the alb
Solutc right of the state to insist that It's
children shall receive certain amount OF
education in the English language: to re-
buke the falthleSS leaders who have bar
tered principle. patriotism and the party 5
fair name for Republican votes; to Vindl-
cate the well-carned reputation of the
Democratic party as party OF principle
and patriotism, and not of trucking eNpc-
diency and trlckery. and to take 4 broad,
enlightened, American and patriotic stand
in the great questions OF the education OF
our future citizens ana state supremacy in
secular affairs. The only way to do these
things is to vote against the candidates foI
state offices who are pledged by
| the platform ON which they stand.
and by their public utteranccS, to
the repeal of the Bennett law and the up
| holding of all the hereSies involved i'll that
issue.
To those Democrats who are III Sympa-
thy with us on these great and vital queS-
tionS we suggest the necessity for vigorous
action. Organize local Democratic Ben
nett law clubs: urge upon your Democrat
ic friends and nelghbors the necessity of
defeating the state platform and ticket to
cleanse and purify the party and strength
en- il tor future victories. Do not fear the
name of ''boIter;' he who repudiateS a
vicious platform and the candidates
pledged to its niquities is doing the most
dutiful service possible TO his party, as
well as to the state.
We shall be glad to have all Democrats
who desire to aid in this work send us
their names and addresses. and to receive
suggestions from them as to how Demo
Gratis may best contribute TO the triumph
of the Bennett law and the cause of En-
glish education. Respectfully.
WISCONSIN DEMOCRATIC BENNETT LAW
LEAGUE.
p. o. Box f5S. Milwaukee, Wis.
Dated Sent 10 1890