The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-08-14

q corporation on natural person.
That it favors legislation in confor-
nifty with the constitution of the state,
which will result in the just, equal and
uniform taxation of all property in the
state at its ad valorum or true value,
whether owned by individuals or cor
porations.
That Democratic favor the enactment
of primary election law granting the
right to the people to nominate, by di-
rect vote, all candidates for local. coun-
ty and Legislative offices, and to choose
delegates to state conventions by a
direct vote, without the intervention of
any primaries or of district or county
conventions So that if, upon a fair
trial, it shall be found that the choosing
of candidates for local. county and
legislative offices by direct vote is an
improvement on the old system, that
then such method of choosing party
candidates may be extended to the
Candidates for state offices
The people want both, law which
will justly and honestly equalize the
burdens of taxation and q primary
election law. The result of the Republi-
can convention fight, clearly proves
that, and the principles underlying
both of such laws are Democratic, but
Republican, hence the strenuous OBJ
jections to the same on the part of the
stalwarts, the real partisan Republicans.
By the equalization of taxation we do
not mean double taxation; that should
be avoided if possible, but we should
not advocate a law exempting from
taxation, notes, mortgages, bonds and
moneys, property generally owned by
the wealthier classes, and tax the little
home and working implements of the
laborer. If real estate owner shall
have right to have the mortgage in
debtedness deducted from the value of
his property for taxing purposes, why
should not every debtor have the
amount of his debts deducted from the
value of his property, whether real or
personal. For example, If A purchases
a horse from B and borrows every dol
lar of the purchase price from G should
the horse be assessed to A who owes for
the whole value of the horse, If the
amount of mortgage indebtedness a
man owes on his farm should be de-
Quoted from the value of the farm in
assessing same to the farmer, then the
amount the owner Of the horse owes for
the horse should be deduced from the
value of the horse in assessing the pro-
perty, otherwise the debtor who is
fortunate enough to own real estate
which he could pledge security would
belong to preferred class, that is Re-
publican but not Democratic, the Demo
cratic slogan being, equal rights to all
and special privileges to none"
Great caution should also be exer-
cised by the convention in selecting its
candidates for the various state offices.
The nominations to be made should
first of all please and satisfy the rank
and file of the thoughtful and conserva-
tive Democrats, those members of the
party who have always been faithful to
it, because they love the principles for
which it always stood and now stands,
t. those Democrats who do not look for
offices, but who always have been and
now are ready and willing to work for
candidates who believe in party princi-
pies, and who prefer to go down in
party defeat rather than to surrender
one iota of their political faith and be
successful in the contest.
The candidates should be men of
good and unsullied character; the can
didate for governor especially should be
intellectually strong and should have
established for himself a reputation in
the community in which he lives, as a
man of sturdy character and thorough
honesty, 80 that the mentioning of the
candidates name will inspire all the
people of the state with confidence that,
if elected. he will do his utmost to re-
deem the party's platform pledges.
Our convention should not nominate
candidate on the state ticket whose
nomination will please person, or
class of persons dissatisfied with the
doings of their own party, If such
nomination would be unsatisfactory to
our thoughtful and conservative Demo
Gratis. Our aim should first be to
nominate men in whom the members of
our psrty have confidence; we should
nominate men who stand high in the
estimation of all classes of people, and
who respect them on account of their
integrity and sincerity, men who are
willing to fight for principle and, if
elected, will stand by and for such
principle; men who will be faithful to
their anti-election promises and Of
whom the people know nothing to the