The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-10-04
Personal Injury law

Personal Injury law
We favor the enactment Of law oStab'
fishing the doctrine of comparative neeA-
sence In all personal injury cases.
Fee Gu Earnings.
Equality Of contributions 10 the, public
burdens Is essential TO equality Of social
of our supreme court In the railway cases
has opened the way for a more equitable
distribution OF the tax burden. and "A speedy
return to the constitutional rule OF uni
formity. We now Insist that all laws I'M
posing n license fee on earnings In lieu OF
taxes, except as to foreign corporations, he
repealed, and that all property WITHIN the
jurisdiction of this commonwealth De as
scssed and taxed on an ad yalorcm basis
Nntil superseded by more scientific meth
od. We incline to the opinion that grad
unted income tax as the groundwork Of all
taxation will prove to be II more scientific
and equitable method than the antlqIhted
system now in use. We, therefore, FAVOR
the adoption Of the constitutional amend
ment permssiye OF II graduated income tax.
We are in favor of the highest efficiency
Of the public schools and all institutions or
learning, including manual training aHd AE-
rlCulUral schools. And we demand thal
party consideration be wholly eliminated
from the management OF these institutions.
For Good Roads.
The construction of good highways is en-
titled to the highest consideration of the
state.
Transfer of Funds.
We demand that the present state debt
Of S2,2Jl $3.50, borrowed from the trust
funds Of the state for war purposes and
bearing interest at the rate Of per cent.
per aunUm, for which annual tax levy or
$I57,JTO is made, shall be paid In accord
ancc with the mandates Of the constitution;
and we condemn the action Of the Rcpub-
llcan administration for dlyerting the sum
Of Sl1si, 6j9.7S received during the years
1903 and 1905 from the United States gov
eminent In repayment Of the war claims or
the state, from which this fund was orig
inally taken into the general fund, and its
use In the payment Of general state ex-
pcnscs.
Primary Election.
We favor primary elections as being
Democratic in principle, but recognize some
defects In the present law and favor such
changes and amendments In II as time ana
experience may demonstrate to be neces-
sary after n fair trial
William Jennings Bryan.
We regard with just pride and admiration
the typical American who has been journey
Ing In foreign lands the last year. and, al.
though only private citizen with none OF
the ullurements Of place and power about
him, has been accorded distinguished CON
sdcrQtion and attention wherever he has
gonc solely because his course in public
and private life alike has shown him TO be
patriotic citizen, a wise and farseeing
statesman, aud a thoroughly honest and
upright man, IN whom the people can safe
" rcp0sc their utmost confidence. We
therefore declare that we are heartily IN
favor Of that typical American, william
Jennings Bryan, as the Democratic coudl-
date for President IN 1908, and we pledge
our united efforts TO secure his nomination.
Resolution of Lewis.
The following resolution was present
Cd by George w. Lewis:
The truth Of the following facts has been
established by Investigation and cannot,
successfully, be challenged:
!. \ large amount Of capital and hun.
drrds Of desirable citizens have left Wis
Cousin with the last two years and have
sought homes in other states and In Cana
. During the same period an army Of
homcscckers from Europe and the eastern
states has passed through Wisconsin, bound
for the western and Canadian pralrIes and
woodlands.
3. OnicIal statistics gathered by the fed
eral government demonstrate that the cul-
tlyated lands Of Wisconsin return TO their
owners as much profit per acre as the best
lands In the most favored states in the
Union.
4. There are millions Of acres OF wild
land In this state awaiting the homeseeker,
and there is enough natural wealth in the
form OF undcvelOpCd resources to employ
all the capital that can be attracted to the
state.
5. The reason Wisconsin Is tagging in the
rear Of the procession in these days of I'M
exampled progress may be looked for in
the fact that this state alone, of all the
states Of the Union having unlcyelOpgd re-
sources, IS doing nothing to attract capital
and settlers and induce them to take adj
vantage Of the opportunities for profitable
employment to be found here, Therefore
be 1t
Resolved, that following the example or
other states that have so successfully ad-
vertisod their resources, the bureau of labor
and Industrial statistics or the state de-
partWCut as the Legislature shall deter
mine, should collect, publish and distribute
facts and statistics relating to the produc-
tion ana earnings Of Wisconsin farm lands,
forests, factories and mines, and the undo
yolOppd resources of the state; and
Resolved, that this information should DO
distributed In the European countries, from
whence come SO many Of the sturdy set
tiers who have contributed SO mucn TO the
states success us great Industrial com
monwcalth; and
Resolved, that the Legislature IS request
ed to appropriate for the use Of such bureau
or department sum Of money sufficient TO
place Wisconsin ON m equal footing win
the other states with which ii will come
in competition
Democratic Central Committee.
The following state central committee
was elected
First distrIct-r. b. Hodges, Green; ]. J.
Cunningham, Rock,
SccOud-C1l George W. Bird, Madison,
c. H. Smith, Murkcsan,
Third jackson SIlbaugh, Vernon; L, G.
Fielder, Iowa.
Fourth-r"trr Barry, Milwaukee; Henry
Schmidt, Ilulus Corners.
Flnh-W. A. Scnoll, Waukesha; Frank
Faust. Milwaukee,
Slxth-Gcorgr W. Thciscn, Dodge; w. Z.
Joachim. 02aukec.
Scycnth-stophon Richmond. Trcmpeu-
loau; Charles lili!o, Jackson.
Eighth-Grorg6 Hilton, Oshkosh; William
a. Hume, chiffon: