The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1910-06-17
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
FOR CONGRESS.
Harvey Helm, ot Li1co,n County.
The First Victory.

At the recent municipal election il
Milwaukee. Wis, the Mayor and +
majority OF the Council elected, were
candidates upon the Socialists ticket.
Milwaukee is prosperous and pre-
gressive city with population Of
more than 100000. For the first time
in the Uni, ed st ties has the SOciilis'
party been successful to the extent Uf
being in entire contrcl of a city gcy-
eminent Judging fiom the polls ut
this city in past State and national
elections large j5Tity Of the VI
tiers are either Democrats or Repubii-
cans. Notwithstanding this 10
sounds OF alarm or notes Of warning
have been heard from any source con-
corning the unusual and unprecenteG
aciiDn Of the electors of that city, un-
til the recent speech Of President
Taft, IN which he declared that tie
fight against Socialism would be ore
Of the paramount Issues of the Repul-
lican paIty in the future, this state
ment evidently being suggested tC
him at this time by reason of the So
cialist victory in Milwaukee. We
think the President either takes the
matter too seriously or is looking fo'
campaign thunder TO hide some OF biz
mistakes, such as the BailiDger truu-
bic. After the eli ZauS of Milwaukee
have had an opportunity for reflection
over the results of the election and fol
sober second thought Ill seem quite
content to try the Socialists for
term. Heretofore wheG the people
have grown tired Of the misdoings OF
one of the old parties they have t=rE-
ed to the other with hope for relief,
but In this instance they deserted
both. and despairing Of all hope in
getting relief from either or wantin.
to try something new. gave over thfi
city to The Socialist party. 1t is quite
true that little harm can be done, b,
the Socialist administration Of that
city, because the officers are under
oath to discharge their duties and to
enforce aid administer the laws here
tOfore enacted, the laws being made
10y one or both of the old parties. II
the Socialist officers fail t. do theii
duty they are subject to impeachment
The most perniciOus effect that we Oh
serve ia the elect ion i'm Milwaukee is
in the encouragement given the Sc
cialiSt party by tbs victory. But the
question comes to every thinking per-
son. why did the people select party
holding such unpopular principles as
the Socialists: Most municipal gov
ernmentS in the larger cities of the
United States are managed primarily
for the benefit of the party in power
and secondly for the Organized In
terest that contribute large campaign
funds TO the political treasury pre-
vious to the election. and sometimes
large cOntIibu' ions to the city council
after the election. For Illustration
We may mentiDn San Francisco, St.
Louis, Pittsburg, and Philadelphia.
We think the greatest danger of con-
tinued growth Of Socialism will bt
caused, not by the advocacy of the
principles OF that party to the people.
but 10y suffering the two old parties t.
he dominated and controlled, both H.
State and national matters, by the
trust and organized interest. FoI
many years these interests have viz
tually controlled the Republican pal
ty. and the most effective way for the
President to retard the spread of Sc
cialism is to relieve his party from tht
perniciOus grip of the trust. and then
convince the people of SOciaIistic ten
denotes that he has been successful il
doing it.