The Irish standard., 1910-04-16
PARTY NOW IN CONTROL PLANS
TO MAKE BEER CITY BEST
GOVERNED IN COUNTRY.
SAYS VICTOR BERGER AT CHICAGO
First Definite Statement is Made AZ
To What Administration Will Do
Chicago To Be Saved"
Next.

CeplS lne Cnallenge OF the world thaC
it make good in Milwaukee-and it
will make good, Next we will win in
Chicago. The wave of Socialism can
not be swept back with brooms."
Victor Berger, leader of the Social
lists in the city that has just elected
"Comrade' Emil Seidel mayor and
majority of the council, made this COM
bined pledge and prediction following
4 address in the Garrick theatre, where
he was the recipient of an ovation
which suggested a small national pc.
ltical convention. For 10 minutes the
audience stood and cheered, then,
when he tried to speak, the din burst
anew and continued for five minutes
more.
Berger was in Chicago to attend a
meeting of the Socialist national exec.
utive committee. Preparations were
made for a congress of delegates from
the states in this city on May Is,
when will be mapped out wide propa.
ganda to spread Socialist doctrines
throughout the United States.
In addition to his pledge that the
h'SNtuhSi 1lIoll ia MILWAUKEE,
would make good, Berger made the
first definite statement as to what his
party intended to do and what it did
not intend to attempt
WHAT SOCIALISTS WILL DO.
Build and operate a municipal
electric light and power plant.
Drive cut grafters and contract.
ri hAr
to be first step.
Push public works, especially in
winter, to give employment to 40
many as possible. ....
Pay union wages, although the
law prohibits discrimination be.
tween union and non.union labor.
Re-adjust taxes so that their
burden will fall in a less degree
upon the poor.
Require street railway and other
public utility corporations to give
better service.
Drop several hundred superflu.
Gus city employees from the pay
rolls.
Fill positions requiring technical
or scientific skill with men Of that
knowledge, even it it be necessary
to go outside Milwaukee.
WHAT SOCIALISTS WON'T DO.
Abolish capitalism in MiIwau.
kce.
Create state Of business uncer.
taInty.
Employ every man or women
Fill Offices with political bench.
men. Allow Ioafers to retain Of
fees.
Attempt moro than the state
laws authorize; for instance, insti.
tute the initiative and referendum,
which must wait on state legisla-
ton.
Milwaukee is going to have the
best administration ever enjoyed by
any American city, Berger said.
Ours will not be cheap administra,
ton, but one in which every dollar Of
expenditure will accomplish Is pei
cent more than before.
Public service corporations will not
run Milwaukee hereafter. No traction
franchises will expire in the coming
two years, but the street car com.
panies can be compelled to do their
duty to the public. We have the
weapons. The legislature already has
given us authority for a municipal
electric light plant.
Driving out the grafters, while i'm.
portant, is only negative. We are
primarily interested in construction
work, for the Socialist party has come
to stay. We are an American party,
with twice as many members Of Amer
lean birth as either the Republican or
Democratic parties. This is because
so many young men are with us.
Chicago is ready for our next sue
oessful movement. Watch the Social
list vote grow in your city from now
on. The demand for a change here is
heard among all classes. Falsehoods
cannot halt the movement. When we
make good in Milwaukee, Chicago will
follow"
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