Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-18
Poses as Friend of the Children and
Will Help Them.
HOME RULE FOR MILWAUKEE,
Would Have Public Officers Receive
Decent Pay for Services.
PROPOSES CITY GETS ITS DUE
INSISTS that Public Utility Companies
and Public Corporations shall
Obey the Provisions of
Ordinances.

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, July H-(Special
Telegram)-Mayor Emil seidel, the first
mayor In the United States to be elected
executive head of a first class city upon
the socialist ticket, bears upon his should
srs a burden which will either set socialism
ahead a score of years in America or retard
It for that length Of time. He believes that
Mayor Gaynor. the chief executive Of New
York city, the biggest and most important
municipality OF the western hemisphere. is
also a socialist at heart Mayor Seidel has
computed some of his views, which are
follows:
Lots of people have a mistaken idea OF
socialism. They think that all leaders of
this party should rant and rave and at
tempt some kind of revolution. This is
nonsense OF the rankest kind, for instance,
Mayor Gaynor Of New York is socialist
at heart. although he would not admit 1t.
Yet / daresay he considers himself one OF
the most conservative executives in Amer
lea
ITO my mind one of the biggest things
Mayor Gaynor has accomplished is the
abolition of useless combinations that eat
up the peoples money without doing them
any good. ] wish could reform the Mil
waukee police force the way Mayor Gaynor
has reformed the New York police force.
In fact socialist as 1 am, Mayor Gaynor
has done many things which l Intend to
initiate in my city II can.
Friend of the Children.
when / get out OF the mayors chair 1
would rather have it said OF me that Emil
seldel was the childrens friend, that he
had made children happy and healthful and
tried TO give them good start in life than
! would to be called the greatest mayor In
America. =
Il want to see home rule for milwaukee,
II want TO see every man, woman and
child protected.
Il want to see the property of every
householder and every corporation pro-
tected.
sFS'aI want 20 see public officers sst decent
pay and / want the city to get every cent
that is coming to it.
1--WE are not running this city for any
one class OF people.
The best man gets the job with me. no
matter what party he is affiliated with.
"One of my experts dug up an old ordi-
nance which gave the city authority to en-
force all health ordinances against public
utility companies as well against private
corporations. The rest was easy We just
put policemen around the car barns and
would not allow a street car taken out
until It was properly cleaned and inspected.
"A list of saloons against which com
plants were made has been carefully kept.
Every arrest has been recorded, every vlo-
latiOn of the city or state ordinance has
been put down.
Licenses Are Held Up.
when the proprietors of these places
have applied for a renewal Of their respee-
live licenses, the license commission has re-
fused to grant the necessary permit. In
this way more than 100 disreputabe saloons
rrt.a a II
pusly uplifting effect on the other places
where liquor has been sold and today no
city In the country can boast OF such ord
srIy saloons as Milwaukee.
II believe In personal liberty.
II believe that the saloon, when properly
conducted, is benefit. rather than q
aetriment II affords place Of amuse-
ment and relaxation from the cares and
worries OF everyday life. Here. in Mil
Waukee, some OF our saloons furnish really
classic music; nearly all OF them also
furnish cheap and good food. They may
be really called the poor mans club
Il want to SEQ milwaukee and every
other city In America adopt some uniform
style OF opening up new Vrritory wher'
the people can have room to live and grow
and keep helpful. My idea is for the city
to buy all new lands, plot them and thor
put them on the market. You may thinI
that this is utopian, but III tell you, sir
nothing was ever more practical.
The city OF Milwaukee is not afraid o.
any corporation, no matter how big 1T is
and wen get more money from the stree
car companies In the end. We had 10
Of fun making them clean up their car'
and properly heat and ventiate them, bu
we have succeeded and now our street carr
ore no longer germ laden"