The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-03-10
TOUCHES MANY STATE ISSUES
In Favor of State Aid for Highways,
Personal Liberty, Publicity of Cam
paign Expenses and Business Admin
istration for State.


principles on which he will, seek the
nomination for governor
at the September primary. In his
platform Captain Lewis says:
To the People of Wisconsin:
personal liberty is necessarily de-
fined by the will of the majority. Be
Eeving that the smallest political unit
to which any question involving per
sonal liberty can be submitted with
fairness is as large as the sphere of in
fuence of the condition to be passed
upon, / advocate the submission of the
question of licensing saloons to vote
of the people in the various counties.
eff county option law is passed by
the legislature, and if [ am governor,
[ will sign it. More than this, I
will use every power vested in the Of
flee Of governor to enforce it.
'The right of the majority to rule
is not fully conserved by the primary
election law as it now stands. Recog-
nizing that majority rule is the corner
stone of representative government,
and believing that the majority ele
ment within a political party should
control the nominations, [ advocate
such an amendment to the primary
election law as will permit the elector
to express his first and second choice
of candidates for all Offices.
" Few states in the union are so
well supplied with natural water pow
er as our own. Approximately one
million horsepower is yet to be de-
veloped upon the rivers in this state,
This great natural resource belongs to
the people, and the people should share
in the benefits growing out of it's de-
Unless combination is
the state municipalities and
the public may be forced to submit to
trust control of light and electrical
power and may be compelled to pay
exorbitant rates for them.
Without further delay the people
should be protected against encroach-
ments upon their rights, and no fran
chises should be granted without ade-
quate return for the same and positive
assurance against combinations form
ed to control this natural resource.
"The work of reforesting state land
for the protection of the head waters
of our rivers should continue. AS this
is direct benefit to the
users of water powers by protecting
their dams and power properties from
floods and by conserving the stream
flow throughout the year, these users
of water powers should befray in part
the expense which this conservation
policy entails upon the state.
Waterpower development should be
encouraged by the state with due re-
gard to the interests of all the people.
"To the end that demoralizing ex-
penditures of money in politics may
be prohibited, publicity of campaign
contributions and expenditures should
be required by law. Candidates and
committees should be compelled to file
detailed monthly statements during the
progress of the primary and the regu-
lar election campaigns. Severe penal
ties should be provided for failure of
candidates or committees to comply
with the law. And the law should be
enforced.
The complexity of modern industry
calls for increased human risk. Our
ancient doctrines of personal response
bility of the worker in insdutry is out
worn and obsolete. Those who are mangl-
ed by machinery today have theoreti-
cally many legal rights and remedies.
So did the shipper before the railroad
commission law passed. The shipper
had his day in court. The trouble
was that he had too many DAYS in
court. The worker who is Injured is
in the same condition. IF we provid-
ed a remedy for the shipper, why can
not we provide a remedy for the work
er? The spectacle of the disabled
worker who comes into court to wait
there from two to five years for simple
justice is one which should be Danish
ed from our state. Accidents are in
cident to all industry. We should
place the burden where it really be-
longs-on the industry. IF the indi-
vidual could get at once when injured
a just compensation fixed by law for
his injury without going into court, as
under the English system, this would
insure justice and serve humanity. The
employer need not fear for his bust
ness. He can shift the burden to in
surance without extra cost to himself.
a workman S compensation for IN
juries act will be in line of simple
Justice.
Realizing the necessity for increas-
ed production from the Soil, and recog-
MIXING tbs the obligation of tho state