The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-10-13
WOULD KEEP PARTY TOGETHER
r. L. Cleary of Platteville Takes Lead
In Effort TO Keep Democrats in
Line For State and Congressional
Election.

The Democratic party IN the state
is making plea to prevent the party
being absorbed by the SO called Pro-
gressiye" wing of the Republican party
and this morning hundreds of old time
Democrats in Kenosha received a letter
from Il. L. Cleary of Platteville in
which they are urged to keep in line
under the old banner and work for the
success of the Democratic ticket. The
letter is characteristic of the entire
Democratic campaign in Wisconsin and
is. along the same line as the drowning
man catching at a straw. In his letter
Cleary says;
The campaign Of the republican in
surgents in Wisconsin is logically I'M
sound. In their argument and cam
paigning methods, they have almost en-
tirely abandoned the republican nation
al platform, and the republican admin
istration, and congress.
In so far as they have abandoned
the republican platforms and policies,
they are entitled to the approval of all
democrats.
Naturally, when asked to vote the
republican ticket by the progressives,
democrat will answer, You have re-
pudiated your own platform, and large
ly adopted ours. Why should I
change?' The usual answer given is,
You can not trust the democratic
party, because few times in the last
congress, less than five per cent Of
the democratic congressman and sena-
tors voted with the stalwaris. The plain
answer to this objection is: If five per
cent of the democratic legislators voted
wrong a few times, and that is con-
elusive proof that the democratic party
can not be trusted; then what have
you to say to the charge that eighty
five per cent of the republican senators
in congress during the last session, vot-
ed with the stand patters all of the
time, as conclusive proof that the re-
publican party is unworthy of trust?
Your position would naturally lead the
independent voter to, believe that you
admit that under republican administra-
tion, the special interests control the
party, control legislation, the protect
ed interests have framed and dictated
all of the republican tariff bills. The
cabinet and congress are composed
largely of agents of the system. The
present administration is an utter fail
ure, and the protective system has
broken down
Z" Your position would be more likely
to lead the stalwart voter, if he wishes
to vote for democratic principles, to
vote for them under the name Of the
democratic ticket
Generally the political faith of a
party must be determined by its last
national platform. Hence, the progress,
sives can not fairly claim to be re-
publieans. Their principal political
planks now supported in Wisconsin,
were rejected at the last national con-
vention in Chicago. The republican
party has not given the party in Wis
oonsin the right to reject or amend its
national or political faith. Their state
platform is not entitled to recognition
by the party in the next congress.
"The republicans of the next con
gress will consist Of the standpatters,
loyal to tho last national platform,
and the different brands of insurgents
elected on various kinds of insurgent
platforms in the different states.
"There is no insurgency in the demo.
cratic party, for the reason that the
national democratic platforms are in
harmony with truth, and need no
amendment. A vote for democratic
congressman, means a vote to carry
out the principles of the national demo
cratic platform, while a vote for re-
publican candidate for congress.-No
one knows what it means I,