The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-10-29
SYSTEMIN STATE MUST CHANGE
In Thoughtful Address to the Largest
Crowd of Campaign MIR. Philip Tells
Kenosha People Panacea For ALI Ills
of State Is Business Management.

by business men was the panacea for
Ell the present ills of Wisconsin, asking
no quarter, avoiding personalities, going
candidly to the people witt his fight
against high taxes, Emanuel L. Philip
of Milwaukee, republican candidate
for governor, addressed the biggest
meeting Of the campaign at the Coli
scum on Tuesday night. More than
four hundred people were present at
the meeting and the .houghtful address
of the candidate appealed nightly to
them.
On the platform with the speaker
were County Chairman John Hegeman,
who introduced him; Assemblyman
Charles Fl. Pfennig and John M. White
head Of GAINESVILLE. The coming Of Mr..
Philipp brought the first band music of
the campaign as band escorted Mr..
Philipp from the hotel to the Coliseum.
Wisconsin has the disease of extra
vagance," said Mr.. Philip, "and this
disease ramifes every fibre of our
state government. With this as his
leading theme the republican candidate
tor governor gave some startling facts
and figures and proceeded to point out
the remedy. He showed that extrava-
gance was to be traced to boards and
commissions who were not directly re-
sponsible to the people at election time
and who therefore pursued their.~hob-
bies to any extent, regardless of cost;
and he explained that the remedy for
this was a strong and careful admins
tration of elective officers who could
hold extravaganza in check and devise
methods Of business efficiency. He
went into the finances of various COM
missions showing how each OF the fifty
two or more boards and commissions
had done it's share to raise the state
expenditures from 100000 in 1900 to
about 100000 in 1913, an increase
of nearly four hundred per cent while
cur population has increased but twelve
per cent.
"that the efficiency of our government
and the benefit derived are not such as
to justify this vast increase and ou1
increasingly high taxes"
Some Of his most convincing conclu.
sions were based on comparison with
neighboring states. Along the south
ern state line eighty acres of land will
be taxed $3.50 while an adjoining eighty
of the same value in Illinois will be
taxed but $50. We have eight normal
schools, and two more building, while
| Michigan, with good educational sys
tenn, has but two. Our system of state
administration has resulted in multi
plicity Of inspectors and Official
supernumeraries.
sit is the system which is to blame
| the bad business methods, and not any
| one branch of the government. / an
in favor of the railroad commission
and all such useful and necessary &C
! Invites and have no idea of abolishins
them. I stand for progress in its true
sense. But if the word progressive
means five to six thousand office-hold
ers, fifty-two boards and commissions
yearly expenditure of $15,000,000 Of
more, and increasingly high taxes
then must admit that / am not pro
gressive. For / do not think it part
of true progress to waste the people /
money" Wisconsin, he said, ha:
been well defined as the experiment
station of the country. Hence the
fame of the so-called Wisconsin idea.
Taking mp the subject OF the propos
ed constitutional amendments, Mr.
| Philip said: If / were mere Office
seeker / should not touch upon thi:
subject. They have already had the
preliminary approval of the legislature
and as they have now only to be votet
upon by the people, they will have ne
| part of governor s concern as they
are outside of his realm of response
bility. But l am convinced, as a citi
zen, that their adoption will be mis-
take, therefore I have raised my voic,
against them wherever / have spoken
regardless of the fact that this stant
may be unpopular. It is citizen I
duty to give his best thought to sucl
matters and certainly a good governo
ought first of all to be good citizen.
/ A surprise of the evening was
speech by former Senator Whitehea,
of GAINESVILLE who followed Mr.. Philip
Mr.. Whitehead said that he was il
close personal touch with Mr.. Philip
at the time Mr.. Philips lobbying
was said to be going on. He said tina
to his own knowledge Mr.. Phihnn hal