The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-07-23

On Iull equality with men, because as
a searcher after facts in the history of
/ nations | am convinced that women
have played the bravest, the widest
the squarest, the safest and the ablest
parts in the story of government. Men
are what women choose to make them,
and with the authority of the ballot
women will make men better by far.
In the interest of the health and
wealth and happiness of the people Of
our nation, I am for the humiliation
of the devils superior in cruelty to
humanity, John Barleycorn,' and I
would hail with great joy, the privilege
| of voting for the prohibition of the
manufacture and traffic of this giant
misunderstanding hquor-as a senator
1 of the United States from Wisconsin
! In all fairness, however, believe that
the sins of the liquor traffic are large
ly upon the people at large, and I
| would favor a reasonable measure of
compensation TO the owners of the prop
erty which prohibition would cause to
become valueless; and which should be
actually destroyed to insure effectual
operation of the law
| I am in favor of single six year
term of Office for United States sena-
tors. With a single exception, during
the statehood of Wisconsin the first
term of our United States senators has
been the most useful and the best in
service to the people.
| / am opposed to class legislation of
every kind, and am for equally before
the law to man or men, without refer
ence to number or occupation.
I am heartily in favor of Panama
tolls exemption for the advantage Of
our own nation, and I know of no
words in the Hay.Paunceforte treaty
which indicate or suggest the approval
of President Wilson's plea in the in
terest of Great Britain. The Democrats
are dead wrong in yielding to our
British cousins in the Panama tolls
matter.
In all fairness I ask, can any man
with even meager conception of true
craftsmanship pronounce the present
administration S Mexican policy any
thing above travesty9
| | am unalterably opposed to the
| granting of water power privileges to
men or corporations. An exhaustive
and careful study of this important
| question has convinced me beyond all
doubt, that all control of the rivers and
] waters of our, nation should be in the
state or the federal government-pre-
| ferably the former--amd all dams and
improvements should be built by these
| governments. No other source of ma
tural wealth has such potentiality in
possible development and Importance to
the perpetual welfare of the public;
and it should be sacredly conserved
and developed by the states or the
nation, as the interests of the people
| demand.
/ am in favor of so amending our
laws as to insure triumph of common
sense and equity, over precedent and
prejudice in judicial proceedings.
| am in favor of so strengthening
our national banking laws as to remove
the cause of ninety eight per cent of
our bank failures, as measured by the
history of the past quarter of cent
ury; and which has not been given
any consideration whatever in the re-
cent President Wilson bill for the alleg-
ed cure of currency and banking evils.
Again. / am in favor of protection
to our industries because our indus
tries protect US Protection is equit-
able, and ethical; and Indispensable to
a patriotic, practical, proud people like
unto ourselves.
| am for turning a searchlight on the
political deeds of those who serve us
in public office; and on those who seek
to serve us.
I am in favor of scrutinizing close
ly the practice of the oficeholder, to
learn if his theory and his practice
work in harmony.
| am in favor of enioining high pub
lie officials who use as a declaration
The will of the people shall be the
law of the land from adding post
script In invisible ink, or declaring in
a whisper, provided it is first my will. )
And now | shall try to convince my
good doctor that / am fit, physically,
to carry on strenuous campaign; my
associates in business that they can
safely divide up the burdens / have
been carrying; and my bankers that 1
shall not be unmindful of my credit
obligations, nor seriously impair my
ability to perform my promises, if |
become a candidate for the SEN
| atorship.
At this writing these things are con-
tingent upon Senator Stephenson get
ting into the contest. If he throws
his hat into the ring shall try to
| help make the coming campaign so in
teresting that voters will choose to
invite us to come and visit them.
am strongly in favor of Theodore
Roosevelt for president of the United
States in 1916.
The Colonel knows how to defeat
any man our laundering Democratic
friends dare enter for the race, and he
would effectually do it. There is a
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