The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-12-10
PERMIT POLITICIANS TO RULE
Milwaukee Attorney, Speaking Before
st. Matthew's Men S Club Shows One
of the Greatest Menaces to the Gov
ernment--Trained Men Are Needed.

mat American INSTITUTIONS are
threatened on account Of the lack OF
interest shown by men of affairs, was
the burden of most excellent address
before the Men IS Club of st. Matthews
church on Tuesday evening by the Hon.
Frank III. Hoyt, leading attorney of
Milwaukee Mr.. Hoyt spoke to more
than a hundred Kenosha men and
women and in addition a good sized
delegation came down from Racine.
He spoke on the subject "Let
George Do IT, and declared that this
very spirit was the most harmful ele-
ment in the political life Of the nation,
the state and the municipality. Mr..
Hoyt declared that he was speaking
from bitter experience on account of
the fact that he had served as the
head of one of the big political COM
mittees He declared that the really
representative men of the nation and
state had failed miserably in doing the
duties that they owe to the state and
the nation He declared that his own
political experience had shown clearly
that good men could be named to Office
if they would seek these Offices. He
asserted that mediocre men who go in
to the public office were not necessari-
ly dishonest and that he believed nine
ty-nine per cent of these men were
honest, but their lack of experience in
the big affairs Of life made them hope
less failures in the work of the
government.
The majority of the politicians, the
men who constantly seek office and
who are usually elected aro untitled for
the public service and for this reason
they fail of results. Mr., Hoyt spoke
also of the "Pork Barrel" methods
Of the modem legislators of wasteful
expenditures of the various depart
ments of the government with lack of
results. He compared result attained
in this country with those attained
with even less expenditure in Germany.
''We have repeatedly called our
government the best government on
earth, but it has lot of bad places, ;"
said Mr.. Hoyt. He spoke of the loss
of the maritime prestige which the
United States had gained just before
the civil war and showed that there
had been no effort to build up this
great promoter Of foreign trade. He
81 WED how Germany had taken ad-
vantage of the failure of our own
country and had built up this great
business. He made strong plea for
the army and navy and declared til It
the days of warfare between nations
were not over and that there was little
reason to think that war would ever
cease. He declared that the three
menaces to the nation today were
Unpreparedness for War; "The
Monroe Doctrine'' and the q Attitude
of Japan"
Mr. Hoyt made a strong presentation
Of the charge against Wisconsin. He
declared that Wisconsin had so many
fool laws that no attorney, regardless
of his standing in his profession, could
give truly intelligent opinion on any
matter of great import. "The best
IHeS Can uo 10 70 give you gOoQ
guess" was the way he put it.
He spoke of fool laws the bait
ing of corporations and the hampering
of great industries by laws which
gained nothing for the state but rec
ords for which it would soon be neces-
sary to bid great warehouse at the
state capital. He spoke of the fact
that Wisconsin made more laws in a
year then the parliament of the British
Empire for the government of all the
dependencies of Great Britain.
In discussing municipal government
he declared that weak or dishonest
municipal governments must be blamed
to the Let George Do IT, spirit.
"You will get efficient governments
only when you take an interest in get
ting it and when men of affairs show a
sufficient interest in the affairs of the
city, state and nation to themselves
take up the burden of holding public
Office and giving to the people the best
results of intelligent effort.