The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-10-26

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| pumped it to both of the cold parties -
at the Coliseum on Sunday afternoon
| when he opened the campaign Of the So
cialists before crowd of more than a
thousand people. Tt was typical So
cialist campaign speech with plenty of
lambasting of the interests and with a
generous appeal for socialism as the
panacea for all existing ills. The crowd
was a sympathetic one and lots of times
during his address Of an hour and a
half the mayor was stopped by uproar-
Gus applause
Mayor Hoan discussed everything
from government ownership of railways
and factories to laws passed by the last
Wisconsin Legislature and he showed no
partiality in pouring hot shot into the
leaders Of both the Democratic and the
Republican party. He poked fun at
Hughes and got many a laugh from the
crowd on the way he went after Wilson
and Bryan. He declared that while the
| Socialists did not expect to elect q
President or governor that they did
expect to get votes enough to scare the
leaders of whatever old party was in
control so that legislation along the lines
demanded from the Socialists would be
forthcoming. He declared that the
states in which the most advanced 1egis-
lation had been enacted for humanity
| adm that in states where wags mfwp
and that in states where there had been
no Socialist party the old time laws for
protection of "wealth'' were still in
force and being enforced.
He declared that the United States of
America was the only civilized nation
on the globe not owning and operating
it IS own railways. That this country
had given billions to the railways and
that after it was all over the railway
companies had the railways and the peo-
pie had the debts. He declared that it
was just as important that the govern
ment own and operate the railways as it
was for the cities to own and operate
water and sewer systems. He declared
that municipal and government owner
ship in this country covered all utilities
where money went out but that the
utilities where money came in were
owned and operated by private agencies.
He had lot to say in regard to eleva-
ton of railway tracks. He repeated
his statement that under the existing
laws Of Wisconsin Kenosha had secured
the best possible order from the railway
commission for the elevation of tracks
Then he launched into a condemnation
Of the Railroad Commission law which
gave the commission the right to assess
portion of the cost of elevation on
cites. He held that railway company
was the only kind of corporation
which the law gave chance to saddle
part of the "Safety First" move
emnt upon the people at large. He held
that all other safety movements were
paid for by the corporations or the indi-
viduals. He had much tc say about
trusts and combinations. He declared
that the Democratic idea of smashing
! the trusts was just as fallacious as the
Republican suggestion of regulating.
F"The trusts have come to stay and
the only way that the trusts can
be regulated is for the people to own
Them was his remedy. He declared
that every time the Democratic party
smashed trust, prices went up. He
declared that the people were smart
enough to operate all of the trusts if
they just had chance.
He was strong for Home RULE for
cities in Wisconsin. You can't tell
me-" he shouted, f'that a member of
the Legislature born and raised in the
tall timber country up in northern Wis
consin and never out of his home coun-
ty until he is elected to the legislature
is fitted to make laws for you people
here in Kenosha. What you want is
chance to govern yourself and that
is the demand that every city in the
state should make on the legislature at
its coming session.
The meeting was the largest political
gathering of the campaign in Kenosha.
Alderman William Goodman presided
and the only speaker with the excep-
ton of the Milwaukee mayor was
Michael Yabbs, the Socialist candidate
for congress in the district.