Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1916-07-27
DEMOCRATIC STATE PLATFORM
A Strong Document Upon Which the
Campaign In Wisconsin Will Be
Fought Out This Fall.


the primary election laws of this state which
shall provide for the holding of the state,
county, congressional and legislative con-
ventlons with delegates regularly elected
pursuant to law, which conventions shall
promulgate the party platforms and shall
nominate candidates to the party primary,
with proviso that at such conventions on
the nominating ballot persons receiving the
highest and second highest number of bal
lots shall be the party candidates for that
office at the primary.
The democracy of Wisconsin, which first
the candidacy of President Wilson.
and made his nomination possible, in con-
ference assembled heartily indorse his
splendid record and achievements in full
illment of party pledges and his splendid
service in behalf of the whole people, whose
true servant and friend he is We rejoice
that he has not been, or sought to be, the
president of or for his party, but that he
has been in the largest and fullest sense the
president of all the people.
We congratulate our party and the nation
that during the most critical period of our
nations history he has, without fear, favor
or prejudice, kept our flag and our honor
unsullied and our nation at peace We
thank Wilson that we are at peace, and we
thank God for Wilson, 1t is still true that
the pen is mightier than the sword
We are in the midst of NATIONAL
world crisis; and we pledge our great and
just president our uafailing loyalty and
support.
We insist that this is no time for petty
fault finding or petty politics. We commend
to all good citizens who love their country
more than their party the splendid patri-
otism of Gen. Winkler We congratulate
him on his splendid stand and we invite all
good citizens to follow his unsel6sh, patri-
otto example.
Wilson's Policy Approved.
We heartily approve President Wilson's
Mexican and European policies, and hope
and trust that he may so handle the stua-
ton that war may be honorably avoided,
and that his proposed worlds peace tri-
bunal may soon be adopted. We indorse
his plans for preparedness.
We declare that four years of demo-
rlIIo in no a.
the statute books more legislation for the
betterment of the people than fifty years of
republican rule.
Within the last week, democratic con-
gress has given to the country an improved
income tax law and good roads law, while
the ship purchase bill will pass within the
week.
Believing that party platform is
solemn pledge to the people, we heartily
indorse the democratic platform of our
democratic members of congress.
We urge our members in congress to
support the widows and orphans pension
bill, now pending in congress.
The State.
The republican state administration came
into power under the specious promises to
reduce expenditures and taxes. These
promises have been broken. Expenditures
and taxes are greater than ever, and both
are unwarranted. Economy in the expen-
diture of public funds is of paramount
importance. State appropriations increase
with alarming rapidity. We approve every
honest effort to curtail extravaganza and to
efficiency, which is possible only
when appropriations are made in accOr-
dance with scientific investigation. To this
end we favor workable budgetary plan for
the state; and we pledge the people that if
entrusted with power in the state to reduce
and taxes without crippling
state Institutions, and to wholly dispense
with a state tax
The executive department of the state
government is in the hands of those whose
political education has been that of a priyi-
legged class, and the ordinary citizen can not
expect a change for the better until this
state has been redeemed as the nation was
by the election of the democra-
tic candidates pledged to legislate in the
interest of the whole people.
We extend to our boys who have been
called to the protection of the American
border our greetings, and assure them that
we appreciate their sacrifice and herOism IN
to defend our country; and we
pledge that we who are at home will care
for their families and those dependent upon
them.
We favor the just demands OF the
Brotherhood of Railroad Men in the new
with the general managers OF
the railroads of the United States, and hope
that proper hour and tonnage agreement
may be reached satisfactory to all parties
Good Roads.
The good roads question is becoming one