The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-03-30
Makes Announcement of
Candidacy This Week
Will Make Race as a Pro
gressive Republican of
North Wisconsin.

nouncing his candidacy for State
Senator from the District comprising
Bayfield,, Ashland, Rush, Sawyer,
Price and Iron counties. In the
letter Mr.. Peavey gives platform
upon which his candidacy will stand !,
which is as follows:
In politics, | am a Progressive
Republican with no frills. ] believe
In State regulation of Public
Utilities, properly administered in
the interest of the people, but a
reasonable rate of interest on the
capital invested.
But more than any other, l am
interested in making the develop
ment of Northern Wisconsin" by
State aid, state issue for in that
manner only do / believe will we
ever get what we are entitled to as
Pioneer" in converting this cut
over stump land, or slashings, into
farm homes, cities and towns.
Serving Bayfield, county as Assem-
blyman during the session of 1918,
and from experience gained since,
am fully convinced that as for State
Aid, help or assistance from Madison
this will come only when we by
united political strength, force them
to give to us our due, in an lmmi-
grafton Commission and the proper
funds to sustain him.
State Aid for high ways, our
proper share of the appointive Offices
not for the jobs sake or value, but
Northern Wisconsin" men be put
in places of influence that they may
(convert) educate and impress State
Officers and State Legislatures, with
our needs and requirements by first
hand knowledge and thereby make
Northern Wisconsin" a part of the
same state and not an isolated dis
trict by itself.
In the interest of State Develop
ment and more particularly the
northern or unsettled portions, we
feel the direct need of Commission
er of immigration, who shall be a
man of abilities of the same class as
our other members of State Com
missions. and who Therefore, shall be
paid on the same basis.
And further, that the settlement
and development of the new wild
lands, comprising as they do, one
third of the total area of the state,
is great enough problem, with
enough advantages, to the state to
warrant a proper and effective ad-
ministration of the work and to this
end we demand an annual appropri-
alton of $50, 100000 for such work.
We further demand representation
on state boards and commissions en-
gagged in administering those public
matters particularly affecting this
section of the state; the conservation
commission for instance, the present
administration has denied US any
such recognition.
One of the great and pressing
needs of northern Wisconsin to-day
is roads. The building of new roads
has proven one of the most effective
ways of bringing settlement and
development. Roads are the arter-
les in which must flow the commercial
life of all agriculture enterprises,
the settler and the settled farmer
must have roads. But northern
Wisconsin, with its lakes and streams
bass and trout, with its woods OF
pine, hemlock, birch and cherry. full
of wild game, and natural beauty,
unbeaten anywhere in the world
should be the summer park and
pleasure ground of every resident OF
Wisconsin, and to this end every tax
payer and citizen of the state is
equally interested with us in the
building of some principal lines OF
State highway, that will make this
great natural park accessible to all