Denver labor bulletin., 1916-05-06
SOCIALIST MAYOR
ASSUMES OFFICE
Daniel W. Hoan, Milwaukee s
New Chief Executive
His Election a Protest Against Mill
tarism and Jingoism, Declare
Thinkers Of the Nation

Daniel A. Hoan took office as the o.
cialist mayor of Milwaukee, Tuesday Of
last week. There We're scenes of great
enthusiasm when Hoan entered the co n
ell chamber to take oath. Promin mt
workers in the Socialist party ag ed
that Hoan would make splendid may or.
Milwaukee in her recent municipal elac-
tion has repudiated the old regime md
the man at the head thereof, Gerh I'd
Bading, who three years ago succee ed
Emil Seidl, and again placed the admin
istration OF her affairs in the hands of
Daniel w. Hoan, giving him a two tn ~
sand ma jority-a significant and de-
cisive majority considering the formid-
able opposition, the combined Republican
and Democratic strength, that confronted
him and did everything in their power
to defeat him.
Hoan Is an Able Man.
The non-partisan arrangement, upon
whisch the Anti-Socialist politicians OF
Milwaukee and Wisconsin built so much.
proved rather help to the Socialist can
didates than detriment. Milwaukee
thus once more has Socialist, and by
the way a very able man, at the head
of her municipal affairs. Hoan was city
attorney when he became candidate
for mayor.
In the words of the Milwaukee Leader:
Despite a campaign of calummes IN
augurated by nine capitalistic newspap-
ers, the Socialists threw Bading's
the election. Ten Socialist ward alder
men We're also elected"
Debs on Silence of Press.
1t is interesting to note that the cap
italistic newspapers are very silent about
the election of Socialist mayor in Mil
waukee. Most Of the daily newspapers
ignored the important event. Eugene v.
Debs has issued statement which he
calls Significant Silence" In it he says
''When the Socialists first carried
Milwaukee several years ago it was IN
three-cornered fight with the Repub-
licans and Democrats Thereupon tho
Republicans and Democrats consolidated,
proving that they are one at bottom,
and the following election the Socialists
were beaten by this coalition.
This victory OF the allies over the
Socialists was carried by the Associated
Press and other news agencies to the re-
motest parts of the country under such
conspicuous headlines Socialism
Crushed Milwaukee Socialists Routed,
[ 'The End of Socialism, Socialist Thing
of the Past etc.
Is of National Interest.
'On April 4, these dead Socialist at
Milwaukee wiped out the whole comb ina :
tion of Republicans. Democrats and Pro-
gressives, backed by all the powerful
manufacturing, banking and commercial
interests of the city and state, includ-
ing the breweries that made Milwauec
famous. in contest of national interest,
but not solitary word about it has
been permitted to reach the public so
far as the great newsagencies are con-
cerned.
"And yet we are told that these press
agencies are fair and impartial and pub
lish. the news regardless of who may be
helped or hurt by it.
Il find no fault with these agencies,
nor am / criticising their conduct They
are true to the powerful private nter-
ests which own and control them and
they handle the news accordingly
Protest Against Militarism.
A New York radical paper sees n the
Milwaukee election results a Protest
against mlitarism, war and jngoisrn and
comments on the Socialist success in this
manner:
'The horrible war, which has given
Europe its baptism of blood and which
is threatening to envelop this country in
its fangs, is causing millions to think
and to reason as they never thought and
rea soupd before