Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1916-11-02

high salaried public service corpora.
ton engineers"
| In the same plank is the pledge to
repeal the law passed by the last leg.
islature permitting the railroad com.
mission to assess against towns and
| cities the expenses of changing the
grade of railroad track across public
highways and of building tracks to
benefit private railroad business.
The only evidence of any expression
of progress found in the Republican
platform relates to insurance abuses
which have been shown to the people
of Wisconsin by the best insurance
commissioner this or any other state
ever had, Herman Ekern, who was put
out of Office by that special privilege
serving governor, Emanuel L. Philip.
The plain thievery of the insurance
| companies has been so bold and Mr..
Ekern's exposition of these abuses has
| made this outrage so obvious to the
people that even the Philip crew was
forced to declare,
1--WE pledge ourselves to legislation
providing for regulation by the state
of fire insurance rates, reassuring to
the people and to the companies just
and equitable treatment"
But what faith may the people put
into even such plank by governor
and crew who propose to overthrow
the primary and rob the people of
their right to name their own candi-
themselves behind closed doors that
they had better not mention this fact
out loud but wait until they are safely
entrenched in Office, then go ahead
and do what they blooming please
with the peoples rights.
The whole fabric of the state Repub-
lican platform is insincere and the
men behind it are dangerous.
The Democratic state platform rings
with SINCERITY. Because the Repub-
licans allowed themselves to be mis-
guided by this man Emanuel l..
Philip two years ago, the Democratic
party has seized the banner of prog
ress; the Democratic party of Wiscon-
sin and not the Republican party is the
progressive party in Wisconsin today,
THE PEOPLES PARTY. The Demo-
cratic candidate for governor and not
the Republican candidate for governor
is sincerely pledged to a government
of the people, by the people and for
the people.
If the people of Wisconsin want to
lose their rights for which they have
so long fought, if they want to be the
playthings of predatory powers, let
them vote just once more for Emanuel
Phillip. But if they want to be self
governing people, retaining their own
institutions that work in their own be-
half, and hold their heads high with
the pride of real Americans then they
must vote for Burt Williams, that's all.
1t is the Democrats of Wisconsin
and not the Philip Republicans who
today honestly stand for the work
mems compensation, for a thoroughly
adequate and scientific system of mar
sion of the state school system, for the
conservation and development of our
great state university and particularly
for the development of it's service side
and the expansion of it's extension di-
vision which carries the educational
and the inspirational forces of the
university to every resident of the
state who wants to profit by it's help
full constructive and benignant minis
try.
1t is the Republicans under Cover
nor Philip who curtailed the good
roads movement in Wisconsin in the
face of the fact that Wisconsin is ia
nous for it's bad roads and needs high
way development greatly; it is essen
tial to the farmer and the townsman
alike
1t is the Democratic platform which
is standing strongly back of indus
trial education. While the Philip
forces are planning to give the pri-
mary election law solar pleXus blow
the Democrats, in unmistakable words,
law. 1t is the Democrats who stand
back of civil service and offer an hon.
est pledge to regulate the rates and
abate the abuses of the insurance
companies. 1t is the Democrats and
not the Republicans who pledge them
selves to the program of conservation
of the public's interests in the natural
resources of the state and to advance
legislation beneficial to labor.
In other years there may have been
a choice, but to every thinking, honest,
self-respecting American who believes
in the right of the people to rule in
their own interests, there can be no
choice in the Wisconsin state election
in the year 1916. Every sincere, hon
est-thinking, clear-thinking American
will vote for Burt Williams for COVER
nor. 1t is a Republican government
and not party name masquerading
that every 100 per cent American
wants.
Wisconsin State Journal, Madison
ONE GREAT ISSUE ODE MET.