Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-03-14

The New York World - Joseph Z.
thirty-nine, has jurisdiction over more
than $36, 900, 00O, 900 worth of industrial
and mercantile property. He Is the
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of
Commerce. His term expires in 1922.
Leslie's Weekly-The most helpful
man in Wilson's administration at this
particular time Is the Hon. Joseph e.
Davies, chairman of the Federal Trade
Commission.
The Nations Business-As Commits
sioner of Corporations. Mr.. Davies col
Elaborated with the House and Senate
committees in connection with the
Federal Trade Commission bill. He
also had to do with the Clayton bill.
In fact, Mr.. Davies has prepared many
reports dealing with various industries.
among them the taxation of corpora
tons, the conflict of state laws Of the
United States as to corporations and
the trust laws in foreign countries.
ST. Louis Republican,. Davies is a
stanch supporter and personal friend
of President Wilson. His work on the
Federal Trade Commission, for which
he had qualified himself by an exhaus-
tive study of corporation law, has won
merited recognition. The people of
n No
tween ability and demagoguery, patri-
otism and pacifism.
Minneapolis News Commissioner
Davies expert knowledge of the cor
poratiOn problem, first as commission
er Of corporations and then as chair
man and member Of the Federal Trade
Commission, would make him a most
effective public servant in the reOr-
ganization of Big Business which
seems certain to follow the war. But
under present conditions strong as this
argument is, it is one of the minor
reasons why Republicans should sup
port him. His intimacy with the Pres
ident, the very fact that he is Dem
acrat while La Toilette is nominally
a Republican, seem to make him the
log cal contender against La Toilette,
Wisconsin Republicans can go lover
the top against Germany no more eff
fectively than by shedding political
coats to discredit La Toilette by sup
porting his strongest opponent
Richmond Times-Dispatch Fortu-
uately, the Democrats of Wisconsin
have man in Joseph E. Davies, first
chairman of the Federal Trade Com
mission, who stands for everything
that La Toilette is against. 1t is vital
that Wisconsin be represented in the
senate by man whose character and
patriotism and ability are beyond
question.
VIM. J. Bryan's "Commoner''-Wis-
consin has suffered great loss in the
death of Senator Husting. He was a
sturdy Democrat, an able statesman
and a loyal citizen. The state could
not do better than send Commissioner
Davies to take his place.
Louisville Courier-Journal - The
tragic death of Senator Husting, of
Wisconsin, has precipitated an issue
in that state which the country will
watch with great interest. There is
much merit in such a suggestion. Mr..
Davies is known throughout the coun-
try as one of the men in Washington
who enjoy to an unusual degree the
friendship and confidence of the Presi-
dent. In Democratic administration,
to fill a Democratic vacancy and to
sustain the loyalty of the state as
Husting did, it is fitting that Mr.. Da-
vies, the friend of the President and
one of the strong figures at the Ma
tional Capital, should lead the fight for
loyal Wisconsin in the coming contest.
Mr.. Davies would be an honor to his
state in the senate and would sustain
it's best traditions.