The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-03
WISCONSIN HAS HOT !
FIGHT IN PRIMARIES
y.
Loyalty and Temperance Arc Issues
on Which Contests for Party
Honors Are Fought.

In the final days just prior to the
primary campaign in Wisconsin the
temperance forces of that state have I
shown remarkable activity and indi-
cations are to the effect that they are
going 10 make Il very substantial show
ing with the probabilities highly ia
vorable to sweeping the state for rati-
fication. The grip of the brewers OF
Milwaukee has been broken upon the
political situation of tffe state of Wis
consin. They have been SO far driven
from The accuSto med ease of control
that IN recent announcements 1t was
stated that they would abandon the
old type OF campa ign merely of fixing
the candidates under cover with the
certainty that whoever was elected the
brewing industry should be taken care
! of, and have come out openly with
campaign making the temperance is
sue before the voters Of the state.
II is OF peculiar interest and highly
significant that in this year. when our
nation is at war and all efforts and
energies should be directed for the
promotion of the war agencies, that
the brewers and the liquor combine,
With the liquor interests operating In
the state of incoming. have ahaHi-
doned every other feature and made
the Temperance issue the one exclusive
issue before them for this campaign
The ease with which they drop every
other item and are attempting to keep
the good people OF the state from
getting long-desired relief from ga
loon and brewery agencies and prac-
tees is highly indicative of why so
much disioyalty is found in and around
Milwaukee and the brewery strong
holds.
Outside Of the particular sections
which are dominated by the German
brewery interests conferred largely In
Milwaukee. the sentiment of the state
Tfs dry The brewers themselves are
. largely TO blame for this In the late
winter and early spring when the
farmers had hundreds of thousands OF
tons of potatoes rotting in the cellar
for lack al transeorta ton. the brew
icrs were monopoiiziny four special
trains a da,', carrying nothing hut
brewery products from the city Of
Milwaukee. and these special beer
trains did much to eentraiixe the anger
OF the farming sections into the or
ranized forces which mean the final
overthrow of Milwaukee,s brewery in.
stitutions
r. F, Hutton. superintendent of the
Wisconsin Anti Saloon league. In a.
final word to the people of the state
gives these interesting paragraphs:
Our boys over there are fghtin9
for Americanism. Primary elections
determine what Amer.canism will
mean. Go to the polls and make
America worth lighting for. Nine
times out OF ten nomination means
election The. primary settles 1t. Ii
you only vote once vote at the pri-
nsaries---M here-wil yea be eh-Hess-
TENDER !? -
''On primary and election day the
enemy alien is naturalized Don't
denaturalize yourselves by stayinEdot
home. America fights for life and
liberty on those days, Don't be q de-
serter
Our rainbow division on the
Marine was Gods pledge that liberty
should not be buried by the floods OFT
arrogance. Let our rainbow divisi1ns
be our pledge that prohibition shall
not be buried by floods of indiffer-s
ence.
Let the ballot box send the word
to Kaiser Bill that Wisconsin Is all
loyal and Milwaukee has gone dry.
That is the blow that will kill the
kaiser.