The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-06-06
THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1918.
Naming a State Ticket.

rank and file of the people of Wisconsin
have not as yet brought themselves to
see any need Of coordination of effort!
Most Of them are sitting idly by
waiting for some of the cold Timers !"
and this means the men who have con-
stantly directed the government of the
state to get together and arrange to
perpetuate themselves in power. Of
course when it is all over there will be
the usual amount of protesting. There
will be the usual dissatisfaction, but the
men who have been sitting with their
feet under the epic" table will be I'M
disturbed in their old positions.
The state will go along just about as
it has gone along with the rest of the
country periodically suggesting that it
is about as loyal to America as Ber-
lin or Hindenburg and the rest of us
will be fighting to prove to the country
that Wisconsin is loyal.
There is a better way. The better
way is for the people who are loyal to
the nation to be loyal to Wisconsin now
and make their loyalty felt.
These people should have call and
heed call to get together and demand
that the state government of Wiscon-
sin be placed in the hands Of men who
are willing to stand up and be counted
as on the side of our country. Men
who are willing to stand the gaff. Men
who will not OILY wave the flag dur
ing the days when they are out look
ing for the votes of the people, but
men who will march right after the flag
when the election is over and be good
Americans all the time and not good
Americans on dress parade and half
hearted in support of the nation the
rest of their working life.
Wisconsin has had enough of parad-
ing loyalists. 1t wants some working
loyalists.
We feel confident that the strength
of the loyal people Of Wisconsir is suf-
ficient to dictate how its state govern
ment should be handled. We feel GER
tain that it was the demand of these
loyal people that put Lenroot in the
United States Senate.
This is no year to have the state
government dictated from Madison.
Kenosha, Racine, Milwaukee, Ashland
and Beloit should have a say. 1t is
time ss, be done with politics and take
up wit&4 patriotism.
1t is time, not next month, or a cou-
pie of weeks before the primary cleo
tion, to call state conference of men
who are loyal. We do not care whoop
whether they voted for Wilson or
Hughes, We don t care a cent whether
they stood with LaFolette or Phillip
we want them all to come together now
for the honor of their state and for the
support of the nation and name men
for officials in Wisconsin who win be
true blue all the time.
A lot of people may be satisfied with
the loyalty of the present officials and
so may we, but the thing to do is to
get every man who wants to serve the
state on record. Let rim come out and
stand right square to the winds and
tell where he stands. If he wants to
mince words and seek the support of
disloyalty, let him understand right off
the reel that he has no part in the sup
port of the men who are loyal.
Let's see 20 it right now that the
men who are going to rule Wisconsin
in the next two years agree to be men
who will be q hundred per cent for
our country, even though they don It
get the votes of the pro-German sym
pathizers of the state.
There is no time for divided loyalty.
The one best way to remove the blot
that some of these men have put on
Wisconsin is to get them out Of public
life and see that they are kept out.
The only way to break through their
political fences, and leave their politi-
cal hides hanging on the wires, when
the charge Is over, is by mastering to
common call and enlisting under
a common cause every man in Wis
consin who is loyal.
There will be lot of men who will
want state offices. They will want
them bad enough to make all sorts of
promises, which they will break just
as soon as they get past the Inaugural
tion ceremonies. The thing to do is
to make it impossible for these fellows
to even get started.
Welcome to this state wide confer
ence every man who wants to come in
under the flag and pledge real ale
glance to this country. Let this con-
ference of men pick a ticket of loyal
lists and pledge to that ticket the sup
port that they are able to give and
there will be no danger of the half
hearted half-yellow fellows getting
even enough signatures to petitions to
get on the primary ballot.
The important thing is that this or
ganization be formed now. If party
committees do not feel that it is econ
ventional to act' let conventions be
relegated to the ash heap and go to it
and organize. What we want for Wis
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