The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-08-29

ficient to cope with this mighty military
machine with which we are at war.
We must conserve our strength and our
energy and our food and our money,
and we must rejuvenate and build
anew the American character. And
the only thing, friends, that we need
here in this country today more than
any other thing is absolute unity of
purpose and action to see that every
ounce of energy which we can put
forth is directed to the one supreme
duty-winning this war.
"Never has there been such unity
in this country before in any war
we have ever fought.
"Any man today who 10 going
about the country raising any class or
race issues, is putting out German
propaganda. Then -vhen you find any
body that is putting out that kind of
stuff in any community in this state,
you watch him and see whether he
acts like a good American, because in
this country we only know two kinds
of people today--American citizens,
and others, and we don't care very
much about the others. Now, friends
this desire for unity, this impulse
toward united action in the country,
seems to have found an answering i'm
pulse in the hearts of the political
leaders of the state, and in response
to that kind Of an impulse for unity I
am out as a candidate for the Republi-
can nomination for governor.
win the War Great Issue.
"The first plank in my platform, the
dominating plank, the plank without
which it would not be any platform at
all, and the plank to which all other
planks cling and must cling if they
have any meaning at al, is this one:
We are in this war and we must win
this war the first thin give do. All
other planksare important solely to the
extent that they help us do that thing.
They are all interviewer with that
plank. Now then, that issue contem-
plates the doing Of everything in this
country which we can to put the sum
total of it's resources in man power, in
money, and in food and munitions and
guns, squarely, squarely at all times
every hour of the day and night right
squarely behind our commander-in-
chief, the President of the United
| States.
"And now want to say little
something about one of the men who is
running against me to get this nomina-
tion. He is running against me as a
/ war governor, He says he was very
reluctant; he doesn't want to run. Toe
badl But he is running as a war gov
ernor and he is running on his record
He has not issued any platform and he
is asking to be sent back as governor
| for third time-a very unusual pro
ceeding third terms have never been
! in favor in this country-and he is bas-
/ ing his claim on the proposition that
while war continues we ought not to
have any change AS one fellow /
heard say down here at Balsam Lake
the other day, I'VE don It want to
change horses in the middle of the
stream and another fellow answered
! him back and said, THAT would be all
right if we had horse in the first
place. Of course, I don It say that;
that is not my own; just happened
to think of what heard this may say.
wouldn't want to say anything un-
| pleasant about the governor, because
that wouldn t be nice
| Senator Wilcox then discussed the
record of the present governor who is
running for governor for the third term
or his record. He showed how the gov
ernor had been wrong on every war
proposition which had arisen since the
war began. He showed up the governor
as being in favor of an embargo on
arms, munitions, and on bread. He was
also opposed to the CONSUMPTION law.
He also showed how the governor had
prepared and favored bill providing
for the issuance of a million dollars of
| Wisconsin bonds drawing S percent to