Bisbee daily review., 1918-04-02
Wisconsin

he most amazing ana SndmeIul tnlng of the war from an American viewpoint IS the attitude of the great state of Wiscon- sin Is Wisconsin ripe for secession from the Union? In the recent primaries held in this state, Berger, a socialist, German and traitor, received some thirty-eight thou sand votes and the socialist nomination for U. S. senator, and Thompson. an openly avowed traitor, running for the republican nomination for the same high office, receiv- ed some 10000 votes and his loyal oppon- ent, Lenroot, only some 73,000 votes. Both democratic candidates for senator are loyalists and they received some seventy thousand votes between them.
 The election for senator to fill a vacancy is being held in Wisconsin today. Both the democratic and republican candidates are loyal and will, therefore, divide, in a measure, the loyal vote. To Berger will go all the disloyalist and traitor and agita- tor and pacifist strength at the polls. The Berger vote today may well mark the strength of the disloyal element in this state. What IS the matter with Wisconsin, any way2 She furnished her quota of troops and her contribution to the liberty bond is sues and the Red Cross funds. But still she shows tendency to prefer disloyal and obstructionist leaders to represent her in the high councils of the nation. She finds ex- cuses for their traitorous words and acts. She is neither fish nor fowl She is carry ing water upon both shoulders. She would serve two masters, and one IS shadow form in Washington and the other reigns in Potsdam.
 Milwaukee, her largest city, has for years been a hot bed of socialism and IS at the same time as full of Germans as any city on the Rhine But why are they in Mil in their beloved Fatherland acting as can non fodder? Why did they leave that dear Wilhelm and his gracious reign and fat land?
 Wisconsin presents the shameful and dangerous spectacle of running man for the U. 5. senate who Is under indictment for treason. Nowhere except in patient broad, free, just American could such a thing be. These socialist Germans who rant so loudly in Wisconsin would be dumb in Berlin. Their brethern over there do not dare to even peep these days.
 Trotzky and Lenine were socialist agita- tors. too They helped Germany all they could; in fact, are mainly responsible for farce of the German drive of today, but what of these two now? German armies rule their devastated land and German au- tocracy has laid its terrible hand upon all things Russian to crush this faint wild spark of liberty and equality.
 Wisconsin was the home of the first wild wave of reform that spread over the coun- try The University of Wisconsin propa- gated 1t, and this university seems to have been but preparatory school or offshoot of the Universities of Leipsic, Heidleburg and Berlin in the propagation of German kultur.
 There are thousands of loyal men and women in Wisconsin, but they are strange and careless about their leaders and they sit supine and wink at traitors and do not even blush while wild and irresponsible and dangerous and misguided men blacken the shield of their state with indelible stains
 Wisconsin is on trial again today Let us hope that she will present more and posi- tive evidence of her loyalty than she did upon the occasion of the primary election some weeks ago.
 And remember, if she should by some wild and unreasonable and improbable mis- chance, elect Berger to the senate, he would not be allowed to take his seat and the state would be upon the verge, either of seces- sion or election from the proud and price less union of the states