The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-06-20
THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1918.
The Wilcox Candidacy.

Roy p Wilcox, very affable mem
Der Of the State Senate from the
Twenty Eight District which centers
about Eau Claire evidently would like
TO be Governor Of the State. He has
not made a formal announcement to
the effect but there are lot of rumbk
ings which indicate that he will burst
full blossomed en- the political tree
within the next few days.
His friends are actively circulating
call for his candidacy and many
people have already signed that call.
Personally we have liking for Sena-
tor Wilcox. He is young man with
lot of pep and ginger and he has
shown an ability to apply this in g.
good many ways. His political record
as a member Of the legislature is one
Of which any young man might we'll
be proud. He has shown willingness
and an ability to assert leadership
that gives promise. His friends are
mighty loyal to him and they show d
determination TO nominate and elect
him to the office Of chief executive Of
the state
Senator Wilcox undoubtedly is not
in ignorance Of the plans of these poll
tical friends. He knows now as well
as later in the pre-primary campaign
that the call for him to be a candidate
for Governor is going to reach him on
scheduled time. He knows that he is
going to be expected to answer that
call with a ringing declaration'' Of
his principles.
The thing that appeals mostly to us
is that we have the ringing declara-
ton" first Senator Wilcox is neither
tongue tied or suffering from writer's
cramp and he should tell the people
now just where he stands and what
he stands for. Ultimately; Why Not
Now" is the slogan pinned up in that
section of the country and there is no
reason why it should not apply to the
Wilcox candidacy. A lot Of people
would like to sign the call to Senator
Wilcox to enter the race for Governor
if they knew just what he was going
to stand for and how hard he was go
ing to stand for it.
It is unwise at this time to waste
energy signing up calls for men to be-
come candidates until the people know
just what these men stand for.
We believe that Senator Wilcox can
make just such statement as is sug-
gested without in any way prejudicing
any call which may be extended to
him later on.
1t is possible that he is the man
about whose candidacy the loyal Re-
publicans Of the state would be pleased
to organize. Why not have him say so
nowR
We agree fully with the friends of
Senator Wilcox that the people Of the
state want new deal. That they are
tired of political factions and that
their worn out labels have lost their
meaning. We want to go farther and
express the hope that their meaning
u@S OOCh AuISOCbSn tAu bHdb IH6 ldD6lS
have all been merged into one label
which means Loyalty to the Ma
ton
Possibly there are other men who
may have at heart the same idea as
Senator Wilcox. Possibly they are
waiting for their friends to draw up
q platform for them to stand on.
Our idea is that the candidate draw
his own platform and make his own
announcement. That the announce
menb be plain and un-equivocal so that
the people may know just what he
stands for asswell as what his close
political friends hope to have him
stand for after pledging a lot of peo-
pie to the support of his candidacy.
The time for men to go on record is
now.
We have no desire to be considered
as unfriendly to the campaign for Sena-
tor Wilcox for Governor. He is one
of the men whom we consider as a real
possibility but we want to know where
he stands ON the big issues.