Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1920-08-12

fore the people and I, as candidate,
pledge myself and my party to those
young Americans to do all in my pow
er to secure for them, without unnec-
essary delay, the immediate training
which is so necessary to fit them to
compete in their struggle to overcome
that physical handicap incurred while
IN. the service of their government. |
believe also that the Federal Board OF
vocational Rehabilitation, as far as
possible, should employ disabled sol
olers themselves to supervise the re-
Mobilization of disabled soldiers, be-
cause of their known sympathy and
understanding. The board itself and
all agencies under it should be bur-
dened with the care of securing for
the disabled soldier who has finished
his training, adequate employment.
The women Of America in emotion
and constructive service, measured up
lurlng the war to every requirement,
and emergency exacted much of
them. They demonstrated not only will
lngness but capacity. They helped win
the war, and they are entitled to the
privilege Of voting as matter of right
and because they will be helpful in
maintaining wholesome and patriotic
policy. 1t requires but one more state
to ratify the national amendment and
thus bring a longdelayed justice. l
have the same earnest hope as our
platform expresses that some one Of
the remaining states will promptly
take favorable action.
Education.
'There must be an awakened inter-
est in education. The assumption that
things are all right is an error. The
plain fact reveals two startling things,
one, a growing defamation in the ranks
OF teachers and the other, the exist
ence of five and one-half million illit-
crates. The army of instructors has
been more or less demoralized through
| financial temptation from other activl-
ties which pay much better. We owe
too much to the next generation to be
remiss in this matter,
There will be no attempt in this
campaign to compete by dollars with
our opposition. So many people have
been in the money gathering business
| for the reactiOnary cause that the mil
lions already in hand are more or less
a matter of general information. All
| that we ask is that both parties deal
in the utmost good faith with the cleo
torate and tell the plain truth as to
the amounts received, the contributors
and the items of disbursements.
1.-THE sort of REIMBURSEMENT which will
appeal to our self-respect and ultimate
ly to our general prosperity, is the
honest readjustment. Any unfair adj
justment simply delays the ultimate
process and we should remember the
lesson of history that one extreme usu-
ally leads to another. We desire in
dustrial peace. We want our people to
have an abiding confidence in govern
ment, but no reimbursement made un-
der reactionary auspices wilt carry
with 1t the confidence of the country.
"The inconvenience incident to the
war have been disquieting; the failure
of the Republican Congress to repeal
annoying taxes has added to our
troubles. The natural impulse is to
forget the past to develop new inter-
ests, to create a refreshened and re-
freshing atmosphere in life. We want
to forget war and be free from the
troubling thought of it's possibility in
the future. We want a change from
| +Io III Of xxyhn in.
ternatiOnal intrigue made the people
mere paWnS on the chessbOard of war.
We want a change from the old indus
trial world where the man who tOiled
was assured "a full dinner pail as his
only lot and portion. But how are we
to make the change? Which way shall
we go? We stand at the forks of the
road and must choose which to follow.
One leads to a higher citizenship,
freer expression of the individual and
fuller life for all. The other leads
to reaction, the rule of the few over
the many and the restriction of the
average mans chances to grow upward.
Cunning devices backed by unlimited
prodigal expenditures will be used to
confuse and to lure. But l have an
abiding faith that the pitfalls will be
avoided and the right road chosen.
G. O. P Vision Reactionary.
"The leaders opposed to Democracy
promise to put the country back to
normal This can only mean the so
called normal of former reactionary
administrations, the outstanding fea-
ture of which was pittance for farm
produce and a small wage for a long
day Of labor. My vision does not turn
backward to the normal desired by
the senatorial oligarchy, but to a flu
ture in which all shall have a normal
opportunity to cultivate higher
stature amidst better environment
than that of the past. Our view is to-
ward the sunrise of tomorrow with it's
progress and it's eternal promise of
better things. The opposition stands
in the skyline Of the setting sun, look
ing backward, to the old days of re-