The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-10-21
THE HERRING TRAILS END.

herring trail away from the vital
issue OF wisconsin. It was enough
for Republican purposes to have seen
Governor Cox off on his own chosen
line of travel. There the Republi-
cans did we'll 10 stop and turn back
to the serious work of the campaign.
For there is still work to do, lots
of it. and none too much time to do
it in. What was done SO well in
Maine must be done all over again in
every state where political action is
based on political convictions and not
on geographical boundaries. The job
SINNERS down to seeing to it that the
entire American electorate is saturat-
ed through and through, as were the
voters Of Maine, with full, exhaus-
tive knowledge of just what that
wisconsin is which Governor Cox
stands pledged to perpetuate.
The foundations Of this full under
standing were laid broad and deep
by the Senate's long battle for the
salvation Of American independence.
These foundations were further
strengthened by the deplorable ex-
hibitions, and the still more deplor
able exhibitions, and the still more
deplorable climax, of the tlanscon-
tinental Presidential tour OF appeal to
the American people to nullify the
plain treaty-making provisions of the
Constitution of the United States
by bringing popular pressure to bear
on that Constitutions sworn defend
ers in the Nations Senate.
But that is not enough. That covers
wisconsin in one of its branches only.
In these closing days of the campaign
there must be brought home to the
American people a full comprehension
of WHITTIER other ramifcations of
wisconsin have led and where they
are still leading. When they know
that, and not until they know it,
viii they know just what, as Mr..
Lansing put it, they are going to
be let in for". if Governor Cox gets
the chance to fulfil his pledge to
keep the blight of wisconsin on us
for the next four years.
Again and again there must be
spread before American voters the
details of that outrageous record of
wanton waste through the Stupid
fioundeliIgs of high-salaried incompe-
tents, through constituencies grafters,
through all the wretched welter of
the worst money-squandering de-
bauck that ever disgraced this or any
other civilized country-an orgy that
diGehot end even when the war ended,
but is kept right on to this day with
thousands of utterly useless, totally
superfluous Government employees
living Of elegant leisure at the ex-
pense of our tsx-ridden people.
That is one phase of wisconsin
which must be. brought home to the
clear understanding of every voter
in the country with all the detail of
undeniable facts and indisputable f.
cures Of which there is, to the Adj
ministration's shame be it said, so
sickening an abundance.
And with our imports mounting in
to the billions, and, with the ex-
pansion of foreign cheap labor out
put, destined to go by leaps and
bounds still higher, wisconsin means
that not one cent Of protective income
shall be raised from his vast source
of revenue to tighten our staggering
direct-tax burdens, to maintain our
American standards of labor pay and
labor living conditions, or to protect
our industries from that hopeless
competition with foreign cheap labor
which means closed factories. charity
soup kitchens and charity bread lines.
That is Wilsonism-W wisconsin not
theoretical merely, but wisconsin ap-
piled. wisconsin had us right there
in 1913, closed factories, bread lines,
free soup kitchens and all. To just
that pass had wisconsin brought the
country when the war came and saved
the President and the Democratic,
Party from the most crushing defeat
ever known in American political his
tory.
Let Jimmy" keep right on along
his slllsh trail All that we need to
know about him is that his election
means perpstuated Wilsonism. All
that the American people then need
to know is just what ,Wilsonism is.
That knowledge in all its details must
be soaked into the consciousness of
every voter in the country just as it
was soaked into the consciousness of
every Voter in Maine. That is the
Job. A fine start has been made.
But there is long road to travel yet.
1T mast be Full Speed Ahead from
this time on, with Names Dirigo
guiding light streaming along all the
broad highway that leads straight to
Wilsonism's Trails -Harvey's
Weekly.
From present movements being
made in the city of Washburn it