The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-07-29
Senator from Wisconsin Opens 1920 Campaign
in Kenosha with Plea for Popular Rath-
er Then Personal Government.
HARMONY BEATS HYMNS OF HATE
Loyast Urges Less Antagonist and More Peace
time Patriotism With Wartime Feryor-High
Praise for Congressman Randall.

! the folly of the administration prose-
cution of an obscure merchant in Bos-
ton, while the sugar barons and the
coal barons went unpublished for prey
ing upon the peoples purse. He also
/ quoted illuminating statistics to show
that government funds had been prod
igally squandered by the present high
lords Of the exchecquer' at Washing
ton. Very pertinently he asked why
| $4,000 branding irons were needed to
brand $4,000 horses; or why sugar
was bought for 20 cents a pound in the
United States and sold for cents a
pound in France?
Perhaps" he added with more of
the mustard gas than was apparent in
most of his attacks on the administra-
tion, there would have been lower
prices in the United States if Attor-
neyG General Palmer had been more
! concerned with prosecuting profteers
than with securing the presidential
nomination at San Francisco"
His discussions of the railroad bill
and the Plumb plan were equally effec-
tive and equally reflective of Demo-
cratic ineficiency at Washington.
The Truth About the Treaty.
In no part Of his address did the
senator show more comprehensive
knowledge of present international
conditions or better judgment in solv-
ing international problems than in his
comments on the treaty and the Gov
enant of the league.
eff the senate had accepted the
treaty and the covenant as President
Wilson brought them back with him
from Paris" he said, "there would
have been no further occasion for US
to celebrate the Fourth of July. We
would have sacrificed the independence
of the United States for membership
in doubtful League of Nations
reservations were adopted preserving
that independence but President Will
son refused to accept them. Congress
then passed a joint resolution declar-
ing the termination of the war with
Germany; President Wilson vetoed it.
| Congress then passed bill repeating
the war powers of the President with
certain exceptions like the anti-proft-
! eering legislation and the President
4 vetoed that. Therefore the President
continued to exercise autocratic DOW
ers, wholly unnecessary, and in fact
harmful under present conditions.
Congress has exhausted it's power in
the premises; it can do nothing more
toward securing peace until after the
fourth Of March.
Il am inclined to think" he added
| with tone of confidence in his voice.
that the second of next November will
be day of infinite establishment
and bitter disappointment for the
present President of these United
| States"
Justice for Service Men.
After pledging his support to the
men of II and '1S who had saved
America from the foe without just as
gloriously as the men of 81 had saved
it from the foe within, Senator Len
root concluded his speech with this
inspiring peroration:
Il have spoken OF some specific mat
tiers OF Legislation, but what we need
more than all else at this time is more
of the spirit of patriotism. Let there
be stop to the hymns Of hate in
Wisconsin,; let us stop pointing the
fingers of suspicion at our fellows; let
us encourage no man to array class
against class; let us pay no attention
to the mere demagegue, but rather let
US try to make this indeed a govern
ment Of and for and by all the people.
LET US work together as patriotic
citizens for the correction of wrongs
which exist; let us give our undivided
loyalty to our country; thus shall we
restore the good name of Wisconsin
and progress along lines of established
principles of Liberty and Justice"