The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-09-14
BARNETT GIVES
HIS PLATFORM
Candidate for District At
torney Out With Appeal
to the Voters.
ENFORCE ALL LAWS
Declares He Would "Act as
Trustee for People" and Not
Seek to Be the Master.

Breaking the lull in the political
fight, which always comes just after
the primary election, Morris Barnett,
candidate for district attorney, started
things moving today when he issued a
statement to the voters, setting out his
position in regard to the duties Of the
Office he is seeking.
The statement is long one and goes
into, a good many things, but the most
important thing in it is the pledge of
Barnett that all laws will be enforced
impartially if he is elected to the office
of district attorney.
1t is understood that committee is
now being organized to have charge of
the candidacy of Mr.. Barnett and that
publicity matter urging his election
will be widely distributed throughout
The county. In his statement to the
voters, Barnett says in part:
GAS a candidate for district attorney
it is just to the people whose suffrage
| am soliciting at the coming election,
November 7th, that they should know
for what l stand and would do if elect
ed to the Office of district attorney
While deeply sensible of the honor con-
ferred upon me, l am not unmindful
of the responsibilities incurred in ac7
cepting the nomination for district at
torney If elected, my duty WOULD be
10 prosecute :" offenders ang VIOLA.
tors of the law In Kenosha county, as
defined by the statutes of Wisconsin.
am emphasizing 'all violators and
offenders and am not singing out any
specific or particular section Of the
statutes nor any particular class Of
offenders.
Voice of Congress Superior.
"The congress of the United States
represents all of the states Of the
Union, as we'll as the people of those
states, and the legislature of each state
not only represents but speaks for the
people of the state in their organized
capacity. Its voice and mandate is
superior to any citizen or to any assoc
citation Of people who break the laws.
1t is the power of the people and not
that of a superior person that gives
sanction to the rules of conduct by
which the people of America govern
their conduct in the affairs of life.
therefore, no man or set of men can
claim exclusive privileges successfully.
The laws must be enforced uniformly.
Should be elected district attorney, l
would act as your trustee and repre-
sentative and not as the master of the
people of Kenosha county. firmly be-
lieve in the fundamental principle that
all power is vested in and derived from
the people and these principles shall
never be forgotten and never set at
defiance
Must Obey the Law.
Respect for law involves not only
obedience to the mandates of the law
but a general acquaintance with the
principles and purposes of the law,
lnasmuch as our country is a place of
refuge for the oppressed of every ma
ton and where every man can worship
God according to the dictates of his
own conscience, firmly believe that
every person should stand equal before
the bar of justice.
GAS lawyer, have long been i'm
pressed with my duty to the communi-
ty, my obligation to the profession of
which have the honor to be a member
and with deem responsibility to the
courts. AS district attorney I should
endeavor to discharge the duties of the
Office by seeking facts and would not
be guided in my official capacity by
any personal bias.
"Some years ago, of my own choice
I made Kenosha my home and before
locating here served for about Az
years as one of the prosecuting attor.
neys for the city of Chicago. Ny du.
ties compelled me to appear in the var
ious courts of the city and should any
one in Kenosha doubt my sincerity ir
the discharge of a public duty, my
qualifications for the office of district
attorney or my efficiency as a public
officer, l gladly refer such person tx
such capable attorneys as Judges Gem
mil. Sabbath, Rooney and Homer, anC
others with whom / was associated
during such term of office.
Knows Neither Rich Nor Poor.
Gas a public officer l have known
neither rich nor poor, high nor low
black nor white, and as district attor
ney would expect to be the servant o,
the people of Kenosha county regard
less of color, creed or denomination
and would strive conscientiously to dis
charge my full duty to all of the PEG
, pie of Kenosha county. My aim a.
district attorney would be to give sucl
service that no man, woman or chill,
would be able to say that they came t,
the office Of the district attorney ant
went away unheard. I appreciate tina
the district attorney has a great dea
of power, but would not use tina