The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-08-31
cover up with smoke screens.
Flags False Issues Roundiy.

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Wisconsin / cannot put Senator New
berry out of the United States senate,
and neither can my opponent. It can
not be an issue in the state campaign.
But it is smoke screen to cover up
something that is an issue in the state.
| believe it is good plan to lock
your stable door before the horse is
stolen, and two years ago at the Re-
publican platform convention in Madi-
son introduced plank to amend our
corrupt practices act in two respects"
Morgan then reviewed how he had
endeavored to secure the passage of a
corrupt practice act in Wisconsin and
how Blaine despite his promises had
done nothing to bring this about. He
recalled how Blaine had charged that
a slush fund was raised for Lenroot
and had promised to investigate this
if he was elected governor which he
had failed to do. He realized that, as
stated in a previous address 100000
had been raised in the Non-Partisan
league throughout Wisconsin for use
in the Blaine-LaFollette campaign and
declared Blaine did not investigate for
fear counter investigation would be
started.s
"Now do you see why the radicals
are talking about the Newberry case ?"
declared Morgan. / "They are trying to
raise another smoke screen to distract
your attention from the fact that they
refused to amend our corrupt practices
act so that offices could not be bought
in Wisconsin, so that they can make
lying charges about their opponents
spending money without there being
sworn public records to disprove their
charges and SO that they can have a
barrel of money spent to elect the
radicals without being called to ac-
count for it all with sworn reports to
\ the secretary of state where we all
could find out who was spending the
slush funds and what candidates were
having their Offices bought"
Gives Stand on Laws.
Morgan minced no words in dealing
with his stand on the wet and dry
question, which he classed as another
false issue, raised by Blaine. He de-
clared: Nov one more false issue
and | will have done with false issues
| refer to this talk about beer and
wine. The eighteenth amendment to
the constitution of the United States
prohibits the manufacture, sale and
transportation Of Intoxicating liquors
for beverage purposes. Our highest
courts have declared that beer and
wine are Intoxicating. If we passed
a law in Wisconsin authorizing the
sale of beer and wine or any other in
toxicating beverage, the courts would
be obliged to declare it unconstitu-
tional and void so long as the eigh-
teenth amendment is part Of the con-
stitution of the United States. So
4 long as the federal law remains un-
changed one hundred governors could
not give the thirstiest man one glass
of beer and two hundred legislatures
could not give the thirstiest woman a
single sip of wine, and yet one of my
opponents, Mr.. McHenry, is appealing
for votes because he says he is as
wet as the Atlantic ocean-well at
least he says the same thing all over
the state while any other opponent,
Mr.. Blaine, says he is wet when he is
in wet counties and that he is dry
when he is, in dry counties. Of course,
neither of them can give a glass of
beer to the thirstietst man in the
state.
For Law Enforcement.
II do not know how important or
unimportant you may think the sub
iect of prohibition, but say to you
that the subject Of law enforcement
is infinitely more important. Upon
the bedrock of enforced law rests this
government of ours and without laws
which are enforced there can be no
security of life, liberty or property.
AS far as my own position is con-
cerned, want to be perfectly frank
with you when l hold up my right
hand and take an oath to support the
constitution of the state of Wisconsin
and faithfully administer, execute and
enforce the laws of my state intend
to have no mental reservation in my
mind"
Discusses Tax Question.
The speaker drew much applause
from the audience when he answered
the charges made here by Governor
Blaine regarding the withholding of
taxes by Kenosha concerns. He dealt
with the question of the secrecy clause
demonstrating that to repeal it would
give no more power than the state now
has and would cause infinite damage
to many taxpayers.
Regarding the alleged fraudulent re-
turns, he declaged:
Nov, we have heard a lot of talk
about tax dodgers, haven't we? Well,
all have got to say is this. One of
two things must necessarily be true
Either the governors charges are true
and there should be prosecutions, or
his charges are false and they should
never be made. The law does not per-
nit the attorney general to bring an
action to recover income taxes fraudu-
lently withheld or to impose the pen
alties which the law prescribes for
making false income tax returns unless