Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1922-08-31
MRS. HooPER's PLATFORM

! To most political candidates Mrs. Hooper sets
an example of frankness and straightforward
ness in telling the people of the state who are
asked to vote for her just where she stands on
the issues of the day which they will vote. Il
am utterly free and ready to express my judg-
ment" she says, ION every issue which Wiscon-
sin voters will have in mind when they go to the
pools" And in the panks which follow Mrs.
Hooper shows that these are not empty words.
1t ought to be taken for granted that any
candidate for public office stands by the position
Iof America in the World war, but since it cannot
be- it must be mentioned that Mrs. Hooper points
out that not only went into war in our own
defense, Ito protect our honor and our rights"
but also to preserve human liberty and to end
war for all time" To carry out that purpose she
believes that the League of Nations is the. most
practicable plan yet devised. But she is ready
to work with the Republican leaders in any at
Tempt to make good their promises of 1920, either
to enter the League\ or to form an association of
nations.
No one has yet worked out real solution
of industrial problems which are concerning
us now. Mrs. Hooper is more definite than any
other candidate whose platform we have SEEN
She believes that "just return means more than
a living wage. She believes that to protect the
third party to all strikes, the public, we Should
not hesitate to find way of making arbitration
The rule.
With regard to radicaEsm, Mrs Hooper
points out that it is extreme reaction which makes
that reaction is therefore just as great
danger to the nation The high tariff, which is
me of the fruits of reaction, penalties the many
or the benefit of the few. 1t puts premium on
deficiency. If government ownership of bust
less is repugnant, what is the difference between
hat and fat government subsidies to business ?
There is no mincing matters.
1t is the same with Newberryism Mrs |
Hooper not only condemns the seating Of New
berry, but pledges herself, if opportunity arises,
o vote to unseat Newberry.
And on the question on which there has been
10 much pussyfooting in Wisconsin, the question
If the Eighteenth amendment, Mrs. Hooper
makes no pretenses The amendment has not yet
,een tried; she would resist any attempt to alter
t.
Now all this directness is not supposed to
,e good politics. 1t is argued by politicians that
When you commit yourself definitely against
something or for something that might have been
lid over, you are sure to lose some votes. But to
he ordinary man and woman we believe that
the courage of ones convictions
comes with the appeal of refreshing and
cleansing breeze Why should not voters well
ome the candidate who proposes to tell them full
y and freely where he or she stands? Mrs.
Hooper may or may not get to Washington on
his platform. But she cannot fail to command
he respect of every Wisconsin voter. For she
shows respect for them and their right to know
what their representatives believe and where they
propose to stand on the questions of the day. And
,hese questions are not the private business of
candidates, but the common business of all the
Deople.-The Milwaukee Journal.