this is the coroner's inquest for victor berger from august 1929.a streetcar and killed, and i guess it is irony that the streetcar company that he had fought against for years and years and years was finally what did him in. but berger was recognized by friends and foes alike as being one of the key figures in milwaukee history. his funeral was a massive gathering, and everybody paid their respects to berger just for how influential he was. they may have disagreed with his policies, but no one doubted how much he wanted to help the working-class people. movement ushered in a long tradition now of good, honest, efficient government, between a male slidell, the first socialist mayor of milwaukee, dan holmes, mayor of 24 years, frank zeidler, mayor as 12 years, all recognized honest, decent human beings. that became an expectation among voters in milwaukee. one thing milwaukee socialists demonstrated is that it could work. it wasn't this radical system bent on destroying the current economic structure of the united states. socialists were very fiscall