Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-02-27
DowN wIrH THE BOSSES
Milwaukee German Paper Scores the
Bosses Organ.

Milwaukee German Paper Scores the
Hoses Organ.
From the Germania, Milwaukee: If
the democratic party Of Wisconsin is desir-
GUS of being right speedily bounced out
again it Is only necessary to let the Mil
waukee Journal manage. That sheet long
ago exceeded in its personal attacks upon
political opponents the bounds OF what Is
permissible; but the way and manner in
which 1t discusses the latest appointments
Of university regents by the governor
must excite the disgust OF every decent
man.
With one stroke the governor has APP
pointed FIVE new regents of the university.
Against that of itself nothing is to be
said--the governor has the right so TO do,
and he evidently proceeds upon the prin-
ciple of reconsuucting the entire board of
regents. ThIt has not heretofore been
customary in Wisconsin. Our former
governors proceeded in conservative
manner in the appointment of regents
They aimed at leaving in Office as long as
possible the men who had worked them
selves INTO the business And this system
has proved brilliantly successful--the uni
yersity has hourished wonderfully.
That the regents, who enjoyed the full
ca. operation OF the faculty, were able TO
accomplish 80 m lch that is good was due
partly tothecircumstance that under the last
republican governors politics had no in
Auence whatever upon the university aft
fairs Capable democrats we're appointed
ard re-appointed by republican governors.
Gregory, Paul, Villas, Parkinson, Raymer,
kuehn--all democrat s-haye under repub-
hCan administrations acted on the board,
or, like Paul and Raymer stood at It's
head. Paul died in office; Villas resigned
when he became postmaster-general. Par
kinson, too Of his own accord, gave up
the office. A republican governor hardly
would have thought of superseding such
men with republicans.
But we do not com plain of this, though
IL would be depurdble if our democratic
administration ia reality appearances
are against lt-had dragged party politics
into the administration of the university.
1t is, however, shameful that The Journal
in the most scurrilous manner ylllhes the
departing members of the board Of re-
ents and seeks to represent matters as If
the departure Of these men-thelr "nvol.
untary departure, says The JOurnal-had
been demanded by the interests of the
university. That simply is not true, and
( The Journal very well Bnows that IL IL not
true.
We have not a word to say against the
appointments by the governor, The men
whom he has appointed regents as far as
they are known to us stand pretty near
equal to the former members. But we de
pore deeply that our new state admins
tration has broken with the system which
prevailed under preceding administrations
had justified itself One thing, how
ever. is certain. If the people of Wiscon-
sin become convinced that democratic
party politics must be carried into the
state university the democratic party will
soon be played out, " as our old friend,
| Fred doru, would express it.
Heretofore it has been the custom TO
have the German element represented IN
the appointive Offices among them the
| board Of university regents For the first
time, a, far as we know, the governor has
/ departed from that custom.