Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-11-01


state ticket as a whole will promot.
the final triumph of our principles
Consider what it involves
First of all it is a direct and spe
officially proclaimed approval of the
notorious roster jobbery. That sick
enlnS story is too familiar to neeG
repetition. 1t was an attempt on the
part of certain state officers, DELHI
erately planned and thoughtfully con
sidered, to wrOngfully take from the
state treasury from $4,000 to $4,000
1t was concocted by the governors
adJutant general and private secre.
tary, advised by the attorney general
and conSummated by a secret contract
executed by the governor. All those
officials actively engaged in engineer
ing, forwarding and promoting the
job. Then this tainted contract was
sold. and the purchase price (S2O,OOO)
paid down right there in the govern
Ors office itself.
But that is not the worst of it At
ter the shameless job was made pub
lie, the adiutant general was pro-
noted to the high office of assistant
secretary Of war and it's honors be-
slowed upon him, Which he still en-
! JOYS. Fresh from this scandalous
piece Of business, he was permitted
to walk along a silken carpet
stretched from his carriage door to
the war department; and only a few
weeks ago was ostentatiOusly riding
through this state in a gOrgeluSly ap-
pointed private car supplied with a
retinue of servants with sumptuous
! provisions for it's tables. all at the
peoples expense. The other state Of
| fcerS engaged in this attempted raid
on the treasury have also been pro
NOTED by denomination by the party
managers. Thus the wrong and in
jury committed by them are attempted
! to be fastened upon the party Not-
ing the present democratic state ticket
/ as whole means approval Of all
this,-not only of unfaithfulness in
public office, but the promotion of the
f"'fhless to still higher positions.
It more than that The attorney
general, as just decided by the su-
preme court, refused to interpose to
dissolve a corporation that was
claimed to be victimizing the people
of this state. A leading Milwaukee
democratic manager was the origina-
! tor, promoter and manager of that
corporation. It's alleged object was
Ito encourage frugality and economy
in it's members" And yet the SUI
! preme court held that such was not
| its object, but that on the contrary
| its primary object was to obtain
money from its members When
! asked by the court the real business
of this illegal institution, this demo-
cratic manager and promoter an
sWered, ''a species of philanthrophy."
! And yet this same Individual has been
nominated by the present managers
of the democratic party for a high
office in one of the Milwaukee dis
trictS, and stands influential in party
management Voting the present dem
| Ocratic state ticket as Il whole means
approval Of that unsay0ry institution
and of this mans methods in organ
! lzing and promoting it. and of the at
| corney generals refusal to proceed in
! the name of the state to dissolve it,
and thus protect the people from it's
! operations.
The democratic congress enacted a
! tariff biz prUnouncedly and indisput-
ably i'll the interest of the great sugar
trust. Although it was declared bv
PRESIDENT Cleveland to involve party
perfidy and party dishonor" it has
nevertheless become the law of the
land through the efforts of democratic
managers and their deSertiOn of party
! principles. 4 vote for the present
democratic state ticket as Il whole
involves approval of that Stupend0uS
work of party perfidy and dishonor
| The great industrial enterprises of
! the country have suffered immeas-
urably by unwise and unfriendly
! treatment on the part of present dem
ocrauc management. Every success
full business institution, its methods
and practices have been the object of
attack. So pronounced, continued and
| determined has this become that cap
| ltal has withdrawn itself from in
vestment and is being boarded in the
sed and labor without employment. It
would seem the managers had fool
ishly set themselves against all manu-
featuring enterprises that appeared
! likely to afford labor remunerative
employment and capital fair profit.
A vote for the present democratic
state ticket as a whole means APPROX
al of such methods and a continu-
ance of present depression
The party cannot expect final sue
cess if it approves such conduct in it's
chosen officials as above recited 1t
must put the seal of it's disapproval
on such betrayal of public trusts 1t
| VIII then deserve, and only by de-
serving can it command. a return of
the public confidence.-Madison Demo
Scrat
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