Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-06-13
More Compliments for our Governor.

Attorney General Mylrea has come to
be known as the man with back bone.
BY his refusal 10 sign the satisfaction in
the cases of treasurers Baetz kuehn
and McFetridge till the Supreme court
has passed upon them, he has won the
respect of the rank and file of the Re-
publican party We would that there
was little Mylrea .stifening in the
governors chair-Tomahawk
Wausau Herald: Section II of Article
" of the state constitution reads ''No
member of the legislature shall, during
the term for which he was elected, be
appointed or elected to any civil office
III the state which shall have been
created, or the emoluments of which
shall have been increased, during the
term for which he was elected" Not
outstanding this Gov. Upham has
appointed Assemblyman Besse of Ash
land county member of the new board
of immigration. Which is greater, Gov.
Upham or the state constitution?
Stevens Point Journal: The position
taken by attorney general Mylrea IN
refusing to sign the satisfaction in the
case of the eX-treasure1s until he has
had time to satisfy himself as to
constitutionality of the law, has made
him many friends. Mr.. Mylreas
position in this matter shows that there
is one state official at least who has not
been overpowered by the lobby. 1t is
to be regretted that Mr.. Mylrea wasn't
| Governor when those treasury bills
came down stairs for the chief execu-
| tive's signature.
Wausau Record: The great man has
spoken! The Madison Journal says:
Governor Upham has casually
dropped this thought to a Madison
friend: CAN mills don't grind alike, or
saw timber alike. but the utility of the
mill is attested by the amount of lumber
it produces, or by the amount of -four
that it can make in day, with some
due regard to its quality after being
manufactured" The business man
sticks out all over this statement.
We have been waiting months for this
and now we are happy. Pearls of
wisdom drop from the executive lips
and the eager newspaper paragrapher
gathers them up all for to deck crown
to adorn the executive head. Well, I'll
be darned.
AN ILLEGAL APPOINTMENT.
Article ", Sec. y, of the constitution
of Wisconsin, provides: "No member
of the legislature shall, during the term
of office to which he was elected, be
appointed or elected to any civil Office
in the state, which shall have been
increased, during tie term for which he
was elected
Henry L. Besse was member of the
last legislature, which legislature created
the Office of immigration commissioner
and fixed the emoluments thereof.
Gov. Upham, in defiance of the consti-
tuition, appointed him immigration
commissioner, and the commissioners
have further exhalted him by making
him president of the board.
The appointment is unconstitutional
and void. Mr.. Besse holds the office at
the suffrance of the people,; he will be
instantly removed by the courts on
proper suit being brought. Every
official act of his is open to challenge,
and liable to be rendered void. When
the constitution interferes with the
plans of the Republican party it has
little effect.
"What is the constitution between
friends?" is their motto.
On the other hand the remotest in
fraction by the Democratic party is
something terrible and not to be en-
dured. The constitution is of value
only as it serves them; they care
nothing about it otherwise. No viola
ton of the constitution so fragrant has
been attempted by any other party.
Will Gov. Upham have the courage
and the honesty to own that he did not
know of this provision and to recall his
appointment, or will he cheek it through
till compelled to back down?-Milwau-
kee Journal.
From Chicago Times-Herald June g.
Governor Upham, of Wisconsin,, has
recovered, by the aid of the police, the
diamond that was stolen from his shirt
front at the inaugural ball last January.
THE TIMEsHERALD congratulates both
the police and the governor, but to the
latter would improve the occasion to
point the moral that man or a COVER
nor who wears large diamond in his
shirt front at social function"
deserves some rebuke at the hands of
fate. If Governor Upham will sell his
recovered gem and invest the proceeds
in travel he will learn that as rule
gentlemen do not wear such ornaments
but give them TO their wives.
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