Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-04-25

factory to him, than those which
induced him to sign the bill
establishing the office of deep
waterways commissioner. By
signing this bill he has given the
state a wholly useless official, and
withdrawn from the state treasury
the sum Of $50 a month.
The Stevens Point Journal hits
the nail squarely on the head and
a hard blow at that when he says:
The appointment by Gov.
Upham of Mr.. Richard Guenther
to position on the state board Of
control is a commendable one.
Mr.. Guenther has been a resident
Of Wisconsin twenty-eight years
and during this time the Republi-
can party has provided him with
lucrative Offices for only about
sixteen years, Eight years state
treasurer, and about four years in
a diplomatic position in Mexico.
During this time the salaries he
has drawn from the public treasury
have aggregated a little less than
$4,000. Of course he ought to
have a position on the board Of
control, and if there are any
Guenthers down at Oshkosh,
other than the original Richard, it
is hoped that they will also be
provided for by the present
administration. The young men
and the older men whose hair has
grown gray in the service of the
!. Republican party, without receiv-
ing a particle Of substantial
recognition, can afford to wait
until the appetites for public office
of Mr.. Guenther, and a few others
who might be named, are thorough
ly satiated.
1t is universally regretted by
Republicans throughout the state
that the Governor should so far
forget the pIanks in the party
platform as to sign the bill which
relieves the ex-state treasurers
from paying the judgments held
against them. The Stevens Point
Journal in line with many Repub-
lican papers throughout the state
has this to say of Governor
Upham and members of the legis-
lature who voted for that measure.
In this connection we are glad to
state that the member from Wood
county did not vote for this bill:
The bills relieving Messrs, Baetz,
Kuehn and McFetridge from all
obligations to the state on account
of interest money used by them
when state treasurers, has passed
the legislature and been signed by
the Governor. Whereat the
Democrats appear to be highly
pleased, for they think they see in
this fact the defeat of the Repub-
leans at the next state election.
1t might be well, however, for
Republicans to remind the Demo-
Gratis that the ffty-six members Of
the legislature who voted for these
bills, and the Governor who signed
them, do not constitute the Repub-
lican party. At the last election
196,I5o Republicans went to the
polls and voted the state ticket,
and it may not be as easy to wipe.
them out as the Democrats seem
to think That ffty-six legislators
and Governor should have
repudiated and turned their backs
squarely upon one of the sacred
promises made before election is
certainly very much to be regretted
but it does not follow that the
party will be defeated when it
again appeals 10 the people. 1t
might be, if it attempted to defend
these men, or even to excuse them.
But that, we feel sure, they will not
do. That every man who in any
way aided in placing those bills on
the statute books, be lie Republi-
can or Democrat, betrayed the
trust the people reposed in him
there can be no doubt. And SO
far as Republicans are concerned
there is no use in mincing matters.