The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-23
roo MUCH POLITICS.
In Good Old Days Three Months
Campaign Was Long
Enough.
HAUGENs SUPERIOR SPEECH
fractional Gulf WideningAAn Epi-
demic OF Franchises-Butterf
in Parks-Other Topics.

mer following Legislative session is uSu-
ally q restful time. In old days three
months were set apart for each cam
Daign: but now. we have politics all
the year round. The even numbered
years with the congressional and espe-
cially the gubernatOrial elections are
often hard and eXacting, from early
in the year until after elections, ana
through the legislative session of the
Odd-numbered years.
It is unsettlng to some extent to
the average citizen and adds to the
stress of all whose duties touch poll
tics however remotely. Indeed, the
excitement must encrOach on the
states own business. AS rule
these summer months are restful and
harmonious. AS it is, there is ferment.
Would that some bird from the sunny
south
Would build it's nest in the lannon's
mouth,
And stop its terrible roar.
The only bird we can conceive in
this lugubrous hour is a black, raven
ing bird of prey-DemOcracy. How
ever, hope springs eternal in the hui
man breast.
Haugen's Superior Speech.
The important event in politics is, of
course, Tax Commissioner Haugen's
speech at Superior, i'll which he
struck hard at Senator Spooner, vet
eran object Of the River Falls mans
dislike. Mr.. Haugen is a large man,
who retains touch of his race in his
accent He was railway commission
err, and for three terms and part of
fourth in congress. He has bought
beautiful home on Lake Mendoza, and
has a girl in the state university. The
Haugens made many friends in so
cial way here. He has not at all re-
pented for his savage outbreak, al
though sharply criticised even by
many of LaFollette's friends, who adj
mire Senator Spooner. Those who
would vindicate Mr.. Haugen point to
the untiring attacks on Governor La
Toilette by officials high in govern
ment. Haugen's critics point not only
to the improperly of a tax commits
siOner getting into fractional fight,
but say the whole speech showed a
strong anti-cOrpOratiOn bias which
promises badly for a judicial consid-
GRAFTON of corporation tax measures.
Judge Gibson, head of the commission,
must be suffering tOrments, for the
man of Fond du Lac has been more
sensitive of the commission than a
maid of her honor. Last winter it was
almost impossible to get news from
this department for the papers, so jeal
Gus was the judge of the dignity and
judicial standing of the commission.
However, in politics events pass in
rapid succession, and even this Incl
dent may be submerged in the current
of history.
Can You Solve 1t?
Before reviewing the contention that
be continued in office, the following is
submitted as a diversion for the little
ones at home:
~ man who had 70 cents in his
pocket found that he really needed 81.
He therefore pawned his IS cents for
80 cents, and meeting friend sold him
the pawn ticket for 80 cents, thereby
securing the dollar. But who lost by
the TRANSACTIONS
49,. Kelley Cure Business.
How true it is that the normal first
impulse of Judgment is apt to be cor
rect The legislative cure for drunk
enness-public payment of Kelley
cure charges-struck one instinctive-
Iy as the wrong way to go at it. Now
that the courts have shattered the prof.
ect a Waukesha paper says:
"Undoubtedly the original measure
was a hare-brained, populistic attempt
at legislation that never should have
been introduced into the legislature.
This ought to be an admontion to leg
islative districts not to select its in
competent instead of competent per-
sons to do the legislatlng."
An Epidemic Of Franchises.
Many Wisconsin cities are up
against the question Of franchises.
They are in the air. 1t is time when
bland strangers and the brainiest law
yers in town, together with a bunch
of heavy advertisers call on the fright
ened editor and the door closes and the
next day the paper trusts that SEN
Sitiye capital seeking investment in our
beautiful city will not be discouraged
or holds every proposal, however
seemingly radical, is entitled to the
calm and dispassionate consideration
OF every honest citizen
The Almighty should have bathed
editors in Madison until they shone
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