Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-05-22
SOME HONEST PRESS COMMENT.

The plumber politicians have declared
open war against La Toilette. Down TO
the end Of last week they secretly plot
ed. But on discovering by La Toilette
message vetoing the Hagemeister sham
that he makes no compromises Win
treason, and will not pawn his honor
with thieves, they come out IN tne open
and cry war. They will get the worst
of it-uancaster Teller.
If the leeisls ture of Wisconsin had
enacted any legislation that could be OF
any benefit to the state, or had done any
thing that entitled it TO popular respect
the resolution of the senate protesting
against the aspersions cast upon IL by
Governor La Toilette might be entitled
To consideration. The Legislature was
not only gravely derelict regarding It's
obligations to the people but actually re-
undated the election pledges OF the ma
iority party regarding primary election
reform and other measures embodied In
the party platform. 1t was the der
ELECTION that evoked from Governor La
Toilette the scathing rebuke administer
ed in his message vetoing the machine
makeshift primary bill which was pas
sed at the behest of the party bosses as
substitute of the message which was
introduced to carry out the pledges OF
the party TO the people AID which con-
formed to the recomm endations OF the
governor
Because the governor mercllessly
trounced the Legislators for their betrayal
of the peoples trust and took occasion to
point ont some of the influences that I'M
pelled them to this betrayal, the senate
by a vote of Is to Spassed resolution oil
denunciation. In doing so the senate
merely advertised it's dereliction and
misfeasance and made more prominent
than ever the governors unyielding de-
yofion TO the highest interests OF the
state. Chicago Record Herald.
4 1t was natural that the dishonest poll
ticians who had betrayed the people
should sduirm under the flashing from
the governor, and with the conscience
Of guilty men they presented and passed
resolutions in the senate censurlng the
governor for his message. Many years
will pass before another aggregation OF
such incompetent and irresponsible leg
islators as have disgraced the state In
the past few months will again assemble
at Madison. From the beginning they
sought for schemes to thwart the Will
of the people, and no means or methods
were too detestibie for them in accom-
plishing their purpose. They defeated
every possible measure that had merit
and worked untiringly TO satisfy the
whims and orders of lobbyists and dt-
reputable politicians Wisconsin Is q Q
great state to be perpetually dominat-
ed by lobbyists and federal appolntees,
and at the first OPT tunlty 1t VIII oe
cleared Of the disgr 20 put upon 1t by
their tools In the vote of censure the
senators were guilty of an unprecedented
action. Not satisfied with their own
corruption they vainly attempted TO
besmirch with their slush the honest
governor who called them to account
Black River Falls Banner.
The street railway organs 1.-THE Senti-
mel and Journal, have censured COVER
nor We have been an active factor In
Wisconsin politics for fifty -four years,
and we can justly say we never before
witnessed such swindle, such an abor-
ton, such an insulting sham offered to
the people as an honest reform. When
the time comes the people will say as
much and more, and the men now anx-
ious to be termed 'stalwarts Will md
by their action they have made the word
Synonymous with traitors "-Milwau-
kee Evening Wisconsin.
Governor La Toilette will lose no
prestige by his noble defense of the peo-
pie against their vensl re representatives..
Is the way the Catholic Sentinel puts it.
His iudicious exercise of the veto pow
er has saved our citizens many thous-
ands of dollars and prevented the pas
sage of vicious, unconstitutional and I'M
called for statutes. Nor has either house
dared to test the wisdom of his actions.
The few machine republicans who
Joined hands with the democrats to de-
feat all taxation measures, evidently
thought the people better aDle to bear
the burdens Of taxation than corpora
tons. soldiers Grove Advance.
HONEST, SOUND AND FEARLESS.
Madison Democrat: Governor LasFol-
latte ia soundIv against subsidies His