Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-08-07

post--doubly difficult. of course, by
reason of the strained political rela-
tons. He is general and frank with
the newspaper boys, even of the oppo-
sition; and the sharp quality which
made politicians dread his newspaper
paragraphs more than the lombard
ment of heavy pronunciamentos dis
appears from the personal relation.
save In conversation a dry instantane-
Gus exposure of some personality
flashes across the camera of his funny
fancy.
Sentinel Pursuing Silence.
The political eauldron is still STIR
ring, though some of the thunderers OF
the press have evidently adopted pol
icy of silence for while. There Is no
! question but that the Milwaukee move
ment is under way and Mr.. Pfster Is
personally engaging the talent A
manifesto is promised from this quar-
\ ter, which viii likely claim that Wis
consin Is in peril of Populism and 1t
win be worked up deliberately, for only
| good reasons will be accepted for a
movement o unseat a governor who
has been in Office only seven months.
| 1t is replied TO this that Mr.. LaFol-
/ lette himself urged warm war on a
governor (Scofeld in 1898; to which
the LaFollette men reply that their
man offered Il programme of reforms
as well as man in 1893 and tie La
| Toilette platform became the platform
of the party. though the exponent HIM
self was refused, only to be nominated
| two years later. 1t will be remem-
bered that the fight between the pro
and anti-LaF gillette men was scarcely
less animated last summer than it is
now. yet LaFollette was clever and
powerful enough toquietly amalgamate
the elements at war. Some have hint
ell that he may be able to do this again.
One can scarcely imagine another
modus yiyendi with the discordant ele-
ments as gentle lambs about while
Governor LaFollette held a leyee in
the very sanctuary of the Ptister hotel.
But all things are possible in politics.
There viii be a growing pressure from
the rank and file, as election time APP
pro, .ches, especially if the Democrats
| get together and prove menacing, as
they are in Ohio. to heal up the wounds
and present solid front to the enemy.
This cry from the ranks will be rein
forced by the congressman, who don't
care If LaFollette or Billy Patterson is
governor, provided only they can go
into the next campaign without having
an ugly and rampant party behind
them. l have always maintained That
the best Spooner sentiment is on this
line, too. The federal officers" of
whom so much is said, are not so &C.
tive In the present uproar as one might
suppose. If Senator Spooner gets
dragged into the opposition movement
1t will be because the leaders force
him In. They are primarily after con-
troll Of the next legislature and l sus-
pect individuals, even great big ones,
| will not be needed. The normal senti-
ment of the people of the state is con-
tinued service by governor and sena-
| tor. The interests of the two are iden-
| teal. 1t remains to be seen whether
they VIII stand together. No one in
/ Madison, even those close TO things,
knows whether Mr.. Stephenson win
announce himself for the senate or NOT.
The confusion may induce him and
| perhaps Judge Webb land for all any
| body knows Mr.. Babcock) to offer
themselves again. But those who are
calm and who have weathered even
| bigger storms than the present one,
look to see the status quo maintained.
In politics, as in all else, to dispossess
is always a difficult task.
oil Interests Many.
The talk of oil in Texas and Califor-
MIA and other states has interested a
good many Wisconsin people and al
most every mail brings proposals to
buy stock In sure things" il pushing
| Texas or Croesus California. There is
no question that great excitement ex-
lists there and a great deal of money
is changing hands and some fortunes
made from the oil that bubbles from
the earth, Some of the people who
return, however, are frank TO say that
an immense paper capitalization is go
ing on and that ground aoor'' openings
offered by circular are ON properties
which have not been tapped and may
or may not carry oil For man TO ac-
knowledge Chicago overture from
strangers and to succumb for even $50
vOGSl Of stock is folly in the extreme