Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-10-15
THE LAST PROP GONE.
Governor La Toilette Makes Manly and Honest
Denial of any Connection With Harry Book Deal

Denial Of any Connection With Harry Book Deal
About the only piece of false accuse
tion that the enemies Of Governor Is
Toilette and the republican cause have
had TO cling to has been exploded. Sen
ator Stout and q A Buckstalf sprung
a sensation following the republican
state convention by publishing state
ment that one Ke nehAge OF Milwaukee
had told them certain independent book
I concerns bad couttihuted two thousand
I dollars TO Governor La Foliette's private
/ campaign fund with tbe understand
( ing that Supt Harvey should he defse t.
ed. AT Lancaster, last Friday, Cover
nor La Toilette repud ated the alleged
/ statement # Kronsage aud made the
following statement:
1T has never been my practice 10
make answer to personal attack. No
man who assails corruption in the pub-
lie service need hope 10 escape ealuInny
and falsehood.
Whatever temporary harm personal
Misrepresentation may occasion, in the
end it most Injuries those who engage in
it. The peopl are just and will always
judge righteously ef public men as they
will of public questions if given time
enough to get at the truth. But in the
brief weeks of this political campaign
some man may be misled for the time
being because of the use now being made
of the statement published by Messrs
Brckstaf and Stout.
1t would answer the purpose of those
who prefer Co be silent on railroad taxa
tion to confne public attention for the
next four weeks to the independent book
company or any other subject if this
can possibly be done, but it will not be
permitted by the voters of Wisconsin
Most Of the voters in this state will un-
derstand the motives Of the opponents
of equal taxation and direct nomination
III trying to make campaign of person
al abuse displace discussion of these is
sues.
here are some who wish to make
issues cut of anything that can be laid
hold of. There are some who would
like TO conduct this campaign chiefly up
ON the statement that Theodore Kron-
shage of Milwaukee contributed money
to aid in paying the expenses of the pre-
convention campaign.
This e-conveution campaign of the
Republican party required the printing
and mailing of considerable portions Of
the proceedings of, the last legislature
and other matters pertaining to the re-
cord of public officials aud the party or
ganiZation, in order to get the facts be-
the people relating to the reputation of
the platform pledges and to their re-
adoption in the state convention.
The printing and mailing of these
recor Is and documents entailed large
expense. This expense was not only
legitimate, but it was incurred in
cause worthy of the support Of any right
minded man This outlay was met by
collection of such sums as friends of the
cause in different localities were able 10
make in carrying on this party campaign
Il did not conduct that campaign, nor
was / informed as to its details. had
neither the time nor the health, hadmy
public duties admitted of Il, to under
take the work and strain incident there
to- Daring the spring and summer
spent as much of the time as possible in
the country and yet met the demands of
the Office, in order to regain my health
and prepare myself for the great cont st
of the fall In view Of the false charges
made, it is right these facts should be
stated in this connection.
NO KNOWLEDGE OF CONTRIBUTION.
Il had absolutely no knowled or.in-
formation. either directly or Indirectly,
that Mr. Kronshage or any otte er man
proposed to contribute, or hat contri-
buted for campaign expenses any money
received from an independent book com
pany. or any other book company, or
from any co-partnership or corporation,
either directly or through any individu-
al acting for them or either of them.
From an investigation | made after
the charges were brought to my atten-
tiOu state emphatical that not one
dollar OF money received from any
source whatever, by any one connected
with the conduct of the campaign AZ
Madison, was received upon any con-
dition that an, individual should be
nominated or e. feated upon the state
ticket, or that any official should either
then or thereafter show any favor or
consideration TO the contributor or any
one G Sc for the contributor, No such
proposition was ever made by anyone or
hinted at in any manner Had any
such contribution ever been offered from
any source whatever 1t would have been
romptly refused by those who were
conducting the campaign
'These are the facts.
Messrs. Stout and Buckstaff say, since
the Governors statement
Buckstaff: Governor La Follette's
denial OF tee book company char ges, /
considered the people of the state will
be willing to take the governors state
ment. / got my Information from
Kronshage and would not votch for his
story.
Senator Stout: The only point at is
sue is betg cen Mr. Kronshage and my
self as 10 what he told me. Purely that
and NJ thing more. had no reason to
believe that the governor or anybody
else knew about tine transaction except
on what Mr.. Kronshage told fae. There
is no politics in this, and it will not
make particle Of difference as to Iay
attitude 5ow ard the governor / shall
support him most heartily.
Last Fair Successful.