The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-06-06
on. He has had twelve years and


it is a wrangle to get it, Spooner will
probably conclude to quit. That being
so, the only consideration to urge him
to declare is regard for other men who
may be coyeting the seat. Mr.. Bah
cock is ready to rush in and Mr.. Steph-
enson would like to have a hand III
the fray, either to go himself OF be-
friend some one. 1t is said the reason
Senator McGillivray refu~es to com
nit himself as to his old friend Spoon
er in his present hard fight for renonl-
inatinn is because Mr.. Babcock wants
a lighting chance. OF late Mr.. Esch,
the young Lacrosse congressman, has
been mentioned" In short, there will
be a break from half dozen quar-
ters should Senator Spooner give the
word he will not stand. And SO it may
be good politics for him to keep silent
Some people may not relish it, but it
keeps the aspirants quiescent And the
state convention will indorse him if
he wants it-eyen a LaFollette con
yention.
Candidates for state offices are rap
idly lining i'll position. There are four
for secretary of state, for instance.
Some are ''non-fa ctionaF' candidates,
and others, frankly recognized as
halfbreed or stalwart. If the governor
heads the ticket again, normally he
would be eager to have some stalWarts
on the ticket to strengthen it. Thus,
the ticket was made up in 1898. But
it may be, SO bitter is the feeling be-
tween the factions, that the usual dis
erection Which quickly takes possession
of man, once he is made a nominee
desire to poll the party strength
may be absent this year, and the fac
ton that controls will shape the ticket
throughout This will not be easy Of
accomplishment.
The Board of Control System.
The charities and correction people
get together once year. At Detroit
this year they fell to discussing the
state board of control system and as it
is limited to three of our states, the
Iowa men who sought to defend it
seemed to be overpowered
The contention of most Was-and
this includes authorities like Charleton
LeWis-'that the state should eXer-
else a reasonable supervision over all
charitable institutions, state and pri-
yate, but that the active control Ofthe
institutions should continue in the
hands Of separate boards of directors,
serving voluntarily and without COM
pensation.''
Iowa derived it's system from Wis
consin and III the four years much
money has been saved and system in
troduced as the Iowa man said: 80
intimate is our connection with the in
stitutions that We can tell exactly
what any inmate had for dinner OH any
day since the board was organized"
1t is just this perfect system that
the critics object to. They say the
board of. control system destroys the
personal initiative and the individual
character Of charitable work.
1t is a case of the excellence Of laws
lying i'll their enforcement. The men,
DRY of local supervision of Wiscon-
sin institutions yet reeks of home traf-
tic III contracts and ring-rule. The
state board system has DEVELOPED
weakness when its personnel was
weak. AT present the result is, on the
whole, satisfactory. Indeed at times
Wisconsin people are quite enthusiast
tic over their institutions for weak
and dependent classes.
Face of the Landscape Changes.
1t is fascinating to speculate on
What the scenery familiar to our ewes
looked like d hundred years ago, or
when Columbus landed, or farther
back, when Jesus lived. Had you and
| looked out on Lake Mendoza at the
time of the Crusades what would we
have seen? How about the shore line
of Lake Winnebago? And the Apostle
islands-how did they lie in the time
of Socrates?
biologists tell us there is a constant
change, but slow, very slow. To ge-
ologist thousand years are but as a
day. This is not time as to all con
formations. Thus, the soft sandstone
which forms the bluffs on our Lake
Mendoza are being constantly under
mined by the action of water and
frost. An old resident will tell YOU
even in his lifetime it looked different
~ than now
Devils lake, or Lake Minnewarka
as it is called by the Indians. is the
largest body of water in North Dako
ia. There change is going on before
ones eyes. Once it had an outlet TO
the Sheyenne river southwark. and a
well marked and empty channel still