The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-01-29

Plan of the Voters League.
The Voters league has done won
ders in Chicago. 1t has attained the
confidence of citizens. What the Vot-
ers' league proposes to do is to inves-
tigate the record of every man who is
nominated as candidate for public Of
fee, and to publish the results of such
investigation. If this policy is pur-
sued political parties will not dare to
nominate doubtful men. A Chicago
man was recently in Milwaukee to tell
the citizens there of the plan. AS ev-
cry one knows, Milwaukee local gov
eminent is in a bad way. Chicago,
with all it's fault, has what is called
by good citizens the best lot of city
fathers for many years. The reports
of the league are merciless, but just.
If the candidate has a crooked record,
the reports tell it, whether it has to
do with his personal or public career.
When Doctors Get Together.
Some half hundred physicians Of
the Central Wisconsin Medical socie-
ty will meet in Madison Tuesday-one
of their four annual meetings. The
doctors enjoy these occasional out
ings; they combine: papers on medi-
cal topics with a dinner, when they
sing and make speeches or listen to
others President Van Hise of the
state university will be one of the
speakers, talking of the place of the
university in Medical Education"
Among the topics to be discussed in
the sessions proper is '"The Latest
Phases of tuberculosis" There is a
good deal said of fresh air and sun
shine in this connection, and some of
our Madison people sleep on their
porches, though this cold weather has
probably driven them in. Then, too,
appendicitis still is prominent. The
physicians about here are pretty well
agreed that the thing to do is to ''have
the thing OUT when it proves trouble
some, and Madison alone has enough
persons who have been successfully
through the operation to form an Gap
pendicitis club AS a rule, they are
all enthusiastic and believe themselves
enjoying life as never before. Do you
notice how complaints of chronic dys-
pepsia are disappearing, as have the
expressions inflammation of the bow
els'' and ~peritonitis?" Poth of these
veteran complaints are now grouped
under the head of appendicitis"
But doesn't it make layman treIn-
BILE to think what an Ynexact science
medicine must be, when, for centuries
these doctors styled it dyspepsia" and
''disarrangement of the digestive ap-
paratus,'' when really that pestiferous,
useless, obvious little sack, the ap-
pendix, was the seat of the difficulty
and they didn't know 1t! However
all's well that ends well. None is
more frank to talk about the expert
mental nature of medicine than ply
stefan whose standing is assured.
Claims of Ripon College.
A recent bulletin of Ripon college
calls attention to the fact that Jan.
% is the day of prayer foS colleges
national event in reverent circles. The
bulletin also emphasizes the fact that
the college is not purely Congregations
al, as many think, but was organized
by Congregationalists and Presbyte-
rians, and for years was controlled by
the federation of Congregational and
Presbyterian churches in what was
termed "Winnebago District Presby-
terrain and Congregational Convention
of Wisconsin, On June 16, 1868, the
convention withdrew it's control in
words which made it clear that the
faction is not intended to detach the
college from the interest, influence and
sympathy of this convention, or of our
churches"
AT the October meeting of the Pres
byterian synod in Neenah, active con-
nection again with Presbyterians was
mooted and Rev. ]. Beveridge Lee. d.
D., of Milwaukee, goes on the board
of visitors.
The college campus carries fourteen
acres. The one degree of bachelor of
arts is conferred upon all graduates.
In the interest of athletics are the
gymnasium and the bowling alley for
indoor work. and ingalls, park, the ath-
letic field, with grandstand, track. base
ball diamond and football grounds
complete. ORLANDO BURNETT.