The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-04-08

STATE SENATOR WYLIE.
have had bearing on most every
contest from the supreme bench down.
in Madison Mayor Groves was afraid
to try second election because the
'half-breeds" were laying for him; and
it was all along the line. The judge
ship Supreme COURT is contest that
engaged close attention. Even more
ig the attempt of Mayor Rose in Mil
waukee to secure fourth election. 1t
has been a bitter fight, practically all
the newspapers opposing the mayor.
and. say what men may about the
dwindling influence of the press, the
combined bOmbardment of half a
dozen dailies, even if they do not
mass arguments, must convince the
shifting vote that it is call one way"
Victor Berger, the Socialist, pOlled a
large vote; there are so many working
men that when they stand up to be
counted. the total poll is big. They
may be unwise in forwarding the
Socialist propaganda. but they do not
vote for Berger with any purpose be-
you'd expressing protest. Eugene
Debs has been in Milwaukee, to assist
Berger and of course has had big
crowds. though they were not devoid
of the curiosity element. Collections
were taken up at two halls to defray
campaign expenses, and the turn hall
meeting resulted in a contribution of
$117, and the one of Freie Gemeinde
hall Of $50 One Of Debs sentences
was this: Municipal administration
has been a fiat failure in every city
in the country. The corruption that
has been disclosed is but an infinites-
inal part of that which still prevails.
The men now on trial would be decent
citizens if we lived in decent sys-
tenn, for after all they are only tools.
The men who are responsible are prom
inent and leading business men of the
community simply because they own
private interests, which conflict with
public interests"
It is important to have good govern
ment in Milwaukee. The budget has
increased from $2.570,000 in 1899, to
$3,040,000 in 1908; the assessed valua-
ton is SlSO,OOO,00O Increase in valua-
1854. Increase in city taxes during
the last six years, S1,4S1, 677.O4.
Richard Guenthers Report.
A number of Wisconsin men are in
the foreign service of this government
None is better known than Richard
To-
ports recent case in a consular bull
ietin. The question involved was
whether Il hotelkeeper is entitled to
damages from the heirs of a guest, who
after stay of several days at the
hotel dies there of heart failure. and
whose death neceSsitated a renovation
and consequently a temporary non
rental of the room he had occupied
AS the hotel was one of the first class
the sum asked was considerable. The
supreme court dismissed the suit on
the ground that ''the tenant Of a room
is only responsible for damages if they
were caused by his own fault or that
of his people. The death of the hotel
guest is a risk involved in keeping q
AOlCI, NulCH luC uOlCk hCCpCl dAoHS
has to bear, and which he can not
transfer to the heirs of the decea sed
The case of course, would be different
If the guest had ended his life by sui
eide or had concealed from the hotel
keeper severe ailment which resulted
in death.
Wisconsin Concerns in Trusts.
Everybody has his say about
trusts but 500-page book by
Moody, the corporation expert, on ''The
Truth About the Trusts is the frs
full statement published. 1t gives
the names of 29S trusts; tells wher
they were organized: how much cap
ital stock. how ,,,aay plants and where
located; what percentage of total out
put and things of that sort tha
orators forget. Wisconsin plants art
represented in number OF these com
binations. The book leads off will
the story of the big ones-copper, oil