The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-10-13

merits they could not as they had no
jurisdiction and would merely have to
dismiss the case. This implies, he
said, that the National Republican
Convention is the court of last resort
and that they had decided in favor of
the Sta1warts.
He then dealt with the loose methods
at the capital and called attention to
the fact that passes, strictly against
the law, were used by Mr.. La Fol
lette's own officers, the assistant At
torney General and second assistant
Attorney General. He then dealt al
length with the Prudential Life In
surance case in which the Insurance
Commissioner and the Attorney Gen
eral charged for their services the
sums of SIS and $35 per day respec-
lively for examination into the affairs
of the company, when the law declares
that only SIS day shall be charged.
Furthermore, he said these officers at
the time, were supposed to be putting
in their time on State pay and should
have received no compensation at all
from the company. No part of this
money, $4,000 in all, found its way
into the State Treasury but all of it
into the pockets of the various men
interested and part of it, according to
sworn testimony, into the Governors
campaign fund.
Kempf's Dishonesty.
In regard to the ENLIGHTENMENT of
State Treasurer Kempf, he said that
the governor must have known of this
shortage at the time of the conven-
tion which nominated himssfor office.
If he didn't, then he was derelict in
his duty, as he should have known of
this shortage at this ti1ne. If he did
know of it and permitted Kempf to be
nominated in the face of this know1-
edge, then he perpetrated fraud on
the people in letting Kempf.sgo on
the ticket without exposure.
TO all of the charges brought
against the governor, the only answer
that La Toilette makes, he says is,
LET the railroads pay more taxes.
He then took up the case ofifthe
game wardens and fin sarcastic way
spoke of the need of having game
wardens in the city of Milwaukee,
where the game is so abundant. He
| called attention to the fact that the
game wardens are conspicuous1y alb
sent from the places where game is
to be found and are always present
| where there are votes to be obtained,
and form the nucleus of ssgreat cor
rupt political ma chine, Of which La
Toilette is the ski11fu1 engineer.
He then spoke strongly and at
length on the railroad taxation ques-
ton and went over again the we'll
known arguments of Mr.. La Toilette
and pointed out the defects in those
arguments. He spoke of the pros
perity of the state and said that much
of this prosperity is due to railroads.
He called attention to Mr.. La Fol
lette's argument that the railroads
were making too much money, and
that in the last year their freight
business had yielded them $47, ZOO, 600.
"True," said Mr.. Stebbins, "and ]
| wish it Were ten times that amount,
for that is mere indication OF the
bulk of business done by all Wiscon.
sin people. The more freight rates
that are paid the more business the
people of this State do"
He concluded by paying a fine tri.
butte to Senator Quar1es and the good
work he has done in the Senate the
past five years, and urging all pres.
ent to do what they could for his re-
turn to the Senate, He spoke Of him
as man, and as statesman, and
expressed regret and disgust at the
resolutions adopted in the convention
here Oct. 1. The applause at these
last statements was tremendous and
lasted long after the speaker had
taken his seat.