Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-07-27
TO The PEOPLE, NOT The COURTS.
81 Says Chairman Conner Of the Republican State
Central Committee.

Mr.. w. D. Conner, chairman of the
regular republican state central COM
mittee, during the course of a recent in
terview, said concerning tie situation in
Wisconsin politically:
want to say that this is not so far as
we are concerned, going TO be brass
band or hurrah smpaign. We have
no time for snowy uniforms and brass
bands. We have no oceans of money to
spend fol the purpose of trying to blind
the people to the real issues of the cam
paign. We are willing to leave all OF
that kind of hullaballoo to our oppon-
ente.
This campaign is serious one to
Wisconsin people. There are serious
issues at stake-such as good govern.
ment against bad government and the
welfare of the whole people of the state
as against the welfare and private in
terests of two or three or more special
companies or corporations, which have
hitherto assumed the right TO control
and direct to large extent the leaders
of parties in this state.
1t does not MATES what outside ora
tors are imported into Wisconsin, nor
what Wisconsin speakers are induced to
speak in this state against good govern
ment, no issues can be made to over
shadow state issues in this campaign.
Attempts may be made to interest the
people in other Issues in order to becloud
the real ones, but the people of Wiscon-
sin are thoroughly alive to the situation
in their own state and they win soon
call any speaker TO his senses who tries
to put them off or otherwise deceive
them.
y have been around good deal in
oSe state anu | thoroughly know their
temper 1t VIII be found also that
abuse of candidates before the people
will not be listened to by audiences.
They have seen so much of it in news
papers which p.oclaim that they are
republican, that they are thoroughly
weary of it. We will start our speaking
campaign at an early date
we as a state central committee
have nothing to do with courts. Poll
tics is our business, The question at
issue Is, who is to be the next governor
Of Wisconsin, That no court can de-
eide. Under our constitution the peo-
pie elect governors and / never heard of
q governor elected by court yet. Gov.
La Foliettes name can appear on the
front or back of the ticket or any other
place and the people will elect him Just
the same. His position upon the ticket
wakes no difference to them whatsoever.
IL does not appear to me to be a legal
question at all
There Is no fair minded man in the
state who was in both state conventions
and knows whereof he speaks and who
Will speak as his conscience dictates,
that does not know that In Toilette was
nominated fairly and squarely by ma
Jorlty OF the duly elected and creden-
tlaled delegates from the republican
voters of Wisconsin and no power or
body OF men can convince the people
who know this that they are wrong.
The very men who are making this
tight against the regular republican,
party of the state know that they are
wrong and the people Of Wisconsin are
conscious of that fact too. They afe
| Quitting their heads up against the stone
wall OF public opinion and they will
soon discover the stone wall without
help
Viewing as we do. the facts in this
! light aud knowing beyond peradven-
ture that La Toilette will be the next
governor in this state, it does not CON
Germ as what the enemies of the regular
republican organization of this state do
OF do not do The La Toilette ticket
vii. remain in the field with our cleo
torial ticket at its head until voted no.
on next November md whatever the
jumpers may do, whether by appeals to
law or otherwise, the national admins.
/ tration VIII be taken care Of nv Ma and
1t Is only through our organization and
/ the votes cast for the republican ticket
in Wisconsin that Roosevelt can hone
for the delivery OF the electoral vote of
the state of Wisconsin. We have al
ways found the people of Wisconsin
know who their friends are in every
| political fight and we can safely, trust,
leave the legal and all other decisions in
their hands with cheerful confidence in
I the final results