Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-07-20
POLITICAL AND SOMEWHAT Personal

DEAR SIR | have talked with sever.
al farmers about You running for sena.
! tor again, and they agree with me that
| You should announce yourself as a can
didate. | noticed what your paper said
as to your position in regard to the sen.
atorship, last week. Among the active
La Toilette men in the county there are
many that could fill the positions of
senator and assemblymen with credit.
In this emergency, however, / believe
! that yourself and Mr.. Dahl owe it { .
the voters to again stand as positiy- 7
| mot receptive) candidates for re.ele'S
tlon. You ought not to let your mCIe
esty prevent you from coming out. Y.s
| have both served as faithfully dufs2
the years we have been fighting to have
the principles advocated by Governor
La Toilette enacted into law. If we all
keep on fighting just little longer
believe we can get few of the right
kind of laws on the statute books. To
do so we must have the right kind of
men in the legislature; men who have
been tried and found all right; not men
of doubtful or bad political character
Please define your position in the CEN
SOR and say right ont that you will be
W
farmers want you to run again
LARS T. LARSON.
Viroqua Town, July 10, 1904
Above appears an inquiry addressed
TO me personally, from Mr.. Lars T. Lar
son, one Of the most highly esteemed
men and old residents in the ranks of
the successful farmers of Vernon county,
chairman of the big town of Viroqua
and member of the county board. Deli
cate as is the matter to m, the under
signed cannot with pl priety, permit
this occasion to pass without acknow-
Lodging with utmost sincerity and graf
itude, the very kindly expressions Of
confidence and regard from Mr.. larson,
personally, and the special qualification
IL affords me, as 1t must any man, to re-
celve from such source, assurance that
the great agricultural section of Vernon
county shares with him that confidence
in myself and approves of my votes and
record as a servant of the people in the
Wisconsin legislature during the past
eight years. have in the past, and
continue to receive, evidences Of the
most kindly feeling and loyalty of which
Mr., Larson speaks. Were not abso-
lutely conclusive proof in existence of
such confidence and regard, ! certainly
would rot entertain thought Of stand
ing for denomination to the honor and
trust the republican party and people
have conferred in the past.
While emphaticrlly renewing my po-
sition, as stated in an editorial two
weeks since that the field should and
must be open and free to every mans
claims as candidate, answer Mr.. Lar
sons inquiry and solicitation by stating
that l am candidate for denomination
70 the state senate; ask the votes, sup
port and counsel of republicans who be-
lieve in the things that the republican
party has long been contending for in
Wisconsin. ] have nothing to give in
return except to refer TO my public rec
ord as legislative representative and a
promise, If renominated and reflect
ed, of the same steadfastness to prin-
ciples to my state and to the constitu-
ency of the Twenty-eight senatorial dis
trlct will pursue the same policy as
heretofore, of silence under perscnal
abuse. My official record as servant ID
an open ore. l win oppose no man who
may aspire to senatorial honors by per-
sonal ahase or detraction As repre-
senting practically the unanimous stand
for vial principles, again and again
taken by the voters of Vernon county,
| wi4., without fear, favor or discrimi-
nation maintain and apply that stand
ard 20 my own candidacy as well as that
OF others.
The people of Vernon county and
Wisconsin are thoroughly informed and
educated on the questions involved, and
candidates, in the coming campaign,
and are quite capable Of forming Just
and correct conclusions They are
aroused as never before in their deter.
mination that men, not money, shall
count; that the people, not corporations,
shall rule That the men sent to the
national and state legislatures shall be
tried and proved and not found want
ing, servants of the people not subject
to orders or control by any other power
on earth, and that the faithful, courage
ous, self.sacrifcing Robert Nj. La Fol-
lette shall again be governor Of this
commonwealth, to accomplish the peo-
piles will
1t should not be forgotten that there
Is now on one of the fiercest struggles
ever know in Wisconsin to keep poss-
ession of the state senate by the same
elements that have defeated promised
legislation in late years. On this score
alone, not to me personally, | solicit the
active support of every Vernon county
republican who believes that these
things should be accomplished. can
not possibly see or communicate with
all constituents and political friends,
but hope they will be no less vigilant in
the common cause.
Your obedient servant,
OLIVER G.. MUNsoN.