Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-01-18

faithful city officials, he approves the
Los Angeles charter which provides
for the removal OF any holder of pub
lie Office by the electors qualified to
/ vote for his successor The governor
i proposes that the contribution of cam
/ paign funds by corporations he stopped
/ by law. lie also wants a prohibit
/ ton on the personal influencing of leg
2slators by individuals. leaving all such
work to the committee room in public
| addresses.
The United States Senatorship.
4 AS to the senatorships, there are
1 four avowed candidates, in Judge
/ Webb, Congressman Esch and Con-
| gresham Cooper and Senator Quarles,
with headquarters, all here or to be
1 here TO look after their interests. The
! lawmakers Of the Lacrosse district
| meet in conference to forward Mr..
Esch's cause. Mr.. Stephenson is not
an active candidate. but members
from his district say frankly that CON
ditions may shape his way. The " ebb
movement is il the hands of Senators
Sanborn. Wipperman, Hatten and
Hudnall and of course, it is a power
full quartette 1t is expected that
Senator QuaFles W L make the strong
est showing on the first vote, after
! which no one cares to prophecy what
will happen. While there are some
members who frankly say they want
to put Lalollette into the senate now.
and influential men as r. NJ Bashford
Al in N
press, tile governors own attitude is
still unknown II IS a matter which
time alone can clear up.
Committees to DO the Work.
The senate commttteeships were
distributed to pretty general satisfac-
ton, delicate lines of fractional stress
being avoided The idea that either
faction would get all the chairman
ships and ride rough-shod over the
other proved to be unwarranted. the
fact being that the alignment is so
close that DO uuredsonGb BILE proposal
would carry. Men generally speaking
wish to 10 the fair and right thing
and those who handle them best be-
lieve in this maxim aud never forget
it. The governor was busy with his
message for days, working at his
house; and ]lessrs, Chynowpth. Con-
nor. HowSer and Lenroot are rec
oguized as the lieutenants of he GOV
eruor who do things. About the
only legislature event of the first week
was resolution by Senator McGil-
liyray, indorsing President Roosevelt
in his efforts TO strengthen the inter
state commerce commission.
A New state House.
The question of a new capitol has
not received much attention as yet,
owing to the dominance of other ques-
tons In a large room in the present
capitol are lib &c sets of plaus for
new building and one who has never
seen such drawings has no idea of
their maeuiGceuce. Each set is valued
Mt about $1,000. Two of them propose
a building much like Il conventional
capit9l--the huge dome and a sym
metrical building mt its base. The es-
timated cost of these is S2,500000.
The other is less conventional. with
a DOME to be sure, but with the build
ings spreading into wings, in fact,
more Of a plant as shown by the es-
timat,d cosf-s0me $30OO.00O The
new cqcitol at st. Paul is already
proving itssIf too small which will
be q warming to Wisconsin What
ever building is put up. it must go in
sections, that is, part Of the old one
must be left to do the business of the
state in while erection of the new is
going forward. The splendor of the
thing win occur to one when he re-
fleets that ut least one of the new ones
would cover twice the present area
Fortunately Capitol park is thirteen
acres in extent and there is room for
it, with 4 coodly park area for pic
nickers ON the edges. The commission
assigned originally to provide quarters
for the supreme court anE law library,
aq4d later confronted by the fact Of
the fire. is unanimous that a new cap
it0l should be built. Now and then
someone says that a private corpora
ton could get along nicely with the
old enc which in outline is certainly
a iovely old pile; but Wisconsin is feel
Ing its oats. is prosperous and looks to
Il tI- tthSllLi A-- TIC is.t@t b4 ~ WI my
state building has certainly seized the
Madison mind and no doubt the legis-
lature, presumably this one, will do
the business The appropriations,
coming from 100000 people and Gov
erning a period of years come easily.
Married Men Approve.
There is talk of a bin to AK bach
cloYs, "a proposition which may create
a smile, but is said to have good
economic foundation. Here are these
old fellows with no one to look out for
but themselves. enjoying the protec-
lion and benefits of great state but |
providing no children to do its work, |
and defend it, and missing the burdens |
Of n head of the family, There are |
not many bachelors, so put 'em to the |
rack, 1t ii not often one meets an |
unmarried man of 60 The rule Of life |,
is uatrimony. Some keep out of 1t
until they are 30, few until they are |
40, and nearly al! The rest get under |
the Grange blossoms before 80 OF |
college men, one in ten never marries. |
The others sooner or later get into the |
sllken cbains-that is. | believe, the |
traditional phrase.
There Is the usual struggle 10 secure |
positions during the session. and an |