Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-03-29
BEFORE KLECrIoE THOUGHTS.
Or, Porter Seconds "MOssback' and offers Further
Comment

EDITOR CENSOR: That "Disgusted
Mossback" from Pumpkin Ridge Is an
amoosin cuss, as ArtemUs Ward used
to say. He writes at an opportune time.
Like myself, he has probably been dlg-
ging out tax money all winter. In
very few days he will go up to vote tor
q chairman from his town and that
chairman will be one of the irty-two
men who compose the county board.
Has ''Mossback' ever sounded any can
didate for chairman to know what MS
IDEAS are &C economy when he meets on
the board next fall2 Has that chair
man ever been instructed to use every
means in his power to reduce taxation
or has he be told to get for his own
town all he could from the county treas
uryg Suppose we formulate demand
and present 1t at every town meeting
and village meeting in the county ana
demand Of every candidate for chair
man certain things and have it read
something like this
I'm case you are elected to the high
office Of town chairman, or village trus-
tee, or supervisor, will you work for an
economical expenditure of the county
money? Win you vote against the erec-
ton of too many iron bridges and aim
to reduce the bridge tax to one half OF
what it has been the past two years
Will you vote not to accepE the kindly
invitations of the uperintendents OF the
asylum and county home to attend the
banquets there at an expense to the tax
payers of the county OF some $500 Ia
case the county board requires to know
the condition of these institutions SO
we'll run will you favor examination by
s. committee Of three or five to lessen
the cost, or else leave it to the trustees
of the asylum! VIII you or will you
not favor adjournment of the county
board on Saturday afternoon instead OF
Monday morning SO that the members
may each draw three dollars daily for
services on Sunday anu Monday 1t
costs 500 day to run that board and
travel expense added. viii You try +
elected to expedite business as rapidly
as possible, and to lessen instead OF in
creasing expenses2 Candidate will here
meekly answer yes.
"Mossback" rnbs it in little hard,
for there are lot of fine level-headed
men on the county board who have been
good watch dogs Of the treasury, bul
they seem to have been outr numbered
sometimes by younger, inexperienced
members who seemed rather eXtraVa
giant with the money. Anyway let 1t b.
understood that the people of the coun
/ ty are groaning under the heavy take
/ which must be leesened or the county
! will 20 the devil Let's be careful I,
/ elect good honest justices who Will ad
/ wise men to keep out of law and WIN
I will exact bonds for the costs in petit.
| cases. Let's have little work shop 10
I Jail birds where they can saw wood
/ sort Of municipal wood yard-also
stone crushing annex-the city will bu.
} the crushed rock. Judge Pollard ha
already sent up one fellow for ninet
Gays at hard labor in the jail and n
will be sending more. So Aave the woo
and stone ready.
/ On election daY besides chairman, W
slect a county and state sUperintender
6 school, Here comes in chance tC
the women to vote, Women are classe
with idiots, Indians, insane, crimtrai
| etc, when it comes TO voting sup
/ Gsrdner would feel highly Lonored
receive the votes Of 2, 600 women on eie
tion day. Suppose the ladies' OF Nerno
/ county turn ont en- nasse and vote II
him. / do not think it would unse
them. If women would only improN
every such opportunity to vote whe
they could, men would give them ii
God-given right of suffrage belJre ioni
And while we are talking about 70
ing why not have the school boys an
girls vote the day before election on th
. license question, all over the count,
, Prof. FRYE tried that in Viroqus schoo
and next day the men voted ont Il
, drunkard factories in the city Lots
these drinking fellows have big hear
! and little child can influence them II
, good more than we think. Let the n
, | license fellows watch the papers ciosel
There may be new laws made at Mac
, son. Vernon county's senator ID
: semblyman ara working for betL,s
else lswa &. V. PORTER,