The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-09-28

ed Governor Deneen throughout his
political career still pursues him. The
latest stroke is found in the att acks
made upon him recently in Chautau-
qua assemblies because he has not
followed the examples" set by Gov
errors Folk and LaFollette in their
so-called reform crusades.
What are these examples" which
Governor Deneen is entreated to fol
low?
They are to be found in the habit
/ which has become chronic in the case
of both of absenting themselves for
the greater part of the time from their
respective capitals in order to make
public speeches in various parts of
the country in denunciation of wealth,
organized business and established in
stitutions generally.
LaFollette's monomania is rail
roads; Folks is graft. Between the
railroads and the grafters the country
is bound for perdition at lightning
speed. There are no railroads hon.
est1y conducted and everybody is a
CRATER. For these absentee execu.
tives there is no smiddle of human
ity,'' only ''the extremity of both
ends"
In all of their diatribes, philippics,
excavations and ranting neither of
them has ever disturbed the depths of
the pool of thought, but they have
dashed the surface into spray and
spume under the impression that they
have aroused great storm.
Probably because neither is accus-
toned to deal with affairs except upon
the surface it does not seem to have
occurred to them that they are them
selves conspicuous examples of the
class of offenders they most frequently
denounce.
Each of them was elected for the
purpose of administering the execu-
tive affairs of his respective state,
and each of them is paid large sal
airy for the work they are supposed
to do. Their employment pre-sup-
poses that they will be found at their
respective Offices attending to bust
ness. Indeed, as the reading public
is we'll aware, they are for the greater
part Of the time employed in making
speeches in various parts of the coun-
try, for which they also draw liberal
pay.
It is not recorded that either of
them ever failed to draw his salary for
the time he was absent from execu-
tive duty; hence the inference is
plain that great part of the time
they draw two salaries. To do this
involves neglect Of duty no less repre-
hensible than when a railroad neg
1ects fully to perform the functions
for which it is chartered. To accept
employment for stated time, draw
ing a salary therefor, and then to
form services for pay elsewhere is not
less form of grating than when any
other individual gets something for
doing nothing.
Governors of states who are as fire.
quent1y absent from their duties as
Governors Folk and La Toilette, who
sell the time for which the state pays
them to Chautauquas, reform" asso-
Citations and political clubs, are not
justified in wholesale arrangement
of mankind as dishonest. $50
Governor Deneen is fortunate in
the strength of character which en-
ables him to resist the temptations of
which the Wisconsin and Missouri
executives are such conspicuous vic
Tins and "horrible examples"
The ubiquitous and vociferous Sam
Jones, one of the reform" satellites
Of La Toilette and Folk, recently
shrieked: "Where is Governor Deneen
since the election?''
Except when the physical demands
for rest and recreation or the cere-
monia1 of public occasion call him
away temporarily he is at the capitol
of his state attending to the public
business, where Folk and La Toilette
ought to be and similarly employed
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