Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-10-17
FOXY Mr.. CANDIDATE AYLwARD
He Has Forgotten None of His Craftiness
"A Postmaster in Deception.

John A. Aylward. erstwhile teacher
in Viroqua, renewed his acquaintance
with our people on Wednesday night
last, when he returned to us as the lead
er of the unterrified democracy in Wis.
consin. Our citizens were more than
cordial to him, filing tins Opera house
to listen TO his political address II was
plain that Teacher Aylward had lost
none Of his reputation Tor crsftiness by
changing his profession to Lawyer Ayi.
ward. 1t is certain that Lawyer Ayl.
ward knows more things about state al. .
fairs that are not so than any democrat
in the commonwealth, not even barring
the once notorious Davs Rose For in
stance, as an interlude 10 his long and
cunning address, he stated that "a state
tax levied Just few days ago by state
officials amounted tn &. 400, 000, to de-
fray state expenses A more misrepre.
sentation was never made by public
speaker No such meeting has been held
and no state tax for any purpose has
been levied, and there will be none ex-
cept perhaps to meet the mill school tax
and it is altogether probable that even
that will not be levied the present year.
Aylwgld charged reckless extravaganza
in all departments of the state, especial.
ly in the governors Office, when tn fig.
ures correctly given show positively
that the executive department costs the
people OF the state less than under the
Peck administration, fifteen years ago.
and the work in the department has
more than trebled These are but two
palpable Misrepresentation made By
Aylward, but they are fair exhibitions
of hfu nf faH H.
truth. 1t is not worth while to follow
to conclusion his distorting of matters.
Mr. Aylward's fearful concern for the
dowptrodden people lead him to a de.
grading belittlement of his opponent for
the governorship. in telling his audience
that Governor Davidson was not to be
trusted because he was weak and but
creature in the hands of designing
men, holding up as horrible example
that orporation-owning Connor, re-
publican candidate for lieutenant gov
ernor It is a positive fact that Mr..
Connor was one of the leading private
citizens and business men Of una state
who appeared before the committees of
the legislature, at he last session, and
made telling appeals to have IA lroad
and other helpful legislation enacted
republican platforms, and the reforms
were carried through At the same time
Mr. John A Aylward now professional
reformer on the stump was at the other
end Of the capitol exhorting to the best
of lis ability as paid lobbyist for one
of the most grinding trust corporations
the people of the state have to deal with,
for which he received fees sufficient To
purchase good Vernon county farm
Connor was arguing for the peoples
cause, without hope of reward, Aylward
for great big fee Which think yOu,
honest reader, can best be trusted as au
off ;er of the state?
Governor Awkward assured his audi
tors, with much emotion, that the
"etslwarts are sgain in the saddle" !"
that IT ne is not elected governor the re-
form movement will be dead This is
truly pathetic for it is notorious that he
was one of the rantankerous stalw8rt-
democrats in the state in years past, and
fought every one of the reforms con.
tended for He is one of the numerous
corporation lawyers who controlled the
Oshkosh democratic convention, the
work of which was so thoroughly repud.
ia ed by the honest democrats of the
state His tender solicitude for LsFol-
lette On his late speechee) is indeed pa
thetic when compared with his past &C.
tions and his convention talk two years
ago. In the Oshkosh convention he was
one of the chief manipulators who steer
ed the convention against adopting a
ref3im platform Listen, to these, his
words spoken in convention against
Governor La Toilette and his policies:
A primary election law is denial of
faith in representative government /
am suspicious of everything which EN-.
anates from the state house at Madison
The primary election law is thoroughly
undemocratic and If it shall be approx
ed it would give the present governor
control of the machinery and enable him
to dictate and perpetuate his authority
for the next forty years
How does that sound when compared
With his pretended fawning and fears
''that La Toilette and bis works will be
repudiated" by honest Jim Davidson and
a republican legislature that is commit.
ted to carry on the good work.
Much might be written of Mr. Ayl.
wards professions and mis- practices
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