Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-05-23

Judge D o. Mahoney of viroqua
mas made public his formal announce
ment as a candidate for the congress
sional nomination in this district.
Two years ago he made the best run
of the several republican candidates
against J. w. Babcock. and thus far
| is without opposition in the third dis
! trict except for the assurance that
/ Mr.. Babcock will seek another term.
/ In his announcement, Judge Ma
honey takes a stand for tariff revis-
| ion. against ship subsidies, for ex-
! tending markets for American prod
ucts through reciprocity treaties, and
also stands firmly for effective legis-
lation for the control and regulation
of railroad rates. The announcement
is as follows:
TO the republican voters of the
consin: In response 10 numerous
requests from citizens throughout this
congressional district, | hereby make
formal announcement that I will
stand as a candidate for the republi-
can nomination for congress from this
district before tie primary election
to be held on the first Tuesday in
September, 1906. In announcing
my decision to stand as a candidate
for this important position of honor
! and responsibility | feel that as citi-
zens and voters you are entitled to a
candid though necessarily a brief
statement of my position upon at
least the cardinal and fundamental
principles affecting the public, polit-
zeal and social life of the nation and
CT our own great state.
Il am, by conviction, bound to sup
port, Loyalty and faithfully in spirit
ana letter, the cardinal principles OF
the republican party as expressed at
its last national convention; to the
rlc.- nance of which, together with
cur cations honor and national pros
perity. President Roosevelt has devot-
ed his superb and courageous man.
hood and patriotism. While am
a firm believer in the principles OF
protection to American labor and it's
industries, yet in my opinion the
time has come when there should be
such a revision of the tariff schedules
as to eliminate every element in it
which creates or fosters trusts and
combinations.
TO furnish better markets for the
products of the farm, the shop and the
varied industries of our people, we
should make greater effort to COM
mand the markets of the world,
through reciprocity measures. To
snip subsidies, promoted in the inter-
est of shipping companies, i lsts or
individuals, / am in principle OPP
posed
Believing that government 5y the
people is the fundamental idea upon
which our republic rests, I have al
ways given my earnest support as a
legislator and as q private citizen to
measures and to men representing
tant problems that have been solved
in our own state in the past few
years under the able leadership OF
Honorable Robert NJ. La Toilette, are
before the people of the nation today
for solution. The contest seems now
To have been transferred from our
state 70 the nation Already Presi-
dent Roosevelt has declared for con-
troll Of the great corporate interests
OF the country, which have so many
years dictated legislation of public
importance.
Il believe in common with the
great majority Of our people that
the national government must and
should control public service corpora.
tons in all matters relating to inter-
state service; that 1t must regulate
combinations which tend to destroy
should pass a strong freight rate law.
That to make national legislation
truly representative the citizens
should be represented in congress by
men who believe in "a government
for the people and by the people, and
not for anG by corporations Fully
believing 5nat on these and similar
issues, I am in accord with a large
majority of the people of this dis
trict, will make an active campaign
for this nomination and If nominated
and elected, shall at all times give
my best services to the people Of this