Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-02-24
NEW LONDON CANDIDATE DIS.
cUssEs MORAL ASPECTS OF
CAMPAIGN EXPENSES.
WAuSAU ASPlRANT WOULDN'T
Try GAME AGAlN-PoVERTY
CAMPAIGN,
MAN FROM NEENAH ORDERED
MANAGER TO WORK ON
THE SQUARE
Madison. Fen. is.


The investigation INTO the expendi
lures OF senatorial candidates yes
terday assumed a moral aspect, and
the informants were placed IN The po-
sltion OF interpreters OF right and
wrong in tAe matter OF spending
money for the primary election. The
committee, elef. by the conviction
as to the propriety OF spending large
sums OF money. led the three appear
ing aspirants for congressional hon
ors through mazes OF ethics underly-
ing the question.
The testimony ON moral views Civ
en-, revealed the dislike OF candidates
of the new form of nominating, vMsh
had proved very expensive TO thell
In nearly all instances the eXpendi'
lures rose 10 figures far above those
planned by the candidates, With the
result that each candida. had :
supplementary expense accoun'.
Those who appeared before the com
mittee yesterday were Neal Brown
democrat, and 5. A. Cook and w H.
Hatton republicans.
The greater burden of philosophy
fell upon the shoulders of Senator
Hatton. He was quizzed by the solons
all afternoon and a big portion of the
morning session. At half past five
O'Clock, he was dismissed only to
return this morning for a continual
ton of the inquiry. Mr. Hatton be-
lieves that there is line of propn-
ETY. in the expanding of money for
election, but that it is a matter Of
great discrimination to find IT, lie
would not commit himself as TO
whether or not 100000 spent in a
campaign is detrimental to the poi
icy of the state.
Mr.. Brown also furnished some
food for thought on running for the
senate He said one can run a 'pov-
erty" campaign or an ''opulent" cam
paiga Considering him rich the
people thought he was conducting the
latter kind of a campaign. As a
matter of fact he was victim of the
former. The result was disastrous,
he declared. He does not belong he
protested, so the criminal class OF
the people" Referring to the pri-
mary law he said: This is the first
time l ran under it, and hope it
will be the last"
Senator Hatton being one Of the
trainers of the primary election law,
was confronted with demands for an
of the spirit of the
measure He believes that the in.
tention of the Legislature that passed
it was to bring the choice of senators
more nearly to popular election,
but was careful to distinguish hon
est" plurality. He defended the pri.
mary law on the ground that it was
in the experimental stage He did
not believe that ii is an un6emocratic
provision but regretted that il is not
perfect. 1t was drawn up a. the
close of the session, when a careful
study of the subject perhaps could not
be made.
The expenditures OF Mr.. Cook To-
tai $40, 1929 His report TO the
secretary of state show disburse-
ments amounting to $2S.500. The
d ference developed after the state
ment was filed in the Office of the
secretary of state, he said. Mr..
Hattons expense account is, as given
out yesterday. $30082.07 In his re-
port o the secretary OF state II is
$26.4130S. MIR. Brown spent only ST.
075.S7. The expenditures as pre-
scented on the first day Of the inyesti-
cation were for Mr. Rummel, moth
ing; for Mr.. Hoyt, $20i; for Mr.. Nc
Govern. $f1.Q63.6s, about three dol
lars greater than the sum given in
the sworn statement; and for Mr..
Stephenson s1138549, as compared
with s107793.05 sworn to by tho
senator in the AFFIDAVIT filed last
weef.
Mr. Hatton gave as managers for
his campaign G r Stout, w. H. Dick,
w w. Powell and c. x. Lush Each
ore Of these conducted his own cam
paign Mr.. Dick employed W "a
McElroy to take care of Milwaukee.
The compensation OF Lush was oni1
$4,000 for the entire campaign. Mr..
Stout worked gratis. being interested
in the campaign Mr. Powell received
S35 per week, while in the service.
Mr.. Hatton was Intercepted by Sen
ator Hug-ing.
The organization Of Mr. Hatton's
campaign was not comprehensive. II
existed only in some parts Of the
state. The money was spent large.
~ on printing and postage. Mr.. Nc
Elroy spent $4,000 for the organiza
tion Of Milwaukee. 10 addiio to
$500 spent ia that city by Mr. Dick.
Senator Husting theu launched into
the ethical phases Of expenses.
Us il within he spirit Of the law.
be asked no spend large amounts 81
money on the nomination."
Mr. Hatfon replied that large expan
I ditures would not be likely TO be 81
( harmony With public policy. Money IL
/ abundance even epeH, legally did MOI
seem 70 him TO lead to good govern
menf
What do vo1 -hfrE ia fhe effect O
I eytravagart expenditures infuencin.
/ editorial sentiment The inquisitoi
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