The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1910-03-10
ALDERMAN WELk ANSWERED
State Senator Pearson Expresses s
Some Cogent Reasons For
Action.

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gotten under the skin somewhere and
has broken out in The Evening
News over the signature of William
Welk.
I did not have the alderman in
mind at all when writing the article,
therefore it was not designed to an
swer anything that he had ever written,
said or done. However he seems to
have thought the coat fitted so put it
on-perhaps fearing that / was trying
to offset his good roads proposition. :"
Alderman Welk is evidently good
natured, glad hearted fellow. In his
| reply he mentions several things that
he is glad about, among others being
that "Greenfield has a SENATOR 1t is
certainly good philosophy to rejoice
and be glad over those things which
we cannot help. Now when the alder
man becomes a candidate for seat in
the legislature L will render unto him
the same kind of assistance which he
gave to me.
In speaking of county option, the
alderman lets this escape h1m."I think
it is very poor argument, of course
he does. That was to be expected and
now for his further instruction L will
here quote part of an editorial which
appeared in The Madison Democrat
February 25th, and after speaking of
w. j. Bryan's stand for county option
continues: "Colonel Bryan is in a de-
fensible position. County option is
logical. Poverty, insanity and crime,
produced to large extent by intoxi-
cants, are conditions chiefly burden
some to the county as unit, there
fore any issue relating to them is one
of county significance. There can Oe
no escape from that conclusion. So i
long as poorhouse, asylum and jail
are county institutions just so long
must the liquor question fall within
the same classification
WOuINl LAAoU OhO
ought to take little time and study |
up on county option and what the
Democrats are doing with it in the
southern states.
AS his final "proposition." Alder
man Welk takes up my record in the
senate on county option and seems to
fear that [ have been subject to a per-
nicious influence, but think the alder
man is the only one who is shedding |
any crocodile tears over the influence
which brewers and saloon keepers have !
over me. The alderman continues and
says: ST see by the senate journal of
March 31st, the day when the final
vote was taken, / notice that senator
Pearson did not vote either way. Now
would ask the senator if he were not
influenced by the brewers and saloons
who did influence him to not vote
either for or against the bill. Please
answer"
The alderman evidently considered
this last shot pretty strong dose,
probably thought it would drive me
into hole so far that l " ouldn't come
out to reply unless he said, "please
answer" But [ wall cheerfullY accom-
modate him. The record of which he
speaks contains the following which
he must have seen if he read any of it:
Senators Hudnal and Pearson
for the bill and Senators Bishop and
Morris against the bill-4."
People generally, unless it be an
occasional alderman understand what
a legislative pair means. 1t is a
courtesy extended to members who
find it impossible to be present on the
day when vote is to be taken, but
who wish to go on record for or against
the bill. They will ask some member
on the opposite side of the question to
sign pair with them, then the pairs
are announced by the clerk before the
vote is taken and those who are paired
are not allowed to vote, being already |
on record.
A copy of the senate journal may be
seen at The News office.
&C. L. PEARSON.