Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-07-27
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR WOULD
COMPENSATE LOSERS OF SA.
LOON PROPERTY.
breaches WoMAN's SUFFRAGE
AND WANTS WATER POWER
HARNESSED.
Madison. July %.

than any Otner SUITS my Ire II IS IHS
sight of the fortunate and the wealthy
loading their cares and burdens on
the shoulders of those less favored
by providence than themselves" said
Lieutenant Governor John Strange OF
Neenah, in his room at the Avenue
hotel last night. And then he added,
and you may depend upon it, that IL
| am nominated for the head Of the
republican ticket next September, and
later elected to the gubernatoriaI
chair, that there will be less legisla-
ton for the exclusive benefit OF the
rich man and a greater equalization
in everything than the people of this
ltate have ever known"
For LieUtenant-governof Strange
money is not as theoretically the root
Of all evil as the real practical basis
of all that is undesirable. For that
reason. he explained, he is making his
campaign noiseIessly and without fire
works and band accompaniment. He
does not believe in advertising for
public office, and his faith is wrapped
Up in the fidelity of the people to
trust those who work for the public
veal alone. For that reason, he
added, he has consecrated himself to
the good of the state and will fight
for the highest place on the ticket in
order that he may so shape Legislation
that all men, and women too, will
have the care of the commonwealth
equally divided among them.
On wOman's suffrage the lieutenant
governor has fixed ideas. He believes,
in a minor measure, he said, in local
option but this doctrine is only a
postscript to his creed and the right
of women to help make laws is far
above it. However, he is not in favor
of the liquor traffic and would, he
said, stamp it out Immediately If he
could but in addition to that, he was
emphatic in his declaration that he
would not make himself a party to
the condemnation of the trade with
out first compensating those to lose
by such proceedings.
Unlike most politicians, he insisted
that in spite of an old opinion of the
supreme court, that brewers and
other manufacturers of intOXicants
have no vested rights, the owners OF
such industries and the sellers OF
their products are entitled to any re-
Enumeration the confscation of their
property would demand. Proceedings
of condemnation and compensation,
he added, can we'll be carried on by
commits ion and in the event of any
unfairness on the part of that body,
an appeal to the courts can be made
without trouble.
The lieutenant-governo is not a So
cialist but he insisted that he is a re-
publican, a progressive one he added
but not a ogressive-progressive
member of the party This is a new
political adjective but how it differs
as being descriptive of the two fac
tons now contending for the mastery,
or whether it signifies only a happy
mean between those two extremes, the
acknowledgements failed to explain.
That his heart and mind are in SYM
pathy with the trials and struggles OF
the poor and uninf1uential he Teiter-
ated many times over.
In setting forth how these can be
further benefited by legislation, Mr..
Strange was not backward in the eX-
preston of his attitude on the feasl-
bility and practicability of the state
Harvesting the waterpowers within
Wisconsin, to the end that all may Sbe
served without extOrtionate taxa
iton. He said that it will be his de- !,
sire to see every vestige of power now
at the disposal of the state exploited |
for the general good.
But this is not all this friend of the |
masses viii advocate in case of his |
nomination at the primaries. There |
are other doctrines of sound govern |
ment that he believes in and preach |
es No one of them is more momen- |
tous to the lieutenant-governor than
the other. and each will be recon- |
mended for legislation with equal
vigor if the task falls in his hands. |
And this is only, in an unimportant
degree, consistent with his general
creed of equalization, by which he
hopes to treat all men alike regard
less of their poverty or wealth.
That this may be carried to its log
zeal end, he also breaches the doc
trine of direct taxation and a gradu-
ated income and inheritance tax
through the operation of which he be-
lieves poor men and small property
owners will no longer be hade to sup
port the entire state.
The lieutenant-governor declares
that he is the logical successor of the
present executive. His term in office
has eminently fitted him for the place, |
he declares, and in addition to that,
his observations in the senate, while |
combating lobbyists of every pollt- |