Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-04-12
M'GOVERN AGAIN
ANSWERS HOARD
Governor Denies University Ap-
pointees Dictated by Politics.
WILL DISCUSS CHILD LABOR
Puslic Hearing On Bills Relating to
This Subject Win Be Heard il
the Assembly Chamber Next
Week.

Madison. McGovern. in
replying a second time 10 former Coy
crnor Hoard's reiterated accusat ion
that the recent appointments to the
board OF university regents We're dc
tated by factional politics, issued a
categorical denial and went into de-
tails to explain his position
Half OF the statement, which is
1900 words long, is devoted % a SUM
mary Of the qualifications o. these
appointees ard his reasons for caoos-
ing them, while the remainder. espe-
cially the introduction contains the
repeated declaration that Mr.
Hoard's attack, though entirely IN
supported. is SO direct ana I'M
ambiguous that l cannot ignore it,"
The governor goes on to say that
but for their au horship" the Hoard
charges might he passed by in ST
lence, and 1T IS to be regretted" he
adds, that IL these two communica-
tions he used this splendid oppor-
tunity only to abuse the confidence
of the people and without cause, to
stir up controversy concerning the
management of one of the great in
situations of the state" The gov
ernor quotes various editorials in
newspapers which factionally are not
favorable to him, in support of his
contention that after Mr.. HOard's let
ter was made public even his friends
could not believe that he intended to
attack these appointments "or my
good faith in making them"
These same friends says the gov
ernor, predicted that when he spoke
again there would be a blast that
would blow us all off our feet" The
governor then quotes Hoard's last
statements to show that as Hoard
said: THE charge lies where it be-
longs, against Governor McGovern."
On this point the governor says:
We are now assured that there is
nothing wrong with the university,
the members of the board of regents
or their educational policy. AS ex-
Governor Heard sees it there is moth
ing wrong with anything or anyone
except myself This is relief. even
to me taking up Hoard's charge that
ne had ignored his predecessor in his
message as an indication of faction
alism." Governor McGovern cites
the message of all his predecessors
as far. back as Hoard himself, and
shows that none of them so much as
mentioned the one who served before
him. The governor takes up individ-
ually each appointee and in each
case denies making the appointment
for political or fractional reasons bGt
gives the qualifications of each in de-
tail 1T seems to me Mr.. Hoard's
emotions and prejudices have made
sad havoc of his logic" says the gov
ernor.
Madison will be the mecca of rep
| resentatives of women's clubs,
uplift societies and manufacturers
on April II, when various bills
relating to child labor will be
discussed at public hearing in the
assembly chamber. There is little
doubt of the passage of more strin-
! gent laws on the subject than are
at present on the statute books,
and the extent to which the laws win
be amended will be determined by
the general hearing.
Few hearings are scheduled for this
week on the assembly side and none
before upper house committees. On
Friday the assembly committee on
cities will have before it a dozen
y bills granting additional powers to
/ cities of the first class" which Is
the manner in which bills relating
exclusively to Milwaukee are desig-
mated in order not to conflict with
the constitution.
! The committee on constitutional
amendments will take up nearly TWEEN
~ proposed amendments on Thurs
day. most of which probably will be
reported for indefinite postponement.
| Most conspicuous Of these is Axel
Johnson's resolution providing for a
Limitation of 100 days on legislative
sessions. with an additional twenty
DAYS on a two-thirds vote of the two
houses. Six bills will be taken up by
the committee on counties on Friday.
all relating to county boards Of super
| visors
By vote of 50 to the assembly
changed its mind on the Onstad bill
recurring the railroad rate commits
sion to pass upon every change in rail
road rates before it goes into effect.
The bill was killed last week, but was
brought up for reconsideration After
beinu revived the bill was sent to en-