The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-12-25
OUT Of SYMPATHY WITH TIMES
Wausau Man Raps the University Con
troll of the State and Declares That
Tie rs Toe OLD Fashioned to Make an
Effort to Get Back Into Politics.

The mention Of j. T.. Sturtevant OF
gausau, as a possible candidate for the
republican nomination for governor has
attracted considerable attention in this
section of the state. Mr.. Sturtevant
however, will have none of it, He said
when the subject was referred to, he
was not candidate, as he was too old
fashioned for present theories of gov.
ernment.
in an interview Mr.. Sturtovant said:
~ am not a candidate for governor
I am out Of joint with the times. am
old fashioned enough to believe in the
theory that that state which is least
governed is best governed and the
present tendency is exactly the re-
verse,
Scores Commission Rule.
Wisconsin has multiplicity OF
commissions, with more in the process
of formation. The present day theory
is that the state must stand in loco
PARENTS to all its people; that it must
supervise and regulate everything we
do; that there must be no freedom OF
thought or individual action; that prac-
teal men should have little to say as
to the conduct Of their affairs, but must
defer to the edicts of theorists.
"The increase in the state IS expenses
in twelve years from 100000 a year
to $l5,O0O,000 year (and it is possible
that S1S,000,000 will be the total this
year) is all out of proportion to the
increase in the population of the state
and out of proportion to the benefits
it's people have received from so-called
progressive legislation.
Sees Too Many Office Holders.
''This is only a portion of the in
crease in the cost of living which has
been brought about by this advance
legislation during the last twelve years
This is the portion borne by the state
as state, and an increase of equal
amount has been forced upon individ.
uals. This is not taking into account
the immense amount of the valuable
time of business men, manufacturers
and bankers, which they are obliged to
devote to filing out blanks and forms
at the behest of the various commits
sions Acting as the laboratory of the
nation in trying out the radical legis
latioh, Wisconsin has brought up vast
army of Office holders who create moth.
ing, produce nothing and who practical
ly do nothing except draw salaries.
Raps Job Seekers
Members of this army have forced
through legislation, under the guise of
reform, which would give them the jobs
they sought They get 80 cents of
every dollar appropriated for public
purposes and are looking longingly at
the other 65 cents. Their principal eff
forts are toward the organization of
more commissions, with more employees
and more expense. And now they are
asking for a new constitution which
shall make these commissions perma.
nent that they may be secure in their
Jobs for all time.
Balks at College Rule.
81 anu not in sympathy with the
thought that this state should be gov
erned by commissions, these commits.
sions to be manned by experts who are
to be graduates from the university; in
Other words, that the state be under the
absolute control of the university. /
am old Fashioned enough to believe
that the state is greater than the uni
vcrsity is greater than any of it's de-
Tendencies ! believe that men who are
in business know more about their
business thar any man can who spends
his life inside of four walls on Univer-
sity hill. | am absolutely opposed to
the university, through its college of
political economy, teaching students
that the state government, which gives
them their education, is wrong in theory
and fact ana that socialism and an.
archy is right.
To Reduce Expenses.
The constitution expressly prohib-
its the state going in debt over $780,.
GOO. ! believe N abiding by it both
directly and indirectly. l believe that
the state Is expenses should be reduced
to a minimum; that budget should be
prepared giving an estimate Of what
would be necessary for each biennial
term and no more money raised thar
called for by the budget; the present
plan is to constantly devise new
schemes of taxation, indirect, if posi-
bic, so as TO raise more money each
year and, after it is raised, find some
way Of spending it.
elf ] were governor I would insist
that much of the socialistic legislation
of the last ten years be wiped off the
statute books; that the state 90 back
to sound financial system and show
some sanity in future legislation.