Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-12-24
MI NOT BE GOVERNOR

w,usau Editor States Reas-
ms Why He is Not a Can
didate-Believes in Simpli-
fled Government and Re-
duction of Taxes.
The mention of j. L. Sturte-
.,nt editor of the Wausau Daily
Up..cord-Herald, as apostolic can
Mate for the Republican nomi-
sation for governor has attract
considerable attention all over
he state. Mr.. Sturtevant. how
.nsr will have none of it. He
aid when the subject was re-
ls,red to. he was not candi-
Jate as he was too old fashioned
6r present theories of govern
ment.
In an interview Mr.. Sturte-
rant said:
.Iam not a candidate for governor.
an ont of joins With the times.
old fashioned enough to believe in
Ls theory that that state which is
last Governed is best governed and
,5a present tendency is exactly the
reverse
SCORES COMMISSION RULE.
wisconsin has a multiplicity of
admissions. with more in the pro-
.o,s of formation. The present day
henry is that the state must stand in
1eo PARENTS to all its people; that it
mnst supervise and regulate every
,birg we do; that there must be no
freedom of thought or individual ac-
ion: that practical men should have
r.tIe to say as to the conduct of their
,Fair,. but must defer to the edicts
Of theorists.
The increase in the state s expen-
,ss in twelve wears from $4,000, 900 a
rear to $15,OOO,000 year (and it is
5o,sibe that $l8,OO0,0 will be the
fatal this year) is all out of the pro-
mrtion to the increase in the popula-
ion of the state and out of proportion
to the benefits its people have received
from sO-called progressive legisla-
ton.
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 'advan-
cef legislation during the last twelve
7ears. This is the portion borne by
the state as a state, and an increase
oieqnaI amount has been forced upon
Individuals This is not taking into
account the immense amount of the
valuable time of business men, manu-
lecturers and bankers, which they
ne obliged to devote to filling out
blanks and forms at the behest of the |
ufcu, commissions. Acting as the !
laboratory of the nation in trying out
this radical legislation, Wisconsin
has brought up = vast army of Office |
holders who create nothing and who |
practically 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 30
cents of every dollar appropriated for
public purposes and are looking long
ngly at the other IS cents. Their
principal efforts are toward the organ
AatiOn of more commissions, with |
more employees and more expense.
And now they are asking for a new
constitution which shall make these /
commissions permanent that they |
may besecure in their jobs for all time.
BALKs AT COLLEGE RULE.
81 am not in sympathy with the
thought that this state should be gov
'fned by commissions, these commits
SONS to be manned by experts, who
l.e TO be graduates from the univer-
Wy; IN other words, that the state be
under absolute control of the univer-
Wy. L am old fashioned enough to
FAeYe that the state is greater than
ls university; is greater than any of
S dependencies. | believe that men
slo are in business know more about
@elr business than any man can who
ponds his life inside of four walls on
University hill. 1 am absolutely OPP
S,vd to the university, through its
~-eSe of political economy, teaching
Students that the state government,
'1cn gives them their education, is
"ong IN theory and fact and that
socialism or anarchy is right.
TO REDI CE EXPENSES.
The Constitution expressly pro-
g gts ;, the state gong in debt over
Hv"UvO. l believe in abiding by it
~ g'.l directly and indirectly. | be-
ave that the states expenses should
'eauced to a minimum; that bud
= should be prepared giving an es-
~~4'e Of what would be necessary for