Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1913-03-06


have been the easiest thing in the
world for a vndctiye governor to
veto the bill on the ground that it
was job and to win applause
for his act while striking telling
blow at Smith and Nugent. But. con
sidcring the case on its merits, Cover
nor Wilson could conclude only that it
authorized a real improvement ire
spectiye Of its effect on the Smith prop
erty. He signed the bill.
There was one case, however, III
which Mr.. Wilson violated unbluShing-
ly his declaration that he had no re-
wards for those who supported nor
punishment for those who opposed his
measures, Assemblyman Allan b.
Walsh of Mercer county was me
chanic employed by the Roebing com
pany This corporation. which paid
Walsh something like So a day for his
labor in its shops, naturally felt that
this sum included what service he
could render in his capacity as a legis
latOr When the election of United
States senator came up he was in
SlI NtttI w NOlC IOl tCllIllI. ne went
to the governor and told him how the
case stood with him. 81 quite under
stand" said the governor, and don't
want TO advise you what to do. | am
not the man TO ask you to imperil your
family's living Whatever you CON
cludc to do | shan't hold it against
you"
Ia;
human kindness of Wilson's attitude
so touched Walsh. not heretofore
known as II hero, that he went to the
caucus and voted for MARITIME. His
work was cut till he could make only
$40 a week.
When the battle was joined on the
Wilson legislative program his EN-
ployers warned him to vote against
1t. He voted for it-WalSh, you see,
had man in him-and was discharg
ed The governor heard of that, and
those who happened to be in the state
house that day heard language flow
In Il vigOr drawn from resources not
commonly tapped by Presbyterian cid
erS. Walsh was a poor man with Il
family whose livelihood had been tax
Ell away from him because he voted
according to his conscience. Some
thing must be done for Walsh; we
can't see him suffer like this" said
Mr. Wilson. He was reminded of his
declaration that he would neither pun
ish nor reward mo matter what |
saidw he exclaimed. This is a good
time to be Inconsistent Well find
place for Walsh
So il is Il true charge that the pres
ent clerk of the Mercer county tax
board owes his position to the fact that
he voted for Wilson measures in the
legislature
Mr. Wilson's appointments were for
the most part wise and happy-some
of them remarkably so One of the
best in it's results was that of Samuel
Kalish to the supreme court bench.
Kalish is n Jew, and he happened to
be Nugent's personal counsel, but
neither of these circumstances closed
the governors eyes to the fact that
he was able. honorable, vigorous and
peculiarly fitted for such work as lay
before the New Jersey supreme court.
1t is Justice KaliSh. now sitting in
the Atlantic county circuit. who is
cleaning up Atlantic City; it was he
who. finding justice made a joke of in
Atlantic county by juries picked by
the corrupt sheriff, turned to the early
common law and appointed "eliSors''
to select jurymen. A grand jury thls
obtained indicted the sheriff. anI 49,,
work of bringing the big resort under