Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-05-27
JUST A LITTLE OF POLITICS

JUST LITTLE OF POLITICS
Judge Ksrel announces his determin-
alton to again stand for the democratic
nomination for governor.
1t is announced from Sparta that SEN
ator Howard Tessdale will stand for re-
election to the legislative Office now
held by himself from this district.
Whether there will be opposition by
other candidates is not made public.
The epithets and slurs cast upon all
who have had the effrontery TO com
plain of high tax burdens have been
many. II will be remembered that q
member OF the state tax commission al
luded to such as a gsng of "barbaric
yawpers." Now comes political ed.-
torial contributor in LaFollette's Week.
| ly and adds another title, that of Ian
dts" All of which is interesting TO
the tax payers and reveals the regard
with which they are held by the office
holding oligarchy at Madison.
The Lacrosse Tribune announces its
support o. Senator w. H. Hatton in
his candidacy for the republican nomi-
nation for governor. This ought to be
Of immense assistance to the senator,
inasmush as the Tribune is the only pa
per in western Wisconsin that has been
a ready apologist for all Of the differ
ent species Of unreasonable taxation
heaped upon the people.
Twenty-eight conservative republi-
cans, representing as many different
sections of the state, met in Milwaukee
and slated convention or conference
for Juue %, at Madison, when it is pro-
posed to adopt platform embodying
protests against further excessive tax
alton schemes, adjustment of useless
commissions and other growing extra
vagances. 1t is probable that outcome
of the gathering may also be the nam
ing of candidates to be voted for at the
approaching primaries. Mass county
conventions for choosing delegates to
this state gathering are recommended.
A taxpayers non-partisan home
league association, organized in strong
LaFollette counties N southern Wiscon-
sir, held co ference in Milwaukee,
and as a result non-partisan conven-
ton is called for some date in June.
The representation will be from each
county one delegate for each 500 inhab-
itants, and two at large. Their dec
laration Of principles was made:
1t is the duty Of every patriotic citi-
izen, regardless of past party sffilia-
tions, to unite in restoring true demOc-
racy in Wisconsin, to strenuously op-
pose the establishment of any more
commissions, to abolish at once those
which experience has shown to be not
only useless, but the instruments Of
petty tyranny, to consolidate other COM
missions and to limit and restrain the
powers of those remaining so that they
shall be servants of the people and not
their masters, to prevent waste and ex-
travagance in the administration of
public affairs, and to rid the people of
all unnecessary offices and expenses.
The enormous taxes with which our
people are now burdened are the result
of misgovernment and gross extrava-
gance, and we pledge ourselves to unite
in selecting repr ssentatives to the leg
islature, regardless of party, who will
bring about such change in our pres
ent system of government and methods
of taxation as will relieve our people Of
all unnecessary financial burdens, rid
US of the offensive and unnecessary
system of espionage that has been es-
tablished. and bring US back to that
true economy and careful administra-
ton of public affairs from which we
should never have departed.