Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-08-23

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The reverse side of the many free
press notices reaching this office make
excellent copy paper since paper went
out Of sight We've found use for
/ the free stuff.
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The top Of the dull season seems to
be over both from a news and bust
ness standpoint and this week finds us
loaded UP with lots of good news and
advertising. Correspondents who have
been laying off, during the hot
weather, should send in their items
now and we'll all work together for a
better, bigger paper. Advertisers are
welcome and the Herald, with its
splendid home circulation, can give
them fine results. Come on folks, the
waters fine.
"Bish", of the Bloomington Record
says that Hughes has. a poor case be-
cause he insists on pointing out var
ious deficiencies in Wilson's method of
governing. Bish "guesses" that few
people will be interested in Judge
Hughes fault-indings. We guess"
that the multifarous duties of running
the postoffice, catching all the fish at
Bagley, running a mighty good home
paper, playing in the band, star
ring in the baseball club and being
sick for three days out of last week
kind of got on "Bish's' nerves and
made him peevish. Cheer up, old boy!
In endeavoring to answer the COVER
nor's charge that certain men in the
legislature had tried to load up the ap-
preparations, Senator Bosshard said
that the governor had only mentioned
eight senators in his roll call and ar
gued that eight senators could not hold
up legislation 1t is fact that while
the governor mentioned only eight SEN
ators there were others who opposed
him on many of his bills. The govern
or, in order to be fair, did not include
in his roll call senators or assembly
men who voted against the admins
tration part Of the time, giving them
The eight senators mentioned, hOwev-
er, voted against the governor on
every proposition, and through their
efforts in taking advantage of parlia
\ oh 10 1o1o
Legislation for months, and these SEN
ators were largely responsible for the
length of the session. They secured
the aid Of the other members of the
Legislature who are not mentioned in
the roll call upon some of the admin
istration measures, and that accounts
for the fact that the governor was able
to only partially carry out his pro
gram.
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The Lancaster Teller, in its last is
sue endeavored to show by figures that
the cost of commissions and boards
during the year 1916 had exceeded by
$27 900 the cost for the year 1915. The
Teller placed the 1915 cost of the tax
commission at $685. 200 while it was in
reality $196,794.30. The Teller's 1915
cost Of the board of health was $50, 400,
where in fact it should have been $685.
3369S. On the 1916 side the Teller
gives the cost Of the industrial COM
mission at $134000. In fact it was on
ly $11O, S25.12, a difference of more than
$4,000. The real figures are as fol-
lows:
Railroad commission (1915) $685.
SO4OS; Q916) $175,98I16.
Tax commission Q915) $196,794.3O;
/ (1916) $182,560.96.
Industrial commission q915) $685.
345.71; Q916) $11O,S25.12.
Highway commission Q915) $780,
S17O3; Q916) $86,SO7.12.
Grain and warehouse commission
Q915) $51, 487.79; 1916) $61,359.26.
Board of health 1915) $63,336.98;
Q916) $65, 9S7.54.
Dairy and food commission Q915)
$7O,1S57O; 1915 $67,95492.
Banking commission q915) $45,-
597.1O; Q916) $46,513.46.
Totals, $811, 368.69, $797, 3S954.
OF course there are figures and fig
ures. In fact anyone can figure, and
there is an old saying on this sub
ject. For the benefit of the Teller
and anyone else who may have been
misled by it's statements, the above
/ facts are brought to light.