Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-08-17
SAYS he REDUCED
STATE EXPENDITURES
Describes Conditions Under Which
This Saving Was Made-Intro-
duced by AssembIyman r.
B. Dickie of North
Freedom

Rovernor e. L. Philip opened his
campaign in BarabOo on Thursday ev-
ening with an address at the Al. Ring
ling theatre The weather man was
unkind to the governor and sent show
er after shower, which kept many
away The lightning flashed, the
thunder pealed the wind blew and
the rain fell, all of which was not
conducive to the success of a political
evening When the governor arose to
speak he smilingly said that he had
no control over the weather man, else
he would have had the storm come
down where meetings were being held
elsewhere in the state. Oaughter.)
Mr.. Philip was introduced by AS
semblyman r, B. Dickie of North
Freedom. Mr.. Dickie outlined the
principles Of government and spoke
of the work of the governor in his ef,
forts to keep down the expenditures
of the satte.
In his opening the governor said
he was glad to come back to Sauk
county his native county He re-
called that it was here he saw the
first locomotive one day in the 70's,
visit his sister Later he rode a grey
horse to Baraboo to attend teachers
institute and in '83 and "a was a train
dispatcher here. He said that at that
time there were many companionable
young men and pretty young ladies in
Baraboo, every person in the town
knowing every other person.
State Exenditures
He said in part: when | arrived
IN Madison it can be imagined that
I found opposition on the part Of GER
tain state employees. l had been her
aided as monster who would de-
stroy the fabric of the state govern
ment which had been set up, without
regard to it's usefulness to the people.
In every state department there were
employees who expected immediate
dismissal They had been told !
would cause to be passed laws to re-
peal the civil service which protect
ed them in their employment, and
these employees had banded them.
selves together, and under the circum.
stances I can hardly blame them, to
protect their interests. AS time went
on, however, and these employees be-
came acquainted with the true situa.
ton, this opposition faded away, ex-
cept on the part of some heads of de-
partments who were part and parcel
of the political machine then existing.
''I had been imbued with the idea
that even politicians can be fair, but
in that l was disappointed. Hardly
had the legislature convened when
there was set up headquarters for the
purposes of influencing legislation.
The word had gone out to the faith.
full that my administration was to be
made failure.
"MischievOus legislation was intro
duced, concocted in these headquar-
ters, which was designed to cast re.
Elections upon the governor. These
bills were charged to the administra
ton, and although many of them
never saw the light of day after being
referred to committees, they were
given wide publicity.
when the legislature of 1915 con
vened the members were presented
with a budget, complicated set o.
figures, purporting to show the fnan
cia1 needs Of the state departments
for the ensuing two years. This budg
ct had been prepared in the Office o
the state board of public affairs, al