Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1922-06-21
FOWELL'S MESSAGE
To THE CONFERENCE


| Ladies and Gentlemen:-You all
know the purpose for which we have
gathered. We are here to decide up
on a LaFollette- Blaine Beck Progress
siye candidate for Member OF Assem-
bly,. There are many important issues
before the people at this time. There
are principles involved in which we are
all deeply interested. We must stand
united. Having in mind the interests
of the LaFollette- Blaine-Beck progress
sive part, / have prepared a with
drawal which | will present later. /
have always voted the Republican tick
ct, have supported LaFollette-B Blaine
Beck at. all times and still pledge my
support to them and TO the entire Pro-
gressive ticket. / further pledge N.Y.
self without reserve, TO the XVIII
amendment, the prohibitary laws now
in force, and stand for the stregnth
ening of said laws and the astringent
enforcement thereof
What we need in legislation to-day
| is good common sense and we need
lot of it. Comparatively speaking.
we have only sprinkling Of men who
are really jealous for the public good
and wholly incorruptible.
You will all concede that to have a
truly represented Congress, the brain
workers and the hand workers who
form the great masses must have their
proportional share of representatives
and it is nonsense to presume that
any man can intelligently represent
for the greatest benefit any other oc-
cupation that that for which he is en-
gagged in.
1t takes a man of his own occupa-
ton to know what legislation his oc-
cupation needs, therefore, it takes a
farmer to represent a farmer and it
is the farmers interests that concerns
us most, since their conditions are crit
ical at this time. They never have
had their proportional share in the
legislature and while many of our Of
flee seekers have pledged their SER
vices in full to the farmer, vet let the
farmer answer, did he make good his
pledge?
In offering myself as a candidate
for member of assembly, / pose in the
role as a farmer. Having been born
and raised Oh the farm the farmers
interests are my interests, and my
strongest advocate is that of bringing
the cities and the farmer to a reali-
cation of how great their dependence
is, one upon the other, and to see the
necessity of their working together
in harmonious conjunction. This is
the brotherhood of work, uniting the
city and the farmer in service for the
common good
At this time wish to give you a
few statistics relative to the appor-
tionment of representatives as per
their occupation.
Our last Congress had 531 members
whose occupations was as follows:
Lawyers, 1923, not given Sd, business
A, journalists 28-total of classes,
449. Farmers Is, manufacturers II,
educators II, bankers Is, doctors 5,
locomotive engineers 3, transportation
2, labor organizers 2, hatters 2, iron
moulders total of 10 classes 50.
Ask yourself is such a Congress
truly representative of the great mass
es of tn people?
The census of the United States
divides the producing hand and brain
workers of the nation into eight great
groups. In round numbers / give
their proportional share of representa-
tives:
Agriculture 10000, O00-165; me-
chanieal occupation 10000, 000--140;
domestic 0,000--50; trade 3 $780,
000--50, transportation 2 900 ,000-35;
clerical work l,700,0 00-25; prefos-
sional work ,6o0,000-2O; mining
| l ,000, 0oo-15.
Now, ask if such congress would
not be far more truly representative
| of the United States-of the brain
workers and hand workers who form
the great masses-than our last con-
gress?
These last figures are in harmony
with LaFollette's plan of bringing
ABBOTT a properly apportioned repre-
scented legislature and congress.
In submitting my withdrawal I wish
| to note that / kept well in mind the
interests of LaFollette, Blaine, and
Beck an dthat / have taken especial
i'care to protect the interests OF our
esteemed Congressman j. d. Beck, in
asmuch as his noblest aim is hiatt of
greater apportionment of farmers in
both the state and national legislature.
After having heard the conditions up
ION which l make nay withdrawal, pro-
tvided all condition are complied with,
then leave it optional with the peo-
| pie whether or not this resignation
goes into effect
| Having IN mind only the benefit OF
the Robert M. LaFollette Progressive
party, will withdraw my name as a
candidate to the Wisconsin Assembly;
III, however, predicate this proposed
Withdrawal on the conditions that the
candidate nominated by this mass
meeting (must have posed as a farm
er and must always have been a sup
porter of Robert NJ. LaFollette, Joe
ID. Beck, and John J. Blaine and the
entire Progressive state ticket, must
pledge without reserve to the XVIII
amendment, the prohibitary laws now
in force, stand for the strengthening
of the laws and their enforcement.
To be in effect after publishing
this allegiance in at least one Vernon
county paper.
Ladies and Gentlemen:-With the
words of Lincoln, hand your COM
mittee this withdrawal; with malice
toward none, with charity to all. and
as God gave us light to see the right,
let US have faith that right makes
might and in that faith let us to the
end dare to do our duty as we UNDER
stand it" / now thank you,
c. w. POWELL,
Candidate for Assembly.