Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-08-28
TUESDAY WILL TELL


county and the state of Wisconsin, will have expressed
their preference a whom they prefer candidates
for the various state and county offices 1t is prlv
ege that every good citizen should also consider
sonal duty, and hope that the primary vote OF Villas
county will record that nearly every qualified voter has
performed their duty by voting tor WhomeVer seems 10
them to be best entitled and qualified tor the positions
for which they candidates
At the head of this column the names OF the cam
ddates whom the Review hopes to see nominated and
whom believes the voters Of Villas county will make no
mistake in supporting
It has been frequently reported within the past
month that quite campaign Of misrepresentation has
been carried in behalf Of some Of the candidates for
county offices To any familiar with the facts for
that NATTER it ought to be to intelligent is
ridiculous and absurd to claim that any candidate for
county office elected introduce any policies Of any
nature Whatever, whether it be Of EXTRAVAGANZA or
ECONOMY County officers have voice in say
ing what the expenditures Of Villas county shall be than
other taxpayers All Of that is attended to by the
county board which is guided largely by the demands
and necessities Of the different towns
It has been ntmated that investigation is needed
find just what becomes of the taxpayers money
AS the county board acts on all oils presented before they
paid followed by annual audit OF all books, by
committee appointed by the board consisting OF OF
its MEMBERS and other responsible business pro-
feSSiOna men, and all OF the reports published the
newspapers and the original records available to any
at any time, and top of that careful survey Of all
of the business transactions Of The county made every
year by the state commission is rather hard to
what investigation would develop beyond showing
that the people who demanded it. would prefer to believe
their feowmen knaves and crooks rather than honest
and respectable citizens.
peculiar situation is also said to exist in the minds
has done and what he has not done In parts of the
ty where he has been obliged to prosecute liquor law
volators they and their friends consider him perse-
cutor of most inhumane type With such reputation,
the natural and sensible conclusion would be- that he must
have the strong support those who believe the Vostad
Act should be strictly enforced but strange to relate,
many of them profess to believe that the district attorney
is openly neglectng his duty, because in while
drunken man may be seen and because occasionally
alleged violator goes free
The question of strict enforcement of the prohibition
laws that will bother sherffs and district attorneys
everywhere for good many years to Every viola
tor and their friends bound to feel that every time
they pay fine sentence, that it uncaed
for frameup against them personally and the other
hand the radical dry who wants the laws enforced their
mnutest and uninportant detail will complain that the
officers protecting the booteggers and moonshners
the greatest degree possible with safety to themselves
regardless of how violations prosecuted and
vcted.
We do not know whether many. Review subscribers
and readers care greatly about it's policies, political
otherwise but if there any voterreaders who thru
lack of personal acquaintance with the candidates. would
like opinion upon them, are in position to say
that after IL years Of contact with all of the court
house occupants during that time that the candidates
named at the head of this column have proven them
selves efficient faithful and ECONOMICAL officers and
are well worthy of denomination next Tuesday VOTE
FOR THEM.