The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-03-16

that classic institution, though he had
been preceded by such men as Wl4llam
| Mckinley and Theodore Roosevelt
The Milwaukee Sentinel published the
speech in full, and paid very hlgh
| tribute to the speaker editorially Inc
Chieago-T Times Herald and other great
papers did the same.-Mineral Point
| Tribune.
Robert. M. La Toilette delivered an
able, sensible and practical speech at
the Chicago university the other DAY,
in which he denounced the polltlcai
machine. 1t was rather reasonable TO
talk that way in Illinois where ma
chine politics seems to have reached
its elimination of rottenness and 1neIl-
cieney; but the orators words were
timely and eloquent and pointed cut
the remedy. In reformed primaries
and civil-service reform is the saliva
| ton of the American republlc.-Madl-
son Democrat.
! Hon. Robert M. La Toilette is re-
ceiving many concentrations Tor MS
able speech in Chicago last week. His
audience was composed OF the most
highly educated people in Chicago, the
address being the annual one before
| the University of Chicago. Mr.. La Fol
lette's speech was on the abollshmenC
of machine Politics." and contained
suggestions that il followed will be
likely to. deal a Knockout blow to the
boss element that has controlled the
primaries and elections heretofore
Rice Lake Chronotype.
Hon. R-M La Toilette, of Madison,
gave a very able address on Monday,
before the faculty and students OF the
Chicago university on The Menace OF
the Machine The address is pub
lished in full in the Milwaukee Senti-
mel No more able and far seeing po-
litical utterance was ever made by any
son of Wisconsin than that address,
1t contains q breadth OF statement
power of analysis, and business of
conclusion that stamps its author as
being enc of the most profound and
forcible political thinkers in the ma
ton What is more and better, Mr..
La Toilette does not simply content
himself with denouncing the corrupt
and dangerous action Of the political
machine" in its efforts to destroy po
litical liberty and integrity, but he adj
dresses himself as well in statesman
like manner to the discussion Of Q rem
edy. The entire address should be
read by every citizen of the state and
nation Jefferson County Union.
Ex-Congressman r. NJ La Toilette
of Madison made a great hit with his
speech at the University Of Chicago on
Washington's birthday. He nlassed
his infantry, artillery, cavalry, spear
bearers stone-tossers and the whole
outfit of a. combined army on the ma
chine in politics. and charged, re-
charged and charged again until i
would seem as though every cog in the
political machine had been broken
close to the wheel and could never do
business ct the old stand again. Mr..
La Toilette showed very plainly the
dangers of the modern political ma
chine. He believes that it is a menace
to the republic. He believes that it
should be crushed and that it should
have no machine successor. Most poll
ticianS who are not in accord with the
machine, make war on it, not so much
to drive the machine out of politics
and kill it as to set up machine of
their own, a new machine. Not so,
Mr.. La Toilette. He wants no polite
al machine. He wants a reform in
the matter of nominating candidates
for office that will place the whole
matter in the hands of the people. He
wants it taken out of the hands Of
scheming machine politicians. He be-
lieves that the good name and the
safety of the Republic require that
that be done and there are a great
many people who agree with him.
The speech was one of the ablest, most
fearless and most aggressive ever
made by this fearless, aggressive and
able Wisconsin citizen-Milwaukee
Telegraph, Feb. 81, 1897.