Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-08-02
MAKE MACHINES IMPOSSIBLE,

The opponents Of LaFollette refuse
to concede that his assured nomlna-
ton is in response to popular de-
mand. They insist that it Is brought
about by the operation of u great po-
litical machine, built up by Mr. La
Toilette aud of which he is chief
director They would frighten us by
representations that new and ter
rible machine is TO take the place of
old ones that have been absorbed by
and now form part of the LaFollette
Juggernaut, under the wheels of
which the liberties of the people are
to be crushed. They represent that
the so. called Payne-Pfster machine
and the railroads and other corpor-
ate powers, are utilized and employ
ed by LaFollctte; and therefore he
will be subservlcnt t. them, notWith-
standing his past record and utter
ances. To accept the representations
one must condemn Mr.. LaFollette
aS ~ utlIdS'ENt VI tilb N'iot " PNi
and admit that the friends who have
stood dy him through the years Of
his contests have been deceived In
the man, or are but instruments in
the furtherance Of Il greo' scheme of
deception. Recent word1aud actions
of Mr., IaFollette are conclusive as
to the falsity Of such representations
He said in an interview lately:
The Withdrawing of the other candidates is
something no combination with me has
brought about / am sending from Madison
an appeal To- the voters of Wisconsin udyucut.
ing the Australian system in primaries, max.
ing the organization Of machine impossible.
II am not running for governor simply for
the salary as | have been offered better things
in Milwaukee. But my ambition is 10 have
placed on the statute books laws which would
rather leave To my little son than all the riches
! could auass by this reported combination
with the machine
Commenting on theseremarks and
the proposed primary election law,
which Mr.. LaFollctte advocates as Il
means of making political machines
impossible, the Madison Journal,
certainly not Il partial witness for
him, says:
MIR, LaFollette has by this over
turr fired the Goals en- the altar of
citizenship, He has given men
something to become enthusiastic
over. He has thrown down an issue
that will warm the hearts OF men to
whom q Wisconsin campaign is usu-
ally meaningless He has brought
out OF their conservative holes the
better class OF citizens who have
hitherto regarded him as pyrotech-
ME and unstable. He has proposed
a reform that will cause the spoils
men aud riugsters 20 wriggle and
squirm; aud one can already hear
tho clash of resoundng arms in leg,
is,atiyc halls. Mr.. LaFollette has
had practical experience with ma.
chine politics and knows all about if
He is armed from head to foot Will
data and pages from history and H.
Illustrations from reallif Heboldly
proposes to blaze new path and tn,
figure Of the young reformer beckou
ing on the lrgious from the GreaI
Lakes tn the Southern Tier is one t,
stir the blood. He has something
new and something that promises t,
be Aood Il promises a vautag,
ground for Wisconsin, to bo fouu
datiou on which TO build bette
state. LaFollet,e's proposal is
master-stroke politically, and, bet
ter, it il courageous, Progressive
step TO better citizenship. The IA
ture governor has already instille,
his personal force and magnetism
into his larger field and we comics
its power