The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-10-24
His Opportunity.


should be reliable to the effect that
Governor La Toilette will in few
days be at the executive Office pre-
pared to take up his duties. The peo-
pie Of Wisconsin will receive this in
formation with unqualified satisfac-
ton, as there is no one in the State
who does not wish to see the Governor
restored to health, however much they
may differ with him on questions of
politics or policy.
1t may not be out of place at this
time, in view of his return to the duties
of official life, to venture hope that
during his period of retirement the
Governor has had time to think seri-
ously upon certain subjects that are
now of capital Importance to the peo-
pie of this State. It is hoped that he
has found time to look upon both
sides of the principle which he has so
earnestly advocated-that this State
should be governed by the people. If
he recognizes this broad truth in all its
bearings, he will open the door of the
executive chamber and invite the peO-
pie 60 counsel with him. He will rec
ognize reputable citizens in different
walks of life as worthy of his conf
dence and entitled to a hearing. He
will put away suspicion, which is un-
worthy of any man who would truly
serve the public, and so order his con-
duct that no man can charge that he1s
not open to reason, however firm of
purpose he may be.
Should he determine to reform his
reform methods, he will find it neces-
sary, among other things, to use his
best efforts to put period to the vim
dictive war now being waged by his
personal organs against certain indi-
viduals who are themselves members
of that great respectable class-the
people. He will realize that he alone
is IN a position to bring about re-
union of the elements of which the
Republican party in Wisconsin is COM
posed, and that it is his duty, if he is
still a Republican, to exert himself to
that end.
These suggestions are made in the
interests of harmony. No demand
will be made upon the Governor to
surrender any principle that is essen
TALLY sound. He may be called upon
to make compromise of his opinions,
but not of any principle that he can
demonstrate to be grounded in histori-
cal Republican doctrine or necessary
to the we'll being of the people of the
State. In doing this he will be fol-
lowing in the footsteps of the great
men of all ages.
If Governor La Toilette has any
doubt of his ability to call about him
the mem bers of the Wisconsin Repub-
1ican league let him read the list of
names signed to the published state
1zneut of that organization, as well as
the statement itself. These names are
borne by men who have as much in
6erest in the welfare of the State as he
can have; they are men of standing at
home; they have no personal ambition
that can be attained by prolonged
dispute and possible permanent dis
ruption of the party. With the aid of
these men he can accomplish much
good during the fourteen months that
remain of his present term. By cos
tinuing the war upon them-and it is
his war-he will waste the time that
belongs to the State in an effort-pos-
sibly ineffectual-to establish himself
more firmly in Office. He has it in his
power even now to avert further con-
tentiou and he will be held account
able for the proper exercise of that
power.-Milwaukee Sentinel.