Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-10-18

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| nave man of their own choosing nomi-
mated on the Republican ticket.
| MT; brown, after giving the details of
the deal, whereby the $1,000 was turned
oSer TO Aronshage, who sent it to the
governor, proceeded
La Toilette Took to the Woods.
Meanwhile La Toilette remained in the
WOODS. hronshage also remained in the
woods for a considerable time before he
volunteered this explanation. The eli
mate IN the woods was more healthful
tnan the climate in this state for time
aIter this exposure, and La Toilette and
Afonshage took to the woods to recu-
The trouble is that the denial of Krons-
mage does not deny, or rather, it admits
more than it denies He seems to have
been a pleasant and unsophisticated per-
son, of somewhat the same innocent Gre
dullty as All Sin in Bret Harte's famous
poem.
So with All Sin Kronshage he seems
to have had cards up his sleeve, the right
bower and other cards, and his smile,
which was childlike and bland, only dis
appeared when he wrote his explanation
abusing Buckstaff and Harvey and nearly
everyone else except the book companies
that had given him the $4,000.
He had Amounted them with the sacred
gall, l suppose, and they were immune
against all attacks upon their virtue.
From this letter we find that Harvey is
bad, Buckstaff is bad Stout is bad, the
American Book Company is bad, the
other book companies which approved of
Gov. La Toilette to the extent of $4,000
are good, and the governor is good and
he (Kronshage) is exceedingly good
There are people mean enough to wish
that the governor would turn states evil
dence, but l presume he is too busy,
gazing in rapt admiration at his primary
election law, to be bothered with any
such small matter. The Christian virtues
Of simple honesty and truth are too COM
mon to interest him.
Big Brides and Little Brides.
The governor strained at $500 re-
tainer offer by Senator Sawyer once OH
a time, but swallowed the $4,000 bride
from the school book company La Fol
lette probably thought that the ground
floor with the school book company was
Stalwarts. The difference between
Judas and La Toilette and Kronshage is
that Judas betrayed the Master for
thirty pieces of silver; they betrayed the
cause of education in Wisconsin for
$4,000. La Toilette may have learned
ever admitted. If La Follette's story is
true that Senator Sawyer tried to bride
him and did not succeed, the revelations
Of the school book scandal would indicate
that the cause of Senator Sawyer's fail
ure was that the, price was not high
right hand in political manipulation, and
La FOllettes ignorance probably arises
from the fact that he has obeyed the
Biblical injunction, 'Let not thy right
know what thy left hand doeth." He
thought that there was not enough dirty
linen in the Republican laundry, so he
hung the school book scandal OH the line
to air. 1 can imagine that Senator
Sawyer at the present time would GER
tainly be happier in Wisconsin than he
is i'll heaven.
1t looks as if La Follette's hatred of
the brides he charges as having been Civ
en- by the eleventh floor Republicans was
due to the fact that they were little
ones.
A Spade is Spade.
Seriously all the whitewash in the
world cannot whiten the bride. A spade
is a spade, and bride is a bride, and
no efforts of the La Toilette faction can
ever make the people of this state call
these things by any other name. The
all be nearer heaven than the ground
floor in the state capitol.
I expect that the school book scandal
will lead to a demand, on the part of
the La Toilette worshipers, for revision
of the ten commandments. The priests
i'll the La Toilette temple can now charge
all of their tin halos for those of brass.
What an example i'll degradation this
scandal sets before the people of the
state Through this example the little
grafters, such as the game Wardens I'M
der La Follette's administration, will
feel that a new mark has been set them
in the science of grating, and they will
try to live up to it, no matter how much
time they spend over their accounts for
per diem and expenses. All the little
scandals Of the state capitol must have
felt very much abashed when the school
book scandal walked in and hung it's
hat on the nail next to La Follette's.
"The Bride" of Book Companies.
Is the bride of the school book compa-
MES a form of ''alluring vice" within the
definition of that term in the governors
veto of the Hagemeister bill? Harvey
did not seem to have any school book
companies handy when he met La Fol
lette in that death struggle before the
Republican convention.
The acceptance of this $4,000 by La
Toilette gives him an additional reason
to thank God that he is not as other gov
ernors are. He reconsecrated himself to
duty when he took the money. He should
now deliver a course of lectures to Tam
many Hall on the gentle art of grating.
Perhaps he expected to gain favor with
the agricultural interests IN the state by
his skill in the art of grating. tie GER
tainly knows how to milk the school book
companies.
Primary Election and Brides.
The solemn inquiry might now arise,
will the primary election law prevent the
governor and his ieutenants from ac-
cepting brides? 1t looks as if the ice
companies in trying to defeat the ice tax
bill before the Legislature should have
treated directly with the governor. One
answer Kronshage makes to the charge
of bribery is you are another" La
Toilette can answer it by calling atten-
ton to the vast benefits of a protection
tariff He can claim that he was simply
levying taxes on nonresident corpora
tions for the privilege of doing business
in this state. 1t would be awful for the
school book companies who paid $1,000
to find that they had bought gold brick.
They fred at Harvey and hit the gov
ernor La Toilette said to them remem-
Der Gods patient poor, and they gave
him $4,000 as a token of their approval.
Our Uncle Isaac has right to look on
his protege as a very promising pupil.
Kronshage Got the Stuff.
Kronshage went down to Chicago and