The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-04-11
WISCONSIN LETTER.
Milwaukee Election Regarded as
lmpeaching StaIWart's
Supremacy.
GERMAN PAPERS CAUSE WORRY
Refuse to Fall Obediently into the
Programme-Specu Ramp
ant-27 Per Cent, Scheme.

i VI u uStSC I'll IG1IL IC-CICStlOu III MIL
waukee has had the effect Of greatly
frightening Governor LaFOlIette's
chances. It is agreed that it was a
| foolish move to affront the faith in non
partisanship in judicial elections. Our
voters do many foolish things, but on
that matter they act as patriots. And
so when, through sta1wart initiative,
an opponent to the freshly appointed
Tarrant was put in the field, the vot-
possession should be displaced and
there did not seem to be any good
reason except that Tarrant had been
appointed by Governor LaFollette
and that TaTant had previously been
Il law partner of one Of the Krons-
hage family. But the voters fell in
for the judge on the bench and the
result is claimed as a victory by the
state administration, and to a consid-
cradle extent is such. At all events
! it makes a set-off for the nomination
of Arson, and has rallied LaFollette
men over the state to considerable
extent
German Dailies Participating.
The attitude Of the two great Ger
man dailies of Milwaukee also cheers
them. While readers Of English dali
les read and then go and do as they
please, these Milwaukee papers have
a following that follows. The stall
Wart managers assumed that these pa
Ders were we'll in line; indeed, at first
they joined in throwing rocks Journal
lstically speaking) at Governor La
Toilette in a way that made his fol
lowers sick. But German newspapers
have an Independence about them. So
here is the state convention but three
or four weeks away and the German
vote, at least to the extent represent
ed by these dailies, anybodys vote.
1t is only a new complication in a
very mixed situation. So far as these
dailies are Influenced by the silly and
vicious attempt to discredit faction
by smirching the judiciary with poll
tics, they deserve the highest praise.
1t is manifestation of the ''conserva-
tism" which is SO justly praised. But in
SO far as Whitehead's high standards
of personal living are factor, even
many men who believe the common
Wealth's welfare lies in LaFollette's
reelection must feel regret and some
thing Of indignation that for these
standards q man must suffer. How
ever, the stalWarts are a bit on the
run just now. Some urge that Judge
Baensch OF Secretary of State Froeh-
Itch be substituted for Whitehead, and
Colonel Dan Starkey shows the pre-
vailing panic in the Eleventh Story
by calling on the waspish little Free
Press Of Milwaukee to retract or be
sued for libel.
To make a change in stalWart candi-
dates now would be to subject the
stalwarts to the charge Of cruel be-
trayal of Whitehead, yet any citizen
has the right to offer himself for gov
ernor, and the managers could easily
enough conceal their flight if some
such development took place.
Hot Campaign from Now On.
LaFollettes friends are forming
clubs bearing his name in many cOun-
ties. The fight will grow warmer now
with much speed and event will fol-
low event in sensational succession.
May the outcome be the welfare of
dear old Wisconsin, the assembling Of
an honest legislature and enactment
of legislation on the lines Of the tax
commissions leadership and start
in the use Of the direct vote in making
nominations It is believed that May
or Roses friends will try to make him
the Democratic nominee for govern
or With united Republican party.
any good Republican could bury him
at the polls. But as things are Gov
ernor LaFollette is the one who could
certainly do it. Whether a warning
state convention could evolve another
Republican candidate who could is
doubtful.
An Era of Speculation.
Not for many years has there been
such an era of speculation. Everyone
has work and money, and each day
sees companies formed to make
money fast. The most brilliant oppor-
tunity that has come our way is out
liEed in a prospectus of a Chicago
Texas Oil company, which offers stock
at 60 cents a share (par value 81 and
promises dividend of4per cent. quar-
terly on par. This means 26% per
cent. annually, which ought to tempt
stupid old fogies, who insist on lock-
ing up their money in savings banks
at 4 per cent. annually, or even in
government bonds at not much over