The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-06-27
blow to party already lettering on
the edge of dissolution.

| head be nominated there will be an i'm
mense amount of bolting-everyone ex-
| poets that. The crucial question is,
Will it be an organized bolt? Will the
men and the newspapers who have
| been asserting that Governor I-aFol-
! lette is unfit for governor. turn round
and support him? They cannot do this
blatently, but will they vote for him?
| Will they remain quiet While the rest
of us make the arguments and will
| they vote for him?
l believe they will. Hon. J. n Mon
ahan is as confessed anti-LaFollette
man as is in these parts, yet he says
after the fashion of the old-school Re
| publican: IF he receives the nominal
ton at tic hands Of the party I shall
support him, but great numbers will
| not
Monahan fought LaFollettes battles
| for years-WaS one of those who be-
gan when the governor was scarcely
out of the law school. Monahan once
got off the gubernatorial track because
LaFolIette wanted it. Yet the two men
met the other day and the governor
didn't see'' the collector 1t is Incl
dents Of this sort that rub sand into
the wounds.
Yet Mr.. MOnahan will support Gov
ernor LaFollette. So will great num-
of e.to Ixxyo ,.fc 20,
reason, some for another.
70 secure a Republican legislature
that may continue a Republican sena-
tor will be the main consideration.
But suppose Spooner should not
stand again for the senate! Suppose
the Democrats should name a man
that would get the conservative Re
publican vote and make inroads on the
German Republican vote! Suppose
in the congressional districts the trust
and tariff issues play havoc!
And yet there are those who want
Governor LaFOllette to confine the
state ticket to the faithful. In other
words, to see how few, not how many
votes he can get.
Summer Festivities.
At least four strong ChautauqUas
will hold forth in Wisconsin this year.
The Madison "Lakeside' is the larg-
est and most ambitious, but the ones
at Marinette and Delavan are grow
inc nd 70
near Waupaca is developing with
promise This is one of the most dem
Ocratic assemblies in the state, charg-
ing no admission fee to the grounds.
It's programme carries among other
events Dr.. NJ. G. 3. Mason Of Cincin-
natl, the noted colored orator; Hon.
Frank Stewart Regain, the famous
chalk talker; Hon. e. r. Hicks, attor-
ney general of Wisconsin, Colonel John
SObieSki, katherine Carroll Smith,
reader; Mae E. Peterson, soprano. The
dates for the season are August IL,
to %.
The Elks' carnival at West Superior
occurs July 7-12. Among the adver-
tised attractions are the Bostock wild
animals, Turkish theater, a crystal
maze, moving pictures, "The magnifi-
cent Orient" "Sapho," etc.
New England people living in the
west are receiving invitations to "oId
home week." the new festivity de-
signed to bring back the wandering.
Names week is from Aug. to Aug,
9. Governor Hill has sent out an in
vitation of which the following reflects
the spirit: More than 100000 Of it's
native-bOrn citizens now reside in 9th
er states and territories of the Union,
where they are performing successful
ly and well the parts of good citizen
ship, and rejecting honor upon their
parent state. The setting apart of
week styled old Home Week accords
with the general sentiment of our peo-
pie and the universal desire that the
absent sons and daughters come back
to visit their old homes and the scenes
of their childhood"
Lower Freight Rates.
The st. Paul road. expects the big
gest kind of a business year. Stock has
been strong for that reason. 1t has
been estimated that only about 20 per
cent. Of the stock is floating on the
street at the present time. The bal
ance Of the common stock, together
with practically all the preferred, is
in the hands of investors who are un-
! likely to sell at present prices. Local
traffic has been given every encourage
ment. In the past twenty years the
mileage has increased Sc per cent, and
the gross earnings show an increase Of
$50 per cent.
AS illustrating that the public has
something to be thankful for, from
| 1874 the ton mile rate in that year was
2.3S. The average ton mile rate de-