The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-01-24
Uncertainty AS to Whether the
GAINESVILLE Senator Will Enter
the Field.
THE SITUATION IS COMPLICATED
Getting Workingmen Interested in
Church-SuperiOr Has 3,oOo
Arrivals and Clearances.

Whitehead to stand for the Republlcan
nomination for governor. and 1t Will
be interesting to see whether he &C.
cepts. 1t is by NO means certain, l
take it. Some Of his friends. who pre-
dict the largest things for him, dislike
to have him remembered as identlhed
with any faction. They do not ques-
ton that he is big enough to aYolG
being overshadowed by any stalwart
Influences, and as a matter or fact,
with the big GAINESVILLE man IL the
executive chamber it would be pretty
fun to see anybody try to run MIN.
If, however, he and his many admir-
ers, who honestly reject Governor La
Toilette and what he STANDS 1of COLI
clude that duty calls, Whitehead VIII
make a warm campaign. On Ordinary
occasions he is rather heavy speak
err. but when he gets reused, as III MS
speech denouncing the Stevens bill, he
is powerful.
There is the thought that if he does
not get into the fray now, the polrti-
clans may not readily allow another
opportunity, for independent men or
his stamp are not congenial to the
gentlemen who shape nominating con-
yentlOns. The active spirits OF the
league take up Mr. Whitehead be-
cause they perfectly understand they
must discredit the talk Of a new gov
ernor being their tool They must
have a ':whale" to beat Lat'ollette.
The fact is, the two men stand for
much the same thing; and it is pity
they are so divorced. A primary cleo
ton law would be a boon to White
head for future honors. for such men
are strong with citizens who turn to
politics once a year and are let alone,
except in emergencies, by the men
who work at politics all the time.
LaFo1lette's Vigorous Campaign.
Governor LaFollette will not with
draw and he will go out among the
people and talk things over face to
face. He is confident he has the phys
ical strength. He believes in himself
and has no apologies to make. He be-
lieves so earnestly in his primary elee-
ton principle and in his tax reform
MANS that he knows. even # he is de-
feated, that the voters will call him
later, though he does not plan to be
defeated now. The governor is pow
erful debater, and viewing the cam
paign, not as a contest of men, but as
struggle to bring and keep the pow
er into the hands of the people, it has
L have done my share in censuring the
governor for his errors, but when l
think Of the contingent of assembly
men that stood by A. r. Hall and gen
orally voted right ON all sorts Of ques-
tions--plain men, who regarded their
stay in Madison as serious business
and seemingly mindful of their respon
sibilities--I cannot help concluding
that LaF0llette will tell a strong story
and those forgotten citizens ON farm
and at crossroads whom we call ''the
common people," will be heard from
at the caucuseS. Of course, the Situa-
ton is almost hopelessly complicated
by the good men and true who have
cut loose from the governor. But if
one will remember all the enemies
LaFollette has made, he will see that
at this very point he is strong. Cor
porations are b0oms to civilization,
but ON their legislative side they are to
be regarded with some caution in these
days; and it did not appear that the
lobby had any warm foothold in the
executive chamber last winter.
In Mr.. Jacobs Church.
H. III. Jacobs is remembered in
Madison as popular athletic. He is
now over the Hanover Street Congre-
gational church in Milwaukee. He
regards religion as something to be in
jected into everyday life as shown by
series of Sunday evening addresses
on industrial questions. The prospec-
tus says: mo one will be gagged.
Each address will be followed by
free parliament for conference in the
adjoining committee room. Bear-bait-
ing will not be encouraged in the free
parliament, but free questioning is de-
sired
Already Professor Scott of the state
university, and others have spoken,
among the titles being Arnold Tong
bee and Industrial Revolution and
1.-THE Evolution of Capital by So
cialist editor; and last Sunday another
professor (Dow0 spoke on Labor Con-
dltions in the South" Future topics
are: DR.. Ely, two addresses; Jan. 26,
Frank G. Weber, national organizer
American Federation of Labor, "The
Labor and Church Evangelists and the
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