Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-10-18
NAL BROWN FAILS
| GOVERNOR LA TOILETTE
E0usau Orator Delivers Most Scathing Adj
dress at Big Meeting in
GAINESVILLE.
hottest SPEECH OF THE CAMPAIGN.
krpre Arrangement of the Governor and His Fol-
lowers by the Man Who Failed to Get
the Democratic Nomination
i LMI[IIL IlEl RY IAE lECQll LIZ Al2 MIDI
hottest SPEECH OF THE CAMPAIGN
TOILETTE TRIED BY THE RECORD He HAS MADE

them. If abuse and villifcation could
drlVe men from political party, they
would be driven from theirs. If they
bore towards me that i'll opinion which
they bear towards the present governor
OF Wisconsin l think [ could hardly have
the face to meet this audience and plead
Win 1t Tor good government. But | am
willing to lay aside for the time being
thelr testimony, powerful and potent
thougn 1t Is, to convict the governor of
TINS state of malfeasance in office. I
wish to try him by the record he has
made, without malice, without any desire
to oVerstate one single argument against
him. 'N-''''
La Toilette the Exception.
Gov. La Toilette seems to be an excep-
ton to the rule that the good die young.
cannot find in this veracious history
that he ever stole apples Or fought
pitched battles with bad boys. Perhaps
some Simple Simon among his mates I'M
der his hypnotic spell may have stolen
apples and put them in the future gov
ernor's pockets when he was asleep so
that when he awoke and found them
there, not knowing where they came
from, he never returned them Kron-
shage did that with the school book
Drlbe and the governor don't know to
TINS day where it came from, so he is
Keeping it for a reward and no questions
asked.
Gods Patient Poor.
Taking up the game warden scandal.
Mr. Brown, after referring to the abuses
Gov La Toilette had subjected the law
to, proceeded:
Ihe number of game wardens now
largely exceeds thirty, and there are still
more to come. The extent to which he
has exercised his unlimited power of APP
polntment can be best judged by the ex-
Of
Whenever the Cause of Purity and Re
form has needed a few more props, he
has appointed few more game war
dens. Whenever he wanted to help
Gods Patient Poor" he has appointed
a few more game wardens. Whenever
the StalWarts got off their reservation
and commenced to sing their war song,
Off with few game wardens.
The Game Warden Missionary.
Whenever the heather in their blind
ness persisted in worshiping other gods
than Me, a missionary game warden
would be sent among them to bring them
back to the true path.
1t is curious and noteworthy coin
cidence that all of these game Wardens
are for La Toilette first, last and all the
time.
These game wardens are a compact,
men, their souls with but single
thought, their hearts that beat as one
They are sent here and there where they
will do the most good to the cause of
Purity and Reform. Call a Republican
caucus at any place howso'er seques-
tered it may be, and the o1nnipresent
game wardens will start from every
front door step waiting for the door to
open. You are liable at any time to
wake up in the morning and find that
new game warden has been born oycr
night at your next door neighbours.
God Helps Those Who Help Themselves.
They believe that God helps those who
help themselves, out of the state treas
ury.
According to the biennial report of the
Secretary of State w. II. Froehlch, just
issued, the game wardens cost the state
III the year 1901, the first year of Gov.
La FOllette's administration, $33, sos. Al.
For the nine months ending in August of
this year they cost the state $47,O74.66.
1t is curious to know that the fish and
game of the state needed protection dur
ing the twelve months of last year to the
extent, in round numbers, of S33 900,
while in election year protection is needed
to the extent of SAT 900 in nine months.
At this rate of increase and taking into
account the strenuousneSS of Gov. La
Follette's life from now OH, the cost of
game wardens for the full year of 1902
will be probably not less than $4,000.
This year of our Lord 1902 seems to be a
great year for Reform and game wardens.
Game Wardens Come High.
If the game wardens cost us $4,000
this wear, what will they cost us in the
wears to come, as the number grows. If
Ia Toilette is elected, and there is La
Toilette Legislature to prevent the repeal
of the law allowing the appointment of
unlimited game wardens? As the spirit
of Reform grows it will surely need more
Wallets to attend upon its inspirations. In
time every village will be able to boast OF
IFS permanent game warden, and every
large city will have a whole covey OF
them. They will be connecting links be-
tween the governor and his people.
Has La Toilette Been Honest.
Has he endeavored to promote the in
terest and honor Of the state, and com
mand the confidence of an intelligent ana
notriotic public? Let the scandal of the
game wardens answer him; let
the scandal of the school book
companies answer him; let the
testimony of men of the highest char
acter III his own party answer MN, anu
when these shall fully testify to the .peo7
pie OF the Stale, ne III Vs. - 80 Of
of insincerity and demagoglsm, ana OF o.
fetal malfeasance, at the bar OF puoiie
justice.
The School Book Scandal.
And now we come to the darkest chap
+er in this history, a chapter that no man
who has known the governor in better
days likes to read or likes to comment
unon. If it were mere act of his private
life comment would be unnecessary and
narbans improper. refer to the school
hook scandal, as disgraceful an episode
as ever occurred in our political history,
in the shape of gossip at the Republican
state convention that certain book com.
panies were putting up large amount
of money to defeat State Supt. Harvey,
the candidate for the Office ez ek2te super