Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-07-17
COMMUNICATION FROM w. E. HOWE.

Mr.. Thomas and Mr.. Haggerty and
Mr.. Oppreicht went Immediately from
the hotel on foot. I got bus to take
the Judge home, as he is known to be
somewhat crippled, and had come over
for my accommodation. AS soon as
they had gone, gentleman whom
did not then know, came to me and
asked what we had been doing. told
him it was only proceeding before
the county Judge. He left the hotel
and was told by the hotel clerk that
he was a newspaper reporter. There
was no other business or meeting at
that hotel that night that L know OF.
The next day in Lancaster a friend OF
mine informed me that one of the Mil
wuakee papers published dispatch
from Prairie du Chen saying there
had been a Stalwart meeting in that
place and that was present at such
meeting. Such report struck me as
being so ridiculously false that | sim
ply laughed at it, and paid the matter
no more attention, until some months
later, after I had announced my can
didacy for the Assembly, [ was in
formed that some people pretended, at
least, to believe that report. Where
ever such cases have come to my
knowledge / have invariably corrected
the error. The records of the Craw-
ford County Court and all the parties
present at that time can be easily con-
suited should any further suspicion be
n no
is also true that [ have never at any
time or place attended any meeting, Of
so-called Slalwarts, or others opposed
to the denomination of Governor La
Toilette. / have never had any rela-
lions whatever with the organization
known as the Republican League. |
have not been in the city Of Milwaukee
since the organization of that institu-
ton. | have no acquaintance with
any of it's managers. My support OF
Governor LaFollette has been on what
I believe to be sound principles alone.
[ have never expected, sought or re-
ceived any favor or reward whatever
from him or others on account OF such
support. I believe that his reelection
will not only mean very much to the
people of this state in the way OF
eQualizing the burdens of taxation and
promoting primary election reform,
but will also be long step in the di-
rection of fixing more securely in the
hands of the people, that control the
affairs of our state. which has hereto
fore, for years, been welded by less
orl1 of ho
repeated protests of great majority
of the people, and against the vital in
terests of all of them. | want to see
the republican party as closely united
as it can be without the sacrifice of
of principle and without counting the
penalties of defeat. But if the right
of the people to select their own chief
magistrate and other officers and to
run their own state in their own way
is to be Systematically assailed by or
ganized force and capital there can be
no such thing as Cancellation in the
republican party. The party was not
made for that purpose and has battled
too long in the cause of more liberty
to now acceed to the proposition that
commerce ouly, TO be run by the fellow
who has the most grease" When the
last vestige of that proposition has
been buried forever we will talk about
the faults of LaFollette, if any remain,
but at present he is the one instrument
that can do more than any other to
lessen the influence of money in poll
tics, raise the character of the elector-
ate, and place the control of the state
more permanently and directly in the
hands of the people. He must, by all
means, have fair opportunity.
Yours very truly,