The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-07-24
Governor LaFoIIette in the East
Filling { Number of Sum-
! mer Engagements.
Wonder Is il He Will Tone Down Ut
terances from Those Made in
Kansas-Burnett' Gossip.

parent ChautauQua, the most import
ant of his list of summer engagements.
1t is Oh big lake in New York state
and Bishop Vincent is the patron saint
of the place. Tie management of the
Chautauqua tried in vain to get an
advance report of the speech but there
is an official stenographer OH tie
grounds and it is likely this speech will
be reprinted III Wisconsin. We are
curious to see if the plucky fighter
toned down" the utterances that made
his Kansas speech noteworthy. His
topic is Representative Government"
Terms of Agreement.
The talk of a compact between the
factions is commonly regarded as non
sense. The Skandinaven regarded it
by reprinting the terms on it's edi-
tOrial page without comment. Among
the conditions it is provided that Sen
atOr Quarles should have no OppOsi-
ton to his return to the senate; that
Gov. La Toilette should be fitted out
with diplomatic post, cabinet posi-
ton or the vice presidency, etc.
OF course it is ridiculous. If the
consents were present the plan never
could be executed, for the people
would resist-the conservative citizens
who demand that Gov. La Toilette be
SuDdued and the reform contingent
which expects the doughty governor
to trample on his enemies. 1t is not
leives himself invincible, to the point
where he defes the whole outfit of
party leaders-that he conceives that
the rank and file are behind him and
that no one can stop him-no one?
One exception must be made.
President Roosevelt has never drawn
the governors fire. The latter has
ever treated the former with respect.
IT, II Roosevelt Interferes,
Now, then, the only substance there
is or may be about this compromise"
business is in the event of President
Roosevelt making overtures, or, better,
putting on the screws. He has his
eyes on next year. He not only wants
the nomination but he wants it easily
and the most ,grotesque rumor of Wis
consin going democratic" ann0yS him.
1t is not unlikely that President Roose-
welt might take Spooner and Payne
and the others and say:
Here, you men do not and never
can like this man La Toilette; but he
is a force to be reckoned with.
want Wisconsin in line. You fellows
must get together or at least not stay
i have spoken"
And even a. few Off-hand remarks
from the president of the United States
avail much. If Roosevelt should say
something of that sort, things would
move. The factional leaders would
love each other no better than now,
but there would be efforts at harmo-
ny-clumsy, no doubt, but genuine.
Shipping To and From milwaukee,
The Importance of Milwaukee as a
port is not appreciated by our people.
It does considerably more than Chi
cagO. The aggregate tonnage of ar
rivals and clearances at Milwaukee
from January to May, this year. was
3,131 200, as against 2,4O7,17S tons for
the same period Of 1902 ChicagO's
tonnage for the same time was 1850
353, as against 2,S37,5 $40 during the
corresponding time last year-a falling
off.
\ great part of Milwaukee's bust
ness is directly across the lake to
Michigan where RI: roads pick up the
freight and hurry it east Thus the
tonnage of Ludington went up from
1,520,S31 for the same period last year
to 2,102,212 this year. One paper
says "carferries are now flying back
and forth across the lake like huge
black chuttles in commercial LOOM"
There is Il future for a number OF
Wisconsin lake ports. not only in the
up and down lake business but in
shunting these big, ctubby ferry-boats.
lined with freight cars across Lake
Michigan; and so forming Il link in
through business And looking for
ward 20, 80, 40 years, who can meas
ure the immensely of the traffic!
The city of Superior is full of bright,
ambitious people, and as with wonder
full Kansas, the ferment gives us not
only marvellous result but some cur
iOus ones. 1t may be said of Superb
or, as of Kansas, Anyway, progress
is better than stagnatiOn."
"The State of Superior"
From time to time there is q propo-
sal from that quarter to set up new
state The idea seems to be it is re
mote point and rich in its own interests
which are not very close either to
Wisconsin or to Minnesota; and that
the city and district would like to
work out its own destiny. 1t is a
threat Superior makes frequently at
Madison when the town does not get
what it wants of the legislature; but
it is usually greeted with smile The
history of the boundary line is that
Wisconsin was the last of five states
carved from the old Northwest terri
tory and about everything was grab
bed that was considered good, as the
Mississippi river, the northern PENN