The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-09-04
SEEK SPOONER'S HELP.
Letters from Wisconsin Propose
He Make County Fair
Speeches.
La TOILETTE IS HARD AT IT
Woman Who Raises Ponies-Gen. Bry-
aut's Friendships-The Late
Col. Knight.

Madison, Wis, Sept. 1.-GoverrCr
LaFollette is now we'll launched on
his round Of county fairs, and for six
weeks will keep the state convulsed.
| 1t does not appear that he receives
! compensation for these addresses.
| Certainly the address at the Dane
| county fair is without charge to the
| management He refuses to be divert
| ed from his line of campaign, which
| is talk about corporation abuses. TIE
! opposition is keeping up raking fire
| as to the campaign contribution of
| $1,000 at the time State Superinten-
| dent Harvey was turned down, to the
disgust Of Stout and Buckstaff. This
| money was paid by book companies
| outside Of the state. The Free Press
| Of Milwaukee has finally concluded to
answer the charge, but all it comedies
Is that if there is any wrong, it was in
accepting money from outside the
state. That paper says the money was
applied to postage, etc.
| A Flood of Oratory Likely.
The opposition is a good deal wor'
| ried by the persistent work done at
the county fairs. Secretary of State
Houser is sometimes appearing with
the governor, and the latter's plan is
| to compare railroad rates, taking the
very point at which the speech is
| made. Mr.. HOuser finds some point
| in Iowa and Illinois (where there are
railroad commissioner, makes the COM
| parison on load Of hogs. and the
farmers slap their thighs and say
"that's So" There are factors in the
problem, as the comparative prices on
| farm products, the status of popula~
ton along the line of railroad, etc.
but life is too short to discuss these
questions very fully. The result is
that the opposition Is slowly conclud-
| ing that it must also break into these
Some of the senators have been tempt
ed to offer themselves, but they dread
| the vitupera ton sure to follow John
| Whitehead, with his usual frarkness
| asked for chance to speak at the
| Evansville fair, but was turned down,
| unless he would debate with Mr. Ban
| croft. an officer of the states attor-
| ney's office. Probably the most i'm
| portant speech on Governor LaFol-
lette's list is at Beloit on Labor day
| Beloit is also in Mr.. Whitehead's dis
| trict, and that district has been ''the
| enemy's country" to LaFollette. Mr..
| Whitehead proposes to address a let
| tn tho n Of no
| ton similar to the one sent to Evans
| Vile
The worry caused by the governors
speaking campaign Is suggested by
letters written by influential folks Of
Wisconsin urging Senator Spooner to
return to the state. and tackle the
governor. They feel that he should
discontinue his previous policy of non
participation and Of silence and Crap
| pie the governor in the interest of con-
sentative government Senator Spoon
err is now on his farm in New Hamp-
shire. 1t is unlikely that he will wish
to get in the broil.
Noble Son of Wisconsin.
1t is not known how active General
|
work. He is grand old man. but.
of course, not as nimble as he once
| was He is at his office as superin-
tendent of public property every day.
| and one Of his lieutenants who showed
| us the dome view the other day, re-
lates that while he expects good serv-
| ice from his men. TO more reasonable
or kindlier man to work for ever lived.
| A friend, who has been close to the
! administration, said the other day:
"The old general, contrary to the i'm
| preston of many, is one Of the La
Toilette people who has not been
soured in his personal friendships by
this unhappy fight. He is the sort of
| a man who can say: PERSONALLY,
there isn't cleverer fellow than John
| SpoOner. He never goes back on q
friend I have yet to hear General
Bryant speak vindictively of any one.
| He made Governor I4aFollette, yet is
| personally a friend Of many Of the
| Milwaukee crowd. The last time I
saw the governor and the general to-
gether it was to me like Napoleon.
| WIN MOfoau or jOu0oFl. the early
generals of the republic. as great as
he but not wearing the imperial pu"-
pie. He was the emperor. but Moreau
was the subject
Opposition to Third Term.
The third term issue will not cut
much figure in and about Madison. 1t
| is shibboleth among local party
workers. however. and of these of
course, there are some in every town
in the state. Two Wisconsin govern
ors have had three terms. Wien Rusk
was the candidate for third term in
1886. Gil Woodward being his lead
ing opponent. he received plurality
! of 1878. which was 461 smaller than
he had two years before, when run
ming against n. d. Fratt. In his third
term campaign there was a majority
of 1888 against him. When Governor
| Fairchild was elected for the first time
in 1865 he had a majority of 1O,002
| over Hobart Democrat In 1867 he