The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-08-07
But Governor LaFoIIette Is Booked
for Frequent Speeches.
sPIRITISN IN WHITEWATER
Where There Is Boarding School for
DevOtees' When Mrs.
Bragg Thought Her
self a Widow.

LaFOllette's speech at the Madison as
sembly Thursday pleased or dis
pleased, according as ones sympathies
were. Most of the material Of the
speech he had used before; but, SO far
as that is concerned, like most men
who arouse folks, he has but one
spcecIl--One message; and LaFOllette's
is that the pUblicservice corporations
must be k IT under. He was in good
voice and rs an OratOrical exhibition it
was effective. What a great actor
he would have NADER was on more
lip than one His form is inadequate
to the conventional conception of King
Lear; but there have been smallish
"IIamlets" and as Macbeth, )" he would
be notable. He made a marked i'm
preston OH the country people as he
described the machinery of politics and
the power Of corporations. There was
no wild, excited enthusiasm, as at the
state convention, for this audience was
rot of picked delegates, but good liz
tcreSt was manifest. Granting the
generally unreliable, and accepting
the governors promises that he can do
things, it is not strange that heploaSes.
Anyone who can solve the difficult
problem Of corporate power ought to
be accepted and encouraged.
Opposition to Work Quietly.
The campaign is not yet we'll de
fined. Mr.. BabcOck is in and about
Madison more or less; and no doubt
the opposition will do things with
power, but it will be of a quiet char
acter. Not al approve this. Some of
the stalWarts think the only way to
defeat LaFOIlette is to get out in the
Onen and "snOW him up" as they de
scribe it; but there is little movement
in that direction. Meanwhile he al
ready has a long list or speaking
dates including a talk to labor at Be
lott and many county fairs and is get
ting his work in. No candidate for
governor has yet appeared against
him. 1t is generally believed that the
governor will make the run himself
for third term" though he himself
probably does not yet know what DO
litical eXigencies may demand.
Uuless something in the way of
winning opposition takes shape soon,
it is not impossible that influential
StalWarts might advise letting "a La
ms hoJ hn
If such Il one as Stephenson, Cook or
Cooper could be landed in the office,
on the theory that these men have
little OF none of LaFOllette'S radical
spirit but train with him because he is
politically powerful at this time. In
deed, Senator Quarles himself was
criticised for paying attentions to the
I governor in Milwaukee the other day,
taking him to the milwaukee, club and
visiting with him. 'gss q .s-s,I ST. +.
hpirlt"alista 10 Wisconsin.
-. T>here is i spiritualist encampment
ab W'aukeSha and Harrison d. Barrett
Of Boston, president of the national
assOciat ton, has been there and spoken.
is Il boarding school at Whitewater
conducted by spiritualists. They have
Il fine large building left to them by
IL man Of the faith, but the number Of
pupils is not large-a few children of
the enthusiasts in the mystery-and
the financial problem is a severe one
for the school.
T,, ,,.Iyy -,
much identified with Spiritism. Whole
communities were not only sWayed by
it at times, but it was the religion
of the whole communities. There is
less heard Of it now. There has been
SO much nonsense and fraud in con-
nectiOn with it that serious minded
people dO not care to stop to dig out
the residue and truth. Then again the
ground Of investigation has shifted
It is now scientific. coldly so. Hair
ward university is taking it up on
psychological lines. It is seriously
hoped to prove immortality by science
But this is business. not for emotional
folks who can be made to see their
grandmother in the shape of an Indian
chief Or who believe that Napolean
would send badly spelled message
written on Il piece of grocer'S brown
paper Everybody has an interest, Il
curiosity. perhaps some belief in the
return of those we love. But it must
be dignified, reverent business. And
too, it must be Il part only, mere
incident in life. A generation that
spent its time listening for grandpa
to rap three times would never get far
with the burden Of making the world
better
Daniel Wells Estate.
One Of the largest, if not the largest
estate in Wisconsin, is that of the late
Daniel Wells of Milwaukee. 1t is said
to foot up close to $1O,000000, includ-
ing many pieces of property in Chi
cago, and Il block of stock in the ia
nous Homestake mines in the Black
Hills. With regard to the Tate of the
inheritance tax it is said at the office