Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-06-29
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the truth as plain as the next man. He
tells it straight too The following let
ter was written to his son who is at
Loveland, Colorado, and the editor of
the Register of that place thought it so
clear headed an account Of politics as
now run in Wisconsin, that he gave it
the most conspicuous place he could in
his paper. Mr.. Wanamaker was in
Madison where he had full view of
the situation. Here is the letter:
Madison, Wis, June II, '04.
.C. l.. Wanamaker, Loveland, Colorado.
Dear Son:-Of course you have read
the papers telling about the Wisconsin
situation but maybe You will under
stand better if / write. Things. politi-
cally have been pretty warm in Wiscon-
sin and mp to the present it is just this.
The governor has, single-handed,
won out in one of the fercest political
.lattles ever waged in this state, pra 3ti-
caliy every federal Office holder in the
state working against him. Every cor
poration, both public and private, were
lined up with an embittered opposition.
By private corporations I mean, news
papers owned by stock companies, zinc
smelling concerns, and even smaller
capitalized companies the opposition
did not confine themselves to members
of the ps yay. At Platteville for instance,
they ran special train eighteen miles
and back TO vote three democrats and
one epublican-and they voted
You may wonder at this determined
struggle. look at it now and see re-
semblance to fractional fights fifty years
ago. Then the parties Of the country
we're ruled by the slgye power and they
would not allow any Interference with
their work and plans which was dollars
and cents to them.
1t la the same today--the republican
and democratic parties Qea,Iers at lesstl
are controlled by the trusts, railroads
and other hinge corporate interests. One
az Dad rs the other They viii not al
low an executive to govern anywhere
who is fighting for the rights of the peo-
pie, as against their pocketbo0k, If 1t Is
possible to defeat them. Hence the
fight on r. NJ. La Toilette. Surely he
has done well. A champion of the
peoples rights against opposition and
corruption. Every effort was made to
defeat him Every effort failed.
How do / know?
| have seen in the past month two
United States senators and two con
gressmen forced much against their
will, to stand up and be counted as OPP
posed to La Toilette. The riot law was
read them Said the boiling delegates,
I'VE 20 no farther in this, unless you
walked out one evening and the crowd
looked anything but Enthusiastic. Some
one said they looked like they were at
their own funeral when Presto-word
was passed around that Senator John G.
Spooner, tluarles and Babcock, would
address the anti-La Toilette convention.
Heads went up, hats went in the air
and that night all were drunk with the
oratory of the Spooner and railroad
combination.
One other crowd attracted a good deal
Of notice at first--men with ribbon
badge, reading Anti Third Term" We
got scared at first but when the dele
gates started putting on their badges, it
did not look 80 bad-onlY a lot of fellows
given free pass to go along and shout
and mayby fight, but when they ran
up against that bunch of "Tlusheys' at
the University Armory, that part Of the
Job was called off There Is no doubt
here that this precaution prevented a
row. Speaking of free passes. ven.
tur at half the crowd tbolters} came
herr passes. Look on the bunch
reve 4ue agents and clerks, postmasters
court officials, pension examining boards
in fact the whole push Of grating pol
iticians
Now, am going to turn prophet
This conventions delegates to the ma
! tional convention, at Chicago, will b.
turned down. Not because they arr
improperly elected, but that the organi
cation Is against their leader in the
hands, as / have said Of the corpora
tions. They realize 1t viii never do L
let II. M. la Toilette with his ideas, on
| the convention floor. They might hear
something For instance that the PEG
! pie have rights-yo know slavery saiC
| the black man had none that we werC
bound TO respect.
Then will come t4e turn. The people
are IA ripe today as in 1856 and they
will demand their suffrage When the
get through who can tell the outcome
! In this there VIII be no north or south
east or west, but united people against
the Morgans Rockefellers. Schwsbs anG
all grasping thieying corporations.
C. IL WANAMAKER