Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-10-15
DEMOCRATS HOPE
To CARRY STATE
ALLEGED DISAFFECTIoN OF LA
TOILETTE MEN COUNTED
ON HEAVILY.
CLAIM MADE THAT BRYAN:
PARTY is THE TRULY PRO-
GRESSIVE ONE.

Milwaukee, Wis. Oct. 11.-Appar
emily all eyes are on Wisconsin this
fall. Many things have transpired tc
show that Wisconsin is seriously con
Isidered as doubtful state. Great
anxiety prevails in the republican
state headquarters and also at the re,
publican national headquarters, as to
what the progressive republicans will
do. At the same time it is apparent
about the democratic state headguar-
tiers, and at the democrat national
headquarters in Chicago that the dem
jocrats have hope of carrying Wiscon-
sin for Bryan. At the democratic
state headquarters there is every in
dication that the democrats do not con-
slider it impossible that Mr. AlyWard
may defeat Governor Davidson
The anxiety among the republicans
and the hopefulness among the demo
Gratis are born of one and the same
set Of facts. The republicans fear
and the democrats hope that the La
Toilette republicans will not be able to
cast lightly aside all the patriotism
and devotion to principle which they
have learned through ten years of
strenuous fighting. 1t is no secret
that Chairman Edmonds of the repub.
lican state committee has been MAX
ing a special effort to get connected
with his committee some good La
Toilette men, who have had the con-
fidence of the rank and file and who
can be depended upon to go about the
Estate and use their best efforts to line
up the La Toilette vote for Taft.
Likewise it is no secret that Mr.
Edmonds considers the outlook not en-
tirely, free from gloom. On the other
hand, the democrats have greater con-
fdence than they have had i'll twenty
years and are coaching all their pub
lie speakers who are assigned to Wis
consin to emphasize the fact that the
democrats gave aid to and comfort to
La Toilette at times when ne was in
greatest need
The contention of the democrats now
is that this movement for better
things has been a movement of the
people and that the people have come
from the democratic party, as we'll
as the republican party. Ana
from this fact they argue that this
is as much theirs as La
Follette's and they support this argu
ment by reciting the fact that Mr.. /
Bryan frequently came to Wisconsin |
to trace the work of La Toilette and |
to urge all good citizens to support |,
him. and that in campaign times Mr. |
Bryan stayed out of the state and |
threw no stones in the way of reform, |
and by so doing proved himself a man !
who had rather see reform come even |
through the republican party, than to |
see the leader of that same reform get |
a setback through a temporary demo |
cratic victory.
Democrats attempt to show that |
the republican party in Wisconsin, so
far as the state ticket is concerned |
and the republican party in the nation,
SO far as Mr. Taft and the national
platform is concerned has ceased to
be progressive party. From these
things they attempt to show that the
standard of reform has been aban-
dOned by the republican party and |
that it has been taken up by the |
democrats, both in Wisconsin and in
the nation. They argue that the cause
Of reform has not changed, that the
demand for progress is even greater
than before and they insist that there
IS but one thing for progressive repub-
leans to do this fall-vote for Bryan
and a democratic administration.
Among the speakers that the demo
,rats are sending into Wisconsin are
l number of men who have been lead
ers of reform movements in their own
states, or who have taken prominent
part in the movement throughout the
nation Governor Burke of North Da-
lota, who is known as the La Toilette
# that state, is one who is booked to
make several speeches in Wisconsin.
1ov. Folk of Mo, whose work is known
the country, is also booked
or several speeches. Former Mayor
:. F. Dunno Of Chicago, who made a
ard fight for better things in Chicago,
5 another. Added to the these is }.
hamilton Lewis, one of the most elo- !
uent men in this country, and George I
.oftus of st. Paul. Mr.. Lotus is
epublican, who as commissioner of !
he Minnesota Shippers & Receivers t
made a winning fight for {
etter freight rates in Minnesota Mr. :
.oftus is a pronounced La Toilette
ian. He says he is for reform and t
hat if he connot get it through the /
epublican party, he viii get it through t
he democratic party.
TARIFF BROUGHT NO RAIN 4