Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-10-22
rrottman, who is Davidson's man.

rrottman, who is Davidson's man.
An attempt was made by La Fol
iette to gather the Germans about
Col. Brumder as a candidate for gov
ernor.
But luckily for Davidson, Col. Brum-
der is a gentleman. 1t did not sue
coed.
To Run Against La Toilette.
What has this to do with our poIit-
zeal situation?
Two years IN the future Governor
Davidson's next term expires He has
then held the position two and one
half terms and that is the end of 1t.
Ore of two things: Either he must
retire to private life again or he mus:
become candidate for senator
against La Toilette.
La Toilette has seen this and he has
also seen that Davidson is the only
opponent he needs to fear.
Hence these farsighted plans:
Through Mahoney and federal pat
ronage La Toilette will control the
third district, through Lenroot he will
control the eleventh.
With Ekern as speaker in the as
sembly and John Strange as president
(the lieutenant governors position) in
the senate, La Toilette will control the
legislature in such manner that
there will be little honor for Governor
Davidson's administration.
And Davidson will two years from
now have been defeated long before
the fight for the election begins We
are so shortsighted in politics, we Nor
wegians, and besides the feeling of
unity is so very weak with us. But
we have pledged ourselves to hold up
Davidson's arms and we owe it to the
state and ourselves to do our duty
First, because Davidson is the one he
is; next, because he is the states flu
ture hope for cleaner politics, and
Last but not least" because he is
ours.
Through Davidson we have, after a
generation or more, reached an influ-
ence in the state which our intelIi-
gence and our never failing faithful
ness to principles and morals entities
us to.
Through him we can reach further
than we are today, so far that no one
can overtake US, until man from Wis
consin occupies the position of Presi-
dent of the United States.
La Toilette has put everything at
stake The blame is not ours He
has brought out as his candidates Da-
Wilson's bitterest political enemies.
Lenroot, Mahoney, Strange and Ekern.
Building Davidson's Machine.
Listen to this advice:
A vote for one of these next Tues
day will grow to thousands of votes in
defeat for Davidson two years from
now.
A vote for jenkins, Alley Peterson,
Trottman and TWesme next Tuesday
will grow to thousands of votes in a
victory for Davidson two years from
now.
A shrug of the shoulders, a doubling
smile over this prophecy will be
changed to the bitterness of disap-
pointment over broken faith when the
time comes.
The disgrace of it all is that it is
us La Toilette, Lenroot and the rest
and thereby our own future. They
cannot win without our votes.
Our history as nation and our his
tory as emigrants shows that there
has always been persons among US,
we hope, against better knowledge,
opposing our mutual interests.
1t is on this that Davidson's enemies
are counting.
And if we are so foolish as to let
ourselves be used to our own injury,
are so shortsighted that the future
does not look clear before us as far
as until morning, then we deserve to
be driven back into the ranks of vot-
ing cattle and to stay there.
Two times the Lord has lived to see
that the Norwegians have held to-
gether: In the crisis with Sweden in
1905 and in the struggle for governor
two years ago. We should have
learned now that in unity there is
strength, that they who seek to divide
us only desire our political ruin.
And if this succeeds, our political
influence in Wisconsin will be gone
for years to come and all the good
that Norwegian intellect and NorWe-
gian blood can bring into the conn.,
munity to which we belong will be
mingled and lose its identity.
This we must remember aid for this
one great thing all other considera-
lions must be set aside.