The Washington times., 1908-08-30
SENATORS FALLING
BEFORE VENDETTA
La Toilette Making Good on
Promise TO Get Many
Political Scalps.
HAS NOVEL WAY
TO FORCE ACTION
Man Who Couldn't Take a Joke
Gets Republican Colleagues
Retired by Voters.

NEW YORK. Aug. 29.-The Brooklyn
Eagles Washington correspondents
Harris n. Crist, wires that paper con-
cerung -he La Toilette fight on those
whom ne considers undesirable Sem
ators:"
The la Toilette vendetta IS being
prosecuted with remorseless, uHfOrgiv-
ing bitterness. and, incidentally, with a
great deal of success. Since it was de
clared with solemn and impressive VOWS
on the hoCr OF the United States Senate
two years ago, the following statesmen
have fallen victims to the threat OF
revenge;
Ex-senator james +. Dryden, of New
Jersey.
Senator Chester /. Long, of Kansas.
Senator Charles William Fulton Of
Oregon.
All the foregoing have lost their jobs
in tne Senate ana can trace their mis-
fortunes to the meddiing Of the inn
placabIe bloodthrsty La Toilette in
their respective fights for reelection. In
addition Ia Toilette has put the double
Y cross on the following:
Senator Elmer j. Burkett OF Nebraska.
Senator Isaac Stephenson OF Wiscon-
sin.
Senator Jacob II. GaIiuger of New
Hampshire.
senator John Kean of New Jersey, -
Senator Nelson W. Aldrich of Rhode
Island
senator James A. Hemenway of In
diana.
senator Boise Penrose of Pennsylra-
nia-
And a lot Of others, TOO numerous to
mention.
Couldn't Take Joke.
La toilette was started on his career
SIS q heqrtless aveuger, bent ON eimin-
atfng the United States Senators, all
because he could not take joke-a
senatorial joke When he landed ia
This august assembIaEC OF gray boards
D.. was as fun OF novel ideas about
trust. regulation as a slcCarTen-MurphN
statement IS of hard names He had
private. patented plans for getting
st-auaIe hold ON the trust octupus- and
for turning the railroads orer 10 the
dcuartu-ur bureau chiefs 10 operate
P,It when La Toilette started 90 un-
fold these schemes for keeping the
wicked corpora tIons i'm check, so as 10
give the common people a chance he
found the senate strangely Indifferent
When he rose to speak. AidTlch, tale
ICean. Lodge, Hopkins. and the rest
discovered that they wanted TO DO some
letter writing iu their committee rooms.
,rErv IcTt the Wisconsin champion In
sole possession of the Senate la Fol
Iette could rot stand this sort % haZins.
one day his resentment boiled over
ana as The Republican leaders He'd
toward the exits he shouted;
..You won't listen TO me now, but
Won viii one of these DAYS. / know
O way OF making you listen.
Vendetta Goes On.
And tHe vendetta was on. Since that
fateFuI dav. la Toilette has been ouSE
runninz about the country, here and
there. nailng a Senatorial scalp io lhe
fence. as q tribute 10 his industry aud
7-ov. to set even He IS generally cred
tied with having caused the defeat OF
three Republican Senator'S. Dryden
Fulton. end Long. lie has half dozen
more statesmen sitting mp nights Trying
10 think OF ways OF calling nm OH
Some of the Republican Senators are
having dearly for them little fun III naz-
inc the ref0rmer from the Northwest
La Toilette has a plan all his own for
uniting his enemies out of business He
sinpIv goes into State where he has
marked a man for the sacrifice and
proceeds to read the victims record IN
fbe Senate. There are mighty few Re
rubIicsn Senators that the Wisconsin
man can't make appear like the paid
agent of the corporations. simply by
telling the folks how they voted la
toilette is perhaps the most popular
Chautauqua taIker IN he country, and
as he is always I'm demand. he is able
40 sell his roasts of his enemies at so
much per roast.
How He Does 1t.
81 want to call the attention of the
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