Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-11
LESSON TO POLITICIANS

dates for United States senator
Il at the primaries held in different
states on last Tuesday should be preg-
nant with meaning to all politicians
The result upon LaFollette candi-
dacy in Wisconsin, and that of the
Hon. Julius Caesar Burrows, stalwart
standpatter, in Michigan, when con-
sidered in connection with the attitude
toward the voters assumed by the two
men in their campaigns, carries about
the most important political lesson of
the present year.
In a speech made at Port Huron,
Mich, during his campaign, the Hon.
Julius Caesar undertaking to advise
his constituents, said:
Now gentlemen, If you would
straighten out this tariff question in
your minds, you should GET AWAY
FROM THE CRITICISMS OF THE
| METROPOLITAN PRESS. AND
! STOP READING THE MAGAZINES
OF THE COUNTRY THAT ARE
! GIVING so MUCH SPACE TRYING
TO BREAK UP THE REPUBLICAN
1Atk GO IlOIllG anu dGClhC ll4Io
question alone with your wives and
children, at your fresides, and you will
decide right"
In other words, Senator Burrows
would have the citizens whose votes
he was seeking, shut their eyes and
ears to all sources Of information con-
cerning the Payne-Aldrich tariff of
which he was one of the most ardent
supporters, and decide without inves-
tigation upon the most momentous ma
tional question that faces the voters
of this country today.
Senator LaFollette conducted his
campaign upon exactly opposite lines.
He endeavored in every way to fur.
nish his hearers with all possible in
formation concerning this one great
issue. In his speeches and through
his magazine he referred them to the
various metropolitan newspapers and
weekly and monthly publications that
were giving fair and honest treatment
to the tariff question, as well as to
the other abuses of legislation by
friends of the special interests from
which this country is suffering.
The result of the two campaigns was
that while LaFollette, who advocated
the fullest investigation and the
broadest education of his constituents,
upon the vital questions on which
they were called to vote, was
indorsed by the constituency of
his state by an overwhelming vote.
said in the earlier dispatches to have
been five to one over his opponent
the Hon. Julius Burrows was beaten
! by Congressman Charles e. Townsend
to the tune of probably $4,000 votes in
his state.
This result ought to show the poll
tlcians and oficeseekers Of the country
that the people are determined to do
their own investigating and their own
| thinking, and that the men who will
stand best with their constituents are
the ones who will render every assist
ance to. and will fully recognize, this
new spirit of Independent, careful in
vestigation which animates the Ameri-
can voter at the present day. 1t is
the best sign of the times that has
appeared in this nation since It's birth.
1t is a sign of the times without which
no intelligent and effective progress
in relieving the country of the evils
from which it is suffering so greatly
| can be made. And it represents
| spirit which can be depended upon
to keep in places Of public trust and
confidence men who have shown them
selves worthy by being the fearless and
| honest champions of the peoples
cause, like LaFollette, and to retire
from public life men who betray the
cause of the people in favor OF the
predatory trusts and special interests,
as has the senator who has just met
his defeat in Michigan.