The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-18
BRlSTOW IS AT HOME.
Says LaF'olIette Will Win in Wiscon-
sin by $4,000 or More.

Salina, Kan. Aug. Ex-senator
LaFollette will carry Wisconsin in the
primary election September by from
900 to $4,000 majority
That is what Senator Bristow of
Kansas calls a conservative estimate
of the Wisconsin situation. He is in
Salina, after a weeks campaign tour
of LaFollette's state.
1T is the most interesting fight in
the whole country" Senator Bristow
said. THE devotion of LaFollettes
friends is equaled only by the hatred
of the professional politicians and the
agents of the special interests for the
leader of all progressives in the
senate.
They told me when 1 went to Wis
consin," Senator Bristow said, that
they had billed me to speak in the
stalwart strongholds. But in every
place 1 spoke, at Oshkosh, Appleton,
Madison and even in Milwaukee, the
name of LaFollette brought the
crowds to their feet shouting.
you know said Senator Bristow,
''they never use the terms standpat-
ter and progressive up there When
LaFollette began his fight years ago
on the old machine crowd, his fol-
lowers were called half breeds, and
the organization Republicans styled
themselves 'stalwarts.' The names
have remained.
But the name cuts no figure" Sem
ator Bristow continued with smile.
I'm Kansas they call us any old thing
-Populists, Democrats, demagogues
and bolters-and the machine men
style themselves regulars in Kansas.
But 1 notice they stand for the same
kind of politics that the 'sta1warts
stand for in Wisconsin, while the
Kansas progressives are fighting the
that LaFoIlette's 'ha1f-breeds' are con-
tending against in Wisconsin.
1.-The devotion of LaFollette's
friends is wonderful" Senator Bristow
continued. 'IaFollette himself is i'll.
He has not been able to make a speech
or take any part in the campaign, but
he does not lack for campaign man
ayers or workers. The chairman of
his campaign committee. is one of the
leading lawyers of Milwaukee. When
he heard that LaFollette was i'll he
closed his office, dropped his own
business affairs and went to Madison
to manage the fight. That is an il
lustration of what they are willing to
do for him. Any number of men in
that state have quit their work to
enter the fight for LaFollette. We
are making it our business to elect
LaFollette,' one man said to me.
But you can bet the special inter
ests are just as keen to defeat him
and there seems to be no lack of
money. In one place I was informed
that a candidate for the legislature
received $4,000 just to stay in the race
to: divide the LaFollette vote so that
a 'stalwart' could be named. I heard
any number of such rumors of how
the special interests are turning their
money loose to beat him.
'LaFollette will win by not less
than $4,000 to $4,000 majority in the
primaries. 1 don't believe there is
money enough in Wisconsin to beat
him in the election
Senator Bristow intimated that
while he is resting for a week or two
at Salina, he may, incidentally, pay
some attention to Aldrichs statement
regarding rubber.
1.-The only point that Aldrich made
was that the rubber schedule did not
benefit him personally. All the other
charges seem to be conceded" the
senator said as he went to his train.
well. Aldrich admits that his rub
Der trust paid Is per cent dividends
within ninety days. 1 figure that
Aldrich's share of that was about
$4,000. 1t appears to me that that
is something of a personal benefit