The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1912-01-20

Tine "Savoyard Articles" written by
Newman. the talented Washington cor
respondent. are among the spiciest and
best that ARE sent out by any writer at
the Capital. Last week "~Sayoyard
devoted his time to a write-up Of Gov
ernor Osborn. especially in connection
with the recent address OF rhe Gover-
nor at the LaFollette meeting in Lans-
ing. The article is as follows:
The former governor OF Wisconsin
did not go 10 Lansing to hear what the
present governor of Michigan had to
say OF him. The story told the marines
Is that La Toilette was driven TO the
wrong station. and boarded the wrong
train on the wrong road. Be that az il
may. he escaped "A bad half hour by
reason OF il. and the mistake was for
t~uitous. even If there was no method
in II as perhaps there was.
Governor Osborn was in Washington
during the extra session last summer
and appeared before the finance com
niittee of the senate, TO testify in the
case of the People VS.. the interests in
e. Canadian reciprocity. He Was a
witness for the plaintiff. and made a
strong plea for the treaty, or conven-
ton. or whatever you please TO call it.
And that. too. despite the fact that
Michigan as represented in congress
was violently and vociferously opposed
to reciprocity.
He is n unique character, is this
Michigan governor. Born a farmers
son in Indiana. he was bred to daily
toll. OF large physical build. he is a
mass of bone and Drawn. endowed
with immense physical strength, and
blessed with abundant robust health.
His physical courage is stamped on
that resolute countenance. his moral
courage is sublime. and his mental
courage IL evidenced in his every ut
terance. He Is honest, too. mentally
as we'll az morally. De appears to
have an inveterate grudge against En-
glish grammar, and assaults IL. beats
it, and bruises it cruelty. He has
about as much self consciousness as a
basket OF chips TO Tophet TO be burned,
and you cannot bc in his presence for
five minutes without thinking of the
picture of Bishop Burnett as painted
by Macaulay in that magnificent frag-
ment. the History OF England. Here
in high place is a man OF the people, it
more so, and, men and brethren, this
Osborn would make a good president
OF these United States. an admirable
chief magistrate. according to his
lights.
Well, the Insurgents had resolved TO
give La Toilette a greeting at Lansing,
and they thought it would give tone to
the affair to have the governor presid g
and introduce the distinguished visit
or. Always ready for action and aver
equal to every occasion, his excellency
accepted the invitation and prepared n
s%peech-and such a speech He began
with advice to LaFollette to get off the
track for president He also wanted
Taft 10 decline and make WAY for the
Colonel or Beverage He furthermore
volunteered to say that AS between TAFT
and La Toilette meeting. mind you.
and 30 you will discover that IL the
governor OF Michigan Is not very
strong ON manners he III immense Oh
caudor. There was some kicking about
the spoecn when the governor ave this
defense: "Well. what did you peopl.
expect when you asked me TO preside
You know where | stood. Did you
think / would allow you to censor my
remarksH | am more sorry thar you
that the senator is not here but an
more than glad to pay for the hall, II
that makes any difference to You.
Here is one OF the gems OF this re-
markable speech that we can all excus,
La Fallotte from running away from
II he did run.
II have noticed also that while Sen
ator La Toilette did great work IL rid
ding Wisconsin Of railroad domination
he has never said anything agains
Q brewery domination in that state.
Really, as between the two. l prefe
3 railroad domination. It was goo'
politics to fight the railroads in Wis