The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-09-16
Wisconsin.

Wisconsin,
Governor Wilson will carry Wis
cousin.
This prediction has been made
from time to time by various Demo-
cratic leaders, more perhaps IN a
spirit of hope than because OF any
particular knowledge Of the condi-
tions in this state. The more famil-
lar one becomes with the situation,
however the clearer becomes tho
conviction that the prediction isl
well founded
The game Of politics in Wisconsin
is played BY experts There are
more shades Of political opinion in
Wisconsin mili-antly expressed, shan
in probably any other state in the
union. The electorate is free and
outspoken a.d party Ines are not 70
garded seriously.
1t is u progressive state Indeed,
Wisconsin folk are fond of saying
that Wisconsin is the most progress
i've III The country; that it is the
mother Of progressiyism During
the long agitation Of Senator La
Toilette for the reform measures that
have made him a national leader I'm
his party, he had no stsuncher sup
porters than those he found in the
Democratic party. There are Demo-
Gratis who have not approved of what
LaFollette called fair minded Dem
ocrats,' but the disappPyal of the
old-line Democrats did not de;er
many thousands OF Democrats from
supporting and voting Tor the La
Toilette program. Indeed, col
Bryan himself gave the fair minded
Democrat" the stamp Of hts approval
and more than once came into tho
state to urge support for LaFolletts
policies.
All this Is in the past The La
Toilette program has bees written
into the law and customs of the
state. Many of the reforms which
have been brought about in Wiscon-
sin bad been advocated for years by
the Democrats and today the Demo
Gratis Of Wisconsin are as progressive
as the electors of any state. That
Is why in this campaign the candi-
da"F Of Woodrow Wilson will receive
such support in Wisconsin. The La
Toilette Republicans have always
stood FOR practically the same things
thar the Democrats have stood for.
The LaFollette Republicans have
not failed In every tsst during the
last four years to siiow dsapproval
Of the present Republican a1minis-
traticn. Two years ago there was
organized 5o-called Taft Republi-
can campaign under the direction OF
p L. Philip, Of Milwaukee. and W
y. eonnor, Of Marshfeld, to cap
tuTa Of the Republican primaries.
The renort Of the committee n
charge Of this campaign showed that
over 100000 was expended in Sta
weeks before the primaries. tn,
TAFT Republican candidate. Ed 4
Fairehiid, Of Milwaukee, was de
feated by an overwhelming maiorit.
by the LaFollette Republican candi
date Francis u. McGoyern. the pros
ent governor
The campaign was made on
straight issue Of Taft ana his recor
UP to that time, There had been
convention at which Vice Prosidnr
Sherm9n and EX-ConPressman Wa
son, of Indiana, eloquently pleadt
for endorsement of the party's tit
lar lender, President TAFT The r
suits Of the primaries, therefor
cannot be REGARDED as anything b
a complete reputation of Taft al
his policies because the candidat
whom Vice President Sherman ask
the poople TO vote for were simp
showed under.
All this "a by way Of recalling ST
niticant events which bear upon Il
preeent situation Daring the Ia
few years Senator Larollote bin
self both Hi his speeches in the Sc
ate, on the Chantauqua platform al
in his paper, 'LaFollettc's Weekly
has criticised President Taft a
ridiculed his pretensions to progqe,
i've Republcanism, Senator LaFt
lette's paper hes lampooned and CT
TONED the president week AZ
week, holding him up to Public SEQ
ani proclLnlins him reactions