Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1912-05-30
WILSON FROST WRITES
An Interesting Letter From the
National CapitOl.

Dear Mr.. Crawford - our Klnd letIer
of April %, was duly received. ! enclos e
81 80 subscription for the "DemOcrat. -
which it does me a great deal Of good
/ to read once again. 1t is forty five
years and more since / played marbles,
and cut mp didos generally in dear old
Mineral Point; but it is to me Of yes
/ terday, and how easy it is to recall what
| heard outside Of Spratlcr's store in
/ 1881 go years ago, think Of it, old
"Aunt Eliza, she Of the dusky skin,
who nearly at the century mark Of age
"marred'' or gave her lilly viii han -
to old uncle Tobey, (you old people all
remember them heard old Aunt
Liza say when she heard my voice after
years of absence, the poor old soul
being wholly blind then, Lor' me,
/ Wi ason, is that your" and there was
crowd Of Frosts to pick from, too.
Referring to The always interesting
/ subject Of politics, yon ask: What is
/ the matter with Wilson? Well, there
/ nothing much but practical mex
pericncc As in everything else it
takes actual practical contact with
political conditions, covering too, Il
long term Of years, to know when
n remedy is needed, what remedy TO
apply, aud when to apply it. The
+ Interests are bestrring themselves,
I md ~ fEh.V fhnr1IItT q
trained in the ways that are dark, ~
and which seem to have up to date at
least prevailed in the accomplishment Of
their designs against the pockets of the
people. | fear you do not appreciate
the significant and powerful personality
of Speaker Clark. He is Il fighter; he
knows when to fight. what to fight, and
where to tight; and his head and heart
about balance in the scale Of political
safety and sanity.
1t may sound strange to my old Dem
ocratic friends of Iowa county to hear
that ! am LaFollette Democrat, with
Clark and Wilson next and | believe
can effectively and with reason support
my position. If Clark is nominated at
Baltimore, much will depend upon the
choice of the party for vice president.
One thing seems certain, he must be an
eastern man and hail from the great
state VI New York. For instance, Clark
and Sulger, who the Russian bear is
still growing about.
The tragedies connected with the
presidencies of Garfield and Mckinley
must certainly be taken by the people
OF this country IA object lessons of no
SNAIL moment. teaching the exercise of
the greatest care in the selection of the
Candidates for vice president. A great
playwright or theatrical manager must
needs use, and invariably does use
Judgment of the highest order in his
choice of the "understudy" for great
star in a great play, Surely there is
need of this in connection with the
greatest show ON earth.
What a mistake they made in trying to
press bureau LaFollette out of polt
ical existence. and by one of the most
treacherous tricks, too, ever concocted
by petty politicians! They did MT know
Robert, He hobs up again does Bob
stronger and more forceful than ever
! Watch him saw him throw down
! the gauntlet to the old school in the
senate few years ago, and he was all
alone; now he has more than n dozen
followers. and holds the balance OF
] power
Lafayette came in the nick of time
t. aid us in u successful military revo
luton. Has LaFollette come at the OPP
perfume time to be our political savior
II not, then look out for the greatest
industrial revolution the world ever
knew, and which may not be bloodless
Sincerely yours, j. w, FROST
Washington ID. c., May Is, 1912