Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-30
This Has the Right Ring to 1t.

The following letter written by T..
J. Rowan to 7. ]. Schultz, chair
man of the democratic state CEN
trail committee, is to the point and
along lines which ought to have
been taken up by the leaders in the
democratic party long ago. By re-
naming quiet, number of demo-
Gratis in the state have seen fit to
enlist their services, on the quiet,
for LaFollette. The democratic par
ty may as well understand that it
must institute fight, and hard
one, against LaFolletteism. LaFol-
lette has no use for a democrat only
in so far as he can get him to work
votes for him or his pet schemes.
There is no use denying the fact
that by his sophistry, demagoug-
ism and the dirtiest kind of decep-
ton, manages to get the ear of
many good democrats and it is high
time, this man be shown up in his
right colors. The following is Mr.
Rowan's letter
MILWAUKEE, WIS, Jan. 10, 1912
"Hon. Frank B. Schultz,
Chairman Democratic State
Central Committee, Milwaukee,
Wisconsin.
DEAR SIR In his Dayton, Ohio,
speech Senator LaFollette tells US
that he is not a partisan. But
where is the proof He is not seek
ing non-partisan nomination and
never acted like a non-partisan.
When he returned from the Chi
cago convention in 1908, after that
convention denounced and repudia-
ted his platform, he stumped Wis
consin and Ohio to defeat Bryan
and the Denver platform. In the
Dayton, Ohio, speech he praises
Bryan for helping to enact rate leg
islation in Wisconsin, and expresses
great admiration for the Commoner.
Then why did Senator LaFollette
oppose Bryan? The Denver plat
form contained the very planks de-
nounced and rejected by the Chi
cago convention. Then why did the
Senator oppose the Denver plat
form For years he had told US
that principles were everything and
men nothing. Then why did he
take the stump for Taft? Here
are his reasons" given from the
stump in 1908 First, the bosses
control the democratic party so it
cannot legislat1 for the people !;
second, the party of Jefferson lacks
the capacity to manage national
affairs third the senator is a pro-
tectionist. These reasons are inter
esting for they exactly fit the party
of Taft and the Chicago platform.
Senator LaFollette knows that
since the Mark Hanna campaign in
1895 the bosses controlled every ma
tional republican convention. The
senator had personal experience in
1904 when his delegates we're
thrown out.
Senator LaFollette knows that
the party of Taft lacks the capacity
to manage national affairs, other
wise he would not be denouncine
that party and asking the restora-
ton of representative government
lost under its rule. An awful in
dictment How can anybody but
a partisan ask presidential nomi-
nation from such a boss-controlled
and misrepresentation govern
ment party? Senator LaFollette
is an extreme partisan, but more
diplomatic than his friend, Senator
Cnmmins, who prefers the election
of the worst republican rather than
the best democrat according to his
Chicago speech in 1910.
But Senator LaFollette is more
than 4 partisan. He is protection
list. And a protectionist is a man
imbued with the idea that some man
or set of men has the right to use
this government or its legislative
branch to make his or its business
profitable. The work of a protec-
ZIONIST is to erect a tariff wal, ex-
clude foreign competition, enable
trusts and combines to form mono
poles, raise the cost of living, de-
prive labor of its Just share of
wealth, concentrate wealth in a
few hands and increas the cost of
government to excuse the eoptinu-
ance of this internal work. Largely
as result of this work, we have