The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-03-08
The Senator Issues a Statement
: For People at Large. "
DECLARES He WILL COME. BACK
After Brief Rest Bob Intends to,
Renter the Fight With
Renewed vigor.
Especial to The Free Press

Madison, Wis, March II shall
continue in the contest as candi
date for well defined principles and
for definite program of legisla
ton which, once enacted into law
will break the hold of privilege on
the industrial life of the people
and free the from the burden i'm
posed by thousands Of millions oil
fictitious capitalization"
This is gist of a statement un
der his own signature made public
today by Senator Robert NJ. La
Toilette as the frontispiece of La
Follette's Weekly Magazine. The
letter is a powerful appeal for dele
gates and leaves no room for doubt
but that he will stay in the contest
to the end. He says he will not
halt or turn aside to find the easy
way He further declares that he
is "steadfastly refusing to make
combinations" This succinct state
ment shows clearly that the senator
intends to go to the Chicago con
vention with all the delegates he
can muster. 1t also indicates that
after a brief rest he will again be
back ION the firing line" directing
his own campaign. The letter is
addressed to progressives and reads
as follows:
La Eollette's Statement.
Il take this. means of answering
many inquiries and misrepresenta.
lions. The statement that my health
is broken is false. A brief rest
will put me back as of old on the
firing line. eshall continue in the
contest as candidate for well dc.
fined principles and for definite pro.
gram of legislation which, once en-.
acted into law, will break the hold
Of y privilege on the industrial life
of the people, and free them from
the burden imposed by thousands
of millions of fictitious capitaliza.
ton. In twenty years of fighting
for the progressive cause, / have
not halted or turned aside to find
the easy way. have steadfastly
refused to make combinations which
would in any way involve the issues
in uncertainty. l want the, support
Of such delegates only as are will.
ing to win Or ito. lose, il need be,
on this basis. Robert M. La Fol.
lette.-@ e. sv y ra-tsAg$si
Square u Deal in !. Wisconsin.
Under the caption Of THE Square
Deal in Wisconsin," an editorial in
La Follette's Weekly Magazine ex.
plains the methods of public utilities
regulation in Wisconsin.
The people are benefited because
they are not paying profits on in.
fated capital" says La FOllette's
Weekly Magazine. "The investors are
benefited because the commission
has all the facts needed, on which
to point the way to higher efficiency
at reduced costs, and all the facts
required to prevent reduction of
rates below a fair profit on the
capital honestly invested. More than
this. The money invested in the
public utilities in Wisconsin is safe.
guarded to the investor by a wise
provision in the law which prohibits
the building of new lines, gas, water
and electric plants, where the state
or the community is amply served.
This saves the community from the
of large investments of
capital made for speculative pur-
poses, the burden of which must al
ways be borne by the people"