West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-04-15
SENATOR la TOILETTE
IS FULL OF GINGER
Fighting Bob" Stops Off for Brief
Visit in st. Paul-Common Poo
pie arc Just as Progressive and
Aggressive as Ever Before In
History

h"'u IN Nalls and full OF ginger Sen
Robert NJ. La Toilette passed through
ST. Paul en- route from North Dakota
back TO Washington.
lie was I'm the city only about half
an hour. but found time 10 mako n
Eur ed call upon he Equity Grain
exchange, Secretary Greeley of tho
exchange and Congressman James Ma
hahan' The senator was greatly in
lsrested In the cooperative movement
which he believes will be OF great VAL
ne to the farmers In tho Nortbwes,
senator La Toilette last fall suffer
cd from ptomaine poisoning and WAS
III Tor several weeks "But | nm, an.
tirely recovered now" he sai1. 81
ieel two years younger than .id
three years ago" The stocky littlo
lighter flexed his arm and said: .ke,I
OF that A bunch OF muscles ll,e n
biacksmith's swclled up under his coat
sleeve"
Ihe old crowd IN tae Republican
pdrty-the standpatters- s-neyer fe,t an
co"fN in thcir liv g as they i, ms,
ncw' and although they have been tor
roiy mistaken ia the past. they haye
never been so completely mistaken as
they are Just now." said the senator.
They have taken comfort in lie
results II the latest election and vain.
~ tmaHhc hat progressive sentiment
liz receding They will make every Of.
Iort 10 nominate n typical standpat
republican candidate In 1916. If they
succeed the Republican nasco of 1912
will be repeated.
"A strong man. progressive man
must be named by the Republicans 10
nave the least chance of defeatiny
President Wilson. who has been n
good president.
The old crowd are not getting
their ideals of the public pulse from |
original sources, and that's WHY tbev
are In error. During the past 10 days
! nave been In Pennsylvania, MichI-
gan iowa and North and South Ia |
hota. have talked TO big crowds
nave met nersonallg hundreds M
md that the common people are Just
as progressive. just as earnest, lust as
desirous of new and square deal az
they ever were. And they are Just as
aggressive as they ever were, too.
president Wilson and his admins
tration, as well as a very great ma
jority of all parties, both in the SEN
ate and house, have set their faces
firmly against this country becoming
involved I'm the war. / don't believe
that the United States can be swept |
off It's feet by any war hysteria.
"As to Mexico, those people down
there are working out their destiny |
against odds and handicaps that we
cannot realize. They are going
an ordeal, and believe they |
viii emerge triumphant. | don't be-
lieye this country will interfere or |
should interfere.
THE thing that / regret most, per- |
haps, OF all that happened in the last |
session was the failure OF President |
Wilson's shipping bill While some |
OF us would have liked to have seen
some modification in IT, yet on the |
whole II was worthy of every mans |
support and would have been splen-
did step in the right direction"
Being asked about his own plans.
personal and political, the senator re-
piled:
II have no plans except to serve
with all my strength in performing
the duties of my Office. believe that
If the Republican party will keep pro-
gressive Il will be regenerated. / am
going now to keep seven solid weeks
OF speaking dates i'm the south. Then
am coming back to Wisconsin for
the summer. / want TO get back to
my people and renew my old, close ac-
quaintanceship which has been inter
rupted by reason Of the continuous
session OF Congress Rural Weekly.
St Paul. Mimi