The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-03-28


him was no reason to believe that he
stood for prohibition, saying that he
had not been in that state for seven
months.
The senator again took considerable
time to explain, and surprised his
audience not a little, by stating that
he was advocating and preaching the
gospel OF Christ when he was expound
his ideas and ideals of government.
1t is doubtful if many in his audience
realized the sacredness of his mission
! At the same time he emphasized his
belief in democracy.
Not an 1nconsiderable amount of
time was consumed in explaining our
inventive advancement as applied to
autos and air ships.
He claimed that the cost of manu-
featuring had decreased and the cost
OF the manufactured article to the
consumer had increased from 1894 to
1915. These conditions, he said, had
been brought under the republican
administrations of Roosevelt and
Taft, the number of combinations in
creasing from 149 in 1897 to 10000
when Taft left the White House.
He tore into tariff system which
permitted this, and explained the
enactment of the Sherman law, told
OF Senator Sherman's efforts to pre-
vent combines, which gave him a
chance so popular in some quarters
to denounce j. Pierpont Morgan, and
those who know Mr.. La Follette's
style of speech know that he has a
command of English which would
make his denunciation unmistakably
plain. 1t might be remarked in pass
ing, however that Mr.. Morgan is dead
and can not defend himself. He said
he did believe in the tariff-and does
yet; the tariff conceived by Alexander
Hamilton, and perpetuated by Clay.
Blaine and Mckinley, but neither
of these three knew J. Pier
pont Morgan The Dingley tariff was
far too high, he said, and acted as a
| fostering agent to trusts. The progress
sive republican idea, he insisted.
born in Wisconsin, would be factor
|ln<correcting these things.
At this point he inserted the paren-
thetical explanation that he is not a
Tree trader, and if anyone imagined
he was democrat, or intended becom-
ing one, that PRISON was fooled.
He explained at some length that
tariff shou4d represent the difference
IN labor cost here and abroad, and
should be protection to American
labor-never protection to criminal
Investments and profits.
The senator talked on an embargo
on arms and ammunition. He blamed
the Du Pont power interests for STIR
ring up all the preparedness senti-
ment of the country, claiming it was
foolish, and said it was only another
scheme of a trust to market their
wares at 500 per cent profit He said
neutrality could best be attained by
taking the manufacture of arms and
ammunition away from the firms now
engaged in that work and the govern
ment take the business over He was
sure, he said, that if his plan was
followed out no country on earth could
buy these things from America.
He told of his efforts thirteen
months ago to empower the president
to call an arbitration conference. at
time when he thought Mr.. Wilson's
neutrality was sincere Now, he
feels the opportunity for this admins
tration to stand as the world power
arbltor has passed. and certainly Mr..
Wilson's neutrality is of questionable
quantity.
The senator again entered the
columns of figures and said the manu-
facturers of war supplies in this coun-
try for foreign shipments added to
SchWab's interests alone $42,00O,O0O,
and to the munitions interests of the
country $500,OO0,OOO.
The senator gave another of his
fowery flights of oratory in laudation
of love Of land of birth, and said he
was hyphenated American, although
he admitted that my ancestors have
been in this country so many genera
tions that l have lost track of the
hyphen."
BY the time Mr.. La Toilette had
spoken on all these subjects, and Of
fered the necessary explanations to
make himself clear, the hour was
getting late. He had only one subject
left to talk on and he finished that
in few minutes. He announced that
he was candidate for president of
the United States. He asked the sup
port of the voters for his delegates.
and told his audience in Enthusiastically
plain language just what to expect if
he should be elected president of the
country, and to make use of his own
advice, there is no excuse for those
who heard him to vote against their |
honest sentiments. To vote for his
delegates means to endorse all that
he stands for, and il one does not be- |
lieve in him and his policies he most
earnestly invited them to vote for
someone else-and from reports over
the state it is quite likely the latter
class will predominant.