The Washington herald., 1917-04-07
Interesting Chats
From Hotel Lobbies

Senator La Toilette signed his polltl
cal death warrant when he held oul
against the President in the war crisis
said w. B. westcott. of Shawano. WIS
who is registered at the Eboitt House.
The people of Wisconsin have been
long time making up their minds aooG'
this pacifst business. but when theii
senator started to buck the President
they were through with him. continued
Mr.. westcott. To-day Americanisr
rules Wisconsin and the people OF the
State have decided that La FoIlette
must CO."
Mr.. westcott pointed out that Wiscon'
sin. which has probably the biggest pro-
portionate German population OF any
State in the Union, had adopted its own
means of crushing out. disloyalty The
word 'nro-German' is anathema in Wis
consin now" he said, "and the man
who is known to be pro-German in his
sympathies is being ostracized in ousl-
ness and society"
wisconsin did not wait until war was
declared, however. to settle its German
problems, according to the Wisconsin
visitor. Long before the real issue arose
the State and civic authorities had made
plans for meeting any disloyalty crisis
that might arise.
eve used to believe" he said, that
n we went to war with Germany wee
have to intern the entire state, out ou:
Germans have helped solve the problem
for US 1t is absurd to think that al
of them will be loyal, but the greater
portion have decided that they cannon
serve two masters and they have come
cut finally for America. You'd De sur
prised to know how many members OF
the Wisconsin National Guard are OF
German parentage. The most of them
saw. that while they sympathized with
the Fatherland so long the war was
confined to Europe. they now realize that
they must back America or move out
and they're backing America.
But insofar as La Toilette is con-
cerned, he is through II public sentiment
throughout the State Is any Grlterloh
either the Senator misjudged the spirit
of his constituency or he had personal
reasons of his own for taking the stand
he has taken. 1t was not the spirit OF
Wisconsin, at any rate.
Dorninion- wide prohibition in Canada
NAV be a reality within the next ten
years, according to c. {. Cathcart, prom
inent business man OF quebec VINO Is
registered at the Raleigh
sSThe war" said Mr.. Cathcart, has
shown Canada that it possesses natural
resources of which We had hardly dream
ed before but it also showed Canada that
IN meet any great crisis in its history,
Tit must keep its population sober.
There is a strong sentiment growing
I'D inside the Dominian in favor of a
general broadening of prohibition lines,
which are altogether too loosely drawn In
rnanv parts of the country. We need,
most of all, something on the order of
YOUR 'bone-dry' law here In Eastern
Canada, for instance, the liquor business
in one province has greatly increased its
output, to supply the alcoholic demand
of a neighboring dry province.
''It Is doubtful, however. If prohibition
will sweep Canada with the speed that
1t is sweeping the United States. Our
vast expanse of territory is altogether
too undeveloped for that. We have too
many wide expanses Of wilderness where
It would be futile to attempt to enforce
prohibition laws. But within ten years,
it is likely that there may be differ
ent story to tell The progress Of the
prohibition movement in the United
States is being watched with intense in
terest in the Dominion, both by the we,
and dry forces"