The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-06

His name does not indicate UefInan origin, !I 'oo0i' ="
La Toilette. the leader of that little group of willful men, IN
his mental processes betrays traits seldom found outside the
typical German mind. Readers of German Philosophy n e
yotees of their sick literature frequently acquire the superllclal
ASPECTS of German "intellectuaism,' but their MINDS IT. new
err wholly Teutonized. Mr.. La Toilette, if ne IS not German mas
proved the rule by becoming the exception.
There have been many manifestations of the German traits
in Mr. La Follette's mental and moral equipment, blu, the latest
manifestation of their supremacy in his mine is te o con-
vincine. We have known for years that MIR. La Toilette as
pired to the presidency, but when he openly acknowledged MS
fealty to Mr.. Hohenzollern on the floor OF the Onltea oua'es
senate we assumed that out of Difference to his Imperial mas
ter he had set aside all personal ambition to give his full serv-
ice to the greater interests of Mr.. Hohenzollern and junkerdom.
We were mistaken. Mr.. La Toilette has done nothing of
the sort. He still aspires to be president and we are informed
that the speeches he is now making in the west are the first
of a campaign for election as the chief magistrate of this ma
ton in 1920.
His belief that his record in the senate recommend him
70 anv considerable element of the people of the United States
betrays the Teutonic element in his psychology. The chief
fault of German psychology as has been demonstrated in every
thing they have done lies in their inability to weigh moral
values. These are unknown quantities. They are not blind to
the moralties as concepts, but they are absolutely incapable OF
recognizing their force as rules of action.
In the minds of the vast majority of the people of this
country Mr.. La Toilette is a traitor. In passing judgment on
him the people have made due allowance for "hOnest differ
ences." They have recognized the force of the tenet that a
strong opposition makes for safety, but they have not been de-
ceived by Mr.. La Toilette. They were not sure about his mo-
tives, but they knew that whatever they were they were not
concerned with the interests of the country. Thanks to his
announced purpose to become a candidate for president we now
know the motive which actuated Mr.. La Toilette throughout
his course in espousing the German cause in the United States
senate. We know that he believed, and still believes, that
there are enough disloyal people of one sort or another in this
country to elect him president. He believes that they can
elect a traitor to that high office.
Mr.. La Toilette is a master of camouflage. He knows ev-
cry political trick in the bag. Equipped with such appeals to
hysteria as the situation affords, the harm he can do is bound
less. Senator or not, Mr.. La Toilette should not be permitted
to disparage the motives of the country in the war, or shake
the confidence, so laboriousy built up, of the people in the adj
ministratiOn. There is a limit to what we can stand. Mr.. La
Toilette is IA senator and, as he proved at ST. Paul, he proposes
to take advantage of the fact. Let him. A senator is a privi-
legged person on the floor of the senate. On the public plat
form he is a citizen. The first traitOrOus action from Mr.. La
Toilette should be followed by impeachment and a trial for
treasOn-New York Commercial.