Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-10-31
Philips TAR AND FEATHER"
SPEECH AT "PRA|R|E DOG"
The "War Governor" Picked a Few
Political "Feathers" That Blew
All Over the State.
By JOHN E. FERRIS.

from little acOrnS grow, and since
that saying was Matched, more things
than oaks have grown from little
things. And this axiom has taken
sprout in a field of politics that is
destined to make several cities in
| Wisconsin famous.
When Gov. Phillip went to Prairie
! du Chen (French for Prairie Dog),
and made a speech trying to hold his
! All-American title as the against
before" and "for-after", "war"-gov-
ernor, he got into the prairie dog class
for political speed. And, political
feathers started flying when he called
Senator Wilcox the "tar and feather
! candidate for governor
The war" governor may have Sc
I lected prairie Dog, Wis, on purpose
as den to pick these political
Feathers, But, granting that he
i never intended to make Ashland, Wis,
famous as the "Tar and Feather City,,
it appears reasonable that he just
couldn't resist the temptation to pick
those Feathers. The war governor
figured it was easy picking, and that
he could get away with it in prairie
dog" speed.
The governor had had limitations
that the Eau Claire political acorn
might grow into political oak, and
that it might prove advisable to have
political feather-bed handy in case
he ran into political "butt-log".
It's political history, now, however.
that the "war"gOvernOr certainly
picked "some feathers" when he made
that prairie Dog" speech. He found
that as a heavyweight" war" gov
ernor, the "featherweights" had
prairie dog" speed A storm of indig-
nation started just afterwards that
had it's point of origin" as the wealth
er man would say, on Lake Superior,
and the Feathers" blew all over the
state. There were plenty of feathers
in that "Prairie Dog" speech (and
some fur) that allowed the war
governor to save enough for his politi-
cal feather bed Some say he picked up
about 418 feathers" in various parts
of the state on Sept. 3rd. And, a po-
litical feather bed, with 418 feathers
in it, is not a very inviting place for a
heavyweight war governor" to light
upon in a political toboggan slide. In
this case, it would figure out about one
feather per pound of down" weight
That "Prairie Dog" speech had just
"tarred" up all the feathers" so that
there were only 418 left in the service
of the "war"-gOvernOr, after days of
searching and counting.
No wonder our war governor" was
peeved over this feathery endorse
ment", and swore that he would run
as an independent, and, that he
would invite Senator Wilcox to run
against him. Our "war governors,
learned something about political
speed when he made that Prairie
Dog" speech.
The degree of the governors polit
ical injuries received in that slide"
were examined after the primary,
and, political physicians held coun-
sci relative to the recovery Of
of the 'war governor. Some
prescribed padding the governors EN-
barge proposal, relative to food and
arms with feathers, reckoning that it
would assume size if not weight; 9TH
ers prescribed "tar", with the thought
that the voters would stick to the
war governor. But, when 1t was
observed that the governors nWar
record" was complicated with opposi-
ton to selective service; that he had,
opposed military training; that he had
liquor and a tax veto, there. was
gloom at the political bedside Some
one suggested sending for Mrs. Victor
L. Berger of Milwaukee, but, finally
when DR.. Tittemore came, and issued
a bulletin that the "war governor
had pulled the strings both ways,
further consultation on the governors
political life was put off until Nov. s.
The indications are that our "war
governor has slim chances of ssurviy-
ing the operation that is set for that
day, as he has been against, con the
side, underneath" and in the 'tmid-
die" on everything in the list Of the
war question. and that Henry Moeh-
lenpah of Clinton will come out ION
top" as the next governor Of Wis
consfn.