The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1922-09-15
WASHINGTONLETTER
Wisconsin Endorses LaFolIette
BY Over 100000 Majority
Vote.

Washington, d. C.-Tremendou:
maJorities piled up by the progressive
forces of Wisconsin in the statewide
primary on September 5th have beer
great shock to Washington G. o, P
circles
There was only faint hope, to b.
sure, that La Toilette might be de
feateds although a large amount d
money was invested in the hope, bu1
none OF them expected defeat coule
be SO overwhelming. Senator La Fol.
lette led the ticket with over 100000
majoityf. Governor Blaine was re.
nominated by 175,000. Every state
and congressional nomination was
captured and progressives claim g
majority of the legislative candidates
on which the vote is not at the time
OF this writing been announced.
The result is the more significant
when we note that LaFollette received
more than two votes to one for his on
ponent and received a majority II
practically every precinct of the whole
state.
Nothing that the current of public
opinion was strong against Harding
policies the G. 0. P. faction abandon
ed defense of them entirely and an
nounced themselves as standing for
policies of Lincoln and Roosevelt
They called themselves the "sane pro-
gfessives" and attempted to show that
La Toilette should be defeated be
cause he refused to work with the
othr Rpublican party leaders. He was
accused OF being stormy petrol in
the Republican party ranks. La Fol-
iette countered these attacks by stand
ing flrm on every important vote that
ne had made in the u. S. senate in
Guiding the votes against the Esch-
Cummins act, the vote against reneal
OF the excess profits tax, against New
berry and other similar things. Such
a position proved to be popular with
the people.
There was an attempt in the early
part OF the campaign to make capitaI
out OF his vote against our entry into
the European war and instead of at
tempting to dodge or explain this.vote
away the senate rsaid in his speech
at Fond du Lac:
i voted against the war, [ stand
here tonight to say to you that T
wouldn't trade records with that of
any man in publ iclife today on the
war. 1t | had it all to do over again
| would do exactly the same thing. 7
thank God tonight that there is not
a drop of blood on an American bow
resting on me because of any vote I
made to send them to war"
An attempt was also made to make
capital out of his association with the
Nonpartisan League and the fact that
the Wisconsin socialists refused to
put up candidate to run against him
IN the fall. But the press warnings
about the Nonpartisan League and the
about the socialists, appeared to have
the opposite effect from what was in
tended on the minds of the people,
The greatest majority ever given a
candidate for office in Wisconsin is a
flttlng crown for more than Is years
OF able, persistent, and courageous
work in behalf of the people Of his
state
Many calls are being made upon
La Toilette to tour other states # IS
likely that he will go to Michigan to
aid the farmer-labor indorsed candi-
GATE tor senator 1t is also likely
that he will not forget Senator Kei-
logg OF Minnesota, who introduced a
resolution to expel him from the sem
ate in 1918.
Senator La Toilette explains the
victoy ras follows:
The people Of Wisconsin have won
the greatest primary victory in the
history of this progressive state.
"This great triumph for the plain
people of Wisconsin was won upon a
declaration of issues presented by the
progressive Republican candidates
among which were: The repeal of the
Esch-Cummins law, the enactment of
a law taxing excess profits: immedi-
ate increase of federal Inheritance
tax rates upon real estate to be an
piled upon war debt; defeat of the
proposed ship subsidy bill and all
measures of like gfatuities to special
unalterable opposition to
any tariff rate in excess of the differ
a1nce IN the cost of production at
nome and abroad; Newberrvism con-
temned and NeWberry's expulsion
rom the senate demanded; maintain
and strengthen the existing Wiscon-
in primary election law; publicity of
Ill income tax returns, both state and
FEDERAL, to prevent the cheating andI
s.x-dodging whereby great corpora
ons have unlawfully withheld sums
II money from the public treasures;
ust compensation for all former SER
ice men; condemnation of present
Expenditures for military and
laval purposes; unalterable opposi-
ion o universal military training and
Hedging support for constitutional
amendment for a referendum vote to
he people on every declaration of
var kept in case of actual or immin-
mt danger of invasion; for amend
nent to the, constitution to meet the
'ecent decision of the supreme court
luilifying the child labor law; aboli-
ion of the use of the injunction in
disputes between employer and en-
'loyes and declaring strongly for the
light Of farmers to organize and bar
rain collectively and conduct such CO.
opeative enterprises as they require
or their protection.
These are some of the. vital issues
lpon which the votes passed Judgment
n the. primary Tuesday. i
i mention them in the hope that
his statement NAV reach the np0nle