The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-05-11
LAFOLLETTE

me. am not an aristocrat or plu-
tocrat but just a plain American ,citi-
zen. l haven't any barrel to open to
make race for the senate and haven't
any big money or anything Of the kind
behind me. I must make my appeal
personal one to the people of the
state.",
Raps LaFollette in Statement.
The Sturgeon Bay candidate for
United States Senator is not an ad-
mirer of Senator LaFollette. He gave
out just one statement while in Ken
osha and this was prepared state
ment on the Senatorial race. In this
he said:. o
La Follettism is the antithesis of
Americanism and La Toilette stands
for the greatest mass of economic fall
lacies and untruths that have ever
been promulgated.
La Follettism constitutes menace to
the state and prosperity of its citizens
greater than Bolshevism or any of the
other ismss
La Toilette is clever psychologist:
he knows that the grievance lin the
mind of an individual or class is
uppermost and loud spectacular ap-
peal favoring and encouraging his
grievance may allay behind him for
his own purposes the support of this
class in whose eyes he has become
their champion. 1t matters little
whether anything concrete in the way
of results comes from this appeal,
and, as matter of fact, very little
does ever come of his efforts, because
of fallen prestige at Washington.
Millionaire's Backed La Toilette.
La Toilette got his start by million
aire support and used this method of
political advancement as long as he
could get it. He then built up
machine at state expense by passing
laws requiring appointive offices and
commissions. The laws all had a po-
pular appeal and would only inflict
hardships on the big interests
To create a receptive atmosphere
for these Notwithstanding legislative
acts, and to win popular support, there
was started the great breach between
the big interests on one side and the
people on the other. The slogan was
flung far and wide that all men in
industry were crooks, that they were
wringing their profits from the life
blood of the people. Was there ever
a greater fallacy, or a more alluring,
insidious vote-catching perversion
poured into the ears OF thousands to
fan the flames of hatred, and jealousy
which we as humans all have a touch
of toward men whose greater success
we envied? But, as common sense
Americans, analyze this for yourself.
Pick the business men in your COM
munity. What was the first require
ment for their success Was it not
credit? Is not the first requirement
of credits, honesty? How far in bust
ness can the dishonest man get? Who
wants any dealings with him So much
for the statement that all business
men are crooks. There are, of course,
exceptions to every rule but I am sure
the percentage of honest men in bust
ness will compare favorably with those
in politics. Take his other doctrine,
the business men wiring their profits
out of the losses of other classes. Do
business men profit at the expense of
people of other classes with whom
they deal? They do not. AS a lab
borer, or farmer, when are you most
prosperous? Is it not when business
is good? When are wages highest
and the demand for farm products
best? 1t is not when business men are
enjoying prosperity? When the buy
ing power of the farmer is low, does
not every business suffer? Prosperity
for business men cannot be at the
expense of any class. Still La Fol-
lette's main stock in trade has been