Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1922-07-28
States His Position On Leading
Issues of Campaign Fri
day Night
PERTINENT QUESTIONS
FOR SENIOR SENATOR
Says La Toilette Is Apostle Of Discon.
tent and Does Not Represent
People of This
State

To an audience numbering nearly
one hundred fifty people, DR.. w. A.
Garfield, of Waukesha, candidate for
United States senator, outlined what
appears to him to be the vital issues
of this campaign and what he will
stand for if elected to the senate next
November, at the court house Friday
night.
DR.. Garfield was in rather poor
voice, being hoarse from much speak
ing, having made three or four speech
es that day, the last two being at Cor
nell and Holcombe. However he
made himself heard and understood
and was frequently applauded by the
attentive audience.
Following the address of Mr.. Gan
field, Frank Wilson, of Eau Claire, an
eX-service man, made a short address,
devoting most of his attention to Sen
ator La Toilette and his war record
and strongly advocating the nomina-
tion of DR.. Garfield, who spent much
time during the war making speeches
IOI Illc lIDcIIy IOd1l uIINcS, anu OlH6I~
wise sustaining the government.
The meeting was opened by Atty J.
w. Carow, who introduced the speak
er of the evening as the candidate of
conference of 1000 Republicans who
gathered from every county in Wis
consin in a spontaneous effort to Sc
lect worthy and a real representative
of the people, in the United States SEN
ate.
Not Politician
Mr.. Garfield said that campaigning
for office was a new experience for
him as he has never before been a cam
didate for office and that he did not
know any of the political tricks. He
said that he was not running as a per-
sonal candidate, but as the candidate
chosen by 1000 delegates from all
parts of the state who attended the
convention held at Milwaukee in
June.
There are two big parties in the
United States, Republican and Demo
cratic, and both loyal to the United
have come into politics new move
ments under various labels, which are
un-American and radical, chief of
which are the Socialists. I can not
see how any patriotic citizen can
stand with one foot on the Socialist
platform and one foot on the Repub-
lican platform.
Does Senator La Toilette intend to
do this?" the speaker asked and de-
clared that the Republicans of the
state have right to know whether
La Toilette is going to accept or re-
pudiate endorsement of the Socialists,
and whether he stands upon the prin-
ciples of the Republicans Or upon those
of the Socialists. He then repeated
the question which he asked of Sen
ator La Toilette "Will you abide by
the result of the primary, or if you
lose; will you run as an Independent
candidate with the Socialists endorse
ment?" If he plans to run in this
way, he should resign from the Re-
publican party before the primary,
DR.. Garfield said.
La Toilette Revolutionary
The speaker declared that Senator
La FOllette's proposal to modify the
government of the United States by
taking away the power of the supreme
court to rule on the conStitutionality
of measures passed by Congress as an
attack at the principle of constitu-
i. l1n
revolutionary and radical that the
senator has e~er made and would
make possible the curtailment of re-
ligious liberty and the right of women
to vote, if a congress would twice pass
measure with such an end in view.
Facing Vi.a, Issues
Issues faced by the nation today are
as vital as those which led to the
Civil war. he declared. At that time,
he said. cool hc1dc1 deliberation and
cooperation in place of hot headed
ness and radic2lisra would have set
tied those differences which wee left
to he settled by the Civil war. Vow,
he said, cool headed deliberation is
needed, for hot headedness and hate
breeding leadership and radicalism is
likely to lead the nation into more
trouble. He. said that, if elected, he
would endeavor to assist every group
in the state and nation, and not rep
resent any single group.
Speaking of the tariff, he said there
are four principles by which at4riff
should be tested. Wisconsin has al
ways favored a tariff, not moropolis-
tic, but one 70 rrotecse American farm
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