Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1922-11-02
SENATOR TALKS
OF RECENT WAR
HASTENS OVER ECONOMIC
THEORIES TO TELL
OF WAR STAND

| A@e'r otaSssS ucsStlueS the start OF Lne
war between the United States and
Germany. That's what he told a
large audience at Rothschild park pa
vilion last Friday night where both
his supporters and many who were
curious gathered to hear him. This
is the first visit Senator LaFollette
has paid this territory since his last
campaign.
While Senator LaFollette devoted a
portion of his address to the exposi-
tion of his economic theories" he
! seemed to hasten over them to say
! that the war was purely CONNER
cial war-a war of industrial forces" !"
That the American people were "lied
into the war and were lied to all dur
| ing the. war" was another of his
| statements. In no unmistakable lam
| guage he told the people what he
| thought OF them, for, when character
| lzing the war as commercial he
further said: "And the people are
| Doobs enough to go and fight and
die for it and think they are dying
| for democracy"
LaFollette made a strong appeal
| for big vote in the general election
| Ine permanent record is the vote
cast IN the general election and / am
especially interested in seeing the
same record made that was in the
primary. he said. He thanked the
! people of Marathon county for their
endorsement of his record and then
| launched into condemnation of
things as they are today as compared
with twenty-five years ago. Instead
OF government of the people, by the
| people. and for the people the sena-
tor declared that he thought we had
a government of the people, by or
| ganlzed wealth, for organized
wealth. You've got the lowest
| wages since the beginning of the CEN
tury' he said Zone dollar will buy
less In coal, in rent, in other necessi-
ties than thirty-eight cents did in
1901"
About this time one OF the more
enthusiastic members OF the audience
murmured, Eyes, sir" but the sena-
Tor didn't know but that someone had
dlsagreed with him. Speak up." he
said, whereupon lady informed him
tnat listener had merely agreed
with him. That's all right said
LaFollette, "if he agrees with me. n
anyone disagrees he's in. for II he
cause | pretty near know what I'm
talking about"
,LaFollette declared that the cost
OF living had increased because a
new economic system has developed
making 1t possible for the wealthy
10 reap the benefit from all new meth
ods OF production. "The whole sys-
tenn has been revolutionized in twen-
| ty-hve years" he said. Before that
time Gods laws ruled things. You
can have soft coal now at hard coal
prices. They call me a dan
gerous radical. The. only dangerous
men in this country are those who
are creating this condition; the men
| VINO suck all the wealth of the coun-
| try into the Golfers OF few They
are the ones who are endapgering
democracy" He particularly empha.
sized his belief that newspapers dis
tort what "one says, declaring Mt
the same time that he himself hasn't
| changed In twenty-five years.
Inc senator seized the opportuni-
ty TO delve into history. to land the
accomplishments of his adminjsfra- a.
tions of Wisconsin and to credit him
| sef with the furthering of dairy in
terests in Wisconsin.
senator LaFollette told. the audj-
ence that he had Informed the peonle
OF wisconsin in 1916 that he ' mid
| not vote for war. II adhered In tba
principles Of Washington" he added
| tnat we are not interested in Euro-
pean affairs. did exactly what 7
Ioid the people OF Wisconsin / would,
Inat is the difference between. Will
| son and myself. ! think the majority
oI people were opposed to going in
In the war portion of his talk the
| senator alluded to- the relations of
.he united States and Great Britain
ana alleged that this country treated
germany unequally He called tho
war 'diabolical" and said that those
involved would go down to eyerlast-
ing shame and infamy.
While he appears to be In good
heaith Senator LaFoIlette's voice is
husky and shows seriously the ef-
feet OF his speaking. At one iuncture
during the evening he spoke I'm a
low voice and finally asked IL neo-
pie In the rear of tho hall heard him
~ p'pc up ne bd1U, "an0
III put on more steam. I've got a
iot OF IT. want to save that old
bazoo OF mine until this power ia
broken and government is brought
Dack to the people"
There was no ovation Friday night
such as is said to have taken place
at Appleton. The audience respond
ed readily enough but at no point aid
the applause wreck the pavilion. Sem
ator LaFollette did not arrive at the
hall until nine-fifteen, after Herman
l.. Ekern. candidate for attorney-gen-
eral, had spoken for an hour and
the audience had commenced TO show
restlessness.
On the platform were the county
candidates, Frank Chesak, secretary
OF the Republican county committee,
presiding. A. II. Eberlein, secreta-
ry OF the committee, Geo. w. Lip
pert candidate for district attorney.
VIM. Kumbier. candidate for county
treasurer, George Runkel, candidate
for regigtar of doada Lsd,v III X,,t.t