The Washington times., 1923-09-22
n Wj'ILLfAM HARD.

Senator LdF0llette Of Wisconsiss
By WILLIAM HARD.
La Toilette is the sphinx of
next years politics, particularly If
1t Is remembered that the people
who could not guess the riddle Of
the original sphinx in Greek
mythology were at once killed.
Both political parties have 70
make some sort Of guess at the
resources and drifts of the La
FoIlette movement in order to try
% be sure that they do not sufs
fer serious injuries IN next years
election.
A Discarded Pastin1e.
sneering st La Follette,s strength
- coming to be discarded pastiTne
80 washington. Last spring, In the
lobby back Of the Senate Chamber. q
Democratic Senator OF the most
string emily conservative opinions
and 0f the most deeply experienced
political tnsIghts looked across at
4.a Toilette and said TO this writer:
there's q man who represents at
mass sentiment Of this ff,,,, !. Al
the only reason vav some AZ nv nv
colleagues do not vet know ii Is IL.
cause they SO seldom talk II, a,,v.
body who has less than the income
that they have"
This strength OF La Fo1Iette's il
strangely limited and strangely
sotid. FOR twenty years La Toilette
ngt Deen bargaining himself into
otner peoples preserves. He has
1Ssn MAKING solid preserve of his
@M1. NOW ne has Il.
lie Is the dominant favorifA
statesman OF certain resfricfad.
region IN the Northwest. ana he II
tne dominant favorfte statesman 0f
certain streak Of the American
p0puaation--a farming streak and 81
Wa8e esearnlng streak rarouRlos1f8
many regions of the whole country
Gained Without Cou,utnxs,fs.s
Gaining 4his s,,,s,,,,,,,.- ss,.l
as,,,,ns,,,,,ss. .s..ssl
rfvals It follows hs,,, III No.. ,s.s
him. 80
Let II be granted tlaaf - r;oI.a
1etfe, if he so F,laasas a., =, ~,
the next RepublicaY, nafi,1,ai :, ,.,,ss.. ,s,s
venfion with s is,lrT sf,1,ssSl 80 .s,slss
gates from fi1p NoS.fl,vsass 80 s.
be GRANTED thai ,ysfsel - s.,;1s IL
present tn fIaa ..g.r,,yes,ss,.s 49,,
gram or s,Ia form :,
priucfnlee Ter Is X, 80 =,
both he and his nIatfo,,,, ss,;,i ~,
despised and e Ie,fali ~ ~.
ton. what then viii e. F5s,sI<'ss.
do?
The anasz,sr :, s,,at .,,.,,,,1-... =.
Gins with the follouiT,ev fasst sn,,s1s,.
this writer AYERS and all1rs. arFae.
two decades of ac0,lasr,fas,oe .Tr,stl,
1dr. La Foiletfe. -
La Folletfe absolutely Il mn fI,e
ssf - 1890. .-s -
artv FOR fbs sl no s. -, sc,.,s, roI. S -.
frfv -, y,ar, g,. 49,. 3 J.
ficlrst ns lie s,ssa ~. -. S.
eake 81 r,.rir,e ~. - s.ss
-, ) f5lxef - ss,s ,,v.s -
taste for anv e,,ch vanities les ~ =
m.sefasi ,,a,ss,,,,r -.
.'N'.ss.. s. $. s1.s...lil =
Nereca ~ f'OilIics.
Il is TO be remembered that he
has been playing politics since 1880.
1t ~ TO be remembered that by
1889 he had risen Tar enough in
Politics to be member OF the Ways
and Means Committee OF the House
Of Representatives by appointment
OF the greatest Of Republican
speakers-Tom Reed. He learned
politics from Reed, from DinRley.
from Payne. from Mckinley. Ha
prepared the aRriculfuraI eci1ed,,Ies
in the McKinIev Tarfff Mn DE-
knew the great davs Of fha - q Is
machine under Mark Hanna. ana he
knew them intimately eno,,rh ,. and
sympat thetically enough 60 say In
Ais 80. autoplography:
cnieI incentive behind
- xaanIla support OF mckinley was
80 slss H"ness ). ioVe ne Ielt Tor his
:. .ir,.se. Bns..,,. -, 80.
- - - saao se.n - % La oIleLse a.
ssaa..,. 49, : ots., -. y plt,sA 20 ,ssa o4L-
1..1s,. T.s,aa.. AeillnB ~ u MN. la
..sns.., wee ,.. in .ne ihHiOst m
- - lo.cs tniTly years ago.
- esH ns usnnsIateiy .,.y cnose 70 go