The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-07-29
LARGE DESIGNS

1t is plea SAINT to contemplate
Mr.. LaFollette in the honeymoon
Of his candidacy. He nourishes
sweet hopes. He sees aureate
prospects of LaFollette extension.
At first he was severely local.
He made Wisconsin his. He
spread little to the westward.
Now he aims to be national.
Around so great man a whole
country must rally"
This is his old dream which Col
onel Roosevelt took a malicious
pleasure in interrupting. The
BADGER tribune has long been sure
that he. not the Colonel, was the
destined sheppard of the ''progres-
sive" flock. Now the accepted
time has come.
His sagacious friends assure
him that his campaign is going
to be more formidable" Ahan Mr..
I,oosevelt's was in 1912. So his
war map covers wide sweep of
territory. The waves of the Pa
cific, tired of chanting the requiem
Of Hiram, are tossing the epithala-
MUM of the Wisconsin boss and
the grand conglomerated radical
party. >
Chicago, Cleveland, st. Louis
and Kansas City are to be blest
with the sight and the speech OF
him. He is even to sound this
coward and lascivious town his
terrible approach.
New York will be glad to see
him. He is welcome to make what
'inroads" he can into "the enc
my's country" They may be
smaller than his band of prophets
looks for, but it has always been
delight Hul to hear his harmless
thunder rolling around the towers
of 1.-The interests" though these
have long been exposed to the vi
brations and oscillations caused by
our honored mayor.
| The headquarters and regional
headquarters" the chain of LaFol-
lette stores from the Atlantic 10
the Pacific, will cost pretty pen
ny. 1.-The people" will provide.
In prescient preparation for this
GROWING act of his career he pro-
posed the plan of a Senate COM
mittee to sit during the campaign
tc investigate campaign contribu-
tons of every party having candi-
dates for President, Vice-Pres-
ident, presidential elector and the
United States Senate.
Senator Borah is chairman.
The other members are Jones of
Washington, Republican; Bayard
and Caraway, Democrats. and
! FarmerLabor' Shipstead of Mime
sofa.
To these inquisitors Mr.. LaFol-
letteYs financial department Twill
be asked to tell how much money
he means to raise and spend 70
propagate the truth and what his
plan is Of raising the wind; what
j is to be "the limit" if any, of his
game; and If he will be willing to
report to the committee every 10
days, beginning with September |
"the amount of funds collected
the names of the contributors and
| C.icIl duOIcoocS, duu WudL, IL duS
official position the contributor
| holds"
1t will be interesting to watch
the operations of Mr.. LaFollette' s
committee on appropriations un-
der his scheme. Will he take
money only from "the Pures"?
In the days when his righteous
ness was inchoate or immature he
didn't scorn to accept donations in
blocks of $4,000 from Uncle Isaac
Stephenson, that Republican
"bloated bondholder.:' Now, in
the full sunlight Of prograndical-
ism, the mites of 1.-The people" will
take the place of those unholy
largesses of the Money Power.
The total sum mentioned is $4,-
900 ,000-mOre than the Democrats
had in 1920. But with the pros
pect of getting LaFollette in the
White House, all patriots are
counted upon to say: Done for
double the money."-New York
Times.