Evening star., 1925-06-19

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| Toilette, who died at his home here
| yesterday, will lie in state all day
Sunday in the Wisconsin State capitol
| at Madison-amid the scenes of the
| earliest fighting of his battle-torn po-
litical career
The remains of the independent
Senate leader will leave Washington
this afternoon at 3 o'clock in a special
car for Chicago over the Baltimore
and Ohio. At Chicago the funeral
car and another coach carrying mem
bers of his family and close friends
will be made into a special train for
Madison
Funeral services will be held at
his home in Madison on Monday.
A heart attack early yesterday, COM
ing after similar attacks of illness in
the past 10 years. and in part due to
his strenuous campaign as independ-
ent candidate for the presidency last
Fall, ended in his 10th year the ca
reer which had made Senator La Fol-
lette one of the outstanding figures in
American politics.
Voices Love for People.
His last articulate words, whispered
to his son Robert, long his secretary
death was inevitable and he was slip
ping into Inconsistencies, expressed
the dominant motive of his strenuous,
often misunderstood life
Il am at peace with the world he
said. but there is a lot of work I
could still do. l don't know how the
people will feel toward me- but I shall
take to the grave my love of them,
which has sustained me through life -
his bed for several weeks by illness
which had wrecked his body repeated
ly in the last few years. The heart at
tack yesterday morning brought him
very near the end. He lapsed into un-
consciousness shortly before noon and
died at lei pm. with all his family
q his bedside. including Mrs. La Fol
late. his sons Philip and Robert. his
daughters, Mrs Fola Middleton of
Washington; Mr.. Middleton, Mr.
Sucher and Mrs. Philip La Toilette.
Mrs. La Toilette, the Senator's con-
fidante and adviser for 43 years of
married life, withstood bravely the
shock of his death.
Illness Was Painful.
During his last illness Senator La
Toilette suffered much pain bron-
ficult and returning attacks of angina
pectoris making his suffering more
acute.
Toward the end he murmured some
thing which members of the family,
leaning over his bed, could not un-
derstand. For two days. his family
said. he had realized that he might
not be able to shake off his illness.
A week ago, glancing out of the
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of children in the street, the Senator
had remarked: Life is good"
When he, took to his bed, at the
insistence of his physicians. he re-
marked that he thought he had
earned a long rest"
Senator La Follett's death was not
attributed by his physicians and
family to the grind of campaigning
last year nor to disappointment over
his showing as a presidential candi-
date, but rather to his persistent
tendency to overtax his strength
throughout his career, He simply
burned himself out" was the way
one of his sons put it.
Worked Far Into Night.
An able debater. he frequently held
the floor for hours in the Senate es-
cause, or attacking what he believed
to be an unworthy proposition. Far
into the night he worked in his study
preparing speeches, scrutinizing leg
islative proposals, delving into works
on economics, history and kindred
subjects, to be better informed and
equipped for his battles in the polti
cal arena.
While campaigning in 1912 the
Inmates, realizing a year ago that
strenuous life had cost him his health,
urged him to desist from active cam
paigning, but he travelled steadily for
a month delivering one prepared ad
dress a day.
Although exhausted after winding
up his campaign at a meeting in
Cleveland, in the hall in which Calvin
Coolidge had been nominated for the
Presidency, and where a few weeks
later his own supporters in conven-
ton had called on him to enter the
field as an independent, he apparently
suffered no i'll effects. He was plainly
disappointed, however, at his failure
to win the electoral votes of any
States other than Wisconsin and at
the total of his popular vote-less
than 100000. But the result found
him still defiant and his answer to it
was JndL ne "Oulu COillllluc W iiS III
for the principles he advocated.
AS soon as Senator La Follette's
death became known yesterday mes
sages of coincidence began to arrive
at the home from both the dead
leaders friends and foes in political
life.
Coolidge Extends Sympathy.
President Coolidge wrote to Mrs.
La Toilette:
THE news having just reached me
of the death of Senator La Toilette. L
wish to extend to you and your fam
lily the sympathy OF myself and MRS:
Coolidge. AS you know, l presided
over the Senate for considerable
period while he was a member of that
hody. and so came to know of his
great ability and untiring energy? He
has left behind him a great concourse
of friends who will, L know, do every
thing in their power to comfort you
in this hour, but my own experience
tells me that nothing that mortal can
do will be of very much help 10 you.
7 trust that you may, as the years go
by. find an increasing satisfaction In
the long list of honors that were con-
ferred upon Senator La Toilette by
his countrymen."
Senator Lenroot of Wisconsin, who
for several years has been in the
opposing political camp, voiced his
tribute to Senator La Toilette In the
following statement
For more than a quarter of cen
tury Senator La Toilette has been one
of the leading figures in our public
life. His industry, his ability and
power to present his views to the
public easily made him the leader OF
any movement which he espoused:
While in recent years we had political
differences, for more than 10 years
rraS VERY closely associated With