| Show 11 Robert M Mo JL L La follette tte Statesman and Reformer erl OUGHT RT MARION MAntON LA LAI l I of Wis Wisconsin WI I ra re JOv gov roof of the Hedger lId H NUde In II one nf of a t the th e et t most sulking striking and nl II I In the American po world The of a IL spirit to that which ha hai I ruled In hii Ms iUt ital he deliberately be beem own em tilt lla central figure ure In 11 une one of the tilt molt political em ever known In th the history of Wisconsin ll Governor La Ira 1 Follette came Into rational prominence through hlo hiD mill mW of the of 01 ill tint a y rent primera for lor delegate convention for far the Ihl nomination of for lor public He uIs U maintained with a visor that not only made de him a power in the politic of hit his bl own state elate but Jut at lit the country at ct atlane puce mice made de him known to large lane that t at direct would re to reMore More to the Isle Ih rank and file Ne of ot the people the control of ot nomination end and destroy the tha Influence held hI 1 by politicians and a corporate In ip 1 over delegate delt convention Another An Another other reform with which lie be It lOOn icon be beuno b uno actively lIoUn act Identified was waa U a new ne and of 01 taxing railroads and arid outer other Interests Doth Moth of those become embodied In III the lie state KLate law lawA I A performer that he ie It U Governor Ia La Toilette I has hal shown himself him self to 10 bo a n leader of whom any an elate or any Rny party pari well may be l e proud He lie lint has the lie Ih gift of nf oratory ao so unmistakably within lil hI his grasp that even hit his must most Im Implacable enemy nemy would be he h charmed lotto Into lie He possesses also supreme tura r the molt most unyielding of and an am almost fanatical be belief belief I lief In himself lf and Pile hla hi principles with n a 1 positive genius for political poll tl 8 1 strategy trot n a talent for organisation that Ham ImI forms forma former leaden leadell Into Inlo wondering wonder In anti admiring followers follower and with the It li resistible force for of a II men man of destiny a II ar man Who rho ho follows tollow hit his star without tithe r IA La I Is In today a 1 ar Irm tooled fooled end ami admirably equipped r traveler on the road which leads leada to 10 n 1 1 prone even to the tha WIllie White House Governor ft fA n li is I the first na me native tive of or the State to become Ita is chief executive lie HI was Val born In lUll lUllIn In the tha little village of at Primrose Dune Dome county a few miles mile from Madison on the of He lie was wa educated the th county being that Drat n a pupil of ot s tho ho public school lit III his hili native village and afterward a R student at the tho city alty Of ot Wl from which he WAil wag graduated In 1570 1670 having paid hI Ivey WI v y through college collert by teaching t school I hool In Inthe Inthe Inthe the following year r h hll he was Wall admitted to the bar bal In III M U on He had scarcely hung hun out his hla hi shingle before ho he Will was nominated for district attorney of Dune Dane county count I This way waa exactly cU what he h wanted and he entered upon the CUll can CUlly Yeas y with a n rigor that Hint could not tall fall to I AC EEC 1 rl s r r c 7 Lr AS A SCHOOLTEACHER bring success He Ile was II elected J and held heM the office for lor five years exchanging It for a seat at In con congress press Although his bis carter career waS wag wa limited only four years year IA la laFollette Follette succeeded ltd In tanking making n a favora favorable hie ble Impression on nn the hOUlf He lie won Instant recognition at as nn an ahlo ablo speaker and took look a prominent tart part In the train fram ing of the McKinley M tariff larl m n ir Mr MI was VallO so of or Pile hut II ability hp offered him the position of comptroller ft Of llo tho ho currency which was waa III promptly 00 lInol lino I The young hall had y deter determined I mined upon his hla hi future course ft nail ml hit his hi scheme even ven then Lh contemplated thu the re construction of or Pile lila III party parly In tha Badger Sine He lie wont font hack bark to 10 Madison Mallison und and anda resumed the practice of his Pits I le f a al Uh regarding that action ns nil n 1 stop step stepping ping tone stone to 10 further bother opportunity In 1100 1600 he ho waa WM again a u candidate for lor con grot gr but wit waa defeated Undaunted he Immediately allied himself with the disgruntled It wIng wins of or the party which hart him Mid and began hit his fa muus a iH lust the I ht stalwart Ho no won was a before thred state conventions for fur the tho nomination of gov governor governor OV eror but filled to receive It until 1900 1000 when the s l called hull halt breed element of which li Ii hit had huil lone Inns boon the acknowledged Icu ter obtained lit the At ae 1 r rit v J it b l r t 1 ill f 4 dr b I 1 I i f u sr y l 1 N ROBERT M LA TOILETTE FOLLETTE m un the tho floor noor of the Iho convention and amid the wildest t enthusiasm named Us its favorite tor f fIlls nr on tho the ticket Ills failures to obtain the tho nomination had hor In no way a worked to his hla hi disadvantage On tho the contrary they had 1111 served to enhance Ills ids reputation reputation tion U tin a R man of ot purpose and strong resolution A lest feu Ie Indomitable spirit u would have grown weary under the tho burden of ut ouch persistent per failure allure II re La Ia LaFollette Follette seemed to fresh In Inspiration at every defeat He Its had lit little littI littie tie tle tI money Arrayed against him hie wore ware the great reat railroads the lb big biff corpora corporations Lions and the well will politicians clan He 11 had luul absolutely ab nothing but bul r rr rI rI r I I ri y Jr r AS LAWYER his prim grin determination nod and his tang mag magnetic force lie Ho himself and andI his h cause to 10 tho the o people I and I from ren o that hint t moment the tho reform movement look took definite shape Ho Ile had not misjudged his court of final arbitration Ho lie woo waa elected by majority Having attained the It re ro required required a n 1 steady head to maintain his hla position Down 1 below the crowd of disappointed political advar adver series was Willi Bonding up Ull a 1 clamor de tie d signed to confuse him and anti teaks make him lose loee hIs hla hold Ills Ilia III old enemies reen forced by nn an army of new nets ones omit on at attempted attempted tempted to him In ht the next convention Ho Its triumphed serenely Tills year they the struggle and the battle In the settee sensa sensational of tit the thu Republican party organisation In the tIl state There Thre were ware two to rival conventions convention a II frantic an ap appeal peal paal to te the tb national managers at Chi Chicago Chicago cago tint courts conns Incision decision and ami the bit bittor bitter bittor tor ter campaign followed by a triumphant vindication Ho Ito It remembered also allO that Govern Governor or Lit let Follette l victory It is I nut not the tins tine un quill and Inevitable triumph of ot Intel Intellect lect beet over forces loron superior only In num Hum numer sere er From l the Ih very cry beginning of or hit his t career carer the most mOlt brilliant clot and the moat cultivated men m of hit his own i Party arty have been beell arrayed against him himAt himAt At Al one Due with the radical In party but dissenting widely with him him In lilt his hi methods method of dealing with the tile people Snootier Spooner and end Sena Nena Senator tor to both Intellectual and to so dill rint giants glunts In lit the ranks mill long before bufore IA is l wee waa known out Ido of ot lil hl his own county have havo reedited step by step tep every elry advance undo mode by bythe the rIsing which all nil the tho of their united Influence could not dispel In III a n campaign Governor La let In III on 1111 original and mid worker voik r Wherever he ho appears ho attracts n 1 large personal following and he ire IB Is careful to overlook no beauty however remote Ills His omee office becomes a Ii veritable o of Industry Hy Uy personal let Jet letters lers ere and printed documents He reaches great numbers of men of nf local Influence In lit nil all pats of the Ule state elate He lie la is a 1 titan man manof of blameless reputation strong In III his hili likes and and U Is I termed tormod by b Ids Ida enemies a dictator and declared to bo ho vindictive He lie Is eager to 10 be bo the line poo peo phen champion his Hla mind IH is aglow will wil tho the ambition to do great things thing for Cor or the public welfare but hul ho hu does doos not permit his enthusiasm to overtop over lop his lils good judgment Above nil all he ho la Is pro pre preternaturally shrewd Ho Iro Is by tJ no means averse to 10 meeting the Iho enemy enem with lIh his hla own tactics when pitted against IM a a tho the children of darkness must mist keep n II sharp lookout Governor La Ia Follette l Is Y Dora ot or age ee h but ho hu h u seems much youn oun younger ger gor Although Ire he 10 Is born hi his family was VAIl of Huguenot extraction ind and that accounts for his distinctively I Gallic name Ho Ile Is of or diminutive stat stature ore ure but shapely and with a II strikingly handsome taco faco and tread head In his early life he lie was wa lit at t one ono time ambition but bUI reT v by hIt EI r J leek lack of teat presence wan Wal bit La Ia l was waa AIr n a classmate la governor et ln ot et tt It is II n a woman of n t and personal rr children Foh biers re are Ir PhllIp a Id d Miry GE Bm H 11 lInD NOVEL A couple or of hundred tax tee way a y j hk v Ire ago lIro raa s 3 v vr reI 7 I II bar Du lure lot at al In ht Ii sass I to arb It Was Ih h duy that lanel year ar so 80 long Un K as a hr h rr d 1 In condition i Ihl kill 1111 halt half halfor n II doyell or three crowl ero aa In I t he t HI h sr Ia Hotl nad and ii j lin tIl otI wu was In 1 Ih h tax lax of Or te hl his feathered Not very Iry l lung elan it II i eri In this c d dreg toj t to ler r utI on who b L i I the hi lie I t I tu bt I until men A hili bill fJ f taut QI pose lose Ives cl I Iii In i u II v Nw iw Our Pur u legislature which Y pria i n ut a of 2 aU I per Ilor cent ent b i ed on n lit I dowry of any all wo e foreign nobleman m In 1111 that nat 9 rr it W t whole dowry was waa pall or 01 ut UI rr n h ot of any propel I 1 rv res ils bO bout tJ arias arlet The file rotely I rh r this 7 were to 10 Iw Ito II t I Iii n r nOIe lat hl M of 01 manual training n s i r dos fur I females nn nab the l r l i 01 homes for lor aged eged ma and i I tim Iii n safes f 1 of the tho name ante sex au x IW Hu for or those thoN two very 1 I n t tb sects this thle measure f fill i Ii Impecunious it 01 nobl noh ni Amerl brides failed to bl h hw DOWN WITH DIFFICULTIES You will fled find Unit that tho the If ri r liaising annoyances Annoyance or 1 snaking the best bel of ot 1 q cl lIt 1 1 Come com e to 10 you OU of ot the plus PItI mu ant and the and i redu to te the least possible Jf em thing thins that Is I dl abe ML and us pleasant will help u non wonderfully only In your our work but also atao In yours at of happing I It Il transforms the tho abs trip trIo 1 tho the agreeable takes tits the Ih drudgery I 11 t II J of distasteful tasks lask eases taS 1 the trip Jl of d J life lito wonderfully mid and It Il Is worth north Ii I Rely lIely more Inore than Illan mony The w furry rT buoyant cheerful s sul u manias manes vt 11 out losing lo his hla equilibrium to 10 glide gildi Me i and In s h tint others off ort their n and inid 1 nak aake M na 1 IiI miserable anti and dI elg B n let ti tt I alchemy of ot serenity 1111 extracts fra 1111 3 tho annoying rooks ro k m h his lug path the pe 1 clous clone metal which t fn iM r bless him to la ft h I 1 something worth north will 1111 I 1 j |
