Abstract

Politics, Profits, and Patriotism in Wisconsin

The leader of the "progressive" movement has been and is Senator La Follette. Because of him, the people of the State have been divided, regardless of party lines, into two irreconcilable factions, and towards him there has been directed an extraordinary devotion and an equally extraordinary rancor. In temperament a combination of Puritan and prima donna, he is to-day the chief preoccupation of interests and politicians in the State of Wisconsin, and all issues, remote as they may seem, end ultimately in pro or anti-La Follettism. The reasons are not far to seek. The voters of Wisconsin are also essentially loyal Americans. Certain citizens of the State, zealous about her reputation for patriotism, have taken care to give her a bad name.