Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 58, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 October 1917 — SENATOR LAFOLLETTE [ARTICLE]

SENATOR LAFOLLETTE

“Treason” is an ugly word. As applied to Senator LaPollette it may or may not be rightly used — only the senator’s own heart can answer that. But of one thing a large majority of his countrymen are morally certain, if not positively disloyal, the senator is to say.\t;he least very iinprudent. Unless his personal life apd actions can effectually give the lie to his accusers, he would seem to be in a most unenviable light before the country. He has systematically labored to block the wheels of the government machinery ever since, in opposition to the will of himself and a handful of his colleagues, the congress declared a state of war to exist between this Country and Germany. No doubt he claims sincerity, but sincerity ceases to be a virtue when it degenerates into mere pig-headed opposition to the will of the majority. We very much fear that the trouble with the senator is, he is a poor loser.