PUFFS AND PUNCHES
Puffs and Punches IREAD with pleasure the defeat of '.he Armed Ships Bill by I-lA Fol-ij5ttb and his colleagues. To allow the passage of such a bill would border upon an act of war and establish a...
...But there are ways by which we can avert war and still he RIGHT.—M...
...When La Foi.i.ette made his campaign here in Wisconsin for re-election last fall, he discussed in full, in nearly every speech he made throughout the state, his reasons for fighting these appropriation bills...
...And I hope he will keep on doing as he has done...
...Wish every citizen would read ana note...
...I am sure if he has his way our country will not have to go to war...
...Those senators should be the foundations of a new, true, and regenerated American citizenship, it certainly tries the manhood of a man to be a man when nearly everybody, including high officials, is clamoring for Blood...
...When the people cast their vote last November they knew how Mr...
...Have been a subscriber to La For.-i.kttk's from the first issue and also a great admirer of the Senator and his policies until he advocated placing an embargo on munitions a few months ago and now has refused to uphold the President by his action toward the neutrality bill.—A...
...The high prices which prevail during these strenuous times for the average wage earner make mere existence almost impossible...
...I need K...
...La Foi.tette was sincere in his tight for righteousness, but I have found out to the contrary that all he wants is a little notice from the public that such a man is in the Senate...
...La Fou.ette went back to Washington and did just as he promised he would do in his campaign speeches...
...Therefore, he truly represcuted the common everyday people of Wisconsin and of the nation when he (with the others) prevented the passage of the Armed Merchant Ships bill in the United States Senate during the closing hours of its last session...
...After reading account of the stand taken by Senator La Foi.i.btte in the Senate on the Armed Neutrality measure, I have no time either for the Senator or his magazine.—G...
...Shame on them — these Pharisees of ill-gotten wealth...
...If some country would come here and attack us this country would be united for DEFENSE...
...I, for one, believe that Senator La Foi.lette represents the will of the common people of Wisconsin and of the entire nation, when he took the stand against the Armed Merchant Ships bill...
...1 have been a life long supporter of the policies of Mr...
...The people are against these exorbitant unnecessary War appropriations...
...We are proud of the way our Senator held out for the good of the People.—Mrs...
...To allow the passage of such a bill would border upon an act of war and establish a precedent that would be evil in its effect upon the future policy of the government...
...H. C, Johnston City, Illinois...
...T. F., Minneapolis, Minn...
...M., Coleman, Wisconsin...
...However, we must remember that these newspapers do not represent the will of the common people but represent the Special Interests who are today making enormous profits, far out of the bounds of reason, from the European war...
...B. L., Hillruan, Michigan...
...1 have read every paper from the best and the clearest In your paper...
...I have in the past read your paper with interest, and thought that Mr...
...The majority of the people do not want war...
...On the right side of every important question...
...The opposition also of the sin-warped souls of those who are not satisfied with shedding the blood of millions of working people in Europe for profit, but want in addition to throw down the peace and happiness of one hundred million people for further profits in bloodshed of Americans...
...A. B., J-tfs Angeles, California...
...It is all right for some ot those war howlers to say "stand on our rights...
...I have got more Inside information from La FoU-ktte's Mauazinb than ail the other papers I take and it is about the only one that I can put confidence In.— W. R. F., Ernie, Iowa...
...La Foi.i.ette but never before in all his political career has he done anything which commands my hearty approval like his last act in the Sixty-fourth Congress.—C...
...Fearless, straight-forward and honest...
...V., Eau Claire, Wisconsin...
...Those who do are saying, "1 hope none of mine will have to go...
...How unfortunate it is that the Capitalists have the power to excite the public mind to such a great extent through their medium, the newspaper, for private gain,—pure and simple...
...La Fou.ettb'h record rings true, and his motto—"The will of the people shall he the law of the land '—has always been his aim...
...They are only too ready and eager to see the United States drawn into this great world war, whereby they could use the the blood from the very best manhood of this country to add still more to their already untold millions...
...Feel proud ot him and the other senators who, in the face of such great opposition, could stand up and fight for what they knew was right—the opposition of a bought and well-kept press...
...Whose opinion was he...
...I would sooner go without a Spring, hai than La Fou.ette's Magazine.__¦" M- E. M., Rellfontaine, Ohio...
...Here he uses his own opinion to block Congress and the people...
...La Foi.-i.ette's ideas in the Senate during the last few days.—F...
...Have been watching the great efforts of Senator La Foi.i.ette in behalf of the common people...
...Q., Rochester, Minnesota...
...A. M., Anoka, Minnesota...
...L., Murray, Iowa...
...Marshall, Wisconsin...
...He told them how he stood in regard to them in his speeches during his campaign and they reelected him by a majority of over 116,000...
...This has been proven...
...Are we to understand that Congress was working for something not founded on principle?—J...
...It is the most reliable piece of political literature in America today...
...The people do not want war...
...Is a President "a wilful man" when he exercises his veto...
...I feel that Congress and the President have been guided by the corporation newspapers rather than by the opinion of the people.—W...
...As soon as prople begin to realize what La Fom.ettk has done for them they will thank him...
...With the increased cost of living still soaring higher and higher which is increasing the burden already on their bended backs, the common people are putting up a mighty struggle to make both ends meet...
...9 The newspapers throughout the country (which are for the most part owned and controlled by the capitalists) have given space to articles condemning Senator La Foli.ettk tor the action he took that defeated the passage of the Armed Merchant Ships bill...
...Follette's worse than It needs me...
...1 WANT IT.—C...
...this is a peace nation, and such acts as his leads us to war.—J...
...The common people don't want war...
...I will explain...
...I am not in accord with Mr...
...La Foijxtte would stand in regard to these questions when they came up in the next Congress, provided he was re-elected...
...K. F., Hebron, West Virginia...
...We then would soon be freed from, our fearful slavery—that of The Moneyed Monopolies.—C...
...M. M., Milwaukee, Wisconsin...
...Incredible as it may seem, nevertheless it is very true, these are indeed prosperous times for a FEW ot our good citizens...
...representing...
...President Wilson's veto of the literacy test was hased on what he termed a radical change in the policy of the nation whicii is not based on principle...
...I would just as soon be- without something to eat as to be without Ija Foi.i.ettk's paper.—J...
Vol. 9 • March 1917 • No. 3
