Photograph
Robert M. La Follette, Sr. Speaking from Wagon
| Robert M. La Follette, Sr., speaking to a crowd from back of a wagon. This image is one of a series of views of his appearance at a fair in Cumberland, Wisconsin, in 1897. During this time La Follette made a series of county fair speeches primarily aimed against machine politics and advocating a secret ballot primary election. Part of La Follette's success in eventually winning the Wisconsin gubernatorial election in 1900 was a result of the many reform speeches he had delivered to local audiences during the previous years. La Follette's vigorous speaking style had much to do with his eventual electoral success. |
| Image ID: | 2390 |
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| Creation Date: | 1897 |
| Creator Name: | Michigan State College Press |
| City: | Cumberland |
| County: | Barron |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Album 25 (Robert M. La Follette & Family) |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | Album 25.31 |
| Original Dimensions: | 2 x 2 inches |
| See also Image IDs: 2020, 2417, 3562, 113431 and 113432 for related views. Text in Album 25.31. These speeches were so effective that the opposing machine attempted to break up the crowds at the gatherings. A Democrat, B.J. Daly, said of one of the speeches, "That was the first time I had ever heard a man attack his own party....The speech made a profound and lasting impression...and convinced me of the man's perfect honesty." Cf. Robert M. La Follette, by Belle Case La Follette, Vol. I, p. 121-124. |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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