Long have Progressive Republicans in Wisconsin tried to coax Philip LaFollette into standing for election to high State office. Second son of the late great Robert Marion LaFollette, brother of Wisconsin's Senator Robert Marion ("Young Bob") LaFollette, he has a name and a talent which might work political magic in his State. But Brother Phil, lawyer and lecturer at the University of Wisconsin, short-time District Attorney of Dane County, whirlwind campaigner for Brother Bob, was in no hurry. He silenced "drift talk," insisted he was "too young" (he is now 33), kept...
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