[Autograph Quote Signed] Wisconsin Politician Philip F. La Follette's Fond Tribute to his Father, Robert M. La Follette

1930. Very good, folded, minor edge wear, tiny chip at top edge.. [1] pp. 8 x 10 inches. Dated May 31, 1930, and signed Philip F. La Follett, who was governor of Wisconsin (1931-33), brother of Robert M. La Follette, Jr. with whom he created the Wisconsin Progressive Party, and the son of Robert M. La Follette, leading Wisconsin statesman for many years, who ran for president on the Progressive Party ticket in 1924. This quote, signed by La Follett, was extracted from a speech he delivered at the "Unveiling of the Statue of Hon. Robert M. La Follette" in Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capital on April 25, 1929 (See Congressional Record, 71st Cong., 1st Session, p. 3).

"It would be unnecessary to point out to you that he had no narrow sense that he represented any single state or that his duty was confined to the people of Wisconsin. But throughout his long public life the greatest source of support to him was the sense of personal friendship and intimate association with the people of his state. He would want us to remember that whatever service he was able to render his country was made possible by the unmatched loyalty and affection, existing without interruption, for the quarter of a century he was in the Senate, between the people of Wisconsin and himself...Enemies swarmed upon him, leaders betrayed, friends forsook him, but in some mysterious way the silent masses reached out through it all and spoke to him..."

A fitting tribute by one of an historically important political family in Wisconsin.