SENATOR LA FOLLETTE DEAD.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17568, 19 June 1925, Page 7

SENATOR LA FOLLETTE DEAD.

HEART FAILURE THE CAUSE by Telegraph—Pres? Association-Copyright Keuter'ji Telegrams (Received June 19. 10.15 am) WASHINGTON, June 18. Senator Robert M. La. Follette is dead. He died this afternoon from heart failure induced by a general b re a k d ow n and aattack of bronchial asthma Robert Marion La Follette wa> born at Primrose, Wisconsin, on •Tune 14, 1885. He had a varied and interesting political career and was Governor of Wisconsin from 1901 to 1907. He was first elected a United States Senator on January 25, 1905. He was prominent as the leader of a movement to nominate all candidates by direct vote. At the last presidential election he contested the presidency as the Republican candidate and secured a large number ot votes, coming third on the list FROM FARM TO CAPITOL. By Telegraph—Pre?p Association— Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cable Association (Received June 19, 11.15 a.m.) WASHINGTON, June IS. Senator La Follette, who Mas 70, started life on a Wisconsin farm. He climbed bis way through most State offices to that of Senator of the United Sates, which he held for twenty years. The climax of his career was reached when he entered the last presidential campaign, polling 5,000,000 votes, against President C'oolidge and .Mr J. W. Davis, as an Independent. for which he was later ousted from the Republican Party and deprived ot hi; seniority honours. Since then his health has gradually failed and it is believed that the strenuous campaign hastened his end. La Follette was the instigator of the sensational Teapot Dome investi-