The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-29
WANTS TO HANG HIN.
Governor La Follette's Sentiments TO-
ward Stuyvesant Fish.

Galesburg, Ill, July 2s.-AI would like
20 nave hand in hanging Stuyvesant
Elen' SAID Governor La Toilette, of
wisconsin. to a committee of Galesburg
citizens, including former Mayor Shum-
way, Representative George w. Prince,
Lafayette Weinburg, president of the
commercial club and representatives of
the press, who met him at Abingdon to
escort him to Galesburg, where he made
an ADDRESS later before the Chautauqua
assembly. Mr.. Fish is president of the
Illinois Central railroad.
Mr.. La Toilette was very tired and
very angry The cause for his SAN
culinary desire was his experience on
the Illinois Central train coming to
Galesburg. He denounced the treat
ment accorded to all the passengers, but
especially the women and children. Ee
himself had Travelled two nights without
sleep. He said:
Monday night I practically had no
sleep. At 10 minutes to O'Clock Tues
several hours, took an Illinois Cen
trail train at Ashley. The train COM
prised two passenger cars and a smok-
er. There had been an excursion and
the road had evidently made no provis-
ion for it. The cars were in a terribly
crowded condition. was forced to
stand up for the next two hours. That
was not the worst of it. 1 saw women
with children on the train SO exhausted
that they could stand no longer and they
seated themselves on the floor of the
car.
Some of the women were crowded
into the smoker and there had to endure
the presence of men, some of whom l
understood were smoking and others
passing the bottle. 1t was a frightful
ordeal, but / am made of iron. / felt
sympathy for the women and children
forced to submit to this inconvenience.
There oughtto be a law that a seat goes
with a fare. That would stop this sort
of abuse
Governor La Toilette said that after
a sleeper was put on the train at Fort
Dodge, when he was on the point of al
most complete exhaustion, he got
through the kindness of the porter a
seat for a short time in the smoking
compartment.
A large audience heard his Chautau-
qua address on railways and the gov
eminent. In beginning he said;
Il believe that the truly representa-
tive character of our government is in
greater peril than at any time in its
history
Speaking in reference to the law on
freight rates in Illinois, Mr.. La Toilette
said:
"You have got a pretty fair law in
this state on this subject, but it is not
being enforced. Bring your railroad
commission to time. I have COM
pared your rates with those in other
states critically and they are too high,
although no worse than in other
states"
The enthusiasm of the audience was
aroused to the highest pitch when
Governor La Toilette exclaimed: 81
thank the Lord we have got a man in
the White House that dares assail
these corporations"
Governor La Toilette paid his COM
pIiments to John D. Rockefeller thus:
Now you take Rockefeller. I wish. I
had the whole afternoon to spend on
him. You know he is liberal. He
gives lots of money to missionaries,
and he gives with all his hands. His
hands reach out in all directions.
They have been in all industries, and
he is strangling and throttling them
one after another. There is nothing
that gets away from him.