Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-11-13
PEOPLE THINKING
OF LAF0LLETTE
Wisconsin Senator Convlnces
Hearers That He is Force in
Nations Affairs.
DELIVERS A GREAT SPEECH.
,,,es Current Political Issues In
vigorous Manner and Without
Gloves or Excuse.

INST night Senator Robert La Fol-
,,,te of wisconsin lectured In the AS
ably hall on live political issues.
rh,s morning the people are talking
.hout what bob" La Toilette said, and
'sa General sentiment Is that the city
~. been visited by man who Is to be
great force in fature affairs. He
.a,ted down to practical facts and iis-
.,ss showed the people how their gov
..nment has gradually ceased to repre-
o., tben. and how II may be forced
~ N the performance of It's regular
paS,ions and convinced them that he
io's What he is talking about. and
~, bA has no fear In expressing him.
SCI. ,,o,,,,ro r,oiia,ta ana ~
.n,ss very natural to call him Bob
o,,sr TWO hours of the heart to heart
az i, he had with his audi>Ace, Is that
.h m Years OF education the people
,n eea clearly what their interests
wa rlghts are. and his mission Is to
s s,d IA wears talking 10 them, As
Hspical speech, the lecture was In
.ense II shows the politics of new
ssues and has no Interest except to
Illuminate the issues.
SPEAKER A RADICAL.
s.ra,or La Toilette was radl-
md he has the chin Of
sss,ng man, who would rather
~ called anything than quit
,sr The same tactics that won for MIN
~ wisconsin were used here. There
:. Rad the names Of those who ae-
e,tsS brlbes to defeat him In the party
ooppysnton. Here he said he was not
slndng mud but simply reading from
,hS record. A month ago senator La
s Folltte was reported from washington
"a a. BENZ much discredited IN the capi.
,a Last night he was on mission Oh
= ,broging dlscredit upon the gang as
he called them, of congressman ana
senator's who habitually showed whose
Il ser,ants they were by voting always on
4 the corporation side OF proposed legls-
A atloh a
4 with the Democrats instead OF with
M, marty. he denied 1t BY cleverly as
serting that the Democrats voted with
him and he represented the best Ideals
In bis party.
LATE IN ARRIVING.
Senator La Toilette wa slate in arriv-
INK It was $3.50 when his train pulled
IN and d packed Assembly hall was
waiting for him. when he arrived at
o'clock, accompanied by Senator Reed
sneot. He was escorted to the stand,
where Hon. William H. King introduced
hin to the audience He then began 10
ak rapidly and with the vlgor of abso-
NE conviction. IL WAS after IL O'clock
WEN he closed. and his efforts
would have been continued long
en- but for the reason that he
had to catch train TO Butte. Although
many in the audience were women,
here was no one who wished to leave
sad the entire assembly remained to
he end anxious to hear the words OF
he man with a new political message.
h part Senator La Toilette said.
y beg your indulgence and pa
tlenee, for starting an address at the
Tine when II should be finished,
but IL you will bear with me | am go
Ing 10 talk about our country and our
government AS our forefathers de-
signed II to be, ii was to be the will
q the people. They outlined plan
whereby that result could be reached,
and they called It republican govern
ment If they could have made II so,
the system would have been such that
every citizen of the country could have
gone TO the seat of government and
voted for every law, but that was i'm
possible, SO the plan OF representatives
vas formed with congressman repre-
ssnting the population and senators for
each state. That plan so commended
itsel; that township, county, municipal
md state governments followed along
the same lines.
"All has changed in the last IL
years, however, so that the citizen has
been cut out almost entirely. Cor
fuplion has made such inroads that a
new Influence has come to dominate
our government so that a new word
has been necessary to keep pace with
NE change This word is graft; graft
W Washington, and in every minor
seaI OF government, until It appears
rom one end of the country to the
olher. II was IS years ago that one
p inc most learned men of tho world
came 10 the United States to study our
l0.n o. government. and when this
nan, Alexis de Toquervillo, returned
% France, he said he had found no
uaeneA OF man spending his wealth
70 corrupt government In this coun-
w only 16 years ago another
Impartial critic visited this country
qua ms report, in Bryce's American
commonwealth, said the great corpor-
auons were everywhere. Their man
aye'hent was secret, and In the hands
" few, ana the doors of Congress
sse heseiged With representatives of
Iailroads and great corporations,
alcd lobbyists When we reaiize that