The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-12

America, and the formation of combines
and trusts Speaking of iron, and its
inestimable value, he said
God never made q board of directors
good enough to control the welfare of
the people of the world by controlling
the price of IRON
He then spoke of the graft in cities.
and showed how the private control of
public utilities was source of amazing
corruption
Milwaukee" he said. now has some
thing to make 1t famous besides
manufactured products. 1t has sent %
of its city officers to Jail for boodling
and grating"
Senator La Toilette then talked about
the railroad bill in congress, and apollo
gized for not having time to tell the
whole details Of the story.
Some people say" drawled the SEN
ator slowly, in contrast with his usual
2-minute clip, that because I talk fast
1 am excited and radical. and extreme.
I am not excited. I am the coolest and
most self-pOssessed man in the house.
But I talk fast because I have so much
ground to cover that I simply have to
travel under high pressure to make the
distance.
IF any of you people want any more
| information about these matters" he
continued, Just drop me a postal at
| Madison. Wisconsin, and I will see that
you are supplied with facts on the sub
J a
ter reading"
He also offered to send a copy of his
| speech which he added, lis not print
! ed at government expense. I print It
and pay for it myself, and it costs me
J $50 a thousand. And I earn the money
to pay for it by my work on the lecture
/ platform"
Before opening up his remarks about
| the defeat Of his eight amendments to
! the interstate commerce bill he explain
] l7pfl >Ion
commended for nine consecutive years in
/ the reports Of the interstate commerce
commission.
maybe some paper here in Topeka
will say tomorrow, said Mr.. La Fol-
lette that I attack the record Of
some Kansas senator. I don't. I sim
ply quote the record. Every senator
/ ought to make record of which he
is proud He ought to be pleased to
have me quote that record to his con-
/ stituents Some say I throw mud. I
| merely throw the records"
| Speaking Of Senator Longs declara-
| ton that the La Toilette amendments
would have kelled the railroad bill,
/ La Toilette said:
some one has said that these
! amendments would have killed the
railroad bill. I say it would have been
better If that bill had been killed with
those amendments than to have pass
ed without them. Mark my words:
| that bill is a bill for the big shipper.
| It will equalize freight rates. But it
/ won't benefit the small shipper. TIL ere
| are some good things in the bill. But
| I was opposed to compromise. Every
compromise in the history of the world
| is a blunder. I told the president to
set his stakes high. and make con-
gress come to his demands. And con-
gress would have done 1t, too It
wouldn't have dared to refuse
La Toilette read the celebrated roll
calls on his amendments. showing that
Senator Long voted with the majority
to kill all of the amendments.
| Senator La Toilette then told about
his fight for control of Wisconsin poll
tics, and how he was three times de-
feated by the railroad and corporation
ring; how on one occasion he had the
fight won and delegates were bought
out from under him" in sufficient
numbers to snatch victory from his
grasp. A messenger from the other
side came to him and said:
la Toilette. we've got you skinned.
Now IL you will lay down and not
make any fight, if viii be a good thing
for the party, and we will take care OF
you
What they wanted was for me to
: keen still about the way I had been
robbed, and thus help the party
told them that I wouldn't surrender;
that I would go into the convention
, and lick them to a fragile, though ]
knew that was probably beaten. And
as to their promise to take care of me
I sort of had an idea in my head that
I could take care Of myself" and the
J speaker struck an attitude which made
2 this one of the most effective climaxes
} of his entire speech.
8 Senator La Toilette held a reception
on the platform after the lecture He
2 left for Madison on an early morning
train.
( Cleo D. Burnette Dead.
2 wellington. Kan. Oct. 12-CIeo D
= Burnette. a prominent young attornes