Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-16
SENATOR La TOILETTE
TO BE NOMINATED FOR PRESI-
DENT BY HEARST.
Will Represent Independence League
and His Speech Tomorrow in Sen
ate Will Be Platform.

Important inside information was con-
veyed to the White House today by a
prominent statesman that Senator La
Toilette Is TO be nominated for Presi-
dent by William K. Hearst and the In
dependence League and that the speech
that Mr.. La Toilette will make i'm the
Senate tomorrow On the Aldrich bill will
really be a platform of the principles
upon which he expects to go before the
people of the country
Consequently the speech of the Wis
consin senator will be one of unusual
Importance. possibly the tentative plat.
form of a new national party After the
President has been informed as to what
might be looked for in the speech of MIR.
La Toilette the same information was
circulated to some extent in the Senate,
whetting the interest that will be shown
tomorrow when the speech is delivered
Not Posted as to Acceptance.
The man who Informed the President as
to the Intentions of William r. Hearst.
who was recently said TO be planning to
nominate the President against his wishes
or desires. is not posted as to whether
Senator La Toilette will accept the In
the race. The inference is that he will,
do So II he does not secure the republi
can nomination. for which he is a cam
didate, and will probably have the vote
of his own state.
The Information to Mr., Hearst.s plans
as 10 La gillette comes from man who
is considered one of the best parliamen-
tary and political generals i'm the coup-
try, ana he made the statement without
qualification, asserting his confidence in
his authOrity.
Senator La Toilette has been waiting for
a long time to speak upon the AIIricb
Dill I'm some respects his opposjtion tn
the bill Is considered the strongest ia he
onered AL least ii is understood that
he is To oppose the bill and that he will
90 IL IN vigorous manne" that will
cause the measure. even if il becomes law
to be regarded with suspicion by advanced
radical thinkers of the country
" nat erect the announcement AS to
Senator La Foilette's possible candidacy
on the Independence League ticket will
nave upon his speech tomorrow and upon
the country, in an anticipatory way re-
mains to be seen. BY some it is consider
ed probable that il will lessen the attack
that is To be made upon the AIdrch bill :
pN others II is considered proba BILE that
the country will give greater attention to
the speech than otherwise.
Interest in Result.
ON the assumption that Senator La Fol
lette may become a candida te on the In
dependence League ticket there will he
immense interest in the result at the No
vember elections. presuming that Bryan
is to be the democratic nominee and Taft
the republican. In many of the western
states there is strong La Toilette SEN
timent, and in Nebraska. South Dakota
Kansas. North Dakota. minnesota and
elsewhere the La Toilette people have
threatened to try to defeat the Taft dele
gates to Chicago and send delegates of
their own to the convention. Up to this
time they have been placated and have
not shown much strength.
Some of Senator La~Follette'S friends
doubt whether he would accept an Inde-
pendence League nomination If he Is to
allow his name to go before the republi-
can national convention. If he sees fit
to retire from that contest they do not
know what he would do, in view of his
advanced views.