The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1909-12-10
A TRIBUTE TO LA TOILETTE

The Dayton (Oho) News thus speaks OF Senator La Toilette
who recently delivered address in that city,
If there this city who believes that the people in
different the modern trend Of affairs there who uppoes
great politics
who thinks that there be day of reckoning with the party
that espouses the of predatory wealth. he did attend the
delivered the Y NJ A. Wednesday evening by Senator
LaFoee No could have in that audience and witnessed
attention given the speaker without coming the conclusion
that, after all, there hope
Senator LaFolee S Republican He was member
congress Republican governor Republican
and is Republican United States senator So that
dismiss his with shrug of the shoulders and the
that his words only the words disgrted Demo-
And be said that the applause which he received
Wednesday evening time after time he told Of the dongs of the
leaders of and OF the corruption office and OF the ni
quies of the present tariff BILL very largely from Repub
because there seemed be Republicans than Democrats
present the time
picturesque characterize born fighter the
of audacy and daring and honest the days long His bitter
enemesdo him Of being denagogue Indeed he
would be much popular his if he conserva
He would have much stronger hold upon his party he fell
the ways Of the leaders of the What opposition he has
him because of his and his
only hold office would have delivered the
kind OF address which he delivered here.
peculiar ideas about party loyalty He to be-
that his party best who points its weaknesses
standing before his audience and telling what grand
party the Republican party held up sconfu dcue the
that party and told his hearers plainly that with such
saddle the party could hope Instead OF ao
ogzng the tariff bill recently passed by the he SAID plainly
worst bill had had; that increased the cost OF
living OF the wokngnan that pushed through congress by the
grace greed of the coporaonists that the who voted for
did they either compelled to do through fear
were bbed He said that with such Arich and
Cannon directing affairs government they do direct hem
hope for the party the country He said that the cor
poate controlled congress and secured the legislation they
desired Mind from who himself part of
congress and inside information what takes place
there from member of the party OF which
Cannon and Aldrcl members.
Senator LaFoete said and his words appauded to the
echo that no man who with Cannon and Arich should be
the senate of representatives He had himself not
done So he preferred political defeat other kind OF de-
feat casting against the interests OF the American people
regardless Of the inducements him by the Interests the
threats made by the leaders of his party
Probably the significant thing connected with the address
Of Senator aFolette was its length small number of
sons who left the hall he had finished speaking In the first
place the auditorium crowded the doors and the audience
was none too comfortable When he began talking probably many
e audience believed they would but short time As
he spoke however people settled down and listened word
He began speaking at Two hours elapsed and he was still
speng and nobody Eleven o'clock and he still spoke
and the audience remained Eeverty arrived and only hand
m of persons left the place and they compelled to do SO
for one another 1t nearly midnight when the senator
finished his address and many present then who would
Gladly have sat through another hour When remembered that
there is no political campaign pending and that there at this time
no especial reason why people of this should be interested IN
political discussion when recalled that most people consider
e tariff very proy subject the length OF the address and the
interest manifested by large audience little short Of marvellous
unless one consider what students know be fact namely that
the great Of people have TO believe that they are beng
BETRAYED by public and determined to whip such
servants from the public places
T C,1el Trlune excuses the Brady land board and