The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-07-22
.LAF0LLETTE IN An
APPEAL TO VOTERS
Wisconsin Senator Asks That
Good Men Be Sent to the
Next Congress.
FIGHTING MONEY POWER


Al LgoisLATivE BODY LIKE
DEvGRlDog AND DoLLIvER-
QUOTES LINDSEY.
american News Service)
Madison, Wis. July 22.-Advising
the progressives In all political par
ties to unite In q common struggle
against big Business" Senator La
Toilette In this weeks issue OF La Fol-
lette's Weekly Magazine asks the peo-
pie In the coming primaries and cleo
lions to place true representative
government on q higher plain than
party fealty. Otherwise 1t will mean
that you may vote for . party label
and get not even . shadow OF repre-
sentation." Published as 1t Is In the
same issue with an article by Judge
Ben B. Lindsey OF Colorado urging
every progressive democrat to lend
his strength to the reelection OF In.
surgent republicans like Beveridge.
La Folletts and Deliver" It is one
Of the first indications that Senator
In Toilette will attempt to arrange
the progressives of all parties to fight
the Money Power" in politics.
1T 10 not . question OF republican
doctrine or Of democratic doctrine"
says Senator La Toilette. 1T 10 q
question of getting the right man
elected TO office"
For the issue today is not between
parties. We are not engaged in q
contest to determine whether demo.
cratic doctrine or republican doc
trine" shall prevail. It IL . struggle
between Special Privilege and Public
Welfare. And good citizenship dc.
mands that the people present q unit.
ed front against the common enemy.
Republican Aldrich and Democrat
Foster unite for Big Business. Dem
ocrat Fitzgerald and Republican
Cannon join hands against the people.
Why not. then, Mr.. Progressive Demo
crat and Mr.. Progressive Republican.
stand together for the same cause Of
popular government"
Vote for Insurgents.
In similar vein Judge Lindsey de-
clares that he considers It ''the high
est duty OF . Progressive Democrat to
lend any strength he may have to the
reelection Of Insurgent Republicans"
1.-THE real struggle 10 not between
the two parties. ~ now constituted.
Il 10 between the people and privi-
lege; and that contest 10 really be-
tween these contending forces within
each Of tho old parties. There the
struggle will 60 on until one or the
other II free. Intelligent and patrio-
tic citisens will therefore vote for the
man rather than for the party. no
matter what the politicians say.
I'VE are on the eve Of the fiercest
struggle since the Civil war-the new
struggle between human rights and
property rights. privilege and the PEG.
ple-aud In such . struggle It 10 .
part Of the conspiracy OF confusion
by the special interests to use the
slogan Of party advantage against the
man who rings true. To follow such
q false trail 10 not only the height Of
folly but Il 10 the height Of treason .
Consider Il the duty OF Progress.
sive democrat to support IN Insurgent
Republican who 10 already In congress
and has stood against Cannonism and
Aldrichism. even II that insurgent II
opposed BY . Progressive Democrat
who stands for precisely the same
thing. In the first place, Progress
sive Democrat has no business oppos
Ing an Insurgent Republican who II
marked for slaughter by those inter
ests whose unjust aggressions he dar
cd to oppose. And where democratic
politicians. for mere party gain seel
the defeat Of an insurgent republican
the democratic voters should rise
above the appeal OF partisanship and
respond to the appeal to patriotism
They should rebuke those who would
thus become the conscious or uncon
scious tools OF pillage within theil
own party. They can do 1t best BY
voting 20 ~ to insure the triumph o.
the insurGent republican. thereby
standing best by their party. whatev
or its name. For after all tho rea
party II not the name but the idea
the spirit Of protest against pillage.