The Washington herald., 1911-10-17

Chicago, Oct. I6-Robert Marion La
Toilette, of Wisconsin, was indorsed for
President of the United States at the
meeting of the National Republican
Progressive League at the La Sale
Hotel to-day.
Three hundred progressives from
thirty States were present There were
those who rather expected that a gen.
cral platform would be discussed. care
fully and deliberately drawn and adopt
ed. There has been for months. and
was at the meeting, much talk about
progressive principles The cutting from
its moorings of the La Toilette boom
for the Presidency, however, was the
only action taken.
EMBRACES SEVERAL PLANKS.
The resolutions adopted sum up the
whole business of the day. They set
forth, not a Republican platform, but
the personal platform of Senator La
Toilette. They contain a plank for the
control of corporations by the govern
ment, with an inferential attack upon
the President for prosecuting the trusts;
a plank (the Bourne Suggestion) for a
popular vote on the candidates for
President, whether compelled by law or
not, and the Endorsement of Senator La
Toilette They follow.
The progressive movement is a strug-
gle to wreSt the control of government
in the nation and States from the rep
resentatives of special privileges and
restore it to the control Of the people.
In the national field the control of
the government by special privilege is
evidenced by the influence and power of
the reaCtiOnary leaders of both parties
in checking or preventing the enactment
of progressive policies pledged by the
Republican party.
The progressive movement aims to
nominate and elect as candidates of the
ReDublicpn party men who will with sim
Cority and singleness OF purpose repre-
sent its rank and file and carry out their
will.
Uncertainty in Business.
The present condition of uncertainty
IN business is intolerable and destructive
Of industrial prosperity. 1t is worse than
idle to leave the question of whether
great business enterprises are legal or
not merely to judicial determination. In
dustrial corporations should by an af-
frmative legisla tive vote be given def
mite rules of conduct by which business
conducted in accordance Herewith shall
he made safe and stable, while at the
same time the interests of the public
shall be fully safeguarded. We seek con-
Servative Legislation, not destructive leg
islation. We favor the ascertainment of
choice of Republican voters as to candi-
dates fer President by direct primary, to
he held in each State pursuant to statute,
and where no such statute exists we urge
provide that the people be given the
dent.
Constructive leadership being the ur-
gent need of the present time, it is
necessary that Republican support a
candidate for President whose record
gives the fullest assurance of the enact
ment and enforcement of sound progress
i've policies.
Robert Marion La Toilette. OF Wis
consin, has friends in his State not un-
like those of the nation to-day. Under
his leadership all opposition was over
come, and there has been enacted in
Wisconsin a system of laws that stand
as models for legislation in all States of
the Union.
The record Of Senator La Toilette in
State and nation makes him a logical
choice for President of the United States.
His experience, his character, his cour-