The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-30
LAT FOLLETTE FOR WOMAN SUFFRAGE
He Declares for Votes for
 Women at Dayton
TRIBUTE TO MIR. BRYAN
Reiterates Assertion That Supreme Court Had Assumed Legislative Prerogatives Never Granted
 by Constitution in Rulings

l Dayton, O., December 29.-Nearing the end of his speech-making trip in Ohio, preaching the doctrine of progressive re- publicanism, Senator R. NJ LaFollette | travelled through the western part of the state today, closing with a meeting here
 where he reiterated his assertion made at the noon meeting at North Baltimore,
 that the supreme court of the United States had assumed legislative preroga- 1 tives never granted by the constitution, | in it's rulings on the Sherman antitrust law.
 For the first time on this trip the sen ator tonight declared for votes for wom- | en T say that the women have as much right to the ballot as the men, he said.
 Do you know that there are seven mil l lion women in this country earning their | living by day wages and they are add 1 ing to the wealth of the nation? For I this reason they have a moral right to 1 have voice in the questions of sanita- l tion and all that goes to improve liv- ing conditions of the home, which are governed by legislation.
 | thing. You don't cast many of them in your life, especially when you vote for l President At North Baltimore, where an aoan- doned tabernacle was used for the meet ing. the sign "Get right with God" was still strung across the end of the build ing above and back of the senator Pointing to this sign. he read it aloud and paraphrased it by saying: Get right with your state and get right with your country"
 Continuing his discussion of the Sher- man antitrust act, Mir LaFollette said: "Instead of criminal prosecution for violating the provision of the act with penalty of $5O0O and imprisonment for year. the court proceeds to reorganize the trust, to lay down code of conduct and to enforce it's code by the penalty OF contempt With all of this tremen- dous power in it's harids what is the re- | lief the clients are able to give to the people against these combinations?
 Tt is the recall which I would extend to the court. l would extend considerable more time between the filing of the peti- ton and the balloting for the recall of judge than I would for coroner; but I would make them all subject to re- view of their acts by the people, by whom i they were appointed
 Senator LaFolette said the people know now that the government is no longer rep resentative and they also know now that there is a movement on foot to make this government more representative.
 If" he said, "there is one thing more than another that has been put to the front in this campaign by the progress | sives it is the demand for the delegates to the national convention by popular pri- mary elections and provision by which electors might express their choice for presidential candidates on their party ticket
 "The proposition has been opposed by the national committee and by politicians everywhere. They dread to give up that power that caucases and conventions give them and they fear the secret ballot that enables men to vote the convictions and
 judgments without intimidation or espi- onage."
 Senator LaFollette later tonight said Representative government, the pro- gressive creed, is service by public of | fcials to the people and not to the interests It is not representative gov ernment now"
 l While discussing this topic Senator LaFollette suddenly Nstopped, grew red l in the face and said to his hearers, l Say, my collar is too tight. Can I take it off?" Midst the shouts of Yes" he removed the annoying neckband.
 "The progressive movement' he de- clared, has no motive toward chang l ing the present form of government. l It is not the idea to abolish the legis- l latures or House of Representatives, but to abolish those built up by polit- l ical machinery and to bring the cit l izen in touch with the man who is transacting his business by establish ing the direct vote from President down to coroner. That is bringing govern ment right up to the people, He discussed again the initiative, ref erendum and recall and declared he
 would extend the recall to the judi ciary. The senator said:
 "Some of them get what is called corporation squint. They are not
 reelected just because they are | judges"
 The name of w. J. Bryan was men tioned by Senator LaFollette and he
 was interrupted by applause
 'I am not ashamed to pause while
 you pay tribute to Mir Bryan. He is a highly honorable man. feel under
 obligati lions to Colonel Bryan.
 The senator then told of summoning MT. Bryan to help him while governor Iof Wisconsin to secure passage of the
 progressive rate law in that state which was threatened in the legislature by the apathy of some democratic mem bers.
 Senator LaFollette will leave here
 tomorrow morning for Cincinnati, where the trip through Ohio will end.