The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-10-19
200 ATTEND BIG
CONFERENCE FOR
%LAFOLLETTE BOOM
%Twenty-eight States
Are Represented
at Chicago
is SCORED
Senator Clapp Says People
Can Tell When Pledges
arc Broken.
TAFT is SCORED

TO propose Senator La Toilette as 4
presidential candidate and to lay
pans Tor his nomination over Taft
James II. Garfield, former secre-
sa1y OF the interior, fresh from u talk
with Roosevelt, denies taat he will
try TO prevent the endorsement OF
amy man for the presidency. Medil.
MCCormick called The meeting TO or
der at ten O'Clock.
George Record OF New Jersey was
named as permanent chairman.
Resolutions from the Minnesota
delegation eulosizing the late Justice
Harlan We're adopted unanimously.
+. j. Teech of Independence. ia,
heniea that Senator Cumnins is alb
sent because OF opposition TO La Fol
letic. lie said Cnmmins had gone to
Panama because of a Threatened ner-
vouS breakdown.
Senator Clapp of Minnesota was
the first to spring the name of La
Toilette amid a road of applause. In
a thinly yelled reference to TAFT,
senator Clapp said:
The people can distinguish be-
tween pledges redeemed and pledges
ignored and the deathbed repentance
of those who tailed to redeem Them
Think Taft Very Weak.
Washington, ID. C.-Senator Jos
4ph l.. Bristow OF Kansas and Sena-
tor Jonathan Bourne of Oregon, who
net in Washington both are OF the
opinion that the OF Taft is
hopeless cvery where west Of the Mis-.
Tho two insurgent sta1emen held
~ ,,-j:... ~ a....
try club. Senator Bristow is in the
ciiy on his way to the Panama Canal
senator Bourne has been here fol
several weeks looking after tho
Affairs OF the National l'Iogressivet
>%epublican League.
believes No Votes Were Made in
81 do not believe President Taft
influenced a single nan in Kansas
Who was not for him before" said
Senator Rristcw. How could he?"
The Canadian reciprocity part
vas unpopular in Kansas from the
irst. lTrightone. because OF it. oMl
'eoples oil their waeat carly at low
igu:os. Then when Canada voted
he treaty down, wheat Went up IL
ents a bushel. Naturally the farm
Is OF Kansas were out OF pocket on
he transactions and naturally they
blame Taft"
Senator Bourne had Just received
, letter from Senator Moses +. Clapp
If Minnesota. Clapp said Taft's
peeches had not at all diminished
nsurgent sentiment in Minnesota.
bourne also had fresh communities
ions from Rocky Mountain and
'acitic Coast territory. His informs
.nts said that, while the people
eadily turned out to greet and hear
he President of the United States,
ine-tenths of the men i'll his au.-
ences are against him for renom
nation.
Ana the Recall Now in California,
The situation in California is
tied by way OF illustration, where,
II spite of President Taft's vigorous
'enunciation OF the judicial recall as
,ontained in the Arizona constitu-
ion, this system was adopted by Q
'ote OF -four to one. From the lalt
standpoint, the news from OHIO, his
ZONE state, is not. encouraging. Here
S a quotation from Il confidential re-
sort on the Ohio situation by q
seasoned political observed: Cut
square in half any predictions that
may float out herce. The unvarnish-
d truth is that Taft has 4 difficult
situation in this, bis Owl state. II
is by no means sure he VIII get Il
solid delegation"
The insurgent senator's were en-
,ellently we'll pleased with what
/ hey told each other. They think
Seneator La Follette's chance of be
ing nominated a splendid one.
did you even see q convention OF
experienced politicians, asked
Bourne, nominate a. man whom
| hey all knew was beaten from the
! minute he was notminated?'
Propose a Meeting.
Chicago. Republican "insurg-
ents'' from all over the country met
in Chicago today for a conference
! with the avowed intention Of devils
! ing ways and means for defeating
| the denomination of President Taft
in the national convection next year
and to secure the nomination of some
| other man to head the Republican
| ticket. While the call for the meet
ing was silent as to the identity of
| the ''other man. the delegates seem
to be agreed that La Toilette is to be
| the choice of the Republican progress
sives.
The plans for the conference were
| worked up at the La Toilette head
! quarters. Walter l.. Houser, chair
man in charge OF the progressive
committee. explains the purpose OF
| the gathering as follows:
at is now simply question
whether the political organization
and the Office holders shall dominate.
| We are convinced that the people,
not the politicians, will dominate il
the people can be made to under
stand that they are all agreed on
what ought to be done. This con-
ference is designed to bring together
the progressive Republicans from al.
4 parts of the country and let eacl
! section see that it is not alone in op,
position to the administration, bul