The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-09-01
FORMER FEDERAL FORESTER
lAUDs SEN. IA TOILETTE
FOR PRESIDENCY.
HIS BOOM IS STARTED
Visitor 10 on His Way TO Alaska
Insurgents Of Twin Cities and
State at Political
Rally.

ST. Paul. - U. s. Senator Robert |
M. La Follette's boom for president, |
SO far as Minnesota is concerned, was |
launched in st. Paul. Clifford Pinchot. |
former chief forester Of the United
States, was the manager Of the oc- |
casion. w. l. Nolan of Minneapolis, |
humorist, politician and opportunist, |
was the assistant.
Mr.. Pinchot is on his way to Alaska
where he will spend two weeks in COM
pany with Senator Miles Poindexter
Of Washington. and will return with
added information relative to the Con-
troller bay and other mooted points in
the treasure territory.
The smoker had been arranged I'M
der the auspices of the insurgents Of
Minneapolis and st. Paul. Hugh t.
Halbert was master of ceremonies, w.
I. Nolan presided. and George s. Lof-
tus sat at the right hand Of Halbert
and at the left hand of Mr.. Nolan.
Mr.. Pinchot Chief Speaker.
Mr.. Pinchot Was the chief speaker
and voiced the La Toilette sentiment
of the evening. Other staunch pro-
gressives were present. There were
c. A. Lindbergh of the Sixth district,
Sidney Anderson of the First district.
w. Z. Lee Of Long Prairie, and several
others.
While the spirit of the occasion was
of his way to laud La Toilette. there
/ of his way to land La Toilette. there
were several sidelishts of a local char
acter.
The local committee had neglected
| to invite Lieutenant Governor S. Y.
| Gordon, but having discovered its
omission instituted rigid search and
found Mr.. Gordon. in st. Paul. He
was promptly invited, but pleaded i'll
ness as result of his recent lake
trip. The result was that Mr.. Gordon
praised the progressive movement in
a general way but explicitly failed to
indorse la Toilette or any one else.
w. +. Lee. who has been mentioned
as a possible progressive opponent Of
Mr. Gordon. did not overlook the
chance that was given both Of them.
Mr.. Lee INDUCED in a speech in
which he sarcastically called attention
to the fact that in monarchial govern
ments the enactments Of the house OF
commons was the law, while in the
United States there was the veto Of
the president which was likely to kill
the enactments Of congress while lat
er the courts were likely to rule out
both the action of congress and the
approval of the president.
Aren't you proud to live in a re-
public?" asked Mr.. Lee. and the APP
plause that resulted left doubt as to
whether it was approval of the sar.
/ casm or an expression Of favor of q
republican form Of government.
changing" Pleased Pinehot.
q Mr.. Pinchot announced at the outset
B. that he bad enjoyed the honor of be
ing hung in effgy in Alaska and was
q going up to look over the ground In
i. which such marked attention had beer
!. paid him. He said he thought that II
|. view of the fact that the government
:. of the United States had purchased
A Alaska, it was destined to run 1t fol
A
y into an eulogy Of Senator La Toilette
l. President Taft's veto of the WOO
q schedule bill was flayed and reciproc
ity was debated pro and con.
Sidney Anderson and c. A. Lind
A. bergh. with others, expressed thei
views on the candidacy of La Toilette
.. Before Mr.. Pinchot's address Cor
gresham Lindbergh, one of the Pre-
gressives in the Minnesota delegation
At told of the growth of the movement 4
Of this state. He said the people then
TX selves are thinking deeper on this sui
1t ject than ever before.
IT. Lieutenant Governor Samuel J
o Gordon said the people are thinkin
IN as never before and that this alon
ls means that there is a great awakel
70 ing coming.
- Thomas Fraser Of Rochester, one {
=, the leaders of the progressive NOV
!. ment in the First district, said th
people of Minnesota will be glad
"A see the president of the United STATE
an this fall, but they preferred to ha,
IA. the president come out and find OF
m what the people really want instes
Of telling them what they should I
an and how they vote.
nix Paul Clifford of Minnesota startlt
lst the audience by insisting that the
nut is but one thing for the progressiv,
re of Minnesota to do and that is to 6
cure real progressive governor.