The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-10
HOLDS LA F0LLETTE is
THE MAN OF DESTINY
Veteran Leader of Political Re-
form Movements Still Ac-
tive and Interested.

for president, and that no power on
earth can prevent the election of koD'
crt NJ La Toilette should he be the Re-
publican nominee for president, Is the
belief Of General James B. Weaver OF
Colfax, Ia, twice candidate for presl'
dent of the United States, veteran re-
former and national figure who has
helped make American history Tor
nearly half n century.
General Weaver spent yesterday in
Salt Lake en- route to his Iowa home,
He is returning from two-months visit
in Alberta, Canada. aud Seattle. Gen
eral Weaver is accompanied by Mrs,
Weaver and his daughter, Mrs, Maude
Robinson. While in Salt Lake they
were the guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. j. f;
Marshall at % X street. General and
Mrs, Neaver and Mrs Robinson left
for the cast last evening at El0
o clock.
Active at Seventy eight.
Though IS years old General Weaver
appears much younger and is still ac'
lively interested in political affairs. He
made an extensive speech-mnkin tour
for Bryan in 1908 and is planning to
take the stump for the Democratic
presidential nominee in 1912.
General Weaver has had brilliant
military and civic career. His states
mnnship. as evidenced during his mem
bership in congress. is said to rank
with that of the greatest meu IN the
world James Bryce in tho American
Commonwealth refers in compllmen.
tary manner to the achievements OF
General Weaver. The general was
somewhat ahead of the times in his ad~
vocacv of reform For example, IN
1870 he introduced in congress resolu-
tion TO submit 10 the people consti-
tutional amendment providing for the
direct election OF United States SEN
ators and in 1880 declared for the
uuantitative monetary theory, the mi
tiatiNc and referendum, and tho recall.
Thirty years later he is beginning 10
see the reforms he advocated put into
practice.
General Weaver is native of Ohio.
He was graduated from the Ohio uni,
versity in 1854, and shortly afterward
moved to Iowa. He enlisted in the Sec
ond Iowa Volunteers as private III
1861 and IN 1865 was mustered out a
brigadier general After holding varl'
| Gus offices In Iowa General Weaver
was elected to congress in 1879 and IN
the special session of that year intro
duced his resolution providing for the
constitutional amendment for the direct
election of United States senators. AT
each of the other sessions Of congress
he introduced the same resolution ana
was laughed at as dreamer.
Presidential Candidate.
In 1880 General Weaver was the
Ice, l.. "a l,tA fnr
| the United States During that cam
paiqn General Weaver advocated the
duantitatiye theory of money, the mi
| tiative and referendum and the recall
| AT that election James a. Garfield was
chosen president and General Weaver
| received 307 900 votes as the Green
back candidate General Weaver was
again elected to congress In 1850 and
served until 1889.
In 1892. when Populism was at It's
! height, General Weaver, at the head OF
the Populist forces, threatened TO sweep
The country. General Weaver was nom
mated for president by the People s
party and received popular vote OF
l.04l 900 and twenty-five votes IN the
electoral college, carrying Idaho, Colo
rado, Nevada and Kansas
Since that time General Weaver
though not a candidate for political of
flee. has taken an active interest IN
politics. The other parties, General
Weaver declares, have assimilated all
of the principles for which the Green.
backs and the Peoples party fought
and he is now an active Democrat.
General Weaver evidenced keen IN
terest in the battle between the pro
gressive and the conservative forces OF
the Republican party and predicted
that Robert NJ. La Toilette would re
ceive the Republican nomination fol-
| president He said that the progressive
| movement was growing to such an eX'
tent that it would seem impossible to
prevent La Toilette s nomination and
election
| Sees La Toilette Victor.
"While I am Democrat, said Cen
! eral Weaver, 81 believe that If La
Toilette is nominated for president he
will sweep the country. The indica
tions are that Taft will be beaten for
denomination. but If Taft is renominated
he will certainly be defeated. There is
no power on earth that can elect Taft
| in case he receives the nomination, and
there is no power on earth that can pre-
vent the election of La Toilette if he
| is the nominee.
"The Democratic presidential out.
| look is somewhat chaotic. The Harmon
| people are keeping their forces well
! in hand Woodrow Wilson has ingra-
tiated himself with the Democrats of
the country. Champ Clark. however
would seem TO be the popular choice
| No matter who is nominated for presi-
| dent by the Democrats, I believe that
Judge Walter Clark Of North Carolina
will be the nominee for vice president
Would it not be strange coincidence
unparalleled in presidential campaigns
| if the Democratic presidential ticket
should be Clark and Clnrkq'
General Weaver snid that from what
he could learn in Canada the fate of
reciprocity appeared doubtful. Many
| of the western Canada farmers mp
pesred to be opposed to the ratification
OF the treaty.