The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-31
FL0WERY TALE
OF RECEPTION
LaFollette Must Have Made Great
Hit In Taft's Home Town
According to
This
ON A GLOOMY d.
Big Crowd Reported to Have Attend
ed His Meeting and Ap-
pIauded His
Speech.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
CINCINNATI, Dec. 30.-Despite a
drizzle that fell from a sky that
gloomed all day, the vast ground
floor and the mighty balcony OF the
Music hail.. were filled and scores
stood in the rear tonight to hear the
doctrine of progressiveness as preach
ed by Senator Robert M. LaFollette
in Taft's home town.
For the first time during his trip
In Ohio, LaFollette told Just what he
thought of the Roosevelt deal by
which the Steel corporation absorbed
the Tennessee Coal & Iron Co. RE
member that when he approved that
consolidation, the business institutions
We're rocking in their Foundations =
he said
These steel trust men came to
Roosevelt; they made him believe the
consolidation would save the country
from disaster. He must be judged
stances. There is no doubt that he
believed he was saving the country
from u panic
yet, I've got to say this to be hon
est--I would not have believed the
representations Of those men. / have
reason to believe that was shan
panic and not real one. There wal
no good reason for that panic. 1t was
brought on for a purpose, known tc
the men who went to see the president
that day"
In this town of Boss Cox and hi,
machine political meeting was open
ed with prayer Rev. o, Lee Aultman
of Trinity church prayed for LaFol
lpette's success as a leader Th
1000 men and women rose and stoo,
with heads reverently bowed until tn
minister was done.
The little senator was almost los
in the depth of the huge stage whic
seated 500 men and women but whe
he arose to speak there was roa
of applause to greet him that rose an
fell and rose again until he had bee
given the greatest ovation on his ton
of Ohio-in Taft's home town.
> Despite the huge size of the built
I ing and the fact that LaFollette wa
hoarse from his long continued strai
his appeal throbbed with fervor
every corner of the building. an a
y peal to Taft's friends and neighbors
}. He minced no words He opent
his address with an appeal for pop
: lar review of court decision "If II
people who read the constitution fiji
0 It does not mean what they thong
y it meant, at least, in the mind of Il
, courts, then it remains for the peop
5 to protect the constitution in a fin
e review" he said Then he turned
( the control of the government by Il
corporations Turn to this day
y 1911" he cried, "and see il this is
9 government of and by the people
NO" came the deep answer fro
= the crowd.
yet I can tell you" he continue
that We can regain control of o
government without the firing of
j gun. The loss was partly our fau
% 1t was not all the fault of John
n Rockefeller and E. H. Gary and the
ar associates. We gave away our righ
ii some Of them voluntarily, because ,
I'd wanted our country developed, a.
IS now we have the job of getting the
of rights back. Here's how We are s
to ing to get them back for the peor
a of the future-by doing ourselves t
le task which we now trust faithle
agents to do
Then he outlined the progressi
. program, the initiative and refert
DUN, the direct election Of senate
- the direct primary and recall. Ea
new point met wild applause.
. In Wisconsin.
. MADISON, Wis, Dec 3O.-La F
= lette policies continue in Wiscon:
= according to Gov Francis E. MEG,
y ern. Today at the close of the fl
. year of his administration he issu
= review claiming every pledge
= the progressive republican platform
= which he was elected had been
. filled
= Among the new Wisconsin progr
= sive laws enacted the executive cit
the workmens compensation act, {
= rupt practices act, preferential
y mary law. second choice ballot,
y i 49,
= industrial commission to provide G
. eral amelioration of the conditions