The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1911-12-01
Progressive News Service J

Progressive News Service.)
Washington, D. c., Nov. 3O-Wall
street is alarmed at the remarkable
strength of the movement to nominate
Senator LaFollette for the presidency.
| 1t is likewise alarmed at the growing
weakness of President Taft. Big Busi-
ness has determined that Senator La
Toilette must not be nominated, and it
has reached the conclusion that Presi-
dent Taft must not be nominated. 1t is
therefore preparing to bring out can
didate to displace the president.
! Such in brief is the startling infor-
nation contained in a statement to the
progressive republican campaign COM
mittee in Washington by John D. Fack-
Ter, of Cleveland, who is in charge of
the progressive campaign in Ohio. The
fact that Wall street is determined to
defeat Senator LaFollette at all costs is
the best illustration of his remarkable
strength throughout the country, a
strength which is being demonstrated
every time a newspaper takes a poll.
Mr.. Packers statement, which is self
explanatory, says:
Last Thursday afternoon a prominent
republican, who had heretofore held aloof
from the progressive republican move
ment, called at my office and offered
his support, declaring his willingness to
aggressively aid the policies for which
the movement stands.
Saturday evening, this same repubi-
can, in a state of great excitement,
called again and stated that it had be-
come impossible for him to identify him
self with the movement; that he was
under large personal obligations TO
Myron 7. Herrick; that Herrick had
called to see him and had made a per-
sonal demand that he reverse his decis-
ion to become a progressive republican.
"This gentleman (whose name, out of
personal consideration, l shall not di-
vulge, unless Mr.. Herricks attitude
hereafter makes it necessary declared
that Herrick said that Wall street recog-
nized the impossibiity of nominating
Taft, but that it was unalterably OPP
posed to the progressive republican
movement, and especially to La Toilette;
that Herrick named probable candi-
date in place of Taft upon whom the
business interests would probably unite,
for the purpose of defeating LaFollette,
man high in the councils of the re-
publican party. By reason of the harm
which it might do, the man whom Her
rick named as the probable candidate of
Wall street, l shall Withhold his name as
well as the name of my informant, un-
less Herrick demands that l name them.
"At some time during the campaign,
shall show the public the exceedingly in
teresting connection between local poll
tics, Myron T. Herrick of the National
Carbon company, and the carbon sched-
ule in the PayneAldrich tariff law.
"This fight is the Peoples fight
against the System. The issue is clear
cut and well-defined; Shall the people
control big business or shall big busi-
ness control the people through the con-
troll of the government 2
That Wall street has not misiudged
the strength Of the sentiment in favor
of Sapa+,, 1, LolIo+4, l. -l,,,-- 80,
clusively in two newspaper polls taken
recently in Iowa and Oregon In Ore
gon, the poll, taken by the Portland
| journal, was statewide. Senator La
Toilette received 30l votes from repub-
liean voters responding, and 50 from
democratic voters, making his total 3S2
out OF COZ who voted for a republican
candidate. Colonel Roosevelt received
l6S votes, and President Taft received
only SIS votes, one twelfth of the total
votes cast and less than one-sixth as
many as La Toilette.
In Story county, Iowa, l99 voters re-
sponded to poll taken by the Nevada
representative, with the following re-
sult
For La Toilette, "a; for Taft, s5; not
for either, TO-
1t is now up to the ehairmen of the
several republican state committees to
decide whether the republican voters OF
the country are to be given an oppor-
tunity to express their choice for presi-
Dental candidate The issue is clearly
and squarely presented to them in a
letter sent TO each chairman by Walter
l. Houser, chairman of the progressive
republican campaign committee,
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