Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1911-08-31
G|FFORDPINCH0T
AT ST. PAUL
FORMER FEDERAL FORESTER
LAUDs SEN. LA TOILETTE
FOR PRESIDENCY.
HIS BOOM is STARTED ROLLING
Visitor IL on His Way to Alaska
Insurgents of Twin Cities and
State at Political
y Rally.

st. Paul, Aug. Ex-senator Robert
II. La Follette's boom for president,
10 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. I. Nolan of Minneapolis,
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 un-
der the auspices of the insurgents Of
Minneapolis and St. Paul Hugh T.
Halbert was master of ceremonies, w.
]. Nolan presided. and George S. LOT
tus sat at the right hand of Halbert
and at the left hand of Mr.. Nolan.
Mr. Pirchot Chief Speaker.
Mr.. PinchOt was the chief speaker
and voiced the La Toilette sentiment
of the evening. Other staunch pro-
Eressives were present. There were
G. A. Lindbergh Of the Sixth district,
Sidney Anderson of the First district,
w. e. 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 sidelights of 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
4 general way but explicitly failed to
Endorse La Toilette or any one else.
w. E. Lee, who has been mentioned
as possible progressive opponent OF
Mr.. Gordon, did not overlook the
chance that was given both of them
Mr.. Lee INDUCED in speech in
which he sarcastically called attention
to the fact that in m0narchial 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 re
public?" asked Mr.. Lee, and the ap
plause that resulted left a doubt as tc
whether it was approval of the sar.
casm or an expression of favor of q
republican form Of government.
"Hanging" Pleased Pnchot.
Mr.. Pinchot announced at the outset
that he had enjoyed the honor Of be-.
ing hung in effgy in Alaska and was
going up to look over the ground in
which such marked attention had been
paid him. He said he thought that in
view of the fact that the government
of the United States had purchased
Alaska, it was destined to run it for
some time to come and then launched
into an eulogy Of Senator La Toilette.
President Taft's veto of the wool
schedule bill was fayed and reciproo~
ity was debated pro and con-
Sidney Anderson and G. A. Lind
bergh, with others, expressed their
views on the candidacy of La Toilette.
Before Mr.. Pinchot's address Con
gresham Lindbergh, one of the pro.
gressives in the Minnesota delegation
told of the growth of the movement in
this state. He said the people them.
selves are thinking deeper on this sub.
feet than ever before.
Lieutenant Governor Samuel Y
Gordon said the people are thinking
as never before and that this alone
means that there is a great awaken
ing coming.
Thomas Fraser of Rochester, one OF
the leaders of the progressive move
ment in the First district, said thu
people of Minnesota will be glad tt
Zee the president of the United States
this fall, but they preferred to have
the president come out and find ou
what the people really want instead
of telling them what they should d.
and how they vote.
Paul Clifford of Minnesota startled
the audience by insisting that thor,
is but one thing for the progressive
Of Minnesota to do and that is to SO
cure real progressive governor.
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