The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-12-28
LA TOILETTE WAS
HEARD BY BIG
AUDIENCE
Progressive Leader lnvades
Taft's State
is STRONG FOR REGAL
Declares That Some Judges Have
Served Corporate Interests Until
They Can't See Straight

Cleveland, Ohio, Dec. 27.-ln Pres
ident Taft's own state, Senator ROD
ert NJ. La Toilette OF Wisconsin de-
livered today the message OF the
Progressives to the people oil ONO,
first at Youngstown at noon ana at
Cleveland in the evening.
II was understood that Senator La
Toilette would arraign the Supreme
Court for its decisions in the stand
ard Oil and Tobacco cases, but ms
remarks on these subjects which ne
had prepared were omitted.
The meeting was in Grays Armory
Upon the appearance OF the Senator
the National Anthem was played by
the band, and the crowd rose ana
cheered.
John D. Fackler, State Secretary
of the progressiyes, presented Sena-
tor La Toilette. Senator La Follette
departed somewhat from the speech
he had planned by launching into the
primary ballot law, charging that
"Clevelanders have been sitting
around here being DISTINGUISHED LOT
fifty years by political boseses' out
it is not for long,
In his discussion OF trusts, Mr.. La
Toilette said the combination OF cor
porations was the cause OF the high
cost of living, because they control
led prices, and that God Almighty
never made board of directors good
enough to control the homes and
families of an American citizen
During Senator La Follettes ar
raignment Of the banking institu-
lions of the country, Frank Rookie
Teller a brother of John d. Rookie
Teller, sat on the platform wearing
committeeman badge.
With all my respects for the
courts, do not feel that they are 80
holy that they are incorruptible," he
said. There are Judges who have
served corporate interests so long
that they can't see straight. They
mean to be honest, but they can't
hold the scales of justice level We
progressives stand for applying the
recall to the Judges"
Senator La Toilette launched into
a discussion of Ebert II. Gary's plan
for Federal regulation OF prices as a
relief from monopoly. Mr.. La Fol-
lette said he had no patience with
this method. In his analysis he
went further and said that ultimate
ly the Government would have to fix
prices of labor, hours of employ
ment, and compensation of original
producers in order to fix accurately
the prices to be offered the consum-
| ers.
Instead OF the Gary plan or the
Taft plan of Federal license for
interpretations, Senator La Toilette
proposed his own plan for a commits
sion on restraint or trade to relieve
the country OF the condition In which
he finds ii. The Senator saw great
evil in the growth Of the trusts and
said:
"a tremendous power has grown
up in the country In recent years
Again and again 1t has proved strong
enough to nominate the candidate oil
both political parties 1t rules II
the organization Of legislative bodies
State sand National, and the commit
tees which frame legislation. It's in
tiuence is felt in Cabinets and in tn,
policies OF administrations. Its in
fluence is seen in the appointment
OF prosecuting officers and the seleC
ton OF Judges upon the bench.
IN finance its power is unlimited
In large affairs 1t gives or withhold
credit, and from time to time cor
tracts or initiates the volume OF tn
} money required for the transaction
of the business of the country, RI
CARELESS OF everything excepting It
} own profits.
, 1T has acquired large control 9
the public domain, monopolized tn
natural resources, timber, iron, Goa
and oil.
THE passage of the Payne-Aldric
| bill was the most outrageous assau
of private interests upon the peopl
recorded in tariff history" he salt
| He criticised the proposed Nations
| Reserve Association OF the Aldric
| monetary plan. "The greatest mel
ace to competition at the preser
| time is the control of credit and IN
| concentration of money in the hand
OF those who control the trusts" h
| continued. Elasticity In our Gu
rency is imperative, and must be 8,
cured, but any plan to secure IL, Xix
that of the proposed National II,
serve Association, which puts COZ
troll In the hands of the banks an
moneyed interests, will strengthe
the power of the trusts to get capitt
! end to keep competitors from gettin
II. Any such plan must be contro
led by the people. IL is the people
money that Is expected to give 8,
curity to any plan, and the people
money must not be controlled b
those who, on the plea of elastlcit,
will be able to use II to kill compel
tors of the trusts.
| "At any time within the last ten {
| fifteen years whenever voice ha
been raised in protest, Il has bee
sllenced or discredited as an attac
upon business and prosperity"
said. Honest, unselnsh, patriot
effort to awaken the public to an a
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