The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-31

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 Cincinnati December 30.-Senator LaFollette invaded President Taft's own territory today. The progressive candidate for the republican nomina- tion for President stopped first at Ham, ilton, heralded for years as the demo- oeratic Gibraltar of the state, drew together a crowd that filled the hall in which he spoke and after a brief reception by the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce, entered President Taft.s city in a drizzling rainstorm.
 In Hamilton, although arrangements for the meeting had been too late to permit any extended notices, a skating rink hastily outfitted with chairs wha well filled. Senator LaFollette. who, with watch in hand, announced that he would talk but half an hour. warmed into his speech and talked three times as long. His voice had become husky. and he gave evidece of being fatigued by the first week of his speechmaking tour.
 He attacked the judiciary construc- ton, which brought labor union con- binations under the restriction of the Sherman antitrust law here tonight "It is strange he said, that when the court goes to its furtherest limit in imposing penalties on combinations of capital, all of the capital owners get away with the full value of their prop erty, but when the court goes to the same limit in enforcing penalties on combinations of labor it takes away the homes and small savings of the guilty ones.
 The fact is, the law was not un- derstood by the people 10 apply to labor organizations and it is mistaken judi cial construction that has made it so apply. The law should be amended by taking out from under its operation all labor organizations The law should exclude entirely from it's prohibitions the collective bargaining of labor unons and employers.
 Tn addition to strengthening the laws against restraint of trade there must be reduction or repeal of the tariff where 1t fosters unfair competition. Instead of two or more commissions like the tariff board, the proposed board to deal with restraint of trade and others each in- vestigating the same facts and corporal tions, there should be a single board of experts, statistcians and accountants to determine facts and acquire information for the use of every branch of the gov ernment."
 Administration of the patent laws, Sen ator LaFollette said, should be placed in the hands of the commission with power to prohibit any unreasonable restraints The commission, he declared, also should have power to prevent restraint of trade through any monopoly of natural re- sources and control over raw material.
 'The greatest menace to competition at the present time" he said, ''is the con- trol of credit and the concentration of money in the hands of those who control the trusts. Elasticity in our currency Is imperative but any plan to secure 1t. like that of the proposed national reserve as- sociation, which puts control in the hands of the banks and the money interests, will strengthen the power of the trusts to get capital. and to keep competitors from getting it.
 Tt will be the peoples money that will give security to any plan and the peoples money must not be controlled by those who on the plea of elasticity will use it to kill off competition of the trusts.''
 Warren, O., December 30,-Repeating his attack ''bossism' and special prvi- leges and predicting the success of the progressive movement Clifford PinchoS delivered his second and last address in the Ohio Progressive" republican cam pagin here tonight. The former forester related the story of LaFollette's early work along ''progressive' lines at Wash ington and paid high tribute to the Wis consin senator's fighting qualities and earnestness. The audience gave Mir Pin chot an enthusiastic reception. He began by saying he came to Ohio with no mes sage from Roosevelt but represented himself alone.
 I'm here as Clifford Pinchot,' he said, "and what I say comes out of my own heart-hard and straight"
 MT. Pinchot passing through Cleve- land today, heard from James R. Gar fields representatives of the progressive
 nvasions,' results. He expressed gratifi- cation at the news of the receptions ac- corded LaFollette and Clapp. MT. Pin chot will attend the conference of Pro- gressives' in Columbus, January 1. Columbus. O., December 30-Delegates from practically every county in Ohio are expected to be here Monday for confer ence with a number of national leaders of the progressive republican movement, ,, and managers of the LaFollette presi- dential candidacy to map out campaign for delegates to the national convention from Ohio in opposition to President Taft. Clifford Pinchot, Louis D. Brandeis of Boston, Senator Works of California Senator Clapp of Minnesota, and others will address the delegates.
 Secretary John Fackler of the "Ohio Progressive Republican League in a statement issued today declared the deie- gates would ndorse the Wisconsin sena- tor for president,
 Since the break between Secretary Faekler representing Senator LaFollette 1 and Chairman Walter Brown of the state central committee, who favors Roosevelt, 1 supporters of the former president, have 1 refused to have anything to do with the I progressive league" hence it is antici- | pated the indorsement of Senator LaFol- | lette Monday will be unanimous. | Taft managers here today were watch l ing with keen interest the preliminary ar | engagements for the conference. Chairman l l.. c. Laylin of the republican state exe- cutive committee declared that In his l opinion the efforts of the LaFollette sup
 porters to copyright the progressive
 movement as their own had failed to &C.,
 erue to the interests of the Wisconsin senator's candidacy.
 Since LaFollette's invasion of Ohio,
 said the state chairman, President Tart | has grown stronger in chances for the
 renomination. His support is becoming more assuring of a soli9 delegation from s,hls home state every ddy"
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