Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-01-24
LA TOILETTE IN NEW YORK
Senator Makes Attack on Supreme
Court in Metropolis.
ADVOCATES woMAN-s SUFFRAGE
Candidate for Repuhliean Prexiden-
tiRi Nomination Further stirs
Political Affairs In East
by Appearance.

NEW YORK, Jan. 3-The political
atmosphere in the east was further
charged last night by the first appearance
in this section OF Senator Robert NJ. La
Toilette Of Wisconsin. since he an
nounced his candidacy as a progress
sive republican" for the presidential
nomination
Clifford Pinchot. close friend Of for
mer President Roosevelt. who has been
regarded as a staunch Roosevelt lieu
tenant. appeared with Senator La Fol-
lette and presided at the meeting. He
presented the senator as the candidate
l supper, for the republican presidential
nomination"
| While the meeting was under way the
crowd which sought admittanee grew TO
such proportions that tho police would
not allow a further tax upon the csps-
city OF the large hall and an overflow
meeting was held in the street, which
the Wisconsin senator addressed while
those inside were listening to Mr.. Pin
chot.
When the senator was finally led TO
the platform in the hall. the audience
rose and shouted. women waved hand
kerchiefs and cheers were given for him
as the next president Of the United
States"
"our fathers provided that each state
should send two representatives TO con-
gress their senator's not TO represent
the steel trust nor the money trust nor
Standard OIL. but all the people Of the
state" he said. I'VE have either the
best government or no government. Our
| fathers established 1t as a purely repre-
sentative government Is It SO today?
c'Cries of No. No. No! 1t is not 1t
is no government at alL'O
| NJ. La Toilette outlined five distinct
propositions Of the progressive republic
cans. When the speaker mentioned the
recall as one OF the progressive doctrines,
voice from the gallery shouted:
Would you recall judge?'
81 paused TO have that question asked"
said the senator, you would not have
asked that question. my friend. II you
knew me. You would know that
would speak OF II before | left the sub
ject l am always ready and willing TO
explain my position upon every public
question to which | have given thought.
Hence / came to New York tonight pre-
pared to say that favor the recall for
the judiciary ......
Applause greeted this utterance.
Now | am going TO disappoint you"
said the senator. Il favor the recall OF
the judiciary but with restrictions and
reservations with which l would not
surround the recall of legislators or
executives.
81 do not delty the bench. l do not
feel that its inspiration always Is divine.
When the court forgets its function Is
to construe the law as written by the
legislature and usurps the functions OF
the legislature by writing words into
that law. ! believe there Is justification
on that score alone for tho recall OF the
judiciary.
Il viii not try to veil my rneanlng-I
mean the supreme court Of these United
States. When members OF that court
wrote into the Sherman antitrust law
the very words which congress had re-
fused to write into that law. they went
outside their function" (Appiause)
Someone called out. Where do You
stand on the female suffrage question:
Il believe in democracy" shouted the
senator. Il beheye that the women OF
community have the same right TO ex-
press political judgment upon the ques-
tons which affect their homes. their
lives, the society in which they move and
the conditions under which they move
as l have. Why, equal suffrage has
passed the stage OF argument. We could
not stop Il IL we wanted to. and ! tell
you you will be ashamed Of yourselves
in a few years II you do Try, TO stop IT
now"
clifford Pinehot. who preceded Senator
La Toilette, described the progressive
movement In a general way.