The Detroit times., 1912-01-02
LAFOLIETTE DElAYEd
BY TAKING WRONG ]
OUT OF SAGINAW
Hackman Takes Him To-
Station and He Boards
Marquette Car BY Mis-
HIRES SPECIAL AT h
Fills Engagement at owoss'
But May Have To Cancel !
Speech at Lansing.

SAGINAW. Mich. Jan. 2.--B(
cause a hackman took him to N
Pere Marquette station instead q
the Grand Trunk station this morn
ing Senator LaFollette boarded thd
wrong train when he started bis
second days tour OF Michigan and I'll
was necessary for him to hire 4
special train at Holly to take him
10 Owosso, the first stopping place
on his itinerary for today. A mes
sage from Owosso at 1 O'Clock this
AFTERNOON said the Wisconsin man
was expected TO arrive there any
minute. IL was feared he would have
to either cut his proposed speech At
Lansing or Grand Rapids as 4 result
OF the mix-up.
senator LaFollette was scheduled
70 speak In Lansing this afternoon
ana Grand Rapids tonight. Gov. o.
porn was to introduce him In the
STATE capital. The senator's program
called for q lay-oyer In Grand Rapids
tonight after his scheduled speech
there and for his departure for Chi
cago tomorrow morning.
Railroad officials, telegraphers and
newspaper correspondents foined An
playing tag, with the senator. MIXED
In the sport was a befuddIed hack
man, funeral and dozens OF frantic
ponticians arranging LaFollette's
campaign
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Senator LaFollette did not leave his
motel this morning until Just a few
minutes before train time. He iump.
ed into carriage at his hotel. the
driver mistaking directions and tax.
ing him TO the Pere Marquette depot
instead of the Grand Trunk. There
he grabbed the tail end of a train
taking him toward Flint, miles away
from Owosso.
Other members of LaFollettes par.
~ remained at Saginaw when they
found the senator did not board the
right train, only to be stalled here.
Their search for the hackman whom
LaFoliette engaged led them 10. a
funeral, the carriage being usedLifi
the cortege after dropping LaFolltiie
TO the wrongs depot.
Nowhere since ne began his cam.
Ipaign for the presidential nomination
mas the progressive candidate receiy-
ed a more cordial welcome than In
Saginaw last night. Although alone
on the platform and without much
show OF sympathy on the part OF the
'Omcial committee" LaFollette sent
hot shots into the standpat camp
and his auditors shouted their ap-
proval
LaFollette predicted that the
united States Steel trust will be sub
Jected to the most thorough inyestiga,
tlon that has yet been attempted by
the trust busters.
referring to the work OF President
Iafts tarin commission, the speaker
SAID: 1T has done some good work.
but / will not swallow Il all without
looking at IT, The report viii have
to stand the acid test" LaFollette
then declared he was going to open
his eyes" in examining the Aldrich
currency plan
i am going to look over all Aldrich
mas done for 30 years and then read
this scheme with a microscope and
analyze 1t thoroughly" he said. The
senator ELECTED cheers when he de-
clared In favor Of government regu-
lation or all transportation companies
and In criticising the supreme court
decisions In the Standard OIL and to-
bacco cases. He said the recall,
should apply to federal Judges who
usurp legislative powers"
Before starting out today LaFol-
lette expressed himself az more than
satisfied with his tour. He said bel
believed he is impressing thousandf
by his campaign for the progressive
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