Bisbee daily review., 1912-06-23
Ia TOILETTE
AS MOSES OF
REPUBLICANS
Olbrich Declares Senator
Alone Able to Save Life
of the e. o. =. in
Gravest Crisis
DISTINGUISHED son
OF 4 GREAT STATE
Declares Humanity Calls for
Leadership of Wisconsin
Man: Roll Call Gives
Him II Votes

Nr OldbriChs address nominating
Senator La Toilette was as follows
The Republican party is face to
face with the grayest crisis in its his
tory There is more at stake IN this
convention than the rise or fall OF
individual ambition We are con-
fronted with no mere matter of tenn
porary party success or defeat-nO
question Of winning or losing single
election. The life OF the party is in
the balance.
Raised up by God to work the free
dom OF the black man in America, a
nation asks TO-DAY shall that God
given instrument be used to further
rivet or burst another bandage that
threatens all men black and white.
African slavery was open, obvious bru-
tally crude. shocking to The moral
sense. now We are threatened with
an industrial despotism insidious. in
tangible. but infinitely menacing: be
side which the banished slavery was
small and sectional in scope.
up the trunk Of legitimate indus
try in America like some noisome
parasitic tropic growth the tightening
coil OF privilege has wound It's way
extending itself into every branch OF
human endeavor. strangling industrial
and commercial freedom, shutting out
the light o. hope from the sons Of
men, poisoning the very air of liberty
From small beginnings il has grown
and grown until il is so interlaced
with lawful enterprises that the clear
est eye alone can detect the bastard
grOwth-so interviewer into the deli
cate structure of our business life
that il cannot be ierked out by one
momcntary spasm. Tariff favOTitism,
control of natural resources monopoly
in transportation, manufacturing,
money and credit, are all but tenta-
Cles OF its sitting power. This mon
strous growth will suhcuntb 10 tho tilt
ing Of no quivOtiC lance The light
ming OF invcCtiyc will not wither il
nor the thunder of denunciation lay II
low No brandishinE OF battle axes In
Chinese warfare will hasten its de
cav
No mere attack on symptoms work
cure THE shipping Of a tendrIl
here and tendril there will not re-
tard its growth. II can he reached
alone by the keen blade of well-di-
rected law scientifically laid to its
root v the republic would endure
except in name alone not only must
its further growth be stopped. hut the
awful thing itself be eradicated and
destroyed.
The CHALLENGE
For not content with its control OF
industry hand in hand, as a necessary
part of its development, has gone a
like intrusion into our political and
governmental life. It's representatives
sit upon the bench and in our leCis-
lative halls They are in possession of
seats on this convention floor. Con
crosses and cabinets and courts have
hearkened TO its command. II has
corrupted governments. defiCd consti-
tutions and in collision with faithless
representatives Of the people has
sought 10 impair the legal foundation
of civilization itself.
The challenge which monopoly
thus entrenchcd throws down and the
acceptance OF the gage of battle by
sue of the coming campaign Shall
the American people make up the is
the men and women OF this nation in
the aggregate actually and effectively
control their government? Shall they
who bear the coarse drudgery OF the
world as well as the eminent few.
who sit in its high places have a pro-
pOrtiOnate voice in determining their
condition Of life and the destiny of
this nation This is DO strange. wild
doctrine that has caught the NONE n
tarv gust Of a rabbie's favor-it is
but the Declaration OF Independence
rcyiviied-bOrn anew.
Above the clash OF cOntending per
sonal ambition. above the rumble or
the steam roller. the clamOr OF the
band wagon, the hustle of the polit-
ical hUckster. there comes TO this con-
vention the voice OF an awakened
people. that viii not he denied, de-
handing that further encroachment
by the few upon the rights OF the
many be stopped Asking of this con
vention under penalty; for failure. an
heroic leadership with vision clear