The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-01-18

on Senator La Toilette was made
at meeting in Sioux Falls last
Thursday. The first attempt was
made in Huron, the second IN
Mitchell, and the third one at
Sioux Falls seems to have been no
more successful than the other
two. The meeting was called to
further the interests of the La
Toilette candidacy, and yet they
did not dare to declare for straight
contest between Mr.. La Toilette
and President Taft, but adopted
as motto, "La Follette-Roose-
welt Progressive Republican Prin-
ciples," hoping thus to fool the
voters by using Mr.. Roosevelt as
stalking horse to help them to get
control of the delegation. The
/ platform adopted demands the
punishment by imprisonment of
all wilfull and deliberate violation
OF law by criminal wealth This is
lust what Pres. Taft is now trying
to do and what in some cases he
has already done. In fact he has
done more along this llne than any
other president we ever had. They
demand reduction of the tariff
downward and favor free coal,
lumber, sugar and iron ore. Yet
it is we'll known fact that when
the Payne -Aldrlch bill was under
| consideration Mr.. La Toilette
! fought against a cent of reduction
) Of the tariff on lumber. They de-
nounce the president for his veto
of the reduction of the woolen
schedule passed by the last con-
b gress, and yet the report of the
non partisan tariff commission un-
animously signed shows that this
a bill would come far short of meet
/ ing the requirements, and a scien-
tific reduction has been urged by
q the president. They recommend
the enactment OF both national and
state laws prohibiting attorneys in
the general employ of public ser
vice corporations from being judges
of our courts. The last republic
T. an state platform had a similar
clause, the progressives had the
governor and controlled both
houses of the legislature, and yet
: no such law was enacted. When
it was proposed to appoint Hon
J. D. Elliott, attorney for the Mil.
= waukee railroad company, to. the
federal bench his strongest endorse.
.ments came from the progressives,
and in justice to their wisdom il
D must be acknowledged that he is
I M aking good as a judge.
A large portion of the speeches
were Of the calamity brand design
g ed simply to arouse passions rather
u than to call forth wise counseIs
Mr. Bogue, in calling the meeting
to order, said; "Commercialisn
q has this country by the throat
e Special priyilege.is gteaters men
d ace to this nation than slavery eve
q was You men may have to leave
:, your farms and factories to solv'
, this problem but know you will
d do it," Such rant is disgusting t,
IS one who takes just pride in hi
r country and its institutions, AM
:, believes it to be the best governed
= country on earth. Our South Da
: kcta farmers know that condition
We're never more favorab bic fo
= them III the history of the countr
II than they have been during til
II past few years. That some com
% merclal inequalities exist we ma
- admit but as fast as the evidenc
Of their existence can be procure
~ they are being corrected, and an
20 party that bases its hopes of sue
+ cess upon arousing the passion
- and prejudices of the people b
ta such barangues certainly ought nj
. to be tolerated.
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