Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-02
Governor Osborne Of Mich
igan Calls on Him to
Withdraw.
HELD A GRANDSTANDER
Accused of Touching Only
Those Subjects That Fire
Passions of People.

Detroit, Jan. 2.-Owing to the fail
ure of Senator La Toilette to appear |
before noon for speech, the meet
ing was cancelled and the crowd dis !
persed. Leaving Saginaw this morn
ing, La Toilette took the wrong train |
and, it was found, he had cancelled |
his early speaking engagements, as
he could not arrive on time.
Lansing, Mich. Jan. 2.-La Toilette
decided to go direct from Holly to
Grand Rapids, and will not speak at
Lansing today.
SPEECH AS A STATEMENT.
Lansing, Mich, Jan. 2.-Governor
Charles s. Osborne, in a statement
here today, proposes that Taft and
La Toilette both withdraw as presi-
Dental candidates in favor of Roose-
welt or ex-senator Albert ]. Bever-
idge. The governor had prepared a
speech to this effect to be delivered
in introducing La Toilette here. In
1
train this morning, making it tmpos-
sible to fill his early speaking en-
gagements today, the governor author
lied the use of the speech as a state
ment of his views. He added: CAS-
between Taft and La Toilette am for
Taft"
APPEALS TO PASSION.
! Governor Osborne said:
"The Senator La Toilette style Of
campaign tends to arouse the pas
sions of the people and make for
condition OF public intolerance. which
is always worse than personal laor-in-
dividual intolerance because it has so
much more might as a force.
1--WE have got to have big business
in this country if we are to compete
in the manufactures and transactions
of the world But big business
should not be permitted to Cypress
the people.
LETS BREwERIEs ALONE.
81 have noticed also that while SEN
ator La Toilette did great work in
ridding Wisconsin Of corrupt railroad
: domination he has never said any
: thing against brewery domination in
that state. Really, as between the
two, should prefer railroad domina-
ton. However, 1t was good politics
: to fight the railroads in Wisconsin,
but it would not have gotten Senator
| La Toilette anywhere probably if he
had fought the brewery-owned sa-
, looms.
PLAYS POPULARITY.
What 1 wish to make clear about
? this statement is that the senator has
taken up those things which might be
termed popular and that contained
, the least danger to himself. Now
, this may be entirely unfair, but |
have thought it and do think it still.
and wish to say it to you and to
7 him face to face"
HAS NO ANSWER.
Holly, Mich, Jan. 2.-"La Toilette
will make no comment on Governor
, Osborn's statement given out from
Lansing. Why should he?" said
, Secretary Harmon of La Follette's
staff this afternoon.
q TURN DOWN IN OHIO.
i, Columbus, Ohio, Jan. 2.-Progres
! sive republicans of Ohio met yester
, day, formed a permanent organiza
tion, adopted a declaration of pro
gressive principles, but voted So tc
, 32 not to give their Endorsement tc
:, United States Senator Robert M. LIZ
Toilette as a candidate for the pres
:. idential nomination. After refusing
the Endorsement of the league, the
delegates voted, 81 to II. in favor
= of a resolution as a personal ex
preston of the delegates naming
Senator La Toilette as "the livins
4 embodiment of the principles of the
progressive movement and the log
ical candidate to carry them TO sue
cessful fruition." The vote came
n after a three hours debate on the
v floor OF the convention and was OF
d the adoption OF an amendment Il
:. the report of the resolutions com
: mittee, which had been unanimous
I ly in favor of not naming candi
: date. Clifford Pinchot, who declared
that he spoke only for himself and
Z In no way for Colonel Roosevelt, ant
= former Secretary of the interior
: Garfield were the leaders In the de
. bate against giving any candidate al
4 Endorsement. Senator Works O
4 California and Senator Clapp of Min
|, nesota were vigorous in urging tha
the Ohio progressives concentrat.
their efforts In working for the elec
ton of Senator La Toilette.
= COLONEL is SILENT.
: New York. Jan. with a gen
Is eral refusal to confirm or deny an,
irumor," Roosevelt declined today {.