Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-29
GUST TOILETTE,
SENATE EURGED
Minnesota Public Safety
Commission Demands
His Expulsion
DIsLoYAL SPEECH CITED
WASHINGTON. Sept. 20.

Move TO oust Senator La Toilette from
the Senate opened today with the introduc.
ton by Senator Kellogg, Of Minnesota. OF
resolutions adopted by the Public Safety
Commission of Minnesota demanding La
Follette's expulsion.
The resolutions were referred TO the Com
mittee on Privileges and Elections
Following are the resolutions
Whereas, Senator Robert NJ. La Toilette
made an address of a dlsloyal and sedi-
tious nature at a public meeting before
large audience at the Nonpartisan
League convention in st. Paul on the
goth of September
Whereas. the utterances OF Senator La
Toilette, with all the prestige Of his high
Office as a Senator Of the United States.
made under protection of a guarantee
OF the president of the Nonpartisan
League that no disloyal expressions would
be permitted during the alleged confer
ence between producers and consumers
on the high cost Of living. have already
served to create reasonable sentiment I'm
the State of Minnesota. and being spread
through the public press, can have no
other effect than TO weaken the support
Of the Government in carrying on the war,
be is hereby
Resolved, That the Minnesota Com
mission Of Public Safety respectfully Pc
tition the Senate Of the United States
TO institute proceedings looking TO the
Toilette from the Senate as teacher
of disloyalty and sedtion, giving aid and
comfort to our enemies and hindering
the Government In the conduct of the
war
Be II further resolved, That copies of
this resolution, together with copies of
La Follette's speech, be forwarded to
the President of the Senate and Senators
Nelson and Kellogg.
The resolution was signed hy Governor
A. A. Burnquist, Attorney General Lyndon
Smith and the following members of the
commission: c. w. Ames. st. Paul; John
Lind. Minneapolis; John F. MCGEE, c. H.
March and A. c. Weiss. Duluth.
PRESENTED WITHOUT COMMENT
Senator Kellogg introduced the resolution
without comment and would say nothing
about It later.
II shall make no comment whatever" he
said. Il have Just received the communica-
tion. I haven't even had time to read the
speech"
Vice President Marshall also laid before
the Senate four messages addressed to him,
urging impeachment and expulsion of La
Toilette.
These messages also were referred to the
Privileges and Elections Committee.
One from the Washburn (Wis.) Loyalty
League said:
One thousand citizens Of this COM
munity hereby unite in appealing to the
Senate of the United States that our
Senator. Robert NJ. La Toilette, be i'm
peached for his reasonable utterances and
disloyalty to the Government. with re-
gret do we hereby indict the Senator for
criminal sedition.
Another from w. A. Coombe. Washing
on, d. c.. read:
AS a citizen of the United States I
most strongly urge the expulsion of Rob-
ert M La Toilette from your august
body, upon the grounds of seditious and
reasonable utterances in a speech re-
Gently made by him.
A third from c. A. Cannon, New York
ity. read:
have son now in the aviation corps
in France fighting for his country, flag
and world freedom AS a good Amerl-
can citizen / ask for the impeachment
of Mr. La Toilette. After his seditious
speech of re.terday he is not a At man
to represSb us in our Senate When our
sons are giving up their lives for the
cause Of their country should they be
compelled to listen to such traitors in
our midst?
La Toilette was not in the Senate when
he resolution and the messages were pre-
ented. He entered = moment later and
walked to his seat He evidently did NOT
now what had been done. or IL he cid he
isplayed no hint of his feelings.
Few members of the Senate knew what
vas in the resolution, as it was not read
he agreement by which It was presented
1ade 1t appear like any ordinary petition
many OF which are presented daiIy-and
most OF the Senators were talking among
hemselves clearly without knowledge of
ne slgnlhcance OF Kelloggs action.