The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-11-03
RADICALS UPHELD
PAPERS ROASTED
Bob La Toilette Right In
His Element Last Night
CROWD CHEER SPEAKER
It Was Gala Occasion For Pep
perry Gentlemen From 4
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North Dakato, which IL gaining in
the throes OF a financial depression.
The speaker said that North Dakota
is practically one crop state. That
all of its wheat has TO pass through
the meek of bottle and that the
Minneapolis chamber Of Commerce.,
"squeezes the neck of the bottle In
just the manner they like"
Banking ON Boys And Girls"
II am banking ON fhe boys and
girls OF this country for the future
of this country" said LaFollette. 81
am drawing toward the end of the
journey. for l am now sixty seven
years Of age. ! gave forty years OF
my life, to the public service OF m,
country. and I would not nov
change places with the ytchest ~ :,
on the face Of Gods earth. I would
not change places with some Of the
fellows who. have been president.
remember my record forty years
after l am dead. That is better
than millions that I could have
earnedsif had bent the knee to the
capitalists. Every good cit.n -.
the United States when he or she
has reached the years of majority
should set A part of is or her life
aside to be dedicated to the publ
good or public service. You bwe 1t
to your state and to your nation"
For over seventy years after
the United States government was
formulated, Mr.. La Toilette said,
there was not a United States SEN
tors seat contested. But during the
forty years that he had been in the
harness three had been called to
account as to their records. Lormier
OF illinois, who it was alleged had a
and a record which had stencil.
Stevenson had a fund of SILL 900
back of his candidacy land the last
case said the speaker, OF Newberry
makes crawl and vince. NewberTy
with charges hanging over his head
never demanded an investigation
When they made charges against
me-. demanded an investigation.
but ! never got one" said the
speaker amid prolonged applause
81 just offered you the example of
this fellow from Michigan and a
few others TO show you the differ
ence now and in the days of Wash
ington and Jefferson.
Wants Cleaning Up
I'VE ought to clean up this thing
before we. go before the Judgment
seat of God almighty. Just think
in the halls of government with
those charges hanging over his
head and never demanding an In
vestigation. When the case came
up for Investigation he refused to
take. the stand in his own defense.
Whenever a defendant in a case Of
law refuses to take the stand in
his own defense, he labors under a
cloud of suspicion, and he is gen
orally considered guilty. He had q
campaign fund of $195,000 and used
1t to secure q Jposition which pays
$500 year. daughter and APP
piausa) Yet old man Kellogg voted
for him. Cheers and applause.)
This ought to damn him in the
minds of the people of Minnesota
people of the United States"
Fair Exchange, Speaker Said
Here the speaker said that it is as
fair for senator. from Wisconsin to
show up supposedly bad senator
from Minnesota as 1t is for sena-
tor from. Minnesota to speak i'll Of a
Wisconsin senator -
High Cost OF Living
At this point in his address La
Follettee launched into the discus
sion of the high cost of living. He
said that this was largely brought
about through the railway trusts
which had been fathered by the
Morgan interests. He said that this
combination Of railway interests had
strangled competition in trade and
necessarily forced up prices. The
speaker said that with the best ma
chinery in the world and other FACT
lities which no other country enjoys,
have gone down instead OF steadily
mounting
Senator LaFollette deplored the
fact that none. Nof the presidents of
the United States for the past thir- ;
ty-two wears had enforced, the Sher.
man anti trust law, which was<de-
signed to curb corporations and
keep them in the path Of righteous
ness. ~ -.-'
81 am not going to back up an
administration that believe is be :
traying the people into the hands OF
the large corporations. You people
Of Minnesota can do this If you
want to, but am going to stand be-
fore God almighty with as clean a
conscience as can take up there"
Praise For Shipstead
Referring to the candidacy of DIR.
Henrik Shipstead for the United
States senate in Minnesota, Mr.. La
Toilette saidS that Shipstead had
laid down a platform of principles
and had pledged his devotion to
them. He said that he was not
very well Acquainted with the far
n1sr- labor candidate, but was well
acquainted with the record of Ser, ;
'ator Frank B. X sllogg, and he had
no hesitancy in choosing betW cen
the two. and no hesitancy in rec
ommending Shipstead.
"If you people up here in Min.
nesota had had the truth given to
YOU, you would never have voted
for Kellogg, who serves the large
CORPORATIONS, and does not serve
the people. / know what / am
talking about. 7 served with him
in the United States senate. He
was always an attorney for large
corporations before he went down
to Washington. Are you going to
support a man for, the United States
senate, who was in the employ OF
the large corporations, and is now
working for their interests? II you
do you win be taking the bread
and butter out of the mouths OF
your children" said Mr.. LaFoliette.
The speech WAS brought to a
close by scathing criticism 'of the
laws which permit OF the formation