Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1922-08-25
LA TOILETTE GETS
ROUSIlVG OVATION
Appeared To Have All His Old
Time Magnetism and Fight
ing Power
PEOPLE COME FROM
LONG DISTANCES
Senator Endorses Gerald C. Maloney
For ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS His War
Record at Length


has all of his old-time drawing power
was shown when he made his speech
here Monday. It was concluded that
the court room in the courthouse
would not be large enough to hold the
crowd, so it was decided to hold the
meeting in the gymnasium of the
highschoor building. The gym also
proved to be too small and quite an
oveflow filled the entrance and sat on
the ground around the building and
got what they could of the speech
through the open windows
Though the meeting was advertised
for 8 80 A. NJ, it was a half hour or
more later when Gerald c.. Maloney,
acting as chairman, called the meet
ing to order and introduced Herman
L. Ekern, candidate for attorney gen
eral, who is travelling and speaking
with Senator La Toilette. Mr..
Ekern has been acting as counsel for
farmers insurance companies for sew
eral years past. Prior to that he had
been Wisconsin's insurance commits
sioner and he showed his fighting abil-
ity when he successfully defended him.
self when Gov McGovern attempted to
Dust him from Office. When a young
man, Ekern was sent to the WiscOn-
sin assembly from Trempealeau coun-
ty and through his force of character
and ability was elected speaker of the
assembly at the beginning of his sec
ond term. Ekern spoke for probably
half an hour and until Senator La-
Toilette arrived at the gym. When
the senator entered he was given a
rousing ovation.
Declaring that he would be quite
satisfied to be recognized as humble
worker in progressive issues in Wis
cOnsin. Mr. Ekern told his audience
that he realized such a large assem-
blage had gathered not to hear him.
but to see and hear the man who he
believed to be Wisconsin's greatest
statesman, one whose name will go
down in history as having given his
life to the service of the common peo-
ple-Robert NJ La Toilette. (Great
applause).
The speaker pointed out the import
ance of attending the primary-as of
more Importance than attending the
election, in Wisconsin. He said he
was glad to see so many women in the
audience. Government is largely a
matter of housekeeping. Women spend
ninety per cent of the money they pay
closer attention to details and their
thrift is needed in our government.
Wealth Ratio
1.-TWO per cent of the people in the
United States own 65 per cent of the
wealth Shall they, or the other 9S
per cent of us say how taxes shall be
levied? All students of economics
agree taxes should be paid in proper
tion to ability to pay, and the truest
measure of that ability is income.
The Progressive party enacted the in
come tax law in Wisconsin, the first
successful one in the United States
The federal government copied it when
war made necessary increased reve-
nue.
Referring to economic conditions
and the position the common people
have been put into, Mr.. Ekern pointed
out that three times as many homes
and farms were sold for unpaid taxes
this year than in any previous year
The speaker said that if taxes are
higher next year it will not be the
fault or failure of Governor Blaine
Blaine sent letters to town meetings
urging farmers not to vote any more
money than they could help. So you,
taxes next year will be less for that
as we'll as by the reduction from his
cutting state appropriations" He re-
ferred to Blaine's veto of the state
park veto and attempted to justify it
His War Record
La Toilette went into his war record
without hesitation or apparent appre
hension of how the crowd would re
ceive it, "You understood my position
six years ago." he said. II told yo'
then l should do all in my power t.
keep the United States out of the war
I kept the faith. I did what / could
did not do one thing before election
and another thing after election. II
1916 you elected a president on tha
issue, He kept us out of war; Wha
did he do? He put us into war" Th'
senator said the war was brought OF
by the influential financiers of Wal
street who had loaned billions of dol
lars to England: the trusts, and tn
dollar-a-year patriots who made none,
out of the war. "You heard lots abou
the Kaiser" he said, "but did you hea
very much about Schwab, Gary, Beth
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