The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-20
Ia TOILETTE IS
NOT GOING To
RUN IN 1924
His Friends Say Talk of Third
Party Candidacy Is
Misleading.
By KENNETH w. CLARK,
international News Service Staff



Senator Robert M. La Toilette
virtually has decided not to head
proposed third party ticket in
1924, it was learned from friends
here today, although his name has
been mentioned frequently in con-
nection with progressive party"
boom.
Premature BOOms. =.
Furthermore, La Toilette has de-
clared he regards these booms as
premature, and feels that they
might as well be abandoned; that
he is not considering breaking away
to lead a new Presidential ticket in
the next election. La Toilette feels
that he best can serve the nation
and advance his principles by re-
naming in the Senate, it was said.
For some time, La Toilette, ad-
vancing well in years Che was sixty
eight last week., has not been in
the most robust health. The tedious
strain of the war sessions in Con-
gress, the recent election fights,
and more particularly his efforts
to defeat the, Fordney -McC umber
tariff BILL, have left a toll upon
him physically. Friends who have
talked with him lately, where he
has been resting in a sanitarium
in Battle Creek, declare he looks
fatigued and almost completely
worn out, and say he needs a long
vacation.
Needing the advices Of his family
and friends, whatever hope the
Senator, may have entertained Of
making a fight for the Presidency
on a new party slate, he himself
has practically dispelled. They
have told him that any such cam
paign might permanently impair
his health, and might result seri-
ously; that he is not physically well
enough to go through with the sort
of whirlwind fight that he surely
would wage should he ever enter
the Presidential field.
Has Prepared Plans.
But this does not mean that La
Toilette won't have an important,
part in naming the next Republican
nominee, according. to these same
ready has mapped out an ambitious
campaign for the summer, looking
ahead towards, 1924.
Shortly, he is going into Min
nesota with hammer-and-tongs'
to assist the Farmer-Labor party.
He has marshaled a veritable regi-
ment of so-called progressives to
assist. him. They are out to de-
feat Gov. Jacob Preus, Republican
nominee. yg
Then, regardless Of the outcome
of the election in Minnesota on
July 16, La Toilette Is going on the
stump, tracing virtually the route
which President Harding travels on
the Western trip.
La Toilette has planned verbal
broadsides against the four main
subjects Mr.. Harding will stress,
world court, transportation, agricul-
ture and taxation. On all of these
he will be found opposed to the
Executive.
Will Oppose Harding.
After that, the Wisconsin Senator
will bide his time until the world
court issue comes up for settlement
in the Senate this winter. Again, he
will be found leading the battle
against American adhesion to the
court.
Aside from the power he will
command in the Congress by rea-
son of his leadership of the prog.
ressives, La Toilette will secure still
more command and direction in the
Republican convention If the world
court protocol is defeated. Defeat
of the court plan, unquestionably
would lessen the Presidents chances
for denomination. 1t would leave
the road open for an anti-court, or
at least a "middle-of- the-road" can.
didate. In this situation, La Fol
lette would hold a great potential
sweep Of authority in selecting the
1924 nominee, in the opinion Of even
the most conservative party man.
ayers here.
These. conditions explain, funda-
mentally, why La Toilette is going
SO strongly into the fight against
the Presidents court. AS an irrec.
onciliable, La Toilette, his friends
declare, has not reIented one iota
from the stand he took in the now
famous League of Nations battle of
woodrow Wilson. If anything, hey
add, he is more opposed than ever
to any league Or tribunal which
would involve the United States
with European nations.