Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-09-30
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DAWES SPECIAL, ZEN ROUTE
TO CHICAGO, Madison, Wis. Sept.
27.-The La Toilette independent
candidacy was assailed in the home
state of Its presidential nominee to-
day by Charles G.. Dawes as a move
to throw overheard from the ship
of state the compass-the constitu-
wind.
Such a move, the Republican vice
Presidential nominee declared, in r
series of eight speeches in WiscOn-
sin and three in Minnesota, would
result "only in chaos"
Crowds ranging from several hun
dred in the smaller towns to sew
eral thousand in the cities braVaG
2, cold. driving autumn rain to hear
and applaud Mr.. Dawes cOndemra
ton Of the La Toilette movement
and it's platform declaration for con-
cressionaI review of supreme court
decisions.
The rain greeted Mr.. Dawes and
his audience at the first stop of the
day for his special train, at Lake
City, Mimi, and continued with IN
creasing intensity during the day
and until this evening, when the
nominee made his last address of his
three-day Minnesota and Wisconsin
tour, at Bardwell, Wis. The wait
ing crowds were drehched, and Mr..
Dawes, refusing protection, often
LETT the rear platform after 10
i+l toI.c f,.,l NfI
clothes and water streaming from
his face.
The crowd that greeted him at
Madison was one of the smallest
of the day. His attack on the Ia
Toilette movement followed alons
lines similar to his other speeches.
but he did not at any time mentor
La Toilette by name.
Refuses to 'Straddle'
Again assailing inconsistency, Mr..
Dawes, in his address at Sparta.
said that a lot of pee-wits have been
preaching to me clown there tn
national committee to go out ami
speak this kind of a speech to this
kind of people. of this kind to an
other kind, and all that sort Of
thing, and straddle around with the
rest of them"
And with that he threw up his
hands and exclaimed: Heavens
alive" and then proceeded with his'
attack on the La Toilette candidacy.
Several times in making this at
tack he paused to say that Senator
La Toilette doesn't lack coura Ge-
[ respect courage-he puts up
fight"
The nominee went back into an
cient history for illustrations 20
drive home his point that govern
ments whose action had been deter
mined by a passing phase of popH-
lar opinion without steadying power,
such as he said was provided by the
American constitution and the
courts, had failed.
Back in Greece, thousands Of
years ago." he related, there was
a man named Socrates-one of the
greatest men this world has ever
produced, and one of the best-bo'
cause he preached the truth and
was not afraid to-there was a tenn
porary disapproval, and the cry Of
the mob was raised against him. and
they poisoned him. The next year.
when common sense and judgment
came, they thought it OVer-becauSa
in conscience, however it may be
with the mind, there is no acrimory
and they wanted to do something
for Socrates; they COuldnt do 1t for
him alive, so the people raised
statue to his memory in the same
place they had given him poison.
Now, don't let us have a govern
ment of that kind. Let's stick by
the compass-not steer by the
wind"
Chided for Smoking
AS Mr.. Dawes concluded his
Sparta speech, an elderly lady
stepped forward from the crowd and
said:
General, you should not smoke.
"Weu, this is not an affectation;
this is a bad habit, 1 know Mr..
Dawes replied, filling his pipe.
Let me tell you something about
the women in this campaign" he
continued, addressing the elderly
lady and the women who at Sparta,
as at other stops, made up from
one-third to one-half of his audi
ence: when I see their disinterest2d-
ness, the way they work when they
are not running for office, when
they are working for principle, it
makes me blush for my sex. The
women who are getting out ana
working in this campaign are WORK
ing for something they believe is
right, and one of them is worth a
dozen of these pee-wit politicians.
Women are not out for votes-they
are out for their country.
"Now, you will excuse me foe
smoking" and the old lady smiled
as Mr.. Dawes lighted up the pipe.