Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-10-01
BROOKHART'S HOT SHOT

|. Chicago, Sept. 30.-United States Sem
1 ator Smith w. Brookhart made public
1 tonight letter to Chairman William
I NJ. Butler of the Republican national
committee condemning the record of
Charles G.. Dawes. Republican vice pres
idential onminec.
Charles G. Dawes has wrecked the
n Republican campaign, especially in the
northwest" Senator Brookhart wrote.
He detailed his charges and concludes
the letter with this paragraph:
For these reasonss-1 desire to re-
quest that the Republican national
committee take steps to stcure the res
ignation of Mr.. Dawes as the Republi-
can candidate for vice president In
his place there should VI selected a
farm bloc candidate. not an imitation
farm bloccr. but one Of 1.-THE fighting
type like Senator Norris kf Nebraska,
in whom the farmers haxe the utmost
confidence"
Senator Brookhart. who is seeking re-
!. election on the Republican ticket in
Iowa, says:
"Dawes started out like a bold ia ced
'plutogog.' but his discourtesy and I'M
gentlemanly language quickly reduced
him. in his own vocabulary, to a mere
tpcewit plutogog.
Ellis 'sulphuretted hydrogen bank
record as established by the supreme
court OF Illinois renders him unfit for
the public service. and he should be
I removed from Office. His official defence
In this transaction by noted Demo-
In tyrye r,nlrn M
/ sion more emphatic. The claim that he
as ignorant of the import Of his act
dds color to the general claim that his
wn advertised financial ability is only
blnR and that he acts as the agent
International banking powers. The
urther defence that all bankers are
Joing the same thing. is resented even
" tho bankers themselves.
Under the false pretense Of 10y
atty he has organized disloyal
'roup to conduct an illegal defense
It the constitution of the United
states with the secret purpose Of
destroying the constitutional rights
{ union labor. while tho Pure Oil
company i'm which he Is interested.
: being sued by the government for
iolation of the criminal law. He
an insult to the whole labor
"6 "oiiu' duu HIS SlulSteT designs
are so well known that he will GER
ainly lose the whole labor vote.
His most offensive act is his In
ult to the cooperative movement in
'griculture. He has brazenly de-
nounced as demagogues and hypo-
critics all those who favor and speak
or the increase of the price of beef
N the hoof and the decrease OF its
Price OH the table.
"A joint commission of Congress,
Investigating this subject, found that
out Of the dollar which the laboring
man pays for the products of the
farm. the farmer only gets 81 cents. |
every farm organizer in the United
States is teaching tho doctrine that |
his enormous expense Of distribu- |
ion is unjust and is taken from both |
the producer and the consumer in |
excess profits. These organizations I
each that cooperation will increase
he share OF the farmer in this dol
lar to something like 80 cents and
1T tho same time decrease the cost
TO the laboring man something like
~ cents or 10 cents in each dollar.
they back these conclusions by cit
ing instances all over the world
whore cooperation has accomplished
these results. In the face of all this.
Dawes insults them and stamps him.
self as the emphatic representative
Of the profiteering class that preys
upon both farmer and labor"