The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-10
Pre- Diets
: 100000
SOON
Senator, in Address, Lauds
Progress by Aids--Labor
Chief Sees His Election

sim glad to see that the only
smell attached to the money of
our campaign is that Of sweat
and not of OIL" Senator Robert
M. La Toilette, Independent Pro-
gressive candidate for President,
told a meeting of campaign execu-
tives at headquarters late yester-
day.
"I'm happy to learn from your
report" he said, chat the people
are supporting our movement to
restore the government to the
people; that our finances are
made up of dollar bills from the
many, rather than checks for
thousands from the privileged
few.
4 am agreeably astonished to
learn that in your first three days
you obtained 10000 active work
ers, that you now have 10000
and hope to reach your goal Of
100000 within two weeks.
Sees Victory Assured
That is the most inspiring thing
that has yet come to me. With
such an army of the people working
In a just cause, we cannot fail at
the polls in November
William H. Johnston, president of
the International Association of
Machinists, and director Of the
Liberty Campaign to finance the La
Follette-Wheeler movements said
that the 100000 would be but the
advance guard of the army which
would continue to increase until
every section of the country would
be thoroughly canvassed by election
day.
The campaign, he said, would be
different from any ever waeed and
Tor the first time since the organiza-
ton OF the Republican party would
be turned over to the people them
selves and that he believed that
enough funds would be Forthcoming
II dollar contributions to meet the
needs.
Two ROOMS at the Machinists
building are turned over to the fund
drive Headquarters. There each
each contributor is sent a bronze
emblem on which appears in relief
the profiles Of La Toilette and
Wheeler. Senator La Toilette sends
Q personal acknowledgement to each
worker.
Voters Are Contributors
Not a doorbell in the country
will be left unwrpng in this fight
Tor liberty, Johnston said. Those
who are backing the Independent.
progressive campaign with their
dollars are also supporting 1t with
work. Each Is pledged to see his
netghbors In his entire neighborhood
and impress upon them the need to
bring this country back to what it's
founders wanted it, a government
Q fthe people, for the people, and
by the people.
A significant thing about this
movement is that the voters are
also the contributors to the cauge
instead of the recipients of favors
from a few who seek to entrencb
themselves in power.
100000 Advance Guard.
brilliant orators, party SPELL
binders, and the hoopIa Of the
eleventh-hour ward hustlers will
have little weight in November. The
DAY is past when old.time cam.
paigners can stampede the cleo.
torate.
Our 100000 advance guard with
the hundreds of thousands of others
whom they will reach will do more
20 bring victory to the cause Of
honest, sound, and progressive gov
eminent than all the efforts of the
old;type politicians, who after all
have lost their touch with the
people"
THE people know that this is
their year, that they are sweeping
toward power and that they cannot
be denied the right to self.govern-
ment, which is the heritage their
forefathers intended for them"