The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-29

Wealthy Adherent in Charge
Of Chicago offices-AIarms
Both Old Parties
By WILLIAM HARD.

by WILLIAM HARD.
Right on the heels of La Fol-
lette's excoriation Of the COM
munists and right on the heels
Of his outright total reputation
Of the communistically influenced
Third-Party Convention to be held
at St. Paul on the seventeenth of
next month, there comes today an
equally outright and total indica-
ton of La Follette's opening move
in his own personal independent
candidacy for President.
Headquarters have been opened
in Chicago by LA Toilette for
President Committee" headed by
w. T. Rawleigh, of Freeport, Ill.
Backer is Rich Man.
Rawleigh is wealthy manufac.
turer of medicines. He is one of
La Follette's closest and most de.
voted supporters. 1t is believed
to be extremely unlikely that he
would start la Toilette for Pres
ident Committee" without knowing
that his move was at any rate not
dtstasteful to La Toilette
This conclusion is fortified by
the names of the gentlemen who
are associated with Mr. Rawleigh
IN the new campaign headquarters
for La Toilette in Chicago.
Among these gentlemen there is
Dante M. Pierce. Mr.. Pierce is
the owner, publisher and editor of
The Iowa Homestead and other
Important and influential farm peri.
odicals. He is extremely active
in Iowa politics. He is the per-
son principally responsible for put
ting Brookhart into the Senate
from Iowa. He is a faithful fol.
lower of La Follette's. He is in.
timately close to La Toilette and
to the La Toilette organization and
MS methods and purposes.
1t is believed incredible tina.
Dante Pierce would move a cam
paign for La Toilette out on to the
open checker-board of national
politics without having secured at
any rate La FOllette's tacit santion.
Along. with Rawleigh and Pierce
In the committee managing. the La
Toilette Chicago Presidential head.
quarters there is Donald Richberg.
Has Rail Union Influence.
His presence also is significant to
the last extreme. Richberg is attor-
ney for the standard railroad trade
unions.
He has been in Washington for
some time busying himsel: with the
Howell.Barkley bill, which the rail.
, road trade unions are endeaVoring
to push through Congress for the
purpose of recognizing the rela.
tons between labor and capital on
railroads. 1t is not thought that
Richberg would take part in Il la
Toilette political campaign without
knowing that his action was not in.
consistent with the necessities of
his clients. the railroad trade
unions.
The Howell Barley bill seems
doomed in this Congress. The rail-
road trade unions will seek re-
Venge.
One of the ways in which it is
known that they are contemplating
revenge is through the possible
candidacy of La Toilette.
With them it is a case of Nc.
Adoo or La Toilette. Now Rich
berg, their attorney, is on the La
Toilette Presidential campaign com.
mittee.
Two points accordingly seem indi-
Gated. One is that the La Toilette
Presidential effort has at last
emerged into the light of day.
The other is that this effort has
nothing to do with the third party,
June II, ST. Paul convention, but
everything to do with the railroad
trade union convention, meeting in
Cleveland on July 4 under the SUI.
preme guidance of Warren S. Stone,
head of the Brotherhood of Loco.
motive Engineers.
Third Party Unlikely.
This convention in Cleveland is
extremely unlikely to be a third
party convention. 1t probably will
give it's endorsement and support
to candidates of numerous different
political affiliations.
1t probably will refrain from at.
tempting to create a nationwide
third party. La Toilette is known
to be profoundly skeptical regarding
the possibility of any nationwide
third party at this time.
The convention at Cleveland, I'M