The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-04
IOWAG.O.P.RULES|
BROOKHART OUT
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Toilette, he said lie never had thought
of leaving the Republican party.
The Republican party, Senator
Brookhart charged, has strayed from the
ideals of its founders. while the ma
chine organization" he declared, had
refused to recognize the will OF the
people
Referring particularly to his own diff
ferences with leaders of his party, SEN
ator Brookhart said that although he
had been nominated "by 100000 repub-
licans, without a machine and without
money" and was Opposed by Wall
Streets money and by the Presidents
power" his nomination had never been
recognized by President Coolidge as the
Voice of republicanism in Iowa.
Differed Too Much
Senator Brookhart declared republic
can leaders refused him favor because
he had differed on so many occasions
from the national administration, nam
ing n dozen issues over which he had
| onDosed the ideas of President Coolidge.
The ship subsidy, repeal of the Bsch-
| Cummins law, Mellon tax reduction,
soldiers bonus, farm relief proposals
and Muscle Shoals were some of these
issues, the senator said.
II belong to the farm bloc; the
President belongs to the Wall Sstreet
bloc" he declared, in designating Presi-
dent Coolidge rs "the machine repub-
lican candidate"
81 have never had thought OF leaving
the Republican party" the senator said
by way of reply to reports that he
would leave the party to support the
presidential candidacy of Robert NJ.
La Toilette. my whole soul is wrap
ped up in the principles of Lincoln,
Roosevelt and Keynon, will fight any
leaders who seek to divert the party
| from the great purposes.
! Issue has now arisen in Iowa as to
whether the principle of the Republican
rarty shall be determined by the voters
themselves or by a small group of crook
cd and irresponsible dictators set up
Inv the non-partisan leaders OF Wall
! Street. This group has assailed me
With renewed and virtriolic venom and
, ;, therefore, wish to restate my position
and to reform the lines for g finish
fight to GUST this gang from the con-
troll of the Republican party"
Reviewing his nomination the sena-
tor said his principal supporters were
the farmers and labOring people, de
bounced as radicals by the President and
his supporters.
"The republican state convention
dominated by the Coolidge machine
''snubbed and insulted me-" he con
tinued "The Coolidge newspapers, over
the state, with few exceptions, have
bolted me and continue to denounce me
and my platform approved by the voters
The Coolidge committees have ! an
nounced in the press that they would not
use me in the campaign.
1.-THE state platform declares for q
farm relief bill upon the principle of the
McNary- Haugen bill. approve ant
stand upon this platform and / ask that
the President do the same but he viii
not do it. His opposition widely ad
vertised in eastern newspapers defeated
the McNary- Haugen bill in congress.
"In a recent speech the President
quoted and approved a valuation Of
thirty-five billions as the value of thI
railroads and certain other utilities.
cannot tell the exact value of thes'
utilities from his statement, but they
would probably not exceed five billion
dollars. This would leave thirty bill
lion as the value of the railroads as ap
proved by the Presidents speech. Thu
Wall State financiers have always made
the same claim and with the prestige O.
this statement they will probably b
able to get the final value increased
under the Esch- Cummins law after thu
election, despite the fact that the state
ment was used to denOunce government
ownership and despite the further fac
that all the railroads on the securit!
market were only, worth twelve billion
dollars. The President is therefor
against the reduction of railroad rate
and if his idea of valuation is adopteC
it. means another large increase il
rates.
II wired the President asking for al
extra session of congress immediatel!
and Secretary Slemp wrote me that HI
would call the matter to the attention
of the President and hoped would cal
when in the city. The Coolidge Ceda
Rapids gang Immediately brought on
an independent candidate for senate
against me-