Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-10-31
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Cieulteu ana the people are clamOr-
ing Tor new leadership. He modest
~ offered himself as the one man
truly representing popular ideals in
a convention of hand picked dele
gates chosen not by the people but
by himself. his henchmen. He
hands then a platform-this plat
form is written by Mr.. La Toilette
himself
His hand picked delegates gave it
their approva! without changing
word and adjourned. - No
sooner had his platform been adopt
ed than it became the center OF
nationwide disapproval. Today La
Toilette is trying to forget his own
platform. lie wanted Government
ownership Of railroads and other
public utilities. The country quickly
awakened to the fact that the pro-
gram would saddle upon the Ameri-
can people a debt estimated by
President Coolidge at thirty-flve bill
lion dollars or about ten billion dol
lars more than the total cost of the
war to us.
The country. approaching the
Presidents efforts to cut down the
war debt and reduce taxation. did
rot respond favorably to his pro-
posal nor did the public respond to
the idea of placing 100000 en-
ployees of these railroad corpora
tions on the Government payroll.
they want to get away from the
bureau craze. They do not want to
build it up. Naturally La Toilette
now wants the public to forget
about his program for public owner
ship. La Toilette wanted to give
Congress supreme charge. lie
wanted to destroy the supreme
court. which is the guardian of the
liberties vouchsafed by the Constitu-
ton. He wanted to throw the con-
stitution into the discard. The
people saw through that too. The
people saw the possibilities Of an
organized minority in control OF
Congress enforcing their will re-
CARELESS of the Constitution and the
courts Again the people became
aroused. Now La Toilette is quib-
bling and explaining his stand on
the Constitution but the American
people are intelligent; they think
for themselves. They know now
that the same socialist third party
nominee is only temporizing. La
Toilette in recent speeches has been
telling his audiences that he expects
to be elected. No one expects that.
not even La Toilette himself. All
lie is trying to do is to retain a
stronger hold on Congress. 1t is
pertinent to ask what the La Toilette
control through his minority bloc
las accomplished. The farmers
clamored for relief. In the session
La Toilette gave aid to the proposal
of Senator Norbecli of South Dakota
for aid in promoting Investigation.
He fought other relief measures. II
the farmers obtained no relief lesis-
lation from the last Congress Sem
ator La Toilette and his consorts
were more responsible than any one
else.
Every one knows the La Toilette
congressional black list. More than
hundred republican congressman
who voted for both labor and farm
measures are marked for defeat on
this list. There are Sc Democratic
Congressman who fought the Immi
grafton Bill desired by labor organi-
cations who are also blackiisted. It
is plain that La Toilette seeks only
control of the next congress. La
Toilette talks about lower freight
rates on agricultural products and at
the same time prates about higher
wages for railway employees. He
fails to explain how this economic
miracle is to be brought about. La
Toilette is making class APP
real. We believe 1t has already
failed. The entire Socialists third
party appeal was bunk. It was de-
signed to fool the people. 1t has
been exposed. The Presidential
nominee of that party is winding up
his campaign. He is not talking the
issues set forth in his platform. He
is trying to forget them. He Is max
ing violent attack upon the Presi-
dent Of the United States. His
tactics are those of desperate and
defeated candidate. We are con-
fident of victory on November 4th
because OF our faith in the intelli
gence of the American celebrates.
Calvin Coolidge Is certain to be
overwhelmingly elected when the
voters go to the polls next Tuesday"