Evening star., 1924-08-10
AYERS OLD PARTIES
BETRAYED TRUSTS
Phillip F. la Toilette Says
Dereliction Is Responsible
for New Movement.
By the Associated Press.

L
ST. LOUIS. Mo, August e.-The
fundamental principle of the pro-
gressive movement is to preserve and
perpetuate life. liberty and the pur-
suit of happiness" Phillip F. La Fol-
lette, son of the presidential candi-
date, declared in an address here to-
night.
Speaking in the interests of the
candidacy of his father Robert NJ
La Toilette of Wisconsin and United
states Senator Burton K Wheeler,
for President and Vice President, re-
spectively, young La Toilette asserted
that if the 'old parties had remained
true to the principles which gave
them their BIRTH" and adhered to The
leadership which founded them, there
would be no progressive movement
in the United States today
This movement" he said, 'is not
a movement by or in the interests of
any one class or element of the United
States. The progressive movement
represents the great mass of the peo-
pie of the United States.
Imperialism or Democracy.
"The real question before the
American people today is: Shall Amer
lea remain great democracy, with
a government for, by and of the
people, or shall America travel the
high road to imperialism and become
an autocratic reincarnation of i'm
perial Rome or autocratic Greece.
The Government of the United
states, under both Republican and
has been moving away from the
spirit and design of the Declaration
of independence and toward the auto
cratic doctrine of the divine right of
lives of many. This has been done
in open defiance Of the EXPRESSED
will of the people of the country
THE people of the United States
have not deserted either the Repub-
lican or. Democratic parties-those
parties have deserted the people
Each of those parties have as their
fundamental principles - principles
which brought them into existence
ideals in which the American people
believe, but neither of those parties
are following, those principles; in
fact, those principles have been used
as smoke screen to hide the
treacherous betrayal of those two
party organizations into the hands of
the money changers
Awakening to Crisis.
"But the American people of today
are awakened to the crisis. The
American public are testing the pro-
gressivism-the fundamental democ-
racy-of candidates today, regardless
of party names, by the only creden-
lie record.
"The American people have to
choose between two conservative
candidates and one progressive con-
didate for the presidency of the
United States. President Coolidge
stands as an unmitigated conserva-
tive; John w. Davis, the nominee of
the Democratic party, belongs to the
conservative camp, any claims to the
contrary Notwithstanding
81 believe the American people will
decide the issue of 1924 as they de-
cided the issues of 1900 and 1860;
believe the American people are
whole-heartedlyi in favor of the prin-
ciples of the Declaration of Inde-
pendence and the institutions of our
Government tried and preserved to
protect and foster those principles.
/ believe the American people will
again record their faith in the pro-
gressive ideals and elect Robert M.
La Toilette and Burton *. Wheeler In
November"