The Washington times., 1924-05-28
MONOPOLY
HAS GRIP
ONBJTH,
CLAIM
Senator Also Bans Farm.
Labor Organization Because
Of Its ''Soviet" faint
BY KENNETH CLARK,

Senator Robert M. La Toilette of
Wisconsin, guiding genius Of the
insurgent forces that control the
Sixty-eighth Congress, served mo-
tice today on the leaders Of the
Republican and Democratic parties
that he must be reckoned with in
any calculations designed to elect
a President of the United States
in November.
While not announcing his cam
cidacy for the Presidency, La ED4-
lette charged both old parties with
failure to carry out the mandates
Of the voters and declared that
unless substantial changes are
forthcoming 'long suffering and
righteously indignant people will
find in the coming campaign ef-
fective means, independent of both
these old parties, to take back con-
troll Of their Government and make
it truly representative
Ban On Communists.
This announcement was inter.
preted as a clear indication Of La
Follettes willingness 20 head an
Independent political movement
should subsequent Developments
warrant such a course.
La Follettes views on national
politics, particularly in connection
with the approaching national con.
ventions, were contained in a letter
which he wrote from Atlantic City,
N. j., where he is convalescinR
from recent illness, to Herman L.
Ekern, Attorney General of Wis.
consin. The letter was made public
here by his son, Robert M. La
Toilette, jr.
In characteristic fashion, La
Toilette lashed out at the scandals
in Washington and demanded an
official cleanup" At the same
time, he divorced himself completely
from any connection with the Com.
munist movement in the United
States. declaring that he would
have nothing to do with the
''Farmer.L Labor. Progressive" conven.
ton at st. Paul, Mimi, on June IL
because those who have had charge
Of the arrangements for the con.
vention have committed the fatal
error of making the Communists
an integral part Of their organiza.
tion."
MOnopOlistic Control Charged.
There Is no doubt that the peo-
pie have come to understand that
private monopoly controls the of.
fetal machinery Of both the Demo
cratic and Republican parties" La
Toilette said. Recent public scan
dals. such as the war frauds, the
Shipping Board. Teapot Dome and
other oil leases, the Veterans Blu
reau, the Alien Property Custodian,
the degradation Of the Department
of Justice under both Democratic
and Republican administrations,
and the endless fraud and corrup.
ton in connection with taxation
and prohibition enforcement, are
but evidences Of such control of
party machinery by lawless and
predatory interests.
THE approaching Democratic
and Republican conventions will
demonstrate to the people whether
either of those parties can and
will purge itself of the evil . in.
fluences which have long domi.
mated them.
War On Corrupt Bosses.
This cannot be accomplished by
merely nominating some alleged
progressive and filling the platform
with misleading promises. It de.
mands the elimination Of monopoly
control, the downfall Of the cor
rupt political bosses, the adoption
Of truly progressive principles and
Reputation of those great cam.
paign contributors who have In the
past bought up both parties"
These utterances from the Wis.
consin progressive. long . thorn in
| the flesh Of the Republican party.
e which ~. has consistently cluna