The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-10-23
HARTLEY is
SPEAKER HERE
Draws Crowded House at
Commercial Club Rooms
at Afternoon Meeting

AT no time during the present p0-
litical campaign has the keen inter-
est of Kennewick people in things
political, or the popularity of Roi-
and H. Hartley, republican candidate
for governor, been so strikingly
demonstrated, as yesterday afternoon
when the Commercial club rooms
were more than filled with an au-
dience of men and women of varied
political beliefs, occupations and pro-
fessions. They left their homes, their
stores and their work in mid-afLer-
noon that they might see and hear
the republican nominee.
Mr.. Hartley made one of his char
acteristic speeches speaking briefly
but earnestly. Before speaking of
his own candidacy he called the roll
of the republican state ticket saying
a few words of commendation for
each nominee. He paid. fine tri-
butte to Lon Johnson, candidate for
lieutenant governor.
He said he had no platform other
than that formulated by the repub-
lican state convention and no policy
but economy.
II have only one ambition" Mr..
Hartley said, "and that is to give
this state an honest, common sense,
business administration. / want to
cut down your expenditures for gov
eminent ! want to make such prac
tical economies as will be reflected
in the tax statements you receive
from your county treasurer. l want
to give you a full dollars worth of
government for every dollar you pay
in taxes. You will be able to tell
whether / make good or not. Your
tax statements will show whether l
have succeeded in my efforts"
1t was not known until Mr.. Hart
ley arrived here that he was accom-
panied by Francis M. Goodwin, as
sistant secretary of the interior.
Following Mr.. Hartley, Mr.. Goodwin
spoke briefly on national issues.
He said the practical political pro-
blem presented to the American peo-
pie today is Coolidge or chaos. that
the avowed purpose of the progress
sive movement is to prevent the
American people from selecting a
president and to throw the election
into congress.
"With the democratic candidates
admittedly slipping, the purpose OF
the progressive can be accomplished
unless the voters rally to the sup
port of Coolidge" said Mr.. Goodwin.
"The progressive movement in 1924
is not similar in any respect to the
progressive movement of 1912, when
Theodore Roosevelt proposed that the
American people should not only
elect their president, but should have
a direct voice in the nomination OF
candidates for that office.
"The progressive movement today
is composed of body Of few self
constituted and self-appointed lead
ers and in reality is the result OF the
will of one man. Senator LaFollette
dictated the action Of the progressive
convention as to it's nominees and its
platform and his success in throwing
the election into congress would be
to restore one-man rule and virtually
make the American people subjects of
this feudal idea.
sThe net result of throwing the
election into congress would produce
chaotic condition in the United
States. All business and development
of every nature would be brot to
standstill. Factories would close
their doors, industries would lam
guish, markets would be virtually
paralyzed. It is Coolidge or chaos,
Mr.. Hartley and his party were
guests of the officers Of the Men
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