Evening star., 1924-06-10
LA TOILETTE PUSHES
PROGRESSIVE ISSUES
Instructs Followers at Cleveland
to Urge Adoption of Suitable
Platform Planks.
RECALLS APRIL PRIMARIES
Has Not Been Candidate Since
1915, Senator Says.

Although the name of Robert NJ
La Toilette of Wisconsin will not be
presented to the Republican national
convention assembling today in clevs
land as a candidate for the presi
Dental nomination, the progressives
he leads will go into the convention
instructed ito concentrate all their
energies upon obtaining the adoption
of the platform of progressive prln-
ciples, which received an overwhelm-
ing Endorsement in the April pri-
mary"
This charge was delivered by Sem
ator La Toilette to the delegation
from Wisconsin last night in a com
munication to John j. Blaine, chair
man.
"Henored by Voters"
you are aware, of course" said
| Senator La Toilette, that while the
| voters of Wisconsin have done m"
| the honor of electing delegates wh"
| have cast their votes for me as can
| didate for the Republican nomination
| for President every four years since
| 1898, | have not in fact, been can
! didate since 1916, and my name has
not. since that year, been formally
presented 10 a Republican national
| convention.
| Although my name was not filed in
| presidential primaries in Wisconsin
or elsewhere, nevertheless, the voters
of Wisconsin in the recent primaries
| instructed twenty eight Of the TWEEN
ty-nine delegates TO cast their votes
| for me in the nomination of a candi-
date for President. One delegate was
| pledged to President Coolidge.
| Progressive Principles Urged.
'It is my express wish that in the
| Republican national convention, as
sembling June 10, my name be not
placed in nomination. l request fur
ther that the progressive delegates
elected by the people of Wisconsin
concentrate all their energies upon
obtaining the adoption of the plat
form of progressive principles. which
\ received an overwh helming indorse-
ment in the April primary.
| II realize that the Progressives in
this convention will face terrific odds.
You must remember, however. that
regardless of the numbers arrayed
against you the membership of the
| Republican party in majority o.
the states is progressive, and thai
you will be the spokesmen in this
| convention of millions of progressive
Republicans throughout the nation
who have had no voice in the election
of a majority of the convention dele
gates.
"WiIi Look to wisconsin"
"The American people will look Z"
the delegates from Wisconsin, and 10
such other Progressives as may hold
seats in the convention, for a bold
and uncompromising fight on behalf
of the fundamental principles TO
which you are pledged.
Some may say that out of consider
alton for party harmony and mas
much as the Progressives appear to be
in a minority in the convention, n"
good can come from determined
effort by YOU to obtain the adoption
of a Progressive platform.
Argument Of Expedieney.
II know this argument of expedi-
| ency and cowardice will have no
weight with the members of your
delegation. The Republican party was
organized in Wisconsin in 1854 by
a handful of patriotic citizens, then
in a hopeless minority, who would
make no compromise with the exten :
sion of human slavery. You will re-
call likewise. that while the plat
forms submitted by Wisconsin have
been scornfully rejected by Repub-
lican national conventions since 1908:
practically every important propose
submitted by the Wisconsin delegates
up to 1916 has since been enacted into
law. There are, indeed. only f1ve of
thirty-one planks submitted by Wis
consin during this period which are
not now embodied in the law of the
land.
Mass Sentiment Expressed
THE principles upon which you
have been elected express the pre-
ponderant sentiment of the mass of
the common people of this country.
Those principles are in thorough har-
mony with the traditions of the Re
, publican party and with the instltu-
tions of representative government
They must not be sacrificed or sur
rendered. -, .
delegates from Wisconsin such action
as will preserve those principles IN :
: violate, both in respect to the aoop-
t tion OF a platform and in the noml-
| nation of candidates for President