Evening star., 1924-09-05
BECK SEES PERIL
FROM LA TOILETTE
Solicitor General Calls Pro-
Sqressive Candidate Foe
l of Constitution.


Eection of La Toilette and Wheeler
next November would be the greatest
c3famity that ever befell this Repub-
lie was the unqualified declaration
Made by James NJ. Beck. Solicitor Gen.
etal of the United States. in an ad-
dress last night at rally of Repub-
ltcan men and women of the District.
held in the auditorium of New Ma
sbnic Temple, Thirteenth street and
New York avenue.
iCharacteriziug the La Toilette
movement as revolt against the
Constitution and American ideals, and
Senator La Toilette himself as an out
ahd-out radical Solicitor General
Heck called upon patriotic Americans.
regardless of old party affiliations. to
awaken to the menace he said is
hanging over the land.
Sees Intelligence InsuIted.
For Senator La Toilette to expect
Americans generally to accept his
doctrines and to have faith in his
promises of relief is an insult to their
intelligence" Solicitor General Beck
declared This revolutionary is
promising much, but what he is ac
tualIy promising his followers is to
destroy our Government and to do
away with the principles of freedom
as designed by our fathers who de-
signed this great Government.
The most dominant feature of
this present campaign" Mr.. Beck
continued. lis not the friendly cor
test between the two old parties bit
the fact that this campaign is inter-
woven with an element that some
time in the near future may result
in the destruction of the Government.
Therefore, this campaign, in my
opinion, has a most peculiar impor-
tance.
We need have no fear from the
Democrats in this election" Mr.. Beck
said. Despite the excellence and
intelligence of John w. Davis. their
standard bearer, the Democratic
ticket cannot win next November.
That is a certainty. The So-callel
radicals and ultra -progressives o.
the Democratic party will desert the
grand old ship between now and
election day and will rally to the
sinister call of La FolIette while the
conservatives and the thinking men
and women Of the Democratic party
VIII realize the dangers confronting
the Nation and they will. out of
patriotism and love Of country, put
aside their party sentiment and in
increasing numbers come to the sup
port of that patriot, Calvin Coolidge" ="
Expects Coolidge to Win.
While Mr.. Beck thinks the chances
of La Toilette winning are remote,
he said that the latter may get
enough votes on election day to make
MIN and his running mate influential
factors in American politics, all of
which, he feared, would have sinis-
ter results. 1t may mean the sun
.
with radical party that would con-
stantly attempt to "blackmail" the
two old parties into becoming more
radical. In this way, he argued, the
radicals would endeavor to destroy
the Constitution piece by piece.
+. {. snyder, chairman of the meet
ing, in brief speech of welcome eX-
planned that the real purpose of this
rally was for the Republicans of this
city to formally ratify the action Of
the Cleveland convention in nominat-
ing Coolidge and Dawes and to ap-
prove the platform adopted for the
party. He said the aim of the local
Republican organization is to arouse
interest among Republicans here and
to see to it that the latter register
and vote.
Others who spoke were William A.
Rodenberg. former Representative
from Illinois, who presided: Mrs. Vir-
ginia White Speel, president of the
League of Republican Women Of the
District, who told of the work being
done by women in this campaign; !;
Samuel ]. Prescott, chairman of the
Republican state committee in and
for the District of Columbia, in direct
charge of the campaign here, and
John Il. Hawkins, who spoke in the
interest Of the colored voters.
This meeting was held under the
auspices Of the campaign committee
OF the Republican state committee of
the District, and the auditorium was
filled to its capacity.