The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-07-31
THE SENATOR is RIGHT.


It might be little unusual for us to agree
with Senator LaFollette but we want to go on
record as declaring that the senator is econom-
I.ally and politically correct when he insists on
censoring the names of men submitted TOR
member of Congress- If Senator LaFollette
is to be elected president of the United States,
if majority of the people of this nation be-
lieve that the things he stands for are right
ideals of government there would be no hesl-
fancy to give to him congress which will car
ry out these ideals.
On the other hand if the people of this ma
ton believe that Calvin Coolidge should be re-
tanned in office the people should see to 1t that
he has majority in Congress which will make
it possible for Mr. Coolidge to keep faith with
the people and carry out the principles OF gov
eminent which he has espoused.
Majority government has been made a joke
in this country during the past four years.
The late President Harding was elected by the
largest majority ever given any man running
for the highest office in the gift of the people
but his administration and the administration
of his successor was handicapped and made
inpotent by a little group Of men supposedly
the firmest supporters of representative gov
eminent who refused to permit the govern
ment to represent the views of the people
The policies of President Coolidge and Sem
ator LaFolette have nothing in common. Mr..
Coolidge is Republican. Mr.. LaFollette is
endorsed as the candidate of the Socialist par
ty the Farmer-Labor party and other organ
izations whose main aim is to break down the
Republican party and to defeat it's candidates
for office.
AS we have said before the Senator is en-
titled to his views he is entitled to aspire to
office-the highest office in the gift Of the peo-
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that he must name men who would be friendly
to his policies for other posts in the admins
tration. He has formally and definitely with
drawn from the Republican party and is the
most active opponent of that party in the ma
ton today.
Sauce for the goose must be sauce for the
gander The senator has the right to pick his
men but his followers who seek political adj
vancement for themselves under false pretens-
es by running on the ticket which he opposes
should be forced to get out under the right
colors If Coolidge is reelected he has right
to have named with him members Of Congress
who believe in the things which he believes in.
The nation does not want another four years
of political chaos brought about by dogs in the
manger at Washington.
To vote for Mr. Coolidge for president and
to vote for some fellow for member of Con-
gress or for Senator who believes in attacking
every policy proposed by the president is to
show lack of intelligence which is not COM
plimentary to the people of these United
States. In every district the people who favor
Coolidge for President should see to it that
they cast their votes for men who will be will
ing to carry out the principles of the Repub-
hcan party and not men who will either sulk
on the sidelines at Washington or go out with a
knife concealed in their toga determined to let
out the life blood of the administration.
We are willing to abide by the will of the
majority but we believe that this will of the
majority should be intelligently expressed.
We believe that the Republican party should
follow the trail blazed by Senator LaFolette
and give battle to the hilt to every man who
has declared himself opposed to the principles
of the party. They may seek to hide under
the skirts of the Republican party but every
one of them should be dragged out and branded
as a traitor" to the party and they should
have no sympathy or support for people who
believe in Republican principles.
A Republican who is true to himself and his
beliefs in the principles of the Republican par
ty can not.stultify himself by giving any sup.
port to such candidates. There is patriotic
demand that sympathy for old-time candidates
be forgotten in order that majority rule may
again be established as the bed rock represen-
tative government in the administration of the
affairs of the nation.
HONOR THESE OLD MEN.