The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-09-12
DAWES ENTERS
MILWAUKEE TO
HIT RADICALS
Republican Candidate For
Vice President Attacks
LaFOllette in Home State,
MASTER DEMAGOGUE"
Dawes Does Not Mince Words
in Making Strong Attack
Upon Opponent

Milwaukee, Wis, Sept. 12.-The
LaFollette independent candidacy
was attacked here in its recognized
stronghold last night by Charles G.
Dawes, Republican vicepresidential
nominee, as "the quintessance OF
demagogism, animated by the vi
cious purpose Of undermining the
constitutional foundation Of this Re
public"
Speaking in the Milwaukee audi
torium, Mr.. Dawes declared that "in
the mass of clap-trap accompanying
the LaFollette effort we can see one
steady purpose always in mind--the
"attack" that Mr.. Dawes devoted
most of his attention.
The Republican nominee described
Senator LaFollette as "the master
demagogue"; warned against any
party attempting to take position
in the halfway ground between
"those who favor the constitution Of
the United States and those who
would destroy it's essential parts:
declared this division to be greatest
issue of the campaign, and appealed
to the voters of Wisconsin to decide
the issue "by full vote of the reg
istered voters, not by the fractional
vote which, for the last four years,
has been cast in Wisconsin,"
Mr.. Dawes said he recognized that
there were in the country "many
men who are just discontented, but
who are patriotic at heart"
Warns Against LaFOllette
"They may be opposed to certain
things in the existing order, but they
are not opposed to the existing order
of things" he added. II warn them
that they should not be deceived by
the catch-all phrases of this master
demagogue, endeavoring to amalga-
mate them with the socialists flying
the red flag, in an attack on the
Constitution"
The Republican candidate combin-
ed with his attack on the attitude Of
the LaFollette movement toward the
constitution an assault on the state
ments made by Senator LaFollette in
his Labor Day address.
"In its strong appeal to the pre-
JUDGES and passions Of the people,
the speech was unusual, but in no
other way" he asserted. "Never in
the history of the United States, has
the common sense of the average in
dividual received a greater affront.
LaFo'lette's speech should raise the
question in the minds of the Ameri-
can peopie-'Does he consider US a
race Of fouls 2"
Mr.. Dawes in beginning his dis
cussion of the LaFollette movement,
which he characterized as "the cul.
mination of the most dangerous era
Of demagogism through which this
country has ever passed." quoted the
declaration in the LaFollette plat
form for constitutional amendment
providing that congress might by
enacting q statute make it effective
over a judicial veto.
Would Elevate Legislative Power
"This proposition" he asserted, els
to abrogate the principle Of three
fold division Of power-executive,
legislative and judicial-which is the
basis Of our constitution, and make
the executive and judicial power
subordinate to the legislative power.
It means that for our present form
of government, we are to adopt an
other in which Congress will pre-
dominate. The success of such a
doctrine, which would mean that the
constitution would be stripped of
authority, would be disastrous and
government would become the play
thing Of changing political parties,
with demagogues in the saddle"
The effect on the individual, Mr..
Dawes told his audience, would be to
place his bill of inalienable rights,
evolved through centuries of strug-
gle and conflict, "at the mercy of
Congress" and subject these rights
to the threats of "mob action"
"The courts of the United States,"
he continued, "are the guardians of
the inalienable rights Of individuals,
including the freedom of the press,
the rights of property and religious
tolerance. They interpret laws pass
ed by Congress in their relation to
those rights upheld by the Constitu-
tion. What kind of a government
would this be if Congress had the
right to pass a law taking property
from one man and handing it to an
other, directing man where he
shall 60 to church, and undertaking
to encroach upon the individual
rights recognized by all civiliza-
tion."
The present constitution govern
ment Of the United States, Mr..
Dawes said, provided in its system
of checks and balances sufficient
safeguard Ito render certain that
only the ultimate right and sound
judgment of the people crystalizes
into law"
People Must BE Rulers
"The government whose policy is
determined by the ultimate judgment
Of the people will permanently sur
vive," he added. "The government
whose actions are determined by the
passing phrases Of popular opinion
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