The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1924-10-30
Farm Bloc Senator Is
Supporter of Coolidge


stance Senator Capper said:
This is probably the most remark
able political situation that we have
had since the founding of the Re-
publican party. 1t is not the first
time that there has been more than
two candidates in the field, as every
one familiar with the history of the
country knows, but 1t is the first
time we have ever had candidate
who appeared to have any consider
able following whose avOwed pur-
pose it was to prevent the election
of president by the voters them
selves and to throw the election in
the house of representatives where
it is conceded a deadlock would oc-
cur. In other words it is the first
time we have ever had a candidate
for the high Office of president whose
avowed purpose was to see how
much injury he could do by bring
ing about chaotic and disorderly
condition from which the country
could not recover in months and
perhaps years. 1t is evident that
Mr.. Davis cannot be elected. 1t is
also evident that LaFollette cannot
be elected. President Coolidge can
be elected. He is admitted by all to
fight, The danger then is, if any,
dividing the western states, will
bring about a deadlock. The great
danger is that the LaFollette vote is
likely to bring about deadlock and
throw the contest in the house of
representatives, itself deadlocked,
and perhaps precipitate it into the
senate, a situation that has never
occurred in the history of the
country. The result of such a con-
dition probably would be the cleo
ton of Bryan for president. 1t is
improbable that the house would be
able to elect a president. In which
case the Democrats and some of the
radicals hope that they would be
able to elect vice president and
that he would thereby become presi-
dent.
Such a situation, as above in
dicated, would be deplorable for
many reasons, but chiefly because
of the disturbing effect it would
have on the country 1t would not
be an election by the American peo-
pie They would be absolutely out
of it, and the probabilities are that
the person so elected would be farth- |
AS the selection must be from the |
two leading candidates for vice
president, in case it should be Mr.. |
Bryan. The voters would have no |
more to do with the election of the
party who is to be president of the
United States for the next four
years than would the citizens of
China or Timbuktu The plain fact |
is that Mr.. Coolidge is the only man
for whom the American people can
vote directly this year for president
with the probability that he will be
elected, a fact which every voter
should give serious thought before
casting his ballot-that is, if he
prefers Coolidge and Dawes to
political smash UP and no election
of any of the candidates nominated
for president and the chaotic condl-
ton which would follow. he stu
alton that the voter faces is-please{
get this-Coolidge or no election
The only way that we can see to
avoid such sensational mix up with
such a chaotic and deplorable effect
as it would have on the country, is
to vote for the Coolidge and Dawes
electors.
AS to Mr.. LaFollette. Senator I
court of some of its power. Be-
cause this is one of his issues, and it {
would seem that it sounds good to J
some voters, but there is dynamite [
in it and the load is double charged,
which a little study will disclose. &
The danger in making this politi- '
cal tissue is apparent when man '
like Justice Ford of New York, who 1T
declared the supreme court to be an
"absolute despOtism, and Joined (
with the LaFollette camp. a
Now, we are not always suited t
with the decisions of some of the 2
men who sit as judges on the SUI V
preme bench but that is their fault, c
it is not the fault of the supreme t
court as an institution. Looking S
into the matter we lind that our 4
system of government cannot stand b
without the supreme court. 1t is L
the buttress of the constitution it d
self; it guarantees us our npertles
as American citizens. / do not
mean to say that everybody who
supports Senator LaFollette or that
even Mr.. LaFollette himself would
go so far as to abolish the supreme {
court, but he does advocate investing c
the congress with power to deter V
mine that a given proposition shall t
become the law of the land, notwith- t
the supreme court has held n
that such a proposition is contrary .
to, or unauthorized by the constitu-
ton. The most alarming thing
about the proposition is that behind II
Senator LaFollette and behind this
issue in this campaign are all those !:
who wish to see the supreme court Il
abolished, and are advocating
change in our system of government
Or no government at all. We must 81
not forget that LaFollette has done
some good service in congress. He Il
has been good fighter, and as
check against certain men of all
parties in congress who serve spec
al privileges and at times has serv-
I'd his country we'll. On the other
land he is radical, LaFOllette, in
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