Evening star., 1924-09-22
Republicans. However, Put
ting Up Stiff Fight-PeopIe
Against Court Curb.
COOLIDGE is LIKED, BUT
"GANG" HERE RESENTED
ShlpStead and Johnson Under obi.
cation for Support Wisconsin
Senator Gave Them.
BY &. GOULD LINCOLN.
Staff Correspondent Of The star.

BY &. GOULD LINCOLN
Stan Correspondent OF The star
ST. PAUL, Mimi, September -.
Minnesota. next to Wisconsin aud
North Dakota. is considered III.
Surest State for the La Toilette
Wheeler ticket It's a battle-ground
however. with the Republicans doing
everything in their power to win the
voters back to the old party al
legiance, which has so often carried
! the G. o. P. banner to success in this
State. The situation is improving
somewhat for the Republicans, but it
must improve still further if the
State is to be counted in the Coolidge
Dawes column in November.
Contemplate for moment what the
Republicans are up against here. The
Farmer-L-abor party, La Toilette
stronghold, in 1922 and in 1923 elected
senators of the United States, defeat
ing Republican and Democratic nomi-
nees. In the regular election in 1922
Senator Shipstead, one of the Farm
er-Laborites, defeated Frank B. kei-
logg, Republican, present Ambassa
dor to Great Britain. receiving S25,312
votes, to kellogg's 241,S33, and 124
642 for Anna D. Oleson, Democra ,iy
nominee.
owe Debt to La Toilette.
In a special election in July last
year Magnus Johnson, Farmer La
borite, was chosen to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of that stanch
old Republican, Knute Nelson, re-
ceiving 29O,165 votes, to 195.319 for
Gov. Preus, Republican, and 1881
for Carley, the Democratic nominee
In 1922, Gov. Preus had beaten John
son for the governship by some II goo
votes.
Senator La Toilette came into Min
nesota to help elect the Farmer
Labor Senators and now he is the
nominee for President of the Farmer
Laborites here. The Republican
leaders are counting on the fact that
| Minnesota has gone Republican by
! large majorities in presidential cleo
tions. But here again the record
shows that in 1912, when the Bull
Moose party put Theodore Roosevelt
in the field for President, Minnesota
deserted the Republican ticket and
voted for the Progressive party.
Perhaps even more significant was
the vote in 1915, when Minnesota
gave Hughes its electoral vote over
Woodrow Wilson by only 392 votes
Wilson, ii will be recalled, was run
ming on the slogan, He kept US out
of war" The big German-American
vote was east amost entirely for Will
son in that year. Hughes won in
this State only by the slenderest kind
of margin. although Roosevelt was
supporting him.
Draw from Both Parties.
Well La Toilette voted against tn"
war with Germany Furthermore. he
Will draw not only from the Repub-
lican party in this State, but also
from the Democrats. In fact, the
Farmer-Labor party already has
taken large number of former
Democrats with it. particularly
among the laborers in the big CEN.
ters like st. Paul and Minneapolis.
The Republicans of Minnesota are
stressing La Follette's attack on the
Constitutlon-his proposal to have
Congress supreme on the question
of the constitutionality of a law
| They are calling him a Socialist
They are attacking his proposal for
| Government ownership OF the rail-
roads They are praisirts CooEdges
common sense. his integrity, his
economy in administration. They are
banking on good business conditions
and the improvement in prices of
Minnesota has Il bumper wheat crop
| this year-the best in a quarter of a
century. But the corn is in a preca-
rious condition only two or three
weeks of good weather can save
much of the corn
The people here are willing to ad-
nit that Coolidge is honest and
frugal. but frankly there are many
of them who do not like what they
III in
charge of corruption against the Re-
publican administration which fol-
lowed in the wake of the congress
sional Investigations does not sit 50
lightly here in the Northwest on the
peoples minds as it seems to do far
ther East. The Coolidge campaign,
too, is based on conservatism, and the
people here have long been accustomed
to look upon themselves as Progress
sives.
Lincoln and La Toilette.
I can illustrate the situation with
the views of an editor of a church
paper publisher in the Northwest
1t happens that he has been Repub-
lican in national elections practically
all his life. he was a Republican bv
birth, though he voted for Wilson in
1916 on the kept us out of war"
issues. He is 100 per cent La Toilette
now. He is not 'in politics." nor
is his paper, but he keeps in pretty
close touch with the sentiment in
this Northwestern country.
The view of this editor is that the
third party movement, the eventual
development of a new liberal party.
will continue and such a party will
be realized.
Lincoln" he said to me, was as
much a radical as La Toilette when
the Republican party was born. The
Republican party of those days was
the liberal party of the country"
One question which I have put l.,
many persons in these Western State:
has been:
rs the La Follette-Wheeler Pro-
gressive movement a one-man affair
personal to Senator La Toilette, and
will it pass away when Senator La
Toilette, for one cause or another
quits the field of politics?"
Point to Other RevOIts.
The answer has depended very
| largely upon whether it came from IA
supporter of La Toilette or a member
of one of the old parties. The La
Toilette people say the movement
| will continue. The others point to
| what happened to the Bull Moose
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