Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-09-23
RECORD Of DAWES
hit BY WHEELER
IN CHICAGO SPEECH

CHICAGO, Sept. 81. - An assault
on the private and public record of
General Dawes, Republican vice
| presidential candidate was launched
last night in Chicago by Senator
| Wheeler, of Montana, nominee Tor
! the same office on the Independent
| ticket.
A capacity crowd al a night mass
meeting heard Senator La FOllette's
| running mate unloose his oratori-
cal guns in the third address of a
series delivered in the city during
the day. The chinll of money along
with his booming of flashlight cam.
eras became a regular preliminary
| to each of Senator Wheeler's
! speeches, for at a noon luncheon.
and a six o'clock banquet as we'll
as at night, the leaders of the cam
pGtsn sought and got substantial
campaign fund contributions from
his auditors.
His night audience, worked up by
| preliminary speakers, hailed Sena-
tor Wheeler's declaration that he
had come to tell something about
Dawes first with cheers, and Their
with sympathetic booing He went
straight to quotations from pre-cam-
paign speeches made by General
| Dawes, which showed the Republic
can representative to be, he said.
an opponent of "a free democracy
He proceeded thereafter to an al
legged description of banking trans
actions involving a failed Chicago
bank, organized by former Senator
Lorimer, of Illinois, in which he said
General Dawes had participated.
Great "SteaI Mill"
Departing from his written text.
Senator Wheeler said that John Bar
tor Payne, attorney for Mr.. Dawes
bank in litigation over the transac-
ton, had issued a statement deClar-
ing that there was no wrong do
ing in the steps.
But that's where Judge Payne,s
opinion differs from that of the
courts which have passed upon it.
Senator Wheeler said.
I'm reminded of the story of an
airplare driver who took a passen-
ger over the dome of the national
capitol lust after the Teapot Dome
scandal came out" Senator Vince
Ter added. THE passenger wanted
to know what the building was,
and the aviator jocularly said it was
the greatest steal mill in the Unit
ell States. No wonder General
Dawes wants to get down there
now"
1--WE told you at some length
about General Dawes earnest con-
stitutional defending he broke
away again. Whose constitution
His own, [ suppose, because all his
connections show he means the kIha
Of constitution he wants to USE
He NAV fool some of the people
of the east, but he cannot do any
thing with the people Of ire west
and northwest when he tells them
Senator La Toilette and myse!e want
to tear down the constitution and
the country merely because we are
rving to give the people square
deal. They've been fooled out here
too much. 1t can't be done again.
Real violation Of the constitution
he said, was shown when courts is
sued "injunctions to prevent work
ing men from using the dues they
have pa!d into their own treasury"
I'VE are just trying to get crook
ed business to obey the constitution
we nov have" Senator Wheeler as
Ser.ad.
Many bits of testimony taken in
the senate investigation of the de-
partnect Of justice were repeated In
his speech and much description of
findings.
Proud of Indictment
d. I'm proud Of the fact / was in
dicated in Montana" he said, amidst
applause, because my indictment
came because l showed up Repub-
lican corruption in Washington.
And 1 think, if the truth were
known. we would find some interest
ing things about the reasons which
led the Democratic convention in
New York two months ago to make
the nomination it did make.
Il don't think the American peo-
pie have forgotten Harry Daugherty
and the department of justice or
Forbes and the veterans bureau,
and I'm looking for them to show it
by their votes.
I'D like to ask Mr. Coolidge why
in the name of common sense he
kept DENLY in the cabinet-Why he
pardoned Grossman king of the
Chicago bootleggers-why he didn't
have his attorney general prosecute
Forbes. Are we tearing down the
constitution keCauSa we ask that?