The Connecticut labor news., 1924-08-02
JUST PASSING ON
 LONERGAN'S ARGUE
 FOR LA TOILETTE
In Order That Labor May Get Both Sides of Argument We Steal the
 Stuff From Labor"

w Washington, U. L., an open advocate of La Toilette. We would like to comment but the story is the best ar gument we could make that a vote for La Toilette here is wasted. The Lon ergan story follows:
 President Coolidge and the leaders of the Old Guard are endeavoring to make peace with Progressive Repub-. Y. lican Senators and Congressman who have refrained from announcing their support of Senator La Toilette.
 The Republican national convention, acting on instructions from the White House. declared war on every Repub- lican legislator who refused to stand by the President" on the Mellon plan, the soldiers bonus and other COntrO- verted subjects That policy was greet ed with cheers by the hand-picked del egates i'll the Cleveland convention, but 1t has not produced the result expected.
 Forced to make a choice between the favor of the President and the wrath of the voters in November, Republican Senators and Congressmen are stand ing by their records and many of them are showing a disposition to cross the line, and openly advocate the election of La Toilette.
 Senators Ladd and Frazier of North Dakota, Congressman La Guardia of New York and Republican members of the Wisconsin delegation are already
 Couzens, Brookhart, Norris, Howell arrayed with the Progressives. and Borah are listed in the doubtful column and many Republican members of the House are occupying the same uncertain position.
 Emissaries from the Coolidge head quarters are camped on the trail of these gentlemen explaining that the administration is not looking for trou- b1e and that it is not disposed to fol- low up the be1ligerent declarations made in Cleveland.
 The situation in Michigan is a case i'll point. Couzens is candidate for renomination, but has publicly refused | to swear allegiance to the administra- tion Herbert F. Baker, leader of the | Progressive farmers in Michigan the | man who made such a wonderful race | for the Republican nomination for United States Senator in 1922, IS out | for governor on Progressive plat form and his speeches bristle with criticism of standpat policies.
 A few weeks ago the administration | was prepared to wage war to the | death against Couzens and Baker.
 Now the supporters of Couzens are being assured that the President looks | with favr on the fighting Senator and | will do nothing to prevent his renom ination on his own platform
 The machine IS still fighting Baker, but up to date has not centered on strong candidate.
 President Coolidge knows that Mich igan is a doubtful state this year and that nothing could prevent La Toilette carrying it if Couzens and Baker were forced into a position where they would openly support the Wisconsin leader.
 California and Pennsylvania are also giving the Coolidge leaders much concern.
 In California, the friends of Hiram Johnson refused to "bury the hatchet and Rudolph Spreckels, who engi- neered the investigation which exposed San Francisco's public utility grafters years ago, has declared for La Fol lette
 Pennsylvania is supposed to be ripe for one of it's periodical revolts against the bosses. Roosevelt swept the state i in 1912 and La Toilette has chance to repeat the performance this year.
 To add to the perp1exities of the Re publican machine in Pennsy1vaia Gen. | Smedley Butler, the fighting Marine," who was given leave of absence by President Coolidge last December in order that he might become director : of public safety of Philadelphia and 1 clean up the City of Brotherly Love, is about to explode
 Butler took his task seriously. He | undertook to dismiss the grafters on ! the Philadelphia police force and to put out of business the army of criminals who infest Phladelphias underworld The politicians objected.
 Congressman Bill Ware. the bosom | friend of Secretary of the Treasury | Mellon, owns Phi1adelphia's Republi- l can machine.
 He has demanded Buffers head, and 1 I1rho into few months ago On a purity plat ! form, is about to yield to the forces of | corruption.
 Butler, however, is not disposed to lie l HOxrr1 Ho +hrao+arc +O