The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-28
DAWES ASSAHS
 PEE-WIT TACTICS
 AS INCONSISTENT
Lauds La Follette's Cour- age As He Takes Fight
 To Wisconsin

DAW ES SPEClAtI FIN hOO1E IO CHICAG, MADISON, Wis, Sept. 27.-- The La Toilette independency candi- dacy was assailed in the home state of it's presidential nominee today by Charles G. Dawes as a move to throw overheard from the ship of state .'the compass-the constitution-and com mence to steer by the wind.'
 Such a move. the republican vice presidential nominee declared in a series of eight speeches in Wisconsin and three in Minnesota, would result "only in chaos."
 Crowds ranging from several hundred in the smaller towns to several thou sands in the cities, braved cold driv- ing autumn rain to hear and to ap- plaud MT. Dawes condemnation of the La Toilette movement and its platform declaration for congressional review of supreme court decisions.
 Crowds Drenched
 The rain greeted Mr. Dawes and his audience at the first stop of the day for his special train at Lake City, Minn., and continued with increasing intensity during the day and until this evening, when the nominee made his last ad dress of his three day, Minnesota and Wisconsin tour at Bardwell, Wis. The waiting crowds were drenched and MT. Dawes, refusing protection, oftentimes left the rear platform after a ten min ute speech with water-soaked clothes and water streaming from his face.
 The crowd that greeted him at Madi- son was one of the smallest of the day His attack on the La Toilette move ment followed along lines similar to his other speeches, but he did not at any time mention La Toilette by name.
 Again assailing inconsistency, Mir Dawes in his address at Sparta said that "a lot of pee-wits" have been preaching Ito me down there at the national committee to go out and speak this kind of speech to this kind of people ,or this kind to another kind, and all that sort of thing, and straddle around with the rest of them.'
 And with that he threw up his hands and exclaimed. Heavens alive" and then proceeded with his attack on the La Toilette candidacy.
 Courage Is Lauded
 Several times in making this attack he paused to say that Senator La Fol lette doesn't lack courage-I respect courage-he puts up a fight"
 The nominee went back into ancient history for illustrations to drive home his point that governments whose action had been determined by passing phase of popular opinion without, steadying power, such as he said was provided by the American constitution and the courts, had failed
 Back in Greece thousands of years ago." he related, there was man named Socrates-one of the greatest. men this world has ever produced and one of the best-tand because he preach ed the truth and was not afraid to, there was a temporary disapproyal and the cry of the mob was raised against him, and they poisoned him. The next year, when common sense and judgment came, they thought it oyeEs-because in conscience, however, it may be with the mind, there is no acrimony-and they wanted to do something for Socrates. They couldn't do it for him alive, so the people raised a statue to his memory in the same place they had given him poison.
 "Stick By Compass" *
 Now don't let us have a government of that kind. Let's stick by the com oSS-not steer Dy Jne WlnQ.
 As MT. Dawes concluded his Sparta speech, an elderly lady stepped forward from the crowd and said:
 General, you shouldn't smoke.''
 Well, this is not an affectation; this is bad habit, I know" MT. Dawes replied, filling his pipe.
 Let me tell you something about the women in this campaign" he continued, addressing the elderly lady and the wo- men who at Sparta .-as at other stops, made up from one-f6ird to one-haif of his audience. "When see their dis interestedness, the way they work when they are not running for office, when they are working for principle, it makes me blush for my sex. The women who are getting out and working in this campaign aare working for something they believe is right, and one of them is worth a dozen of the pee-wit politi- clans. Women are not out for votes they are out for their country.
 Now, you will excuse' me for smoking, and the old lady smiled as Mir. Dawes lighted up the pipe.