Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1924-10-17

Because in his erief term. he hss
done these things:
tie vetoed the Soldiers Bonus, ana
the Old Soldiers Pension BIZ.
he vetoed a b. increasing tie
wages Of postal employees.
He upheld me Esch- Cummius law.
lie shielded naugheIty and he oll
grafsers.
He supported the Mellon Tax Bill,
which attempted 10 shift saNeS from
Big Business 10 the peenle.
He reappointed Mellon aS Secretary
Of ire Treasury. Mellon i one Ct ihe
richest men in America. Mellon Is OF
was Al one time connected with the
Pennsylvania Railroad Co, the Alumi-
mum Co. Of America, the Gulf Oil
CO., ami about 90 other large cor
porationS. Among these Mellon con
trolS a large number Of banks,
He reappointed Weeks a. Secretary
of War. Weeks Is a thorough going
reactionary and spokesman OF big
business. He was formerly connected
with the firm Hornblowef & Weeks,
prominent bankers and brokers.
He appointed as Acknowledgement
Harlan F. Stone, a Wall Street law
yer and director in many large cor
porationS. Mr.. Stone was formerly a
member of the law firm Satterlee,
Garfield & Stone, and Mr.. Satteflee
of this firm happens to be a brother
in-law of J. Pierpont Morgan.
He appointed as special eounSels IN
the prosecution of the oil grafters
two men. Gregory and Stfawn, both
of whom had TO be withdrawn be-
cause of their oil affiliations.
He has appointed TO offices of trust
men known to be in the employ of the
worst trusts and combinations in this
country. The financial support of
Mr.. Coolidge in this campaign Will
come from the asme sources as in the
last campaign-fofm those who profit
by special favor of government. tie
is safe, sane, silent, cool and caleu-
lating for the benefit of those who
exploit the people through their gov
eminent. This, in brief, is the record
of our president in his short term of
office. 1t gives no promise of inn
provement.
Watch whom Wall Street is sup
porting for president.
Now Look at the Record of Dawes.
His Running Mate.
Mr.. Dawes is the handyman of the
international bankers of Wall Street.
He is the man they sent to Europe.
Morgan is kept in the background as
the advisory man.
He is Chairman of the Board of Di-
rectors of the Central Trust Com
pany of Illinois and connected with
other large corporations.
He is for the open shop.
He has attacked the Sherman Anti
Trust Law. Il
He has viciously attacked Congress-
when the latter was investigating his
activities as purchasing agent for the
American army in France.
He has upheld the issuance of in
functions against labor.
He helped make il possible for Mr.,
Lorimer to defraud thousands Of
people in the famous LaSalle Street
Trust and Savings Bank. This bank
was started by Mr.. Lorimer in 1910
as national bank with a capital of
81 100000 and a surplus of S250,OOO.
The bank engaged in a number OF
frauds and met with criticism from
officers of the COMPTROLLER Of the
Currency. To escape liquidation Mr..
Lorimer decided to make his bank
a state bank. The Illinois law, how
ever, demands that before any state
bank may commence business, its
capital and surplus must be in cash
and must be counted bv the state
auditor. Mr.. Lorimer appealed to-
Charles G. Dawes, then President OF
the Central Trust Company, for the
necessary sum of $l,250,000 for the
above purpose. Dawes furnished that
amount to Lorimer, which was count
ed by the state auditor. After this
Lorimer returned the money tol
Dawes. Lorimer's bank was thus en-
abled to begin business, but two years