New Britain herald., 1924-10-03
BROOKHART PLAYS
 COOLIDGE; DENIES
 DISSENTING PARTY
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 divert the party from these great purposes,
 Issue has now arisen in Iowa as to whether the principles of the re- publican party shall be determined by the voters themselves or by 6 small group of crooked and ire spousible dictators set up by the non partisan league of Wall street | This group has assailed me with re- newed and Vitrialic venom and I, therefore, with to restate my posi- ton and to reform the lines for a 1 finish fight to oust this gang from i the control of the republican party"
 Quotes Iincoln's Views
 Senator ABrookhart said Lincoln assalled the autocratic powers of the supreme court" in the case of the Dred Scott decision; that Roose- welt assaiIed the 'malefactors of great wealth." and that Kenyon or gani2ed the farm bloc for "economic freedom and equality of the farmers and common people"
 '"rhese ideas" he said, have brought me in sharp disagreement with many different clements which style themselves republicans and by their financial power control the pol icies of the national administration.
 The Inside Facts
 T have said that l would do as much for Coolidge as he would do for me and the voters are entitled to know what we have done for each other and also to each other. shall give you facts from the inside and shall rest content with your Judgment"
 Reviewing his nomination, the senator said his principal supporters were farmers and laboring people, denounced as radicals by the presi- dent and his supporters" "The republican state convention dominated by the Coolidge machine snubbcd and insuted me-" he con. tinued.
 "The Coolidge newspapers over the state with few exceptions, have 1 bolted me and continue to denounce mo and my platform approved b, the voters.
 The Coolidge committees have announced in the press that they i would not use me in the campaign Supports Platform ! The state republican platform l declares for farm relief bill upor 1 the principle of McNary- Hauger | bill. l approve and stand upon thi ' platform and l ask that the presi ! dent do the same, but he will not d. | if, His opposition widely advertised | in eastern newspapers defeated th l McNary- Haugen bill in congress. | Tn a recent speech the presiden l quoted and approved a valuation 0 / thirty-five billions as the value 0 ~ the railroads and certain other utili
 ties. I cannot tell the exact valu il of these utilities from his statemen II but they would probably not excee II five billion dollars This wou leave 30 billion as the value of tn | railroads as approved by the presi | dents speech. The Wall street nanciers have always made the sam Il claim and with the prestige of thi l statement they probably will be abl l l to get the final value increased Tn | der the Esch Cummings law afte | the election despite the fact that tn | statement was used to denourc | government ownership and despit l. the further fact. that all the raj 1 roads and the surety market wei Ii only worth 12 billion dollars. TT l. president is therefore against the re Il duction of railroad rates, and if h II idea of valuation is adopted II means another large increase I rates.
 ltl Asked Special Session II T wired the president asking f, II an extra session of congress imm Il diately and Secretary Slemp VITO
 me that h. would call the matter | the attention of the president ar hoped would call when in the cit |, II The Coolidge Cedar Rapids gang ir mediately brought ont an indepen .I ent candidate for senator again -- me,
 - Cause Of Situation -N "Tho cause of this situation gro,
 out of the following matters in co
 gress:
 T was against Newberryism. T,
 president was for it.
 T was against the ship subsid
 Tho president supported it. T was in favor of repeating [
 tsch-Cummings railroad law a,