The Washington times., 1924-09-08
TELLS Of GAINS.
LAFOLLETTE
IS MAKING
Ernest Gruening Is Appointed
Director Of Publicity for
the Campaign

La Wheeler headquarters
has announced the appointment Of
Ernest Gruening. of New York, as
director of publicity of the cam
paign. Mr.. Gruening is a news.
paper man and has had wide ex-
perience as an editor and writer.
He has been managing editor Of the
Boston Traveller, managing editor
managing editor of the New York
Tribune, and managing editor of
the Nation, of New York.
THE La Toilette Wheeler pro-
gressive movement is growing spon-
taneously all over the country by
leaps and bound" said Mr.. Gruen-
Ing. THE only real function for
this publicity department in this
campaign is to get to the voters
the facts about Senator La Fol-
iette's record, the principles that
his career embodies, and the issues
which this third party campaign
represents. If that can be done,
the American voters may be trusted
to do the rest.
Important and tremendous as
this task is, it is greatly assisted
by two circumstances: First, the
work will not be encountered by the
necessity of erecting any myth
about Senator La Toilette and of
investing him with special attributes
for campaign purposes; second, his
opponents have been and are being
very helpful. On the same day, we
find Glenn l.. Shaver, chairman of
the Democratic National Committee,
demonstrating that the Progressive
party is the real menace to the
republicans, and James NJ. Beck,
the Solicitor General, speaking for
the Republicans, predicting that the
La Toilette movement will COM
pletely destroy the Democratic
party.
From these two statements
summed up and averaged can be
| oeouced the exact truth, which is
tnat the Progressive campaign is a
menace to both the old parties be.
cause 1t represents realities and not
spurious issues raised on The eve
voters.
Recalls History.
Both the old parties are charging
tnat the La Toilette movement is
the product Of discomfort.
Elght centuries ago, discomfort
wrested the Magma Charta, founda.
tlon OF our representative govern.
mede.
Discomfort against taxation with.
OUT representation and absentee
government led to the Boston tea
party, to the "shot heard round
the world at Lexington, and to the
declaration OF Independence which
| public.
Discomfort by a small group CT
persons devoted to- human liberty
LED to the abolition of slavery Nv
Abraham Lincoln.
Discomfort Aids Reforms,
Yes, discomfort with the efforts
10 destroy our democracy, to over.
ride the Constitution by direct ac-
tlon, to thwart the peoples will
by corruption, to convert this Gov.
eminent into an oligarchy of priv.
ilege, is a large factor in the
sweep OF the Progressive move.
ment.
1T Is the discomfort which will
lead to the rebuilding of a better
America true to its own bestast fra.
ditions. If ever there has been a
constructive political movement in
American history it is this one.
The closest approach to it was the
rounding OF the Republican party
sixty years ago for the destruc.
ton OF slavery and the preserya.
ton of the Union. The issues have
changed somewhat, but the under.
lying, principles are the same
destruction of evils that have
grown up in our midst and the
preservation In harmony with the
changing times of all that is best
and most American"