| Show PEOPLE THINKING Of LAfOLLETTE WisconsIn Senator Convinces Hearers That He Hels Is Force In n Nations Affairs DELIVERS A GREAT SPEECH Current FoliUm In 1 anner mid or I night nIi nobert Li Vol ietto ot O lectured In tho A s hall live IIvo Issues tho arc 1110 talkIng about La L Eald and and tile the general i that thu tho b 1 man lio Is i to ho da great oreo In affairs lb II facts and andi Og fig t down to practical aMet tho people POPO how their go gov ire has ha gradually ceased to therm antt how It may muy bo forced to 10 the thie of at Its it regular and convinced them that ho Mt hae he Is talking about and that thaI IO he has no fear In expressing him hime him e ef he ot Of Bob La and It Th verY natural to call ahi him fob noh comes twO hoUrs houts trio thO heart to heart be e had with his MH aud ce Is that tau 10 carm or oC the tho w clearly what their eO nr and his mission la im to pend n LO 10 years ears talking to them As A n a speech thU thO was In It shoWs shawl the tho politics ot of now JutS and has no Interest to the thO Issues t La L sa radl radi cab d he has ha the tho chin ot or n a man mall who rho would rather called than IL L quit quitter be The Th same that won for tor him himIn hin tr ter In ln Were Yere USed here Thero read tho names Ut ot those thoe who no nc be bribes to defeat hun him In the party part convention flere bero lie ho mald he was va not tram from lIng g mud but simply th record A I month ago Senator U IA Vas reported train h discredited In the capi u Be tat tal L ait night ho hI WIS waB on Il a ot of tb tipon the ho gang ans ns as aslie lie he thorn them of an ant who habitually thawed showed whose ent enJI they verc bT voting alwY on the cc lIdo ido or of legis bogis At J n a charge that ho ha Voted th of with him partY he denied It by br cleverly liS as the voted with him lIn an hp It the best Ideals in Ils pirty lIty IN La WI wa slate In Ir It IC was when hI his train L In nadi a 11 packed hall hail was v for tor him when lie arrived n at t U 9 o 0 ock accompanied by Senator Reed Eu at HI escorted to the tho stand Hon William Jr It KIng introduced Ii h to the audience lIe then began to 10 and ami with the tho vigor Igor of i lion It WAS II tier after 11 ho he closed and his efforts have b been 1 continued long iong longer er but for tor the reison that ho hoa had a 10 I a train to Butte nutt Although mussy In the tho audience wore women here Jre was no ono who wished to leave aM M th tb entire remained to ta toOm the Om enl cal to hear the tho words ot of ofle le mall ma with a 11 now new mc p 11 Dart Darl La said saidI I beg i your our und and pa patience tience fr startIng an address at the tho time Ume hen It should ha be finished but bt Ir if JU will bear with me mae I am go goIng Ing to talk about our country and our lIt s our OUI forefathers l d d It to be 10 It was vas to be the wilt will I Pt 01 tIle Ibe people They outlined u a plan I In n treby that re result could ho bo reached ed I and Iby called It republican govern government ment nt It If they could have bave It so the system would have been such that i ry cItizen of the tho country could have r tone ne to the seat of at government and for tor every cery law but that was imn so 80 the plan ot of representatives 1 witti t g the thc anti and for arh sute That plan so commended that tOI county municipal st to te governments followed along ulong lbs Ibe same lIno 11 hulS hu changed In the tho last 12 however ISO so that thal the tho cl citizen has hall hasea ea cut t out almost almos entirely Car Cor n Mil has inath such fuch Inroads that Il a In hns ha cOlUe to r r so that n a new word vord has as boe e t to keep pate pace with t e rh 1 g This Thie word to Is graft rutt graft gratt grattI I In 1 und and In iii Ivel every minor ma tl or government It lI o 0 a 0 CUd nd of the country to the tho theether ether I was 75 years yearB ago that one aile It the tI i ost st learned ot of tho world lorld arne ame to te to stud study our tm ot ci anti lInd when this rl adan Alexis de returned ii 1 I r 11 ho said ho had no I r I ot of spending his wealth to tr cr tin in this coon oun OJ Oly Ily 16 ago another f critic visited country countr a slid CO r th II report In hirycH sal said the tho great corpor corpora corporon t on II ro everywhere Their man a arte ci t as secret nod In the tho IV a aol the doors of Conre R If lidO ero hI b with ot of Imd great corporations tl When we wa that that ie cl 1 11 hero only years ogo when this great evil W wa s just starting wo vo ought to realize that thero 15 i corns somo thing to reach of at us liS to do arid to do donow dolow now low nowr r f dont mean to sa say that there hc have not been instances ot of corruption lie be before tore fore and lInd In other oilier countries but tills this writer has hns spoken of at organized ll cor corI option I and nud ot of legislators who iru have unfaithful to ta their trust AI TO ro firE fHE TRUST has hils boon 1 a change in III bust hess noss conditions that has had II a mu ma teet on the 1711 to the tho last century the bu of at the a conducted by and partners hut hilt liS as tiro tho country was developed d there came Caine a 11 chano whom I hen large lanto On this were Put In charge charo and tho WM was controlled b by n a cow cowmen Cowmen men who acted tho ho ItS as Individuals 01 F tins this there calno Caine Il a time thim for tho ot of tl trusts when the thies c companies a united voted th lr stocks ns as individuals and the tho ot of thin tho business Interests ot of the tho country wa a centered In the thc hands ot of 1 a tow few men meu This brought about 1 a condition which has hall set naldo the tho las or at supply and and and biaS all rom corn petition rite rho saints Wua ns tried In imi ear no ago hut It WI by criminal statutes lit III 11 the however It 11 lun hot Ilot until there thero Is not 1 a of life that is III not controlled b by the tho corporations Thle fhe saw ca they could coulet back and supply tha for tor raw mn ma tonal terla Take meat for tOI Six men mako the tho market ot of the tho country True frue the they their grip rip r Oil on of at investigations but PoWer Is in as I great as It over Will vai In III recent years there thero haIC ha been forced II a shrinkage ot Of In the Iho value ot of the tho beef hec ot of the tho country on the tho hoot ant and the they have etc steAdily nel ad the tho price of moats moat Three times a day Ih these b 3 men como come to every table In the United state and damn claim their tribute AmET CO Turn to othor products You II a market for tor t a bushel of that is Ie not controlled by the tho grain trust I dont mean to say that there thero therean art an not t a few Cew independent still strugglIng for Cor but tho they have been forced out or of b by th the Armour who II am owners In tire the railroads on oIl whom when the thc depend for tor ox There Thero are arc loss than 1 01 men who control all ot of tho industrial lito li of oC the tho country Tho rho board ot Of directors ot of 1600 trusts amid are aro made up tip of 76 moon men and tile the raIlroad Interests make um Ull the thu greater part ot of this number A vel very few years ago nHO there yore some somo railroads Now ow are aN six controlled 11 by eight men and all ot of thello are not nal In meal Ical competition hut but are aro controlled by bya II a gigantic tru trust I RATE nATE rate legislation which Is the theme on which Senator LaFollette hc be became came Il a national character was n up at length The Tho railroads h hr alJ were ll at would pay th timo entire COt cost ot of their with t while the tho people were paying interest on over capitalization In time tho shape hape of at ate e rates ve the railroads ever ear hl ha laid ald more mor than it Il costs to tJ maintain all of the tho of at the tho from town to mind r yet t we wean an not havo representatives who will uto Soto for tor statutes to enforce Ihl do 10 or of time the court hIt It I Is a I long 1001 time sInco YO we haVe hind real roal true Irue and pure go av anywhere I would to aud I could rould make yoa see seG this I know I all a Ilot mistaken Andt I 1 appeal to you yau to Put asIde feeling and stand to gother to take cure ot of hits Ihu government I Every very year tram from to 1006 Con Congress gress gresH to clothe the tho Interstate with power to rates rate though bItt body bollY roo ro tile the wn way In Its 1111 annual nd let me toil NI you rou that when you Oll hll buy tire tho goods you 1111 pay tho 1110 freIght nil ull the wa Vay down wn Even Een maw you rOil got a 1 rate rato hili 1111 for Cor tine tho mn It ot of tire tho of tile largo large hut but It the tho lon to brill bring II down th tile rates to reasonable ns as outlined b ly the court ourt r 1 offered to the tho rate rato bill eight ot of which lout been roe b by time the commerce n Tine The most Important was the to the value of at railroad property Its tot got to io dana dono donoh h Colo yea can an begIn to Ox ra rates tet on a 11 baRI rine are pay pUY log Ing moore mor n a year In freight mates unarm tine tho COUrt ua Is right I 1 to aU all uny my halo and all lilY strength to tin before the PeoPle th records of Congress sl tt f I can l interest t enough ollough in III these I 1 shall hall haI performed Homo monne service in III getting Ih tine gos closer to the When 11 ve Inn In 10 or a dozen yeats you OU people will vIII tAke tIme tho hack back unto yourselves he again otter Ilot to stop In III order arder to catch a 11 train to Butte b by reading the record of at voting all on the tho ra railroad II IU rote to In which lie ho had hael been Interested On one OM amendment ho rear read time tho names of Smoot Hell ator Sutherland as to table tuble It The Tho lecture rac as given under the tho arms alls of the tho Mutual Improvement lec lecture turo ture course and was a its 1111 opening lIum her The fhe course courso is III d designed to bring to men hom It I Id Ic good for the to come COm III contact with eight more numbers will bl be given give during the tha winter |
