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Show h a B v . HHJ t I LARGE AND ENTHUSIASTIC AUDIENCE I j GREETS MINNESOTA ORATOR AT OPEN- H ING OF PROGRESSIVE CAMPAIGN. I APPLAUSE FOLLOWS MENTION OF LAFOLLETTt H H Progressive Champion Says the Cause of Insur- H gency Will Live Forever Refers to Presi- H dent's Attitude on Tariff and Statehood H Bills Steps Toward Organization. H oooooooooooooo oooooooooooooo H o PROGRESSIVE POINTS BY SENATOR CLAPP. O 1 o Hl O (You -will not find one man who has been -watering stock H O who will not cry: Let this country alone; what this country O H needs is rest. H o rVc are going 1o keep at this child labor question until it O H O is settled. H O The Payne-Aldrich tariff bill no man can discuss it in O H o decent society. H O (Republicanism docs not live in the White House, nor in O H O congress, but in the hearts of the whole people. H O If LaFollette, Cummins and Roosevelt should die tomorrow O H o the Insurgency movement would live, because the people H O would carry it along. H a The Bad Man from Bodic, the criminal, is more trustwor- a H O thy than tlie Bad Man from "Wall street, the stickler for law 0 H O made to suit him. H O The time will come when the American people will not tol- H O crate in congress the representative of the special interests. H O It is the right of the common people to govern the land. H O "VVc are going to Bolve the greatest moral problem of the H O day and at the same time raise the greatest moral force Hl O womanhood by giving her equal suffrage. B o All there is in the Recall is that if you are competent to H O elect an official, you are competent to vote to retain him or o H O diseliargc him after election. H O Tlicrc is no logic in the distinction between one officer and H O another in the Recall. H D The judiciary' should be subject to the Recall as well as the G H legislature. c H oooooooooooooo oooooooooooooc mmmm H Direct legislation, the recall, wom- H an's suffrage, Senator LaFollette, ox- H President Roosevelt and antl-Taft de- H' eelved the approbation of a large au- H dience at tho Ogdon theater last oven- H ing, when Senator Moses E Clapp of H Minnesota, Progressive Republlcau Hj and advocate of popular government, Hj made the first address of a progres- Hj slve campaign which means the per- HI manont organization of a direct le&is- H latlon league in this city and state, H As the result of the previous en- HI gagomont of the theater by another H political bod', those in charge of the H Clapp meeting -were forced to accept Hj a vory early hour for their gathering. H This fact did not prevent an enormouG Hl crowd from gathering, and when Sen- H ator Clapp was introduced there was H not a vacant scat on either floor of Hl the house. Hr Great Enthusiasm Shown. H No mooting at tho height of a po- H lltlcal campaign in this city has ever Hj produced more enthusiasm than that B of laRt evening. Senator Clapp's re- H marka were often drowned by the out- H bursts of applause, but he did not B, stop speaking- for an instant. He H could not afford to waste the valuable H1 momenti. He was restricted to the H intervening time between 7:15 and H 8:25 o'clock, and it was necessary for H him to touch but briefly on the many fl subjects which are beln: given the H thought and attention of open-eyed H American voters today. H. Undoubtedlv the greatest ovation I from the audienco followod thoSflrHt mention of tho name of Senator Robert Rob-ert LaFollette. The hand-clapping was augmented by cheers, and for several sev-eral moments the tumult prevented tho speaker from making himself heard. Similar ovations greeted the mention of ex-President Roosevelt, the direct legislation proposition and the many other salient features of popular government The applause which marked the reference to President Taft's attitude on tho Aldrlch tariff bill, and more particularly his action on the Arizona statehood bill. Indicated more plainly than wordsvcould possibly tell that all Republicans are not favorably impressed im-pressed with reactionary doctrines as embraced by the nation's present, executive. ex-ecutive. Favors Equal Suffrage. Senator Clapp's unmistakable stand In favor of equal suffrage brought forth an ovation for that distinguished legislator last evening, when the seats on the stage wero given over to a score or more of ladies repesentlng practically every woman's organization organiza-tion of tho city. This was a high com-pliment com-pliment to tho senator for his work In favor of women's suffrage during hl3 rocent tour of California and also for his attitude on this subject at all times. In return for their compliment Senator Clapp congratulated the ladles and stated that It was such rewards that made his work a pleasure Promptly at 7:15 o'clock the meeting meet-ing was called to order by Judge John E Baglay, who made a short address, In which he referred to some of the conditions existing in this state. He told of the state constitution providing for loglBlation on railroad rates In Utah, and yet nine legislatures had convened and adjourned and the statute stat-ute books verq still hlank so far as such laws were concerned. Ho suggested sug-gested that maybe the people ought to amend tbp constitution, Inasmuch as tho lcg'n i they elected did not seo fit ' ' thorn tho legislation which 1 ilred. Tho chairman also tour p. tho subject of direct election, ?.fter which he Introduced Senator Clapp "an one of the men In the United Statos who Is a Progressive Progres-sive and who is no afraid to stzsi for the Progresslvo cause." Did Not Waste Wordc. The senator did not waste many words in getting to the vital subjects on which he wished to address his audience; his limited time would not permit of a lengthy preface. He stated, however, that the great audience audi-ence which filled tho theater from orchestra or-chestra pit to gallery would have been considered by .him as a great tribute to himself personally wore ho a vain man, but instead of this he regarded It as a magnificent tribute to the pec-plo pec-plo who represented by their presence their desire for popular government and direct legislation At the outset the speaker touched briefly on the so-called Insurgent movement, declaring that the Insurgents Insur-gents are not merely a handful of men who aro making the entire Republican party insurgent, and that what is left of the old party consists of the Cannons Can-nons and Aldriches. Clapp declared THE INSURGENTS ARE TRUE REPUBLICANS. THE MEN WHO ARE RESCUING THE REPUBLICAN PARTY PROM THE POLITICAL PIRATES AND BRINGING BRING-ING IT RACK. INTO THE RANKS ON THE SAME PLANE IT WAS ORIGIN-ALLY ORIGIN-ALLY INTENDED TO OCCUPY. How tho Trusts Whined. He wont into tho early history ot tho movement of ton years ago, when tho boof'tru6t was attacked, and when the trust cried out against the harsh treatment, whining that the businessYJ of -the country would bo disturbed. m . !'You v,;lll not find any man who ha"? been watering stock and defrauding gj the people, but who will cry out, when his pet trust is attacked: 'Lot this 1 country and us alone; what this coun- 1 try needs is a rest. If you disturb f us now you will upset the entire busl- gj ness condition of the country ' B "Then It was the sugar trust wo I noxt tackled, and that combination 4 that had been stealing from the gov- J ernment that protected It, camo out f with tho cry for 'peace and plonly' and J tho 'much needed rest.' " The Child Labor Curse. I ). His next subject was the child la- G bor situation and ho told now reprc- G sontatives of tho big manufacturing I trusts had threatened the senators t and representatives, how they told r tho men In the senate who were fight- j Ing against child labor in the sweat- ; i shops that men and women would bo placed in tho shops and tho cost ot i living raised so that tho champions j fi of the children would roturn to their fj constituents discredited. h. "In spite of those threats," thun- C dered Clapp, "tho lnsurgon's arc go- p ing to keep after this child labor K curso until the condition is remedied. "The achievements of tho eight Y years from 1901 to 1009. when tho country wont along the line of prog- t ress, would live In American history j as the Roosevelt policies, "The reactionary policy Is known f as Aldriehlsm and Cannonlsm That Payno-Aldrich tariff bill Is such that no man can discuss It from a platform plat-form In decent society It Is uot the schodules that wero raised and should havo been lowered, or those which were lowered and should have been left alone, that are bad. but It was tho brutal spirit tho authors used in whipping senators and representatives Into line. They threatened senators with tho tariff, they violated tho constitution; con-stitution; they used the power of fear to compel men to vote for the iniquitous ini-quitous measure." Real Republicanism. 1 "Tho Payne-Aldrich tariff bill, which President Taft declared was the best the country had over seen, loworod the duty on Maine lumber so that tho raw matorlal could bo floated over into Canada and sawed, shipped back to the Uulted States after cheap Canadian Ca-nadian labor had dono tho work, and Bold at a profit." Ho showed on tho other hand, how the bill prohibited lumber being re-shipped re-shipped from Canada Into Minnesota, and gave as a reason the fact that tho Minnesota senators and representatives represen-tatives refused to wear the Aldrlch yoke. I "And because we would not tako fright at their threats they , threatened threat-ened to kick us out of the Republican party," said Clapp. "Republicanism does not live in the White House or in congress, but in the hearts of tho whole people," Society, he said, is in three distinct classes. On one side Is tho criminal, the Bad Man from Bodle; on the other, oth-er, tho Wall street capitalist; in the middle, tho rank and file of tho citizens. The Bad Man from Bodle Is a breaker break-er of laws and an outlaw. But Clapp declared ho would trust him more than the Bad Man from Wall street, who is a great stickler for law, who has the laws made and interpreted to Btiit his lawlessness; who corrupts legislators and officials and who oppresses op-presses and robs under the disguise of big business. "The tlmo will come' he said, "when the American people will no more tolerate In congress tho man standing as the special representative of the special interests and special privileges and masquerading as tho servant of tho people." The speaker discussed the Democratic Demo-cratic landslide of last yoar, recounted recount-ed the states which had slipped from the Republican fold Into the Democratic Demo-cratic ranks and declared that tho reactionaries were tho cause of it. He showed that In the Insurgent states the Republicans did not lose. "If LaFollette, Cummins and Roosevelt Roose-velt should die tomorrow," said the speaker, "the Insurgency movement would live on, because tho people would cairy it. Insurgency is only a Totnrn in the fundamental -principles ot government," Cheers for LaFollette. At Clapp's first mention of LaFollette LaFol-lette cheers greeted the Wisconsin senator's name and throughout tho address any reference to the indomitable indomit-able leader was received with long iu-plause iu-plause and enthusiasm. The speaker told of how LaFollette put a stop at the last session to the closed-door commltteo meetings. He told how the senator from Wisconsin arose in the senate and demanded that the practice of keeping from tho people what the people's representatives representa-tives wore doing should stop; and it did stop. Not only wero the door3 thrown open, but the newspaper representatives rep-resentatives were allowed In the former for-mer holy of holies. Direct Election. On the question of the election of United States senators by direct voto of the people, Clapp said: "It is tho right of the common people to govern, gov-ern, this land. They say it would be bad to try tho experiment, I say tho election ot senators by the legislatures legisla-tures Is the experiment, and it has been found to be bad. "The natural way is to elect all officers of-ficers who serve tho people direct. They say It would bo a bad experiment experi-ment to elect senators by direct voto and yet they proceed to elect the legislators leg-islators who elect the senators by direct di-rect vote. It Is ridiculous." Declares for Woman Suffrage. Prefacing his arguments on tho Initiative Ini-tiative and referendum, Clapp doclar- ed for equal suffrage, saying that not only Is it deslrablo to have tho people peo-ple Initiate the laws, but It Is also desirable de-sirable to enlarge suffrage. He paid gldwing tribute to American womanhood woman-hood "Wo are going to solve this problem, prob-lem, tho greatest moral problem of the day," said the speaker, "and at tho same time raise the groatest moral force womanhood. "Woman can go out into tho new work and roturn to the homo without losing any of the charm of womanhood. woman-hood. "Wo are told that the polling place Is uo place for a woman to enter. Let no man say that. It Is a reproach upon manhood. "Let the woman say that if she finds it so; but let no man admit that he had permitted such a disgrace, such a condition to grow which would preYont womankind from goiug to the polls. "The groat value of tho initiative and referendum is that they will not only lift the ropresentathe, but also lift the electorate. "All tnerc Is in the recall is this: If you arc competent to vote for a man before you havo tried him, you aro competeut to voto to retain him after you liavo tried him. "There Is no logic In tho distinction distinc-tion between the lecnll of one office and another. Thero is no reason why the Judiciary should be excepted." With the 'mention of the recall of tho judiciary, the voters broko into cheers nnrl nnnlniicn TVif rppjill Of tho judiciary brought as great a demonstration dem-onstration as did tho mention of La Follette and Johnson and Roosevelt. "It Is absurd that the recall will disturb dis-turb the Independence of the judiciary," judici-ary," naid Clapp. "Tho fact is that the judgo who Is Natrald of It should have It. The Judge who is fearless, honest, just and Independent need never fear tho recall. "They say tho recall will make tho judges keep their cars to the ground to distinguish the way popular sentiment senti-ment is tronding. The judge who would have his ear to the ground to hear the ordprs of tho machlno and tho political bosses- should have 9omothlng'ol6e with which to pin his other ear to tho ground." , Roasts Taft for Veto, Clapp roasted President Taft for vetoing the Arizona statehood bill on account of tho recall provision, saying, say-ing, amid cheers: "The people of Arizona Ari-zona had twice' voted In favor of the recall, and the president of the United. Uni-ted. StateB threw out their constitution constitu-tion because of It. "Now I do not caro if you believe In the recall or not. That Is the business busi-ness of tho peoplo of Arizona and of nobody else." Criticising Taft's veto message, Clapp Bald that It simply showed to what stress a man goes when ho abandons the fundamental principles of government. "Every corporation," continued Clapp, "every lobbying, every political politi-cal boss, and many lawyers and judges aro opposed to the lecall applying ap-plying to the judiciary. Of course they are. "The Judiciary is their last fortress. They formerly owned and controlled the legislative offices and now thoy see that their last hope, the Judiciary, Is about to be taken from them. "Of course there are men sincere in their opposition to tho recall applying apply-ing to the Judiciary and some opposo It In any form. But tho fact remains that the criminal corporations and the criminal politicians, the bosses and all tho corrupting forces in tho country are opposed to It Savors of the Dark Ages. "The people of Arizona havo been humiliated, they have had to go without with-out their constitution as they wanted It. "This vicious veto of tho president savors more of tho dark ages than this enlightened day In free America, "What kind of a lesson has been taught to the people of Arizona? Thoy will havo It, but to get Into the uuion they must humiliate themselves, must crawl In tho duct "1 tell jou the last final stand of tho Interests and tho special prlviloge ' clas6 is being made against tho recall of the Judiciary. They would use the judiciary to stifle tho moral force of tho American people " In conclusion the speaker referred to the two bribery cases now under Investigation in the sunate and sarcastically sar-castically stated that this was a fine example to sot beiore tho people ot the new states. The senator said that much as ho desired to tell the audienco of the things tor which Pro-gresbivo Pro-gresbivo Republicanism stood and of tho things for which Insurgency did not stand, ho would not encroach upon the time which had been set apart for the meeting which was to follow. The speakor was cheered heartily and many went upon the. stago or awaited In the lobby to shake hands with the senator. Mass Mooting Called. Before the meeting adjourned Mayor May-or Glasmann announced that a mass meeting would be, held In the court houso on Saturday evening at 8:3U o'clock for the purpose of organizing n LaFollette club or popular government govern-ment voters' league. Already two hundred have signified their Intention Inten-tion of becoming menibers of the league and many .more names will be added to tho Hat botoro Saturday. When the mayor called for a rising vote from those who desired tho organization or-ganization of a popular government league moro than one-third of those . in tho largo audience arose to their foot. |