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Show f UFOLLETTESAYS j SDKPREHE COURT ASSOMESPOWERS HI' 1 Wisconsin Senator Continues His &A i Speech-Making Trip Through f, ,' the States. ' FAVORS VOTES FOR WOMEN jjS I, Tells cf the Progressive Creed m ' and What It Means to ftgl ; tho People. H .? j ' . ' DAYTON, Ohio, Dec. 29. &$ Rearing the cnil o." his speech- Ji"L making) trip in Ohio. Senator -t ', La Follette or Wisconsin trnv- -h fgfj -f- eled through tho west part of & the state today, closing with ?s5s. ' a meeting here wheic ho roller- !&!&!- ift- atcd his assertion made nt -f ,w ' North Baltimore, that the fed- -t- S? ' cral supreme court had as- ? j sumed legislative powers ncv- -t f? ; r or granted by the constitution, 2? ' in Mb rulings in Sherman 5S - nnti-trust law. 5 Representative government, the iii "progressive creed," said the senator, 'iul : "Is service bj public officials to the f) people and not to tho interests. It Is fe ! representative government now." X While discussing this topic, Senator Sa La Follette suddenly stopped, got red fW( in the face and said to his hearers, I "Say, my collar is too tight. Can 1 take it off'" Amidst ihe shouts of "Yes," he rc- J J mocd the annoying neckband. VM! For tho fust time on this trip, tho m senator declared tonight for votes for fipr : wo,nen- If "1 say that the women have as much 11 ; right to the ballot as the men," he llll said "Do you know that there are m ' Seven million women In this country H earning their own living by day wages H and they are adding to tho wealth of 7c! ; the nation For this reason they have a moral right to a oIce in the Bl question of sanitation and all that J goes to Improve living condition In H the home." P '- Ballot Is Valuable. pi Jg 'r tell you your ballot is a valn- jl j able thing You don't cast many ot ' them in your life, especially when fa you vote for President."' j5 :, When he declared he would extend jtj the recall to the judiciary, the sen- 5jJ ' ator said j? i "Some of them get what is qalled a K ' corporation squint. They are not rc- ejected just becaase-thcy are Jiidgcs.." jg , "I'he name ofW, J. Dryan was men-S men-S 'itmed.by Senator La Follette When jl? he -was interrupted by ai)plause, the 1 t benator said: Vm "I am not ashamed to pause while P l you pay tribute to Mr Bryan. He Is S a highly honorable man. I leel under JJ obligation to Col Bryan." I : The senator thou told of suimnon- ing Mr. Bryan to help him, while I eovernor of Wisconsin, to secure the W ' passage of the progressive rate law hj? j ,vhich was threatened in the legisla-S legisla-S ,( tnre by the apathy of some Demo-5f Demo-5f crats. Eg . Senator La Follette will leave here ff l tomorrow morning for Cincinnati, fi . where the trip through Ohio will eud |