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Show PI1CH0T SAYS Li FOLLETTE IS FOR THE PEOPLE Former Chief Forrester Says the Progressive Leader Has Courage to Fight. DENOUNCES THE BOSSES Says Murphy, Barnes, .Sullivan, Cox and Penrose Should Be ' Driven Out of Politics. ! MEDINA, Ohio, Doc. 29. Glfford Plnchot, forinor chief forester of tho ' United States, made a political speech hero tonight m which he attacked bosses and bobslsm. "To a boss, a party Is not a principle, prin-ciple, but a tool," said Mi. Plnchot-"In Plnchot-"In New York state, for example, ', Murphv is a Democrat, Barnes u Republican. Re-publican. Both stand for all that Is shameless and all that is unfair In political life. l K "I sec little to choose between T Penrose, horvant of the Pennbvivanla , railroad, leader of the regular Re- 1 publicans in the United States sen-ate, sen-ate, and advisor of the administration, and Hcrrin, the defeated and dlscred- i Ited political manager for the South- I ern Pacific in California, except this, j that Horrln already lias been driven fiom political life, while Penroso soon will be. "Roger Sullivan of Illinois, Boss Cox of Cincinnati, and countless others oth-ers are known as undeniable examples " of the existence and power of special spec-ial privilege in politics "What chance has tho average man to make himself felt In politics where such conditions exibt. The boss system sys-tem is by its cry nature, a denial ot effective political liberty." Picas for La Follettc's Candidacy. Mr. Plnchot made a plea for Senator Sen-ator La Folletto, in hia candidacy for tho Republican picsldentlal uoralna- tlon. "Now I want to tell ou a little about Bob La Follette," he said. "FIvo or six years ago, the senator began to drop Into the forest Service office. Tho curious fact about it was that ho came of his own notion to hel,) the service and ho was about the only one who did ' "I watched his fights and saw that he had courage. I watched the legislation leg-islation ho supported nnd saw that ho had common sonse. I came to understand under-stand what he had done and saw that ho was wise. As I got to know him I found him as lovable as ho was strong. I began to ask his help and when I asked I got It, both to fight bad bills and to get good bills passed pass-ed " Speaking oT the Alaskan situation, Mr. Plnchot said; , ",rSpecIal privilege lies-at the root-or - - the attempt, not yot defeated, to monopolize mo-nopolize tho resources of Alaska. It J is the hope of undue advantage which '; incited the grabbers of water power, ) of the public Umber and of the" public lands. Nearly every serious defect In tho working of our government, can be traced to tho corrupting alll-ancc alll-ancc of money and politics in search of spcciul privileges, or to defects In tho form or opeiation of our govern- , inent " I oo |