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Show Ik FOLLETTE He Says Wisconsin Aan Can Defeat Taft in Popular Primaries Washington, D. Ci Nov 20. "It a presideutial primary could be held In the Republican party, Senator La Follctte would beat President Taft for the nomination hand3 down." This Is tho conclusion reached by Francis Heney, of San Francisco, noted no-ted from coast to coast as the enemy of graft, and equally well known a6 a student of political conditions. Mr. Heney has been making a first hand investigation of political conditions condi-tions throughout the counGlv, and ! his opinion about the presidential nomination is based on personal knowledge of conditions. "I do not base my conclusions by what I learned In the Progressive states In the west," said Mr. Heney, "I have been making speeches in New York and Pennsylvania as well. I have been to the small towns and to tho country districts, and everywhere every-where I found the same seniiment. There Is a political revolution going on throughout the country and the only persons who do not seem to be aware of It are the Jt-cnlled leaders of the Republican and Democratic parties. i 'Leaders! They wer left behind long ago. The people are doing the leading this year. In New York and Pennsylvania ' there is a distinct movement toward progressive ideas as thero is In the west. La Follctte would carry a primary against Taft In those states, in my opinion. "This progressive movement Is not one that appeals to the sontlment or the passions oT the people. The slow insidious taking away of the liberties of the people is about tho last thing that will make them mad It 16 about the last thing thev will nso against. This movement means a ro-making of our government to conform to the ideals of tho fow far-seeing men in tho Constitutional Convention of 17S7 who really wanted popular government and didn't get it "Take the Presidency, for instance. It wasn't meant that the President should be elected by the, people, hence the electoral college. Theso were thebarrlcs Jniouigsejl.bjMJarn-. II ton 'and' tho" monarchists who" made no secret of their belief that the people peo-ple were not fit to govern themsolvco. "Now, aftor all these yoars, we have begun to see tho evils that this system has fostered and wo nre trying try-ing to get back to the popular principles prin-ciples of government, that were rejected re-jected as too radical by the cautious ft amors of the Constitution. The issue is-sue really is one that appeals to men's reason, not to- their passions, and that is why the spread of Progressive Ideas In states like New York and Pennsylvania Is nil the more remarkable remark-able Thai Is why It surprised me to find the people alive to the real meaning mean-ing of this movement and apparently as thoroughly aioused as the people of the west" oo |