LaFollette And Not Ford
Is Real Idol Of The West
I -a Follette Re*|M?n?ible for Election of Radical* in West
Who Will-Hold Balance of Power in Next Congress
and May Make Trouble for President
II) DAVID I.AWKKM'K
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Senator Robert M. La Follette of Wisconsin is the real Hen
ry Ford of the Western political situation.
Shrewdly keeping in the back
ground at this early date be
cause he knows how easy it is to
spoil one's chances by prema
ture action, the Wisconsin Sen
ator is the man who fits in ex
actly with what the Western
farmers really want. They talk
about Henry Ford because his
name is a symbol of their crav
ing, but what they mean is a
La Follette.
Take the remarkable victory
which Mr. La Follette won In Wis
consin last year when he awept the
Republican primaries and then eas
ily won the race for re-election. Peo
ple wondered at that situation and
attributed It to all sorts of causes,
mostly local, mostly La Follette him
self.
But then camc the Iirookhart epi
sode In Iowa and after that the Ship
stead victory In Minnesota and in a,
few days there will be another dem
onstration in Minnesota of I,a Fol
lette strength in the selection of a
successor to the late Senator Knute
Nelson. North Dakota worships I^a
Follette. The triumph<of Lynn Fra
iler last autumn was a La Follette
victory.
It is too early perhaps for the gen
eral public to begin thinking of what
Is going to happen in the December
session of Confess.
But Senator La Follette has al
ready begun to do his thinking and
his opponents have begun to do their
worrying.
The so-called Republican majority
In the next Senate will be about 10.
Of this number nearly all are radi
cals of the La Follette type who have |
In common with the old Republican
party only the name Republican. In
the House, Mr. La Follette's 10 or 11 ?
henchmen from Wisconsin will hold
the balance of power because the
majority of the Republicans has been |
narrowed to a mere handful.
Under these circumstances, Mr. La
Follette will have the stage to him
self for an old-fashioned llryan-likA
appeal. He will be In the Senate
where avenues of publicity will he
open to him daily. His war record
is little mentioned nowadays for it
only proved a boomerang to those
who-cmphasized it in Wisconsin. The
alleged persecution of La Follette for
daring to express his own views was
one of the principal factors in his
last victory In Wisconsin.
Mr. I?a Follette Is by no means a
"dry." But he probably would avoid
prohibition as an issue for lie be
lieves other things are more impor
tant to the West just now. Nor is
his voting strength confined to the
Weit,
Larue numbers of votes In Kastern
cities would be found In the La Fol
lette column if he were on the bal
lot. Many of the foreign horn voters
of the Kastern states who sympathize
with the views held by La Follette
about the war would bolt the two
regular"party tickets to help La Fol
lette if lie ran independently.
The -farmer labor groups of the
nation would be tempted to throw
their atrength to La Follette If the
two major parties nominated men
who were known as liberal conserva
tives or even progressives. Radical
ism Is on the upgrade In the West.
Agricultural discontent Is the domin
ant characteristic of the whole elec
torate That's what gives rise to the
talk of Henry Ford who Is looked
upon as the exponent of agrarian so
cialism.
But Senator La Follrtte .hasn't op
ened up yet. When he does lie will
aupplant Ford and become a factor
in the Republican race giving Mr.
Harding the only real opposition.
Senator Hiram Johnson of Califor
nia, Oovernor Olfford Plnchot of
Pennsylvania, and others Identified
with the "Dull Moose" party are
back In the regular fold. Mr. John
son, who Is now In Kurope, was ex
pected to make a lYght on the World
Court, but the concessions made by
President Harding in his St Louis
speech have deprived the California
Senator of any substantial ground
for opposing the renoininatlon of the
Pr si dent. V nator Borah :*f Idaho
hr already ?'iscouraaed talk of his
own candidacy and he is supporting
Mr. Harding on the World Court.
Attorney Oeneral Daugherty said
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PHONFS A AND S7
Corner Main A Water Sta.
Fire Loss Less in
State During June
Hut Jnitf of Y?r Him I I<ow?nI |
Ijom* In Itecocd, Say* Com
mbuiktner Wmle
| Raleigh. July 16.?The total Are
loss for North Carolina for June was
$397,093 an compared with $642,002'
for the preceding month and $105.-?
'908 for June 1922. the latter being!
[the lowest on record. Insurance'
! Commissioner Stacey W. Wade an
nounced today. Property at risk last
j month was $3,408,411 with an In
Jsurance value of $2.3>2.200.
The number of fires. 95, is the
? smallest on record, next being that
of June 1922. with 96. Of these 95,
fires. 11 ran up a loss of $357,800,
fearing a loss of only $39,293 for (he
I other K4. The principal single fires
of these eleven were: Chair factory
,near Hickory. $128,000; lumber
plant near Marshvlllp; -$50,000;
'granite quarry near Mount Airy,
$41,000; store and contents?at Wil
mington $40,4 92, and a business
block at Kinston $37.5 4?>. Titer?
wen- 85 fires in towns, and only 11 j
in the rural districts, the heavy loss
es from these 11?$111.833?being .
dn? to the lumber plant fires and]
the granite quarry fire.
While there were 66 fires In the!
nine largest cities of the State. thej
total loss from them was but $74,-{
979, and of this, one fire In Wllming-'
toil contributed $40,942. or morel
than half that of the other eight
leading cities. Raleigh leads this
group of cities with three or more
fires with u loss of only $50. wtlh
Ashevllle a close second with a loss
in Florida last March, that Senator
La Follette would be Mr. Harding's
only- opponent. Much has happened
Since then to confirm his prediction.1
The West is aching for a La Follette*
leadership and the \Visconsin Sena
tor will try his hand at it in the ne\t
session ol Congress.
I of 9140. Winston-Salem $3,595.
Charlotte. $9,450. Cities like Dor
ham. High Point and Hamlet had
itwo flr*'n with small losses, with one
flre only at towns like Greenville, Ml.
? Airy. Wilson. New Hern. Klnston.
Henderson and Hurllmcton. Wilson
, leading this group with a loss of
only $15. with Greenville $25 and
tHenderson $3 5. Kast Spencer had
;the smallest loss. It being only $5.
Other important towns had no
) damage whatever, the honor roll
I comprising the following: Rorkv
joMunt. Salisbury, Stategvllle, Clln
? ton. Washington. I.umlwi Hmi. Lnnis
burg. Sanford. Huntersvllle. Pine
hurst. Marshville, Wake Forest and
the counties of Caswell and David
son.
Of the 95 Art's. II were dwelling
flr*'s. with a loss of $2^.299. valued
at $348,375. on which there was in
surance of $182,975. There were
but three rural dwelling fires with a
loss of $6,335.
Other principal classes of property
at risk were: Stores. 11; Industrial
plant. 10; barns and stables. 6; ga
1 rages. 4. and three each of cafes, of
fice buildings and lumber plants.
I The list of causes of A res were;
given as follows: 28, unknown; 22, i
defective flues; and shingle roofs; j
11, carelessness; gasoline, 6; smok*!
Ing, 5; spontaneous combustion, 4,|
and three each from overheated i
stove, oil stoves and short circuit.
1 IB TNC DISTRICT COURT %f THE ?MTI9
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FOR TNC (ASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAR
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