New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-08
INSURGENT" STATE
WELCOMES PRESIDENT
Washington Likely to Give Him
Delegation to Convention and
Electoral Vote.
mo TRACE OF INSURGENCY
Nominated for 1912 by Progress
sive Governor, Mr.. Taft Says
He Is Willing to Give Coun-
try a Second Dose"

fFrom stan Correspondent OF The Triburo]
Spokane, Wash, oct I.-President
Taft stepped into Insurgent Washing
ton this morning. received an enthusi-
astic welcome from the people Of the
beautiful little city Of Walla Walla and
the nomination for 1872 from Governor
" 4. Hay, himself a Progressive. came
back into Idaho and made five stops in
that state and returned TO Washington
TO spend the evening i'm Spokane. where
he was received with the utmost hearth
ness. II Insurgency does not soon pre-
sent more tangible evidence Of it's ex-
igtence than it has thus far, those Of us
who are travelling with President Taft
will become convinced that outside Of
the United States Senate it is as myth
cal as the ability of Joe Bailey.
Governor Hay, introducing the Presi-
dent at Walla Walla, said that eX-Sena-
tor Ankeny had been the first TO sug-
gcst Mr.. Taft for the Presidency, and
added: Il am pleased TO say that a
large majority of the people Of our state
believe the prescription the Senator rec
commended I'm 1905 should be repeated in
1872" a sentiment which met with Wig
orous applause from the seven thousand
persons in the city park.
Replying TO the Governor. the Presi-
dent said that If the people believed they
wanted "a second dose" he would gladly
do his best to cure their ills.
At Lewiston, Idaho. the President was
confronted by a remarkable assemblage,
an audience Of upward of ten thousand
persons, and this despite the fact that
the population Of the town is only six
thousand. He spoke on the relations of
the government to business, but incl
dentally he took occasion TO tell the peo-
ple how great would be the Panama eX-
position at san Francisco.
Trusts Feeling Hand of Law.
1--WE have put the railroads under con-
troll" said Mr.. Taft. and they acquiesce
i'm il. For a time they were defiant.
Now. under the steady action Of Con-
eress in increasing the power Of the In
terstate Commerce Commission. they
have realized that the whole people is
greater than any part Of the people.
$50. too. with respect 10 our trusts.
The industrial combinations that have
controlled prices are now under the anti
trust act. and are beginning to feel the
heavy weight of the hand OF the law"
The President then spoke of the Stand
ard oil and Tobacco decisions Of the Su-
preme Court. referring 10 the Standard
oil as the oldest of trusts" the one
which had been established by more acts
of crimtnality and unlawfuIness than
anv other. He referred 10 the American
Tobacco Company as "a trust, devised
nv able. ingenious lawyers for the pur-
nose of evading the antitrust law"
There are other trusts in process ..
prosecution" the President continued,
"but my own hope IS that they will all
recognize that the Standard oil and To-
hacco decisions were epoch-making de-
.isions. that they are bound 10 change
the course and tendency of business. II
.,.,, had not. l DO not know where We
.o,,ld have gone. Every thing would
80 becn i'm a trust The only rescue
from that would have been socialism.
"There are those VINO say that we
could get along without colll'etitloh' .,ll' .
.1".' 80 g., ,,ill destroy everybody and there
- ~, ,'o, have got to have some arrange
l, III L,, which trusts can be kept law
'iI' IN W. lived by competition for cen
~ and il was not until the last
tbirtv bi Years that there developed TINS
~ I'M ,I,,t we could get along without ii"
Need of Currency Reform.
The President next spoke Of the need
of currency reform.
",rbcr. has been a plan devised by the
Co....nucJ on second pa.e.