The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-11-02
WILSON IS RAKEO BY
ROOSEVELT IN HIS
STATEMENT TO-DAY
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of a state under which corporation
Is organized prescribe its power?
"Second-Are not all the powers OF
the Standard Oil and similar monopo-
lies conferred by the laws OF New
Jersey?
Third not their powers been
curtailed by amendments to the New
Jersey laws?
"Four-Why has not Mr. Wilson, as
governor OF New Jersey, not recon-
mended such amendments.
In my Chicago speech had already
pointed out the statute under which he
could act personally. In response to
these questions Mr.. Wilson telegraph
ed to one of his supporters, as fol-
lows I authorize you to say that the
Republican majority in the legislature
made requisition of the corporation
laws impossible, and that no New
Jersey official could prosecute or pro-
pose a dissolution for breach of fed
eral statute
This is no answer at all. / have
shown above that Mr.. Wilson himself
stated that the legislature did with
surprising ease what he asked, and
that Republican and Democratic mem
bers actually introduced bills such as
were demanded by Mr.. Wilson's explic-
it promises.
"The New Jersey legislature of 1911
house, AZ Democrats, IS Republi
cans; senate-11 Republicans and 10
Democrats.
Republican Support.
"These was thus only one Republi-
can majority against him in the senate
and have shown that one Republican
senator, Mr.. Colgate, actually intro
duced an antitrust bill, SO that even
If he had not been followed by another
Republican Mr.. Wilson had a clear
majority in both houses had he chosen
to act. Moreover it was his clear duty
to try to get action in any event.
'In the entire legislature there was
no opponent of trust legislation who
possessed one one-thousanth part con-
troll and influence which while I was
president was exercised by Senator
Aldrich in the senate and by Speaker
Cannon in the house. But 1 never
made any excuses and by succession
of hardest kind of hammering fight l
forced through congress mass of
vitality important trust and corporation
legislation. And yet under infinitely
more favorable conditions Mr.. Wilson
did not even attempt to get favorable
action.
A Correct Statement.
I'm his speech at Madison Mr.. viii
son says, apropos of the trusts and his
treatment of them as governor, Z have
seen the patient lie on the table in
New Jersey. have seen him rise from
the table astonished that he was still
alive and rejoicing that he felt better
than ever he did in his life l thinl,
this statement is absolutely accurate
/ do not in the least wonder that every
trust-Standard Oil, tobacco and Steel
trust, which is incorporated in New
Jersey, should, after % months of ex-
perience with Governor Wilson, arise
with establishment and delight and de-
clare that he never felt better in his
life and that he no longer had even
the slightest apprehension as to the
conduct of the good Mr. Wilson.
mo wonder that Mr. Wilson was
able to mention in his Madison Square
Garden speech, with modest pride,
that the gentlemen in Wall street are
smiling complacent because of their
hope for his election, and that they are
betting heavily on him, although Il
doubt II any moderately intelligent
Wall street man actually gave the
odds which Mr.. Wilson's enthusiasm
prompted him to think they gave.
Both Standing Pat.
II ask that Mr.. Wilson's proposals
now be tested by his actions as COVER
nor of New Jersey. We Progressives
propose a real, thorough going and eff
f1cient control over the trusts. Mr.
Wilson and Mr. Taft nationally pro-
pose the same remedies-that Is to put
their faith In a continuation of the
policy, which is to allow the eggs to
be scrambled, and then. after the
damage has been done, to proceed by
law suit lasting several years, to
partly unscramble them.
"Our proposal, on the contrary, is
to create a commission like the inter
state commerce commission, and
through this commission to supervise
the big Industrial concerns doing an
interstate business just as the govern
ment now supervises railways and
banks. We will thereby prevent the