The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-08-17
La Toilette Bitter in His
Denunciation of
Roosevelt.
HE HAS NO USE
FOR NEW PARTY
Will Continue His Fight for Pro-
gressiveism Within Republican
Ranks Till Bel Rings and
Curtain Falls"-~-Gives Vent
to Picturesque Outburst
on Floor of Senate.


Washington. August is.-In a pic
turesque, spontaneous outblrst during
! oepaio on the Presidents wool tariff
veto In the Senate, Senator La Fol-
lttte to-day attacked the new Progress
si'e party ana swore new allegiance
t. proEres sive Repuhlicanism.
Tho original insurgeut. quivering
/ with emotion. with clenched hands and
strained face, poured out a flood Of i'm
. FASHIONED oratory tina; KEEP, the floor
and galleries OF the senate rant and
silent Senator La Toilette assured
his associates thai he Intended to
ke~p up the fight in the Republican
i'aTty 20 make that party really pro-
,TessiNe' and to keep on until the last
bell rings and the curtain falls"
After reviewing briefly the trust re-
cord OF Colonel Roosevelt. senator La
Palette declared that the former Pres
i;ent was not the man to find the
way out now h as erted that mo
obstacle dragged across the path OF
the progressive movement in the Re
publican party can now stop its ad-
vance"
lie declared that when the Republi-
can party. through its progressive as
Soc!ates, had reached point where it
would respond TO the purposes for
which 1t was born. an attempt is made
at Chicago to divert H.
Senator stone asked Mr La Toilette
whether he meant the nomination Of
President Taft. or the nomination of
eN-Presiden, Roosevelt.
I am awfully surprised" began SEN
ator La Toilette. that left the SEN
ator from Missouri in doubt. hone
did not leave doubt in the mind OF
any one else"
He continued; ON the day that,
Theodore. Roosevelt was made presi.
cent OF the United States there were
lss trusts and combinations in the
United states. When he turned this
government over to, William Howard
Tart there were 1000 plants in com
binations When he became President
these trusts had an aggregate capt.
talization OF 100000 coo. and when
he left the presidency. they had an az
srega,e capitalization of s3l. 900 600
COO, and more than 20 per cent OF 1t
was water.
ana spreading. There has been no dim
mutton in the present administration.
The present administration has sought
20 apply the Sherman Antitrust law
more vigorously than its predecessor.
but the time 10 have applied the Sher-
man antitrust law effectively vas in
the infancy Of these trusts. when there
were only l49.
Il don't believe that the man who
was President for seven years while
the greatest trust growth occurred. at
the very time OF all times in the his
tory OF the sherman antitrust law. it,
could have been made potential in de-
terring trust organization-I do not
irttr Hs
then is the man to find the way out
now"
Then. turning 10 Senator stone, SEN
ator La Toilette inquired:
Does that answer the Senator from
Missouri"
That does fairly we'll" responded
Senator stone dryly amid the laugh
ter OF the senate.
After declaring that none Of the
trusts was his friend Senator La Fol-
lette said:
and no AIunsey supporting me II is
practically my single nded fight that
have been waging for Twenty-Five
years and am going to keep on
until the bell rings ana the curtain
falls"
Senator la Follette's outburst came
without warning to the Senate Hearosa
10 make an analysis OF the Presidents
veto message on the wool bill. but
he had spoken scarcely 4 dozen words
when the break came lie expressed
the belief that the redemption OF
representative government in thia
country VIII be accomplished by the
Republican party
The Senator declared that he would
not stop the fight until the "Repup-
licans in the House OF Representa-
lives and in the Senate and each Of
the Legislatures are truly progress
sive l am going 10 keep the light
in the Republican party. think that
is the best instrument through Which
10 progress
Nov when 1t Is the purpose to
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