Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-17
STAYS WITH PARTY
La Toilette Aims to Make Re-
pubIicans Progressive. j.
SAYS ROOSEVELT FAILED
Declares Trusts Greatly Increased in
His Administration.
SENATORS QUIT THE CHAMBEK
Asserts That Since He First Spoke
in the Senate Thirty oppo-
nents Lost Their Seats.
SAYS ROOSEVELT FAILED
SENATORS QUIT THE CHAMBER

vigorous attack upon Col. Roosevelt
and the new progressive party was made
IN the Senate yesterday afternoon by
Senator La Toilette. who Is claimed to he
the original progressive" during the de-
bate on the wool bill. The senator swore
anew his allegiance TO the republican
party and declared that no obstacle drag
ged across the path OF the progressive
movement in the republican party can
now stop it's advance. AS for himself.
he said, he would keep UP the fight for
progress within the ranks OF the party
until ''the last bell rings and the curtain
drops
Senator La Toilette was particularly
bitter in his denunciation OF Roosevelt
record in regard to the trusts He said
''On the day that Theodore Roosevelt
was made President OF tire United States
there were 149 trusts and combinations
in the United States. When he turned
TAFT there were 1000 plants In combna-
tons. When he became President these
trusts had an aggregate capitalization OF
S3.OO0Wo.Oe0 and when he left the presi-
dency they had an aggregate capitalize
ton of $3I 600 o0O.Oo. and more than ~
per cent OF il was water.
Growth of the Trusts.
Their power has gone on growing and
spreading. There has been no dminu-
ton In the present administration. The
present administration has sought to APP
ply the Sherman antitrust law more
vigorously than it's predecessor: but the
time to have applied the Sherman anti
trust law effectively was in the infancy
OF these trusts, when there were only
149.
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 history OF
the Sherman antitrust law IL could have
been made potential In deterring trust
organization. do not think that the man
who was President then is the man TO
find the way out now
Senator Pomerene inquired If Senator
La Toilette would tell how many Of the
10000 trusts were good ones and how
many of them bad
Il have no way to diferentiate." re-
turned Senator La Toilette. Because
none or the trusts are my friends. IL
any OF them We're supporting my propo-
ganda with large contributions i sup
pose would be human enough to call
them good trusts They know about the
Wisconsin system and they know il Is the
real dope for their business.
so l have no George w. Perkins and
no Munsey supporting me. II Is a lone,
practically stnEle-handed fight. / have
y -.
Mr.. President. l am going to keep on
until the bell rings and the curtain falls"
Senators Quit the Chamber.
Senator La Follette's outburst came
without warning to the senate He arose
to make an analysis OF the Presidents
veto message on the wool bill, but he
had spoken scarcely a dozen words when
the break came. AS his eyes roved around
the chamber he saw that many republican
senator's had left their seats as he began
to speak. and with a bitter smile he
turned to the President Of the Senate.
Il note the fact" he said, that on the
republican side there are just fourteen
senators present. I am constrained to
speculate a bit about this. I am impelled
to question whether that condition may
not be a sort Of prophecy Of what is to
come. [ remember the first time i arose
in this senate to address the senators in
serious way on piece of important
legislation. Then practically every seat
on the republican side Of the Senate was
vacated as a rebuke to me for presuming
to know anything about legislation.
Il prophesied then that when the people
came to understand the sort OF service
they were getting those seats would be
permanently vacated. Since then there
have been some thirty OF those seats va
Gated. / don't believe that the public
of this country is going to find any meas
ure OF relief from that condition by wan
dering OF into unexplored fields, under
the guidance of a pilot who exercised
very supreme control while We were get
ting into exactly the same condition the
country is In now
His Hopes in Republican Party.
II believe the redemption of representa-
tive government in this country will be
accomplished by the republican party"
AS Senator La Toilette continued he
grew more earnest. Several times he
realized that he had forgotten the orig
inal purpose OF his speech and interrupt
ed himself.
Go on. go on" urged Senator William
Alden Smith. who sat near him.
Il didn't intend TO make this sort OF
speech. / vow I didn't, said La Fol-
lette But | would like TO go on. I'm
just seething with IL 1 intend to go on In
two or three weeks night and day. L
am never goingfi to stop until the repub-
and in the Senate and each of the legis-
latures are truly progressive 1 am going
to keep the fight in the republican party.
1 think il is the best instrument through
which to progress
Now, when 1t Is the purpose to make
the republican party respond to the pur-
pose for which II was born. an attempt is
made at Chicago to divert it. Ii won't
succeed. II will only disturb the surface
of things little The republican party
was born to make all men equal, and
that is all that lies back Of the move