The sun., 1912-08-04
HENRY ATTACKS T.R.
IN DEFENDING WILSON
Taft Regime Also Arraigned in
Nitriolic Speech Before
House.
COLONEL. PERKINS. GARY
Texan Calls 1t rnholy Alliance
-Clamp Clark Chucklcs at
Bryan Praise.

WASHINGTON, Aug. Represent ative
Robert L. Henry Of Texas. one of the
Democratic leaders who fought for Gov.
Wilson in the Baltimore convention. de-
livercd notable speech in the House to.
dav. II purpor,ed to he defence of pr.
Wilson, who was charac terized in the
House last week by Representative Ro
denhrrg of Illinois. Republican. as "an
n,i-Je.f"rson. an,i.orcign. anti-laDor
an'i-soldi.r and pro-Chinese candidate
FOR tn" Pre-idnn ~
Mr.. Henry devoted nearly al, of the
time in which ha spoke to a defence Of
Gov. Wilson, 20 a vitrioiic attack on
Theodore Roosevelt and an arraignment
of the faf; administration He eulogized
William j. BRYAN and rubbed sal; into the
wounds inflicted on Champ Clark at the
Baltimore convention. He twisted the
tail of Tho mon ! devil and threw hot shot
into the corporations generally.
Representative Henry did not deny that
in some of his books pr. Wilson had made
observations rejecting on labor and for
eigners. but he seemed 10 Justify il on the
ground that ike animadversions had
been employed ~ COL Roosevelt. while
President Tlf' had turned his back on
pledges mad" IN i0Is.
"l."' me aralvre the political character
| of Theodore Afric anis. the Mad Mullah
Of American politics" Mr.. Henry cx-
claimed. | charge that he il the friend
of the special Interests and the predatory
/ classcs seeking fa> ors at the hands Of the
Government.
Roosevelt. enscounced on the bosom
of Perkins. Gary AMI the nl;n.ons Of the
Steel Corporation. whispers sweet SYM
! pathv in their ears in New York CITY and
IL sent forth in the 'cst of the country
to preach /. sham crusade in behalf of the
! Peoples righ;s.
"Ana'y2e thoroughly his discraceful
connection with the merger Of the Ten
nessee Coal and Iron Company as part
OF the steel trust Here his unholv alli-
ance and conspiracy with them began
Here no linked up with and became part
land Parcel Of the steel Corporal ion and
Perkins and Gary. friend and ally and in
strunent.
They constitute the greatest financial
organi2at ion and co.nbinat ION IN the
world history. lie has never forsak ken
them and IL nov making this fight for them
and under their wing and direct ion. They
have not separated ami will not should
= he again win the Presidency as long as
Roosevelt serves them with the sane
/ fidelity charaCterizing his conduct in the
absorption If the Tennessee Coal and Iron
Company and the indecent and outra ge =
ols covering up and suppression Of the
mis,leeds and crimes Of the Harvester
trust officials. his other political sponsors
and financial hackers in this contest"
Mr.. Henry made the statement that
Roosevelt would have been irnrrached q
and Judge Gary and other steel and Iiar- =
vcster men would have been prosecuted
in the courts If the facts Of Mr. Roose welt q
dealings with them had been known when
he was President.
of Roosevelt showing the :oon.rs attl
.tude toward labor, -,he farmers and
, government by injunction Accord
ing TO Mr.. Henry the Colonel wears ago
compared cowboys and agricultural la =
bor"rs and mechanics in this language:
Cowboys are much better fellows and
pieasinter companions than small farm
ers or agricultural lahorers; nor are the
mechanics and workmen of great city
to be mentioned in the same breath"
Here is what the Colonel had to say
about farmers, according to the Texas
: member:
Il snail ccnfine my remarks to wha,
Gen. Porter has said about patriot ism
! Patriotism comes first and hope YOU will
not fail to display ii next Tuesday. Mr.
Bryan and his adhcronts have appea led "a
the basest set in the land the farmers
-Of opponents of government by in
junction Mr.. Roosevelt had this 10 say,
continued Mr.. Henry:
The men who object TO what the '
style government by Injunction are. a.
regards the essential principles of gov.
ernmcn'. in hearty sympathy with thniv
remote skin clad ancestors who lived ir
caves. fought one another with stone
headed axes and ate the mammoth anC
woolly rhinoceros. They are interesting
as representing a geological survival. bu,
Ithey are dangerous whenever there j.
the least chance of their making the priuci
pies Of this ages buried past living factor,
in our present life. They are not in sym
: pathy with men OF good minds and so,inc
civic morality.
4 grim smile ilumned tho classic
, countenance of Speaker Clark as Mr.
Henry eulogizcd the peerless leader.
Millions of citizens follow BRYAN,
unsullied flag of leadership. knowing ful
we'll that when his sword leaps from it,
scabbard il will he tofight in their de-
: fense!" shouted Mr.. Henry.
There was no applause, only a fain,
; chuckle that seemed to come from the
vicinity of the rostrum occupied by the
! presiding officer
Defending Gov, Wilson Ropresentativ
; Henry declared the Democratic candidate
to be a great, grand and good man. who
would be victorious in November and