Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-08-19
FIRES HOT SHOT
AT BULL MOOSE
LaFollette Says Man Who
Let Trusts Multiply Is Not
One to Curb Them
T. R. NO POLITICAL MOSES
Senator Blames Ex-President
for Not Throttling Trusts
in Their Infancy

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16.-In a pic
turesque, spontaneous outburst today
in the senate debate over the presi.
dents wool tariff veto, Senator La
Toilette attacked the new Progressive
party and swore new allegiance to
progressive Republicanism.
After reviewing the trust record of
Col. Roosevelt. Senator La Toilette
declared that the former president was
mot the man to find the way out
now
Denounces Col. Roosevelt
He said that when the Republican
party, through it's progressive associ-
ates, had reached point where it
would respond to the purposes for
which it was born, an attempt is made
at Chicago to divert it."
Senator Stone asked Mr.. La Toilette
whether he meant the nomination of
President Taft or the nomination OF
former President Roosevelt.
Il am surprised" began Senator
La Toilette, that l left the senator
from Missouri in doubt. hope
did not leave doubt in the mind OF
any one else."
Then, moving down the center aisle.
he continued:
"On the day that Theodore Roose-
welt was made president of the United
States there We're 149 trusts and COM
oinations in the United States. When
he turned this government over to
William Howard Taft there were
1O,O2O plants in combination
Points Out Trust Growth.
when he became president the
trusts had an aggregate capitalization
of 5000 900, 900 and when he left the
presidency they had an aggregate cap
italiZation of 31.000,0 900, 900 and more
than 10 per cent. of it was water.
"The present administration has
sought to apply the antitrust law
more vigorously than its predecessor;
but the time to have applied the
Sherman antitrust law effectively
was in the infancy of these trusts
when there We're only 149.
Il don't believe that the man who
was president at that time of all times
in the history of the Sherman anti
trust law when it could have been
made potential in deterring trusts or
ganization--I do not think that the
man who was then president is the
man to find the way out now
Then, turning to Senator Stone,
Senator La Toilette inquired:
Cutturst Without Warning.
Does that answer the senator
from Missour?'
THAT does fairly we'll" responded
/ Senator Stone. dryly.
! Senator La FOllette's outburst came
without warning. He arose to make
an analysis OF the president veto
message ON the wool bill. but had
spoken scarcely dozen words when
the break came. He saw that many
Republican senators had left their
seats as he began to speak. and with
bitter smile he turned to the presi-
dent OF the senate:
81 note the fact he said, that
on the Republican side there are
just fourteen senator's present | am
constrained to speculate bit about
this. am mpelled TO question
whether that condition may not be a
sort of prophecy of what is to come.
Senator La Toilette then continued
Il don't believe the country is going
to find any measure of relief by wan
dering off into uneXplored fields un-
der the guidance of pilot who en-
ercised a very supreme control while
we were getting into exactly the same
condition the country is in now.