The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-09-22
HUR[S WILSON
INTO CROWDED
ANAN|AS CLUB
Speech of Democratic Candi-
date at Detroit Anglers Roose-
welt to the Point of Max
ing Red-Hot Retort.
GROWTH OF TRUSTS
STRIKES SORE SPOT.
Former President Complains
That He Was Not Given the
Proper Law for Dealing
With the Combine.
GROWTH OF TRUSTS
STRIKES SORE SPOT
BY JOHN D. PRATT.
BY International News Service.

"OPEKA, Kan, Sept. 21.-Angered
by Woodrow Wilson'S assaults
upon him in the governor trip
through the middle west this
week, Colonel Roosevelt, in speech
here tonight, hurled the Democratic
candidate into the Ananias club. The
ex-president accused the governor of
having 'Eiuverted the truth. - and re-
sorted to deliberate missta tement" in
Wilson'S criticism of the Progressive
party's platform. Roosevelt hotly de.
tended his attitude as to handling the
crooked corporations and disdainfully
declared that Wilson, in his persistent
criticism, was trying to "be funny" He
accused Wilson OF running away
from the issues of the campaign by
making baseless attacks.
The ex-president spoke before two
immense audiences. His biting refer
ences TO Wilson brought a storm of ap-
plause.
In his speech the colonel said:
Makes Accusation.
At Detroit yesterday, Mr.. Wilson
made statement which purported to
be an answer to what 1 said in Colo.
RADIO. I say 'purported' because il was
In no shape or way an answer at ell.
Mr.. Wilson did not venture definitely
TO answer one statement I made, nor
did he venture to state definitely his
Owl position. Moreover, so far as his
utterances can be said TO contain any
statement at all, it is simply misstate-
ment of the facts.
'Mr. Wilson's language at Detroit
as contained in the press reports, is
confusing. so that | am not unite sure
how much to attribute to obscurity of
thought and how much to obscurity of
expression. He Is quoted as saving that
| had said I did not Suggest the plat
form, although on another occasion /
bad said that I had suggested it,
while I was president. Mr.. Wilson is
in error, I never made any such state.
ment as the first he attributed TO me
and ne cannot point to any place where
! did make IL.
Explains About Trusts.
"Mr Wilson stated that the trusts
grew faster during my administration
than previously Let him be frank
enouTi and manly enough 20 admit,
what he cannot deny. that my admin
istration was the first administration
that ever undertook TO enforce the law
against the trusts II is not in accord
ance with the facts TO say that they
grew faster during my adminlstra ton
than during any other, II by growth is
meant growth In Illegal trusts-for
most Of the growth referred 70 was
merely growth In corporations, due
20 the general prosperity. But the rea-
son why there was any growth in illegal
trusts at all. as repeatedly pointed out
in messages while I was president, was
that we were not given the proper law
for dealing with them.
Mr.. Wilson Ia now doing his best 10
prevent such a law being given Mr.
Wilson has not made one single con-
Etructive recommendation OF the slight
est value about the trusts or their con-
troll. He Is occupying tho Same atti-
tude OF confused Obstruction TO efficient
action which has been common both 10
well meaning doctrinaires and to the
able and adroit lawyers who find their
most efficient allies IN these 6octrinaires
congress the legislation that ] needed
that there was any difficulty with the
trusts, but the average reactiondry con-
gresham took exactly Mr.. Wilson'S at
titude.
Objects TO Inference.
MIR. Wilson states Gn rather disin-
Eenuous form, for he Eays IN is a mat