Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-17

washington. Aug. lin spon-
taneous outburst during debate OF the
presidents wool tariff veto In the SEN
ate. Senator LaFollstte attacked the
new progressive party. and swore new
allegiance to progressive republican
ism.
ignoring the dramatic appeal by SEN
ator LaFollette to repass the wool Dill
the regular republicans and some pro-
gressives voted touphold the presidents
veto. Six progressive republican,
Bristow. Clapp. Crawford. LaFollette'
Po,ndexter. and Works-jotned the
democrats in support Of the motion.
Cummins. Kenyon and Borah sup
ported the veto.
Earlier in the afternoon the senate
in q similar move to pass the steel
tariff bill over the presidential disap-
proval was defeated by q vote OF ~ 70
80. the division being on strict party
lines.
Holds Attention Of senate.
The Original insurgent." quivering
with emotion. with clenched hands and
strained face, poured flood Of i'm
passioned oratory that kept the floor
and galleries OF the senate rapt and
silent.
Standing In the we'll of the chamber.
Senator LaFollette assured his assoc
ciates that he intended to keep up the
fight in the republican party to make
keep on until the last bell rings ana
the curtain falls"
After reviewing briefly the trust rec
ord Of Colonel Roosevelt. Senator La
Toilette declared that the former pres
idcnt was mot the man to find the way
out now" He asserted that mo OBJ
stacle dragged across the path OF the
progressive movement In the repubh-
can party can now stop Its advance.
He declared that when the republi-
can party. thru its progressive asso-
ciates had reached a point where 1t
would respond to the purposes Tor
which 1t was born, an attempt 10 made
at Chicago to divert 1t"
Senator Stone inquisitivs.
Senator stone asked Mr.. LaFollette
whether he meant the nomination OF
President Taft or the nomination OF
Elk President Roosevelt.
Il am awfully surprised" began
Senator LaFollette, that 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.
until his outstretched, shaking hands
almost touched the stenographers
tables. he continued:
ION the day that Theodore Roose-
welt was made president of the United
States there were 149 trusts and COM
binations in the United States. When
he turned .this government over to
William Howard Taft there were TO-
02o plants in combination. When he
became president the trusts had an as
gregate capitalization Of 3a,000A00. 900
and when he left the presidency they
had an aggregate capitalization OF
s31, 900, 100000 and more than 70 pei
cent Of 1t was water.
Powers Of Combines Grow.
"Their power has gone on GROWING
and spreading. There has been NJ
diminution in the present administra
ton. The present administration ha'
sought to apply the Sherman anti-trus
law more vigorously than its prede
cessor; but the time to have appliet
the Sherman antitrust law effectivel!
was in the infancy Of these trusts
when there were only 149.
! II don't believe that the man VIII
was president for seven years while tn
greatest trust growth occurred, at tn
yery time Of all times In the his
tory of the Sherman antitrust law
| could have been made potential in de
| terring trust organization-l do no
! think that the man who was presiden
4 then Is the man to find the way on
4 now"
4 Senator Pomerene inquired OF Sena
i tor La Toilette would tell how man
i the 10000 trusts were good" ones an
how many Of them bad"
II have no way to difIerentiate." re
i turned Senator La Toilette. "becaus
]! none Of the trusts are my friends.
any Of them were supporting my prop
i uganda with large contributions sup
i pose I would be human enough to ca
4 them good trusts They know ab0u
j the Wisconsin system ana they kno'
It IL the real dope for their business
4 $50 have no George w. Perkin
and no Munsey supporting me. 1t 10
Il lone. practically single handed hght
have been waging for twenty five year.
and, Mr.. President. am going to kee
on until the bell rings and the curtai
i falls
i pSnounoss Many Abssntess.
4 While Mr.. La Toilette was speakin
u he saw that many republican senator
had left their seats, and with . bite
d smile he turned TO the president Of tn
senate:
II note the fact" he said. that 0
the republican side there are Just -four
teen senator's present. am constrainc
to speculate bit about this. I a
! impelled to question whether that cor
dition may not be q sort Of prophec
of what II to come"
Senator La Toilette Their remarke
that he remembered the first time
addressed the senate and PRACTICAL
every seat on the republican side WI
vacated as q rebuke TO nun Tor PR
suming to know anything about lss1l
lation." ~. n a
II prophesied then that when q
people came to understand the sort
J service they were gstting thoes go
;. would b permanently vacated. SIM
J then there have been some thirty
those seats vacated *
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