The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-19
NOT ANSWER
On COLD DAY
Colon. Roosevelt says Woodrow VII
.eo, Did Not contine Himself
to the Facts IN the
Case.
TRUSTS ARE WITH HIM
wilson is Called Trusts Candidate by
progressive Candidate Dur
Ing Speech in
Colorado.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.
TRINIDAD, Colo, Sept 19.--Colonel
Roosevelt returned a hot answer to-
day to Governor Wilson's Minneap-
oils speech criticising the progressive
candidates stand on the trust and la
bor questions. To a big audience
here, in brief but to the point ad-
dress he bitterly assailed the New
Jersey executive for "misstating facts
in order to bolster up his arguments. Z
That Wilson could have proved the
fallacy Of his statements by five min
utes Investigation was Roosevelt's
declaration.
Mr Wilson has an entire right to
defend his own platform IL he feels
bold enough to do SO, and an entire
right to assail the progressive plat
form, the colonel assorted, .but he
should confine himself to telling the
facts as they are. In his speech he
stated that the method now proposed
by the progressives to regulate the
trusts was suggested by Messrs Gary
snl Perkins before the house steel
committee. And he suggested that it
was done to save the United States
steel corporation from the necessity
Of doing Its business better than its
competitors.
Neither of these statements Is in
accordance with the facts and five
minutes inquiry On sfrs Wilson 's part
would have taught him that there was
not one particle of foundation for the
truth Of what he was saying.
Not once only, but again and
again, in messages to congress and in
speech after speech, while was
president ! advocated the method
advocated by the progressives for
fandling the trust question, which is
practically to apply the principle ap-
pied in the interstate commerce act.
1t is quite impossible that Mr.. Will
son can be ignorant of what was
advocating.
= wish to call attention to the fact
wat 40 far as know, the overwhelm-
ing majority of the men who control
vol the steel corporation and the
harvester trust are supporting either
~ MI. Wilson himself or Mr.. Taft,
lucy are certainly opposing me. In
ueea, as lar Is know, the only man
egnlected with either organization
'no IS supporting me is Mr.. Perkins.
everywhere went In Minnesota
oau North Dakota, was informed
-, Nc harvester trust was supporting
Mr Wilson and the steel corporation,
= iar as the nearly unanimous ma
so'i's Oh Its people is concerned is
,,uapporting ,u either Mr.. Taft or Mr.
nnson haven't the slightest crit.
s'il 70 make of either the Harvester
1as1 Or the steel trust In this matter
10 not question that they are sin
- ae ~ supporting Mr.. Taft or Mr.. Will
NJ NJ r W. | also wish to point out that
s,...,, ,t.. wilson and Mr. Taft occupy sub
,saullaliy ~ the same attitude toward
49, Nv uas's and this attitude is of such
ss'.u ~ :, narmlessness that l am not In
M ns,s east surprised that any trust
,aaa, ~aMn objects to honest and effective
hs,s hasiauon should support either OF
ms ,l u mem indifferently as against
.,.s. 80 wilson has not advocated any
no,a. ,.A differing in any essential
rraa nv. ron the action taken by the
s,ssa ssssnt administration against the
oandard Oil trust