Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-08-22
LA TOILETTE IN
0RAT0R|CAL RAGE
He Attacks New Party and
Swears Allegiance to Progress
sive Republicanism.
7. R. NOT MAN TO BLAZE Way
Cites Growth of Trusts under
Roosevelt's Administration
from 149 to 10000
Colleagues Leave.

>pontaneous outburst during debate of the
Presidents wool tariff veto IN the senate,
Senator La Toilette to-day attacked the
new Progressive party and swore new
allegiance to progressive republicanism.
The "or1ginai insurgent." quivering with
emotion, poured out flood OF impassioned
oratory that kept the floor and galleries
Of the Senate rapt and silent. Senator
La Toilette assured his associates that
he intended to keep UP the fight in the
Republican party. to make that party
really progressive" and to keep on until
the last bell rings and the curtain falls"
After reviewing briefly the trust record
Of Colonel Roosevelt, Senator La Toilette
declared that the former president was
mot the man to fnd the way out now"
He asserted that mo obstacle dragged
across the path Of the progressive move
ment IN the Republican party can now
stop its advance"
He declared that when the Republic
can party. through its progressive as.
sociates. had reached a point where 1t
would respond to the purpose 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
ex-President Roosevelt.
II am awfully surprised" began
Senator La Toilette. that left the
senator from Missouri in doubt.
hope did not leave doubt in the mind
OF anyone else" Then moving down
the center aisle. he continued
TRUSTS GROW TO 10000.
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 10.
020 plants in combination. When he
became president these trusts had an
aggregate capitalization of three bill
lion dollars and when he left the pres
idency they hai an aggregate CAPT.
talization of thIrty-one billion, and
more than seventy per cent. of 1t was
water.
Their power has gone on growing ant
spreading. There has been no diminutiol
III the present administration The pres
ent administration has sought to appl,
the Sherman antitrust law more vigor
t. have applied the Sherman anti-trus
law effectively was in the infancy Of thes
trusts when there We're only 149.
II don't believe that the man who wa
president seven years while the creates
rust growth occurred at the very tim
Of all times in the history of the Sherma
lnti-trust law that 1t could have bee
made potential in deterring trust organi
7 Az nNt htplr t1ot tta y
was president then is the man to find tn
way out now"
Senator Pomerene inquired II Senate
La Toilette would tell how many Of tn
5000 trusts were good" ones and no,
many OF them bad"
HE HAS NO RICH hackers.
II have no way to differentate," re
turned Senator La Toilette "becaus
none Of the trusts are my friends I
any OF them were supporting my propa
ganda with large contributions. I sup
pose / would be human enough to ca
them good trusts have no George "
Perkins and no Munsey supporting me
1t Is lone. practically single hande
fight I have been waging for 20 years
and, Mr.. President. am going to kee
falls"
Senator La Follette's outburst cam
without warning to the Senate. He aros
to make an analysis Of the President
veto message on the wool bill. but ha
spoken scarcely dozen words whe
the break came. AS his eyes roved aroun
the chamber he saw that many republ
can senators had left their seats as h
he turned to the president Of the sepat'
II note the fact" he said, that O
the republican side there are just
senators present. / am constrained
speculate bit about this. l am con
PEELED to question whether the cond
ton may not be a sort OF prophec
of what Is to come
Senator La Toilette then remark6
that he remembered the first time
addressed the Senate and PRACTICAL
every seat on the republican side wa
vacated as a rebuke to him. for PR
suming to know anything about legi
lation."
II prophesied then that when II
people came to understand the sort
service they were getting. those sea
would be permanently vacated. Sin,
then there have been some 80 of tho
seats vacated. ! don't believe that II
public OF this country is going to fiji
any measure of relief from the col
dition by wandering off into une
plored fields. under the guidance Of
pilot who exercised a very supren
control while we were getting into @
actly the same condition the count
Is in now.
Il believe the redemption of repr
sentative government In this count
will be accomplished by the Repub