Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-09-07
Colonel Scores Woodrow VIII
son for Criticism of Proposed
Federal Commission to Regu-
late Interstate MoAopo|ieS.
PROGRESSIVES STAND
BY ORGANIZATION
Bull Moose Declares That Those
Who Are Not for Him Are
Against Movement for Bet
ternent of Conditions.

(By Morning journal Special Lensed Wire.
Jamestown, n. d., Sept. 0.-Ths
voters Of the country We're divided
into two classes by Colonel Roosevelt
in IS speech today, namely those with
ana those against the progressive par
" The man against it. however, sim
cerely he may think he is progress
sive, he said. lis the ally of Wall
street, the ally of privilege. the ally
Of bossism.'
Coming into North Dakota, whivn
Senator LaFollette carried in the pri-
maries preceding the republican ma
tional convention, Colonel Roosevelt
made a particular effort to win over
supporters of progressives principles
from the republican and democratic
candidates. He criticised Woodrow
Wilson for his stand in regard to the
progressive proposal for an interstate
Industrial commission to regulate
large corporations. He appealed to the
farmers of the state to stand with the
new party on the tariff.
In Fargo, Colonel Roosevelt spoke
ly of farmers.
Il particularly call the attention of
North Dakota" he said, ITO certain
similarities between the situation now
and that in 1864. At that time a num-
Der Of republican leaders. the pro-
gressive leaders of the day, including
Fremont the first republican candi-
date for the presidency, and Wendell
Phillips. a leader IN the anti-slavcry
cause, were so discontented with Lin
coin and certain actions of the mass
of their fellow progressives, that they
actually proposed to run a third ticket
against Lincoln and when this eff TT
failed, many of them stood sulerl ly
aloof and either supported no one or
went against Lincoln.
Now the same kind of thing Is pc
ing done by these men today, VINO
claim to be pre- gressives and yet fail
to support the progressive ticket. If q
man is not with US he Is against us,
and if he is against us he is siding
with the rcactionaries. No matter now
well meaning he may be- no matter
how sincerely he may think he Is
progressive, he is the ally of Wall
street. the ally of privilege. the ally
of bossism in politics unless ne heart
ly and in good faith supports the pro-
gressive party.
Mr. Wilson the other day recited
his opposition TO a federal commission
to regulate monopolies and said;
No body of men exists Which
knows how to tell his country wnat
the processes of industry should be.
This is, without the change OF a
word, exactly what the reactionaries
the opponents of progressvism, nave
always said whenever we have intro-
duced public utilities commissions III
the states, and without the change OF
word it is precisely what the great
reactionary railroad magnates sald
when they were fighting the establish
ment of the interstate commerce COM
mission. The prophesy proved false AS
regards the public utilities connis-
sions. 1t proved false about the inter-
state commerce commission, ana II
will prove false as regards the pro
posed commission to regulate the III
tcrstate Industrial business concerns
that have any monopolistic tenden-
cies"