The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-23
THE INTERESTING PERKINS.

Mr. George W. Perkins is an inter.
esting character. and he did not fail
10 show in his testimony before the
Senate Committee somr Of his points
OF personality, He seemed to he much
aggrieved at the idea that he had been
charged with putting q large sum OF
money into the Roosevelt campaign
fund whereas he md put in only the
trivial amount OF Sl29G0O, a mere
bagntclle not worth speaking about;
ard when the questions OF the mem.
bcls OF the committee seemed 10 get
under his skin. he shouted and Tavcd.
lie insisted that the statement of Her.
bert Knox smith. Commissioners OF
Corporations, that the Perkins interests
would fight aud tho Morgan interests
would fight II tho Harvester rrust
suits were pushed. bad no political
Importance whatever. although on the
very face of the Smith letter politics
was ihe main thing 10 bc considered.
For Commissioned Smith pu' IL square
" uP 90 Roosevelt whether As
political proposition they could al.
ford 10 invite the hostility Of tho Nor.
gan interests that had heretofore been
IN their favor. II the Smith letter
had nothing 20 do with politics. then
il meant nothing At all, but, rs mat
ter Of fact. il was clearly and wholly
political Mr. Perkins. indeed. appears
10 have been about the most lUstcrcd
~ .y.i. H..
before tbc committee.
soon after the unfortunate shooting
Of Colonel Roosevelt by mnatic in
Milwaukee. Mr. Perkins made tho sug
G'stion that tho opponents Of the
Roosevelt pJrtv ought tu refrain from
any further criticism OF Roosevelt or
of RooScvcliism. or Of the Progressive
doctrines. aud that there should be no
further attacks upon Roosevelt or his
pnrty or party platform. and that they
should continue their campaign by
simply dcvoting their time la the em
cidation Of their own platforms. Mr..
Perkins thus laws down a very clabo
rate and mild course of action for
the opponents of his party. We do not
notice. however. that he makes any
suggestion of this kind for his own
party speakers aud newspapers. He
simply wants the other parties all TO
let the Roosevelt, party alone, and let
the Roosevelt speakers continue their
campaign in their own abusive and
vitupcrative way, without reply. This
certainly is an interesting suggestion.
coming from MI Perkins; but really,
ism { il a wonder that he ddu Z think
own party speakers and writer's? This
omission on his part can hardly be ac
counted for ON any noupartisan basis.
IL is clear that Mr.. Perkins wants to
get the utmost possible benefit for the
Roosevelt party out Of the crazy at.
tack upon the Colonel
We believe ourselves that the Re
publican party viii do quite as well in
insisting upon its principles and exhibit
ing the benefits that those principles
confer upon the American people. But
II can hardly be asked that Republi-
cans shall 90 into the campaign in a
tongue-tied condition while the oppo.
sition is free to indulge in such rail.
ing accusations and vitupcration as it
sees fit TO employ. And as the Roosc-
welt party was the one which intro.
duced the yituperative style of cam
fitness requires that it should
be the first and not the last to be
called down on this account