The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1912-03-31
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"sLoNDe BOSS" As AN Ex.
AMPLE TO WATCH.
UPHOlDS TAFT'S THEORY
vindjcation Of the illinois Senator 10
in Line With Presidents Views, a.
Regards Government by "A Repre-.
sentative Psopis"-0reat Crowds
Listen At Every stop.

Detroit, March 30.-The issue be-
tween Theodore Roosevelt and the
present national administration was
emphasized By a speech which the for
mer president made here tonight The
railroad rate bill passed by the pres
ent congress and the Lorimer case fur
nished the themes for his speech With
the visit to Detroit. which he reached
after an all-day ride from the west.
Colonel Roosevelt's campaign tour OF
the central states virtually came to an
end. as he expects to make no stops
on the return trip to New York.
Colonel Roosevelt said that the rail-
road rate bill ms submitted to congress
by the administration was "a thor
oughly misehievous and improper
measure" The progressive senator's
he said, reconstructed the bill against
the violent opposition of the reaction
aries who supported the administra :
tion,' recommending as the one essen
tial feature Of the original bill the pro-
vision for a commerce court. This
court. he said. had worked badly.
The Lorin,sr Case.
Passing to the lorimer case, Colonel
Roosevelt said the vote Of the senate
committee this week, Recommending
that the Illinois senator be allowed 10
retain his seat, illustrated the working
"in actual practice Of the president's
theory Of government Of the people BY
what he calls a representative part Of
the people"
re On the trip from Chicago this art.
ernoon Colonel Roosevelt made mum.
her of speeches from the train. The
crowds at the railroad stations as hs
passed through Michigan were the
largest that have assembled To heal
the coloners two minute talks from the
rear platform on this trip. In hi:
speeches he talked of the presidential
primaries and praised Governor Os.
born for his work for such "A measure
At Ann Arbor the students OF the
University of Michigan were on hant
and gave the colonel an uproarous
greeting.
Colonel Roosevelt went from tho
largely ATTENDED meeting to the trair
for the trip to New York In hi:
speech tonight Colonel Roosevelt said
Tile one great bit of progressiv,
NBlslhllDU III IIe lhsl cOHsItSS WAS lils
railroad rate BILL As submitted fol
action by the administration this wa,
a thoroughly mischievous and improp
cr measure which would have mean
the undoing of most of the work tina
had been done In the last 20 years
for II legalized monopoly without fur
nishing any additional safeguards II
the way OF control. This was doinl
the exact reverse of what the pro
gressives have stood for. for they hav'
always insisted upon the most thor
oughgoing and reaching control 0
monopoly when as practical matte
II proves unwise or impossible L
break 1t up.
championsd by Aldrich.
THE administration plan was cham
pioned by Senator Aldrich and pu
through the committee unchanged, /
was reconstructed upon the floor o
the senate by the progressive senator
against the violent opposition Of tn
reactionarics who championed the ad
ministration. But one of the essen
tial feature of the original bill wa
left. This was the provision for
commerce court. Az matter Of fac
this Is the only provision of the bi
that In practice has worked badly,
has tended In a large degree to nullif
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