The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-09-04
ROOSEVELT IN THE WEST,
RAPS GOVERNOR WILSON
Attacks His Tariff Views. and
Quotes Schiff to "ShOw
Wall street Stand"
SPEAKS IN THREE STATES
Meets Leaders Of Indiana. ILL
nOis and Missouri
Iowa Next.
SPEAKS IN THREE STATES

Sr Lots. Sept Sol Theodore
Roosevelt began to-day his invasion Of
the West His trip through Indiana :.
southern Illinois and TO st Louis was i'm
portant less because Of the thousands
who turned out TO greet him and the fact
that he turned his batteries on Gov Wood
tunity he had to confer with State leaders
and ascertain at first hand the real situa
tion in the States he traversed.
At indianapolis he saw former Senator
Beveridge, Progressive candidate for
Governor. State Senator Funk Progress
sive candidate for Governor of Illinois
accompanied him from indianapolis to
ST Louis
Upon arrival in the Missouri city he
was met by Judge Albert D. Norton. who
will be nominal ed tomorrow as Progress
sive candidate for Governor of Missouri
The Colonel found in each Of the States
mentioned a great deal of enthusiasm for
his candidacy, good organizations in
Indiana and Illinois, but an imperfect
organization in Missouri. He was ad-
vised that there is no real feeling for
Wilson. but a general belief that this is
because Of the expectation that he will he
poor third.
The Colonel fred a broadside at Gov
Wilson this afternoon in St. Louis. He at
tacks Mr.. Wilson upon the tariff. the trusts
and quoted an interview with Jacob Schitf
the New York tinancier in favor Of Wilson
o show the respectable Wall Street
view.
He insisted that Mr.. Wilson's speech
was interesting because 1T affords ths
very justification Tor the attitude not
merely of Messrs. Archbold and Penrose
but of responsible Wall Streetemen like
MIR Jacob Schii, in supporting either the
Democratic or the Republican party il
they can only defeat the Progressive
party"
He served notice on the Standard Oil
that il he were elected again and that
corporation behaves as il did when he
ordered its prosecution he will give it
the Abysisnian treatment of which MIR.
Archbold complained
The Colonel further defended the mini
mum wage plank of the Progressive plat
form which MIR. Wilson attacked asserting
that the New Jersey candidate evidently
il ignorant of the conditions under which
women labor in the big cities and de-
claring that the plan proposed by the
PrOgressives would not cause any reduc-
tion in wages because employers are now
paying only what they have TO pay
In short the Colonel was in fine fighting
spirit. He has come to the West deter
mined to make the most strenuous effort
TO get out the largest possible vote for
the Progressive ticket national and State
He understands that in Indiana Illinois
and Missouri he will aid the local cand-
dates more than they will help him. This
is less true of Indiana than it is of Illinois
and Missouri.
During his trip through Indiana and
Illinois to-daS the Colonel made several
short speeches. At Indiana polls he spoke
a few words TO about one hundr ed men
who crowded within the limits of the
small station. At TerIe Haute he came
in competition with a steam engine which
blew its eXhaus while the Colonel was
talking
The Bull Moose will be at it before we
are through" he exclaimed to the amuse-
ment of the crowd
In Illinois his only stop was at Mattoon
where large crowd had assembled
Funk's candidacy, saving the only way
to down the Lorimer type of politicians
in your State is to elect Mr.. Funk As
Governor and | ask of you who want
decent government. from every one who
wants honesty. from every one who wants
genuine popular rule. to stand with us"
He further urged that the voters sup
port John II. Chadwick. the Progressive
candidate for Congressman. against Will
lam u. Mckinley, who was the Taft man
ager in the primary campaign,
The Colonel left tonight for Iowa