Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1912-02-03
SEITz TAKES ISSUE WITH HIM
SAYS REMARKS WERE FOOLISH
AND UNTRUTHFUL AND
CLOSES INCIDENT.
NO CHANCE FOR PRESIDENCY
SPEECH OF LAST NIGHT WILL
ROB WISCONSIN MAN OF FUR
THEIR HOPE, 1T is SAID.

Philadelphia, Feb. 3.-The Dime
of the Periodical Publishers asao
citation did not break up until al
early hour this morning and its close
was marked by tart denunciatior
of Senator La Toilette by Don. G
Seitz, of the American Newspaper
Publishers association, who acted as
POSTMASTER.
Senator La Toilette began his
speech near midnight and spoke for
nearly two hours. The more than
900 diners were visibly wearied by
the long drawn out remarks Of the
Wisconsin senator and toward the
close of the speech they frequently
interrupted him. Much of his speech
was devoted to the money power and
an attack on the sincerity of the
newspaper press of the country.
When he finished Toastmaster
Seitz said
Il shall not attempt, nor have l
the time TO come to the defense OF
the newspapers of the country which
have just been foolishly, wickedly
and untruthfully assailed."
Senator La Toilette made no sign
of hearing the caustic remark which
was uttered in half angry tone.
Today in an interview Seitz said:
AS the banquet was gwen by the
magazine publishers and as l was
guest of Cyrus H. Kurtis, president of
the association, had to be cautious
in my remarks on Senator La Fol-
lette. | don't recall exactly what l
said when the senaeor had finished,
but | do remember declaring that the
senator had made an unkind, unjust
and wilfully malicious attack on the
newspapers of the nation and if |
had more time | would have said
something stronger on the subject.
Last nights dinner during which
we thought we would josh hte states
man, ended in a calamity. 1t was a
tragedy for Senator La Follette's
hopes. He has simply wiped himself
off the map. Undoubtedly he came to
Philadelphia to make the address of
his life and when it developed into
an infamous slander OF the news
papers and a wallowing sycophantic
praise of the magazines, l realized
that the man had overstepped his
mark.
Previous to that time the senator
had talked for more than two hours
and when he concluded | certainly re-
buked him. In my mind, the senator,
not knowing the relationship between |
the magazines and tae newspapers,
came to the dinner to attack the lat |
ter and to curry favor with the maya
zine publishers
The portion of Senator La Follette's |
speech to which Mr.. Seitz took ex-
ception was as follows:
Il have sketched the growth and
power of the great interests that to
day control our property and our
have shown how
subtle and elusiy-, yet relentless,
they are. Rising up against them is
the confused voice of the people.
Their heart is true but their eyes
do not yet see all the intricate /
sources of power. We shall show
there are only two agencies that in
any way can reach the whole people
these are the press and the plat
form. But the platform in no way
compares with the press in its power
of continuous and repeated instruc-
ton.
"One would think that in a democ-
racy like ours, seeking for instruc-
ton, able to read and understand, the
press would be their eager and will
ing instructors-suc was the press
Of Horace Greeley, Henry Raymond