The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-08
DELIVERS THRUST
At AMALGAMATEO
Colonel Tells What He Would
Do to 1t if Elected
President.
CAMPAIGNS IN MONTANA
At Every Stop During Day
Large Crowds Are Out
to Greet Him.
CAMPAIGNS IN MONTANA
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Helena. Mont. September THE
Ainalcan.atcd Copper Company. which
for SO long time. according to the
Colonel. has debauchcd the politics of
Montana, and which was Responsible
for the selection of TAFT dele
cation to the Chicago convention.
served Colonel Roosevelt to-day
as the theme OF his plea for
the Progressive plan The various
crowds addressed by the Colonel all
the way from Miles City. his first stop
at o'clock this morning to Helena.
which he reached late this evening.
gave approval of the Colonels declara-
ton that If h- were elected he would
apply to the AinalEamated for amy
violation OF the law brought to his
attention tho "Abyssinian treatment"
which John d. Archbold swore the
Standard oil had received from the
Roosevelt administration.
The only prepared speech the COL
onel delivered during his Montana Wis
1t was at Helena tonight before tho
Progressive state Convention. With
the story OF Amalsnmted in mind. he
detailed to the delegates and to the
audience the Progressive plan for cor
p"rations. He referred to recent
speech of Governor Wilson. in which
he said that no body of men would
have tho wisdom necessary to enable
them to regulate the Industrial pro
cess of the country. and word for
word 1t is what some of the great rail-
road magnates used to say before the
passage Of the Interstate commerce
law. They used to say that no body
alive could undertake 10 regulate the
complicated railroad business.
Mr.. Wilson'S proposal is to regu-
late competition by dissolving trusts
in the way the Standard OIL and the
tobacco trusts were dissolved. yet you
know tho prayer in Wall Street now
is Give us another dissolution
The proposals OF the Progressives
is to put stop to tho continuance of
the Taft-Wilson program of further
lcgalization of monopoly under the
suise Of a make believe assault on
monopoly. We propose by admlristra-
tive action 10 control the conditions
which. If left uncontrolled. lead to
monopoly"
Colonel Roosevelt was asleep last
night when the train carrying him
westward stopped at Medora, near
which the ranch or his young days was
located. He had wired ahead for the
people not to turn out because OF the
lateness of the hour Nevertheless. al
number Of enterprising voters were on
hand and began TO yell Come out.
Teddy. come out" The Colonel did
not hear them. One of them threaten
cd eff YOU don't come out. I'll vote
for Wilson" Still the Colonel slum-
bered on. For 100 miles the train pass
through the range over which the
Colonel punched cattle He rose early
and dressed when a stop was made at
-, ~,
lie was GREETED by 1000 people
a every stop to-day the Colonel nd
dressed good sized crowds. At Hunt
ley. town 81 1900. whore the Col /
oncl made speech in front o, the
depot. woman remarked when asked
how many people were present You
could take the census here" Boze-
man gave the Colonel hip hurrah"
greeting
One old woman told him she had
been ten wears in Montana and wanted
to SEQ him again in the White House.