New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-24
WILSON HOLLY REPLIES
TO ROOSEVELT ATTACK
mn Rule Of Blood, No Privilege
Of Money Picked Me Out"
He Asserts at Scranton.
RFRATES THE THIRD PARTY
uou,d Turn the People Over to
Those Who Had Corrupted
the U. S. Government,
Saws the Governor.

.,-,,r a Stag Correspondent u Ihe i.+ouNe'J
s,r.n,on. Penn. Sept 25.-Governor
,,,,son invaded q so-called Roosevelt
'a,-bo,6. the anthracite region of Penn
..roria. here tonight, and although not
'",,on,nc colonel Roosevelt by name II
-.nersllv believed that ne was re-
80 N the recent attack on his truth
49, by the third party candidate
hon he said hot1y;
.S. r,le Of law, no rule OF blood. 10
,-sIsgo OF money picked me out as
candidate g.. ,.,a go
little earlier in his speech he had re-
,.r,.a 10 Roosevelt as "a leader VINO
.s,r,,s ne knows q remedy for all HIS
- 4, discussing his reference to prize
-, IN connection with the tariff he
IA that he. TOO, agreed with Nj. Roose-
,'.l4 that there should be more OF the
n,,,. money In the pay envelope
VT IN know. however" he said, nov
vr Roosevelt proposes to put 1t there
re said that the third party platform
s,d no provision OF this KIND
The third party, Governor Wilson a.
.er.ed. did not want TO take the people
~, ~ the hands OF those who had cor
-,pted the United states government hut
crooosed 10 turn the people over so them.
Hearers Grow Apsthetie.
The dg 18th Regiment Armory. al
which to-nights meeting was held. was
slIed 20 the doors as Governor Wilson
,raIked on the platform q little after
o,,,ock. The meeting was held supposed
r IN notify the Democratic state candl-
ds,.s 81 their nominations, and aDout
eight thousand persons were IN the place
while they cheersd Governor wilson
loDr as he began speaking. they Ios' tileH
enthusiasm as ne went on, because MS
arguments became so academic and gen
oral that the big crowd seemed at q loss
- understand what he was talking about.
1rlv occasionally. when he directed q
,si,1v yelled attack on Colonel Roosevelt,
aid he produce anything that resembied
ripple Of applause.
I'VE Are Sports" He Says.
81, nav De q mistake, but you can't
blane the system for II, because Il is a
fine system. where some remote, severe,
academic schoolmaster may become
President OF the United States said the
Governor. "He is not connected at least
With the powers that have been, and ne
has even on occasion set himself against
the powers that are. Men speculate as 70
what he might be ignorant or audacious
enough 10 do, but all of that Is Of the
excitement of the Democratic game We
are sports. We arc not going to tie up
to particular family or class. We are
Z going 10 say we have played this same
ong enough to be perfectly serene about
md take a chance in the game. That
the beauty Of Democracy" he Gov
srner went on:
they have millions TO divide among
:htmselycs and get these millions as
they profess 10 get them, from the OPP
pO-tunities created by the tariff, where
Ioes the worlsingm&n come in! Mi.
Roosevelt himself has spoken Of the
Profits they get as prize money and has
objected that not enough or the prize
money gets TITO the pay envelopes. l
cutie agree with him. But l want 10
ku0w how be proposes 70 get II tneIe.
searched his platform from top 10 bot
ion and the only proposal l can find is
hat there snail be an industrial commls-
son charged with the supervision OF, the
great nlonopOlstic combinations which
nave been formed under the protection
Of the tariff and that the government OF
the United states shall aeC TO il that
ihese gentlemen who Rave conquered Ia
Dor shall be kind 70 laboT
] ray then, the proposition is this, that
@Dtre shall be two rnasteIs-the great cor
oof3tions and over them the government
Of the United States-an0 ! ask who -
going to BE- master OF tho United Statcs?
! don't care how Benevolent the master
going 70 be. 7 win not live under
master. That as not what America was
created for.
How will they regulate prices and
wages? suppose they take the net profits
a concernsand say they are too large.
nov are they going 10 tell how much o.
,nose prohts come from an efficiency OF
ADMINISTRATION and how much from eX-
esSsiye prices?
vac nearly u O'Clock when Governor
wilson finished his speech. After re-
esption at the Hotel Casey he went
eooard his private car
Governor Wilson reached here shortly
after 6 o'clock, and after an automobile
pafade he was taken 20 the Hotel Casey.
Where ne took part I'm a banquet, attend
= by almost every prominent Democrat
N Pennsylvania. The Governor arrival
0A not create much excitement. for, al
though the time Of his coming had been
widely advertised, not more than tao or
nree hundred persons were at the station
greet him.
Urges paner's Election.
leaving Sea Girt By automobile az il:O
oeock Governor Wilson reached Trenton
u anie to take tho l:57 train for Strouds-
'lfg. Penn where crowd OF about
"o thousand persons. in addition 20
Fainiosd OF Democrats from this city
we're awaiting him. This rs part OF Rep
'esentative A. Mitchell Palmer's district,
ana the latter prevailed upon the Gov
eshos 70 make a ten-minute rear plat
'''m speech while waiting for his private
"a 10 be attached 70 q special train for
Scranton.
Before leaving Strou6sburg the Gov
Enor shook hands from the rear plat
~ OF his car until one husky farmer
ocned his hand 80 long and so harq
- couple Of newspaper men had
he BiY4hnIace Of