The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-04
COLONEL REPLIES TO
GOVERNOR WILSON
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A1oaeIHueA FROM Firgt PAH90
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+ coast, was characterized by a rousinR
-wetcnIua at-tAe depot, where 1900
| people madly cheered him, and a
/ rather lukewarm greeting on the
streets as he rode In an automobile.
He stayed In st. Louis four hours.
leaving here at T;40 o'clock tonight.
Befora going to the Progressive con-
vention. Roosevelt stopped off at the
CITY club. making an attack upon the
two. opposing parties as standing
/ upon false platforms.
Hear Him In Shirt sleeves.
The City club members sat In their
shirt sleeves. 1t was so hot that they
forgot to applaud except weakly
In hia speecft before the Progress
size convention the colonel said:
esterday Mr.. Wilson, abiding to
the third party platform, asked: With
that program. who can differ in his
heart, who can divorce himself in
sympathy from the great object of
advancing the interests of human he
/ ings wherever it is possible to ad-
/ vance. ! am glad that Mr.. Wilson
should ne with us in his heart, but
II his party sympathizes with us In It's
! heart, why didn't they In their plat
4 form made program at least remote
! ~ resembling oursa
/ Our sympathy for the program, is
not only with our hearts, it is with
I our heads and our hands also. There
! Is no Use whatever In having sympa-
tiny In ones heart with movement
unless one is prepared actively to help
that movement along
II am interested but not convinced
| by the statement that the heart OF
our opponents are with our principies
while at the same time with head and
hand they are opposing the only plat
/ form which deals with these princi-
pies, and the only party which can
realize them
Mir Wilson. himself promptly
| turned aside from all discussion of
! those principles. excepting to condemn
/ one or two of them. without men
tioning the particular ones to which
his heart is true, and takes up the
tariff which for years has been the
| red herring drawn across the trail
of social reform alike by the free
| trader and the protectlonist. who oh
| jects to all real Social and industrial
reforms. When ne comes TO the
| tariff. MIR. Wilson attempts to quote
me. but he is singularly unsuccessful
I lie states. for instance, that | am
not concerned with the interests Of
! the general fa,xpa ar, thu general pub
! lic.
Needs of the Public.
/ If he would take the trouble to
! read what | have said, or to read
( our platform he would find that the
/ commission principle which we pro-
! pose. and to which he and his party
are hostile has for one of It's special
| objects the careful consideration Of
| the needs Of the general public.
~ l1., it'll.
the needs Of the general public will
ever be secure without the aid Of
/ such commission, or experiences In
nearly a century OF tariff making
without such commission has shown
that nine-tenths Of the congressman
and senators Inevitably pay heed to
special interests in tariff making, so
that It is a definitely proved truth
that under the system TO which Mr..
Wilson's party with his assent is COM
mitted. The general public interests
will not be considered.
Explain Minimum Wage.
Again Mr.. Wilson says that I ex-
press the desire that more of tho
/ money 10 protected industry should
! get into the pay envelope of the
! woriinginan. but that he can only
I find 1ue suggestion In our platform
! for accomplishing our purpose. which
/ suggestion is the minimum wage
| proposition. If Mr.. Wilson should
| read through my speeches and the
| platform again then he will find that
minimum wage proposition In not adj
Vanced with reference to hte tariff,
Our proposition is, concrete and sim
] pie. namely. that If any protested in
/ dustry the conditions OF life and work
| are not satisfactory We shall form