The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-12
BY JOHN B. PRATT.

OSHKOSH. WIS, oct. lin this
hottfd Of insurgency tonight. win'hns
up a days spectacular tran across
Wisconsin, colonel renewed his at
tack upon Governor Wilson, this time
assauIting the Democratic eandtaste
for his position on the tarin
The ex-president defended ms owh
administration record on the tariTl,
saving no demand for tariff revision
existed at that time. In yitriohc
phrase the third party candidate d.
clared that Governor Wilson and also
President Taft have taken a vicious
stand on the tariff. He characterized
Wilson as mot a progressive, but
reactionary. tory" Roosevelt, more
In detail than in his brief stop In
Wisconsin yesterday, reproaehed Sen
ator LaFollette for his opposition TO
- Progressive party. lie accused tle
Wisconsin senator who Is secretly
boosting the Wilson candidacy, OF pc
ing inspired by a vengefui no.iVe'
challenging him az professed Fro
gressive to try consistently TO RECON-
ellie his espousal Of wilson.
The president spoke before TWO
immense audiences.
Speaks to Ten Thousand.
AS no hall was commodious enough
TO hold the crowds that ~ant"d "
hear the colonel. the Progressives took
him to an immense warehouse, Nnere
ten thousand listened TO the nrHt
speech Later the ex-president SPOKE
TO a big crowd at an armory-
Although a hard rain was Ial1'ns
when Roosevelt reached the Guy NC
WAS welcomed by enthusiastic tnrohgs
that lined the thoroughfsres Hail
the ardent Progressives who tried 10
lam into the theater and armory were
turned away, IT,
Taking UP. Senator La Toilette VINO
is out on a stumping tour IN an e.toi
to keep Roosevelt from carrying WIS
consin. Roosevelt said bitterly
ut is matter OF genuine resret
Ia me that La Toilette, who mas ooiie
so much for the progressive cause, mas
felt that. because of his sntagonism 70
me he Ia obliged to range himseil
aeainst the Progressive move in this
campaign. thereby giving his old time
arch enemies. the reactionaries, a
much needed support which they nave
acknowledged by the first praise thes
have given him In twenty years
Denies In Toilette Charge.
The colonel spiritedly denied
c,.rya la Toilette has been making
that he did not support the senator
IN La Follette's campaign IN "
CONAN n 1904, insisting that ne hao
urged George E. Cortelyou. cnair man
Of the Republican national committee,
TO see that the administration hheo
up NTH the La Toilette forces.
Again and again ! have borne tes~
timony to what Senator La follette
has accomplished in the way or pro-
tsr4-sSYv,. lea dership, the cotohei
went On. Never have l said one un-
| Kind word about him. Until -l-he-
| came a candidate last winter. MI
| La Toilette never spoke of me puo-
| Nclv fave in terms of cordial APP
prevail OF what I had DONE
| Roosevelt quoted from La Toilette
approving utterances concerning MS
| administration as late as July OF last
/ year, and observed:
| II am still the same man was
| in 1907 and 1911. when he expressed
his approval of me. ] have not chang
| ed If. deserved the praise Sena-
tor La Toilette gave me then, praise
that / deeply appreciated and TOT
which I was deeply grateful. deserve
1t no less now"
The former president did not speak
at St Paul, having devoted day
10 that city and its twin, Minneapolis
a month ago, on his wing to the far
West. The colonel's special train ran
clear across the State. from the North
wMtern boundary to the extreme
| eastern end, In the rich Fox valley
Harry Cochems. erstwhile La Toilette
supporter. who is doing Trojan WORK
for the colonel's candidacy. told him
that a tide has set in throughout the
State for the Bull Moose ticket. The
| outpourings Of crowds and the cor
dial greeting they gave the colonies
seemed to bear out Cochems' view.
Under umbrellas admiring throngs
waited for Roosevelt at Chippewa
Falls, Stevens Point. Thorpe and 9TH
err f1ourishing cities through the lufn-
Der region.