New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-02-04
LAFOLLEHE BREAKS DOWN
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papers. sounded warning to the as
sembled publishers of monthhes ana
weeklies that they. too, would liKe'y soon
be in the grip of interests who would
control them by giving or withholding
advertising.
When Senator La Toilette finished the
POSTMASTER. Mr.. Seitz, said;
Well it's 1:30 o'clock now. ana AS
there's no other place to go we'd better
stay here and thrash this out
Mr.. Seitz then told the story OF the
long winded speaker who was opposing
the Darwinian theory and who asked:
Are you men or are You monkeys: Il
YOU are monkeys where are your tails?
Whereupon some one in the audience
shouted: I'VE have sat on them so long
that we have worn them quite Off.
As late as > o'clock this morning
groups made up Of publishers, noveists,
poets, bankers and business men still
| fingered in the banquet room denouncing
| La Toilette in unusual terms.
"Poor la FolIette!"-General hqnus.
Poor La Toilette" said General Felix
Agnus. the veteran publisher Of The
Baltimore American" Republican
paper, to-day in speaking Of the Wis
consin Senator's address ut the pub
fishers banquet last night He has
| killed his chances for the Presidential
nomination. Indeed. he will be fortunate
n he carries his own state at the Re
publican Convention.
81 certainly believe that Senator La
Toilette is suffering from mental break
down The man should not he ont max
ing addresses, but at home under treat
ment of a physician
To-day, In an interview, Mr.. Seilz said
AS the banquet was given BY the maya
| zine publishers, and as ! was a guest col
| Cyrus H. X. Curtis. president OF the as
ISOLATION. had to be cautious IN my re
marks on Senator La Toilette. ! dont re-
call exactly what | said when the senate
had finished, but | do remember dcciaflnt
| that the Senator had made an unkind' un
just and wilfully malicious attack upoI
the newspapers Of the nation. ana II ! ha'
| had more time ! would have sald SONY
thing stronger upon the subject;
! Their Is only one thing to 1.-THE was SUI
ferng from aphasia. ! fHve seen my
| father fall IN the pulpit from just the same
kind of attack, and there Is no doubt in my
mind that the Senator was temporarily n'S
| tracted. 49,, -
Last nights dinner during which W.
| thought we would Josh the statesmen
ended I'm a calamity. II was tragedy u"
Senator La Folette's hopes. lie mas sun
ply wiped himself of the map. 'hu3up'. ~
iy, he came to Philadelphia to MAKE th
address Of his life When Il developed mt
an Infamous Islander Of the newspapers am
a waliowing. sycopharuc praise OF w
magazines, ! realized that the man nae
loyersteIped his mark
Previ6ns To that time the Senator ha'
talked fer over two hours. ana Wheh ~
concluded / certainly rebuked MN. IN VI!
mind the Senator, not knowing me iela ,,,'n
shin between the magazines ana neWspd
peers, came to the dinner with me ldea q
attacking the latter and curryinG favo
with the magazine publishers
Thinks Attack Was Prepared.
cannot attribute all OF the Senator
attack upon the newspapers TO al, aph dn,,',
however think that his bToken-doWi
mental condition had something To o.
with the length OF his speech, but III
slanderous attack upon my profession MUS
have been prepared in advance
| Senator La Toilette did not reach Phia
deIphia until o'clock in the evening ~
| was supposed To get here at !. About i
! o'clock, Just as the addresses were begin
ming p gentleman Informed me mat Sena
tor La Toilette was In his room at In
hotel going over his address The Senate
| asked, my informant said, how much TIM
he could have for his speech: ! told mn
he might have about forty minutes.
| At II o'clock the Senator, who had IN tn
! mean time come to the banquet room, be
gan his address. lie held in his hand VIVA
must have been sixty closely written page!
Of manuscript. looked aghast when
saw that he intended going through then
all He read about an hour. when his voice
started to fail. thought he would COLLAPSE
a nj lIiu he seemed unable
To- continue reading what he haG written
He repeated himself continually. In tact
! nc went over one part OF fla ADDRESS sever
tlnes Somebody started 10 j'er, but
! stOppcd that
Finally the Senator launched into hi
| attack upon the newspapers. When h'
finished he collapsed in his chair and plac
| ing his elbow on the table rested hi'
| head upon his hand during the remainder
| OF the banquet. II was then 1870 o'clock
| | would not be surprised II the man has
been seized with complete mental break
| down.
! Mr. Seitz then declared that the SEN
ator's attack on the press was. In his
opinion, utterly without foundation. lie
said that In his thirty years experience
in newspaper work he had newer founl
that the public press had laid itself open
| 10 be deserving of such an attack rs
that made on 1t by the Senator.
La Foilette's Attack on Press,
| Senator La Follette's attack on the
press occurred at the end of his address
when he said:
| | have sketched the growth and power
OF the great interests that to-day control
our property and our governments. / have
shown how subtle and elusive, yet relent-
less, they are. Rising APP against them 1,
| The confused voice Of the people. Theii
| heart Is true, but their eyes do not yet
! see all the intricate sources Of power Who
shall show them? There arc only tive
| agencies that in any way cali reach tht
| whole people. These are ,no Iross and thc
| platform. But the platform IN no way com
pares with the press M ~ power OF CON
! tinuous repeated instruction.
| one would think that II democracy Xix,
ours, seeking for instructions. able TO read
and understand, the press would De their
eager and willing lnStrurIo~s-such was ths
! press oF Horace Greeley, Henry Raymond
Charles A. Dana. Joseph .i,d din and Horace
! Rubee.
But what DO We and ,s occurred Ia the
last few years since tbc money power has
gained control Of our if.ipaTiv and govern
menu IL controls The newspaper press
The people know this Tncir confidence f.
weakened ana destroyed. 80 longer are the
editorial columns OF newspapers potent
force IN educating pubic opinion. The
ne wspapers. Of course, are still patronized