The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-08-17
HOLDS ROOSEVELT To
STRICT ACCOUNT
La Toilette Accuses Ex-Presi-
dent of Being Responsible
for Most of Trusts.
REVIEWS THE RECORD
Wisconsin Senator Announces
His Intention of Making
Fight Within Party.
REVIEWS THE RECORD

WASHINGTON, Aug 16.-In a pic
turesque, spontaneous outbreak, during
the debate of the presidents wool veto
in the senate, Senator La Toilette at
tackled the new Progressive party, and
swore new allegiance to progressive
Republicanism.
'The original insurgent,' poured
ont flood of iInpassioned oratory that
kept the floor and galleries rapt and
silent.
After reviewing the trust record of
Colonel Roosevelt, Senator La Toilette
declared that the former president was
"not the man to find the wav out
now Nc said that when the Repub-
lican party, through its progressive as
sociates, had reached a point where it
would respond to the purposes for
which it was born. an attempt is made
at Chicago to divert it
Senator Stone asked Mr.. La Toilette
whether he meant the nomination OF
President Taft or the nomination Of
eIPresident Roosevelt.
tI am surprised began Senator La
Toilette, "that left the senator from
Missouri in doubt. ! hope i did not
leave doubt in the mind of anyone
else.p
Then moving down the center aisle,
he continued,
Roosevelt and the Trusts.
"On the day that Theodore Roose
velt was made president Of the United
States there were 148 trusts and COM
binations in the United States. When
he turned this government over TO
William Howard Taft, there were TO-
020 plants in combination. When he
became president the trusts had an ag-
gregate capitalization Of three billion
dollars, and when he left the presiden-
cy they had an aggregate capitaliza-
ton of thirty-one billion, and more
than 70 per cent Of it was water.
1.-THE present administration has
sought to apply the antitrust law more
vigorously than its predecessor; but the
time to have applied the Sherman anti
trust law effectively, was in the in
fancy Of these trusts, when there were
only l48.
"I don't believe that the man who
was president Mt the time of all times
in the history of the Sherman anti
trust law when it could have been
made potential in deterring trust or
canization-I do not think that the
man who was president then is the
man to find the way out now"
Then turning to Senator Stone, Sem
ator La Toilette bowed and inquired:
"Does that answer the senator from
Missouri"
"That does fairly well,' responded
Senator Stone. dryly.
Reason for Outburst.
Senator La Follette's outburst came
without warning, He arose to make An
analysis of the presidents veto mes.
sage on the wool bill, but had spoken |
scarcely a dozen words when the break |
came. He saw that many Republican |
senators had left their seats as he be- |
gan to speak and, with n bitter smile,
he turned to the president Of the sem
ate:
''I note the fact" he said, "that on |
the Republican side there are Just four |
teen senators present. I nm constrained |
to speculate bit about this. L am
impelled to question whether that con-
dition may not be sort Of prophesy |
of what is to come.'
Senator La Toilette then continued;
"I don Z believe the country Is going |
to find any message Of relief by wand
criug off into unexplored fields under
the guidance Of pilot who exercised
a very supreme control while We were
getting into exactly the same condition
the country is in now.
Will Not Leave Party.
'sI didn L intend to make this sort Of
a speech. But I would Like to 60 on. I
intend 10 GO on in two or three weeks,
night and dny. I am never going to
stop until the Republicans in the house
of representatives and the senate and
each of the Legislatures ara true Pro-
gressivas- I am going to keep the
fight IN tho Republican party. i think
that La the best instrument through
which 10 progress,
"Now when il is the purpose to
make the Republican party respond TO
the purposes for which it was born, an
attempt is made at Chicago to divert
1t, II won Z succeed