Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-09-22

Progressive Leader Assails
Position Taken by Gcv-
ernor Wilson and ChAl-
lenges Him to Answer.

executive for m1sstatements OF fact
and Inversion Of the TRUTH" picked his
policies to pieces and wound up with .
challenge that the former president Of
Princeton answer the Roosevelt Ques-
tons IL he could.
The speech was the most studied as
sault the colonel has yet made on his
opponent. It bristled with
epiyrams. with some very pointed
phrases, recalling the famous short
and uglier word" with some character
istic sallies with humor. and closed
with a glowing eulogy Of the Progress
sive policies. The Topeka speech was
the second set address Of the day madc
by the Progressive candidate. Mostly
he rested.
At Ottawa he signalized his entry
into Kansas by adding another member
to the already crowded 'Ananias club"
Judge W. II. Thompson. the Democratic
senatorial candidate. was the victim,
and his statement that it cost $16.000,-
900 in campaign funds In 1904 to elect
Roosevelt was the specific utterance
which Roosevelt said elected the would
be senator
Attack on Wilson.
At Topeka Roosevelt started in to
answer Wilson for his speech yester-
day at Detroit. but wound up by maxi
ing general criticism of the views
expressed in several Of the Democratic
candidates recent speeches.
at Detroit yesterday Mr.. Wilson
made "a statement which purported to
be IN answer to what said in Colo
rado,' the colonel said. Il say pur-
ported, because it was in no shape or
way an answer at all.
Mr. Wilson did not venture definite
ly to answer one statement made, nor
did he venture to state definitely his
own position. Moreover, SO far as his
utterances can be said to contain any
statement at all, 1t Is simply mis-
statement of the facts. I am quoted rs
statement Of the facts. He states fur
Their that trusts grew faster during my
administration than previously. This is
not in accordance with the facts; the
illegal trusts prospered because we We're
not given the proper law for dealing
with them.
Confused Obstruction.
"Mr. Wilson is now doing his best to
prevent such law being given. The
failure of this government efficiently to
yrapple with the trusts is due almost
exclusively to the attitude of men like
Mr.. Wilson. Mr.. wilson has not made
one single constructive recommendation
of the slightest value; he Is occupying
the same attitude Of confused obstruc-
ton to efficient action which has been
common both to well meaning doctrin-
aries and to the able and adroit trust
lawyers who find their most efficient
allies in these doctrinaries. Mr.. Wilson
states his position in rather a disinge-
nous form for he says 1t Is matter of
inference from what l say that I had
| said that 1t wasn't possible to check
the supremacy of the trusts. Now, II
Mr.. Wilson does not know that this is
an absolute statement 1t Is due to his
deliberate refusal to read what I have
said and what the platform has said.
| "Mr. Wilson contends by saying that
our proposal Is to say to the trusts that
they are beneficent and big. but not
cruel. This Is such preposterous
statement that ! suppose Mr.. Wilson
must have had theory that he was
funny when he made 1t.
| "Mr. Wilson's knowledge Of what
did as president was gained from tht
seclusion OF the classroom at a time
when he was still taking the position
of an ultra-conservative and was beint
carefully groomed for the presidenc,
by George 3. Harvey and other repre-
sentatives of the Wall street interests
Progressivss Practical Men.
I'VE Progressives are practical mel
and we are making our practice con
| IN q tHaola FOR nnlf.So i1eQl
and practical common sense go hand il
hand neither will permanently avail.
AT Columbus yesterday Mr.. Wilson
made another speech, and again / an
sorry to say, III his inability to answe
what We Progressives have said h
takes refuge in what of course. as
sumo to be unintentional misstate
, ments.- He says that the leaders Of til
Progressive party have abandoned an
serious attempt to meet the main Is
, sues of the campaign He knows tina
this IL not in accordance with the facts
There Is not an issue In the campaig
. that we have not met with entire fear
|. lessness and at length. from the taril
to the trusts. The trouble has bee
! that as soon as have gotten on til
ground he realizes that he cannot NEE
me, and hastily jumps to some othe
, position.
I'm this speech Mr.. Wilson has sal
.. that prices have risen all over the worl
,, much faster and very much higher !
!. high tariff than In free trade countries
= This statement IL incorrect and tn
slightest study Of the conditions
Germany and England will show this
It 10 incorrect.
I'm the tariff Mr.. Wilson has a rel
program. II II. of course program {
pure destruction but still 1t IL q rel
program. In the trusts he has no pre-
. gram whatever, and he will not an
apparently dare not face the question
{ have put to him.
i I'm certain way the government
. supervision and regulation Of the ns
y tional banks offers good illustrate
z of the course we propose to pursue
lregard to the trusts.
}. Banking Delicate 0usinsss.
: Banking 10 delicate business. Y
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