The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-09-17
ATTACKS TAT 7
AND WILSON IN
STRONG TERMS
Roosevelt Accuses Democratic
Candidate of Lacking Ex-
perience and Getting In
formation Out of Books.
SNEERS AT REMARK
OF THE PRESIDENT
Enormous Crowds Greet the
Bull Moose Leader at Los
Angeles; Arizona Next
on Programme.
BY j. B. PRATT.
Ry international News Service.

courteous to Governor Wilson. my
s antagonist" Colonel Roosevelt In
speech here tonight proceeded
to crlticise the Democratic candidate
as lacking experience" and playing the
game OF the bosses The ex-presldent
launched another violent attack upon
Wilson for the governors elucidation in
New York last week OF his theory of gov
ernmental control OF corporations.
Roosevelt pitched into the New Jersey
governor as rejecting a sad lack OF
knowledge OF the functions of the Ameri-
can government" in saying. as Roosevelt
repeated 1t. that the growth of liberty
means limited governmental power"
The coming Of Colonel Roosevelt here
was the occasion of the most violent
outourst OF enthusiasm that he has met
with in his entire western invasion,
Streets Jammed.
The streets were Janmed with a howl
Ing multitude as he was taken cn parade
for mile or so. before speaking. In the
afternoon az the Temple auditorium. NO
! less than $4,000 waved and yelled at him
| from the curbs Windows were packed
| with people who cheered him vocifer-
| ousIy. The whole city gave itself over
to a huge Roosevelt demonstration.
The auditorium throng OF $500 went
fairly wild with frenzled cheers when
Roosevelt stepped TO the stage. The bull
moose cry mingled with a thunderous
I'VE want Teddy" For fifteen minutes
the uproar went on.
Roosevelt enunclated In his speech be-
fore the afternoon crowd. and later at
the shrine auditorium tonight. his theory
or the governments province In the
| rcgula ton OF the trusts and his doctrine
on the judicial recall. Freely he passed
out thrusts at Governor Wilson and
President Taft.
Ridicules Wilson.
"Mr, Wilson's idea as to the power oi
the government as put forth in his New
York Speech" said Roosevelt In a tone
OF sarcasm, "9hows that no has beer
getting his information out Of dry books
Hts theory Is that Of historians writing
exclusively for the classroom. The gov
ernor finds from his books that the
governmental power Is Iessened wher
the people take the power into their OWL
hands.
! .-Now, the fact Of 1t is that when the
people rule themselves they TRANSMIT
} greater power TO the government. Th'
government becomes, then. an immediate
rofIcction OF the Will OF the people. ONLY
In uonarchies does it happen that whel
the government takes over the power o
tbs people. the ruling power supersede
the peoples Will
''The only way We can control tho i'm
r meuse corporations that hhye taken
o hold upon this country Is to put tn
power into the hands OF the government
Tho people must do that themselves.
is only when the people decline to us
= the great instrument at their disposal
the eovcrumeut--that tho liberty of th
rarcns OF industry Is uncurbcd.
j. Lack of Experience.
o ..What MIR. Wilson proposes. as a rem
edv for the OWLS of our industrial sys
tam. SIS a national BtraightjacSct. Unde
;, his proposal the governments powe
| WOULD he squeezed down so the corpora
- tions would have no restraint playe
" upon them That's exactly what tn
l Rockefellers. the Harrimans and tn
d other heads OF tho immense corporation
want.
" "Mr, Wilson'S inexperience must hav
Il made him take that course" the colon'
won't on, indulgentiy. "If no had had I'll
arnerience we could not think him or
l. ,ireIv sincere and wiso In giving utter
n orca TO such Views. don't want to in
ID nupn either Mr. Wilson's sincerity or h
in Wisdom, 80 I must put 1t down to lac
g. Of experience.
T. "I want to be courteous to Mr.. Wilsc
- II want to be carefri about that" Drc
testeA the colonel. TN that spirit I SO
d. that II MIR. Wilson were as well acquuln
r .d With conditions OF modern life as
ne om sure he IL sincere and intelligent.
Of would know that he Is taking the att
tuda that every great crooked corpor;
ton every crooked boss. every gre,
crooked newspaper controlled by the ey
or trust Influences wants tho government
lss tako.
.Eycry defender OF the sugar trust,
be the tobacco trust. of the oil trust eve
combination Of business that lives
be 1oobliuc up tho small business ma
nd Fakes the position that the government
jnGucnce ought to be limited"
nv Attacking President Taft, tho colon
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