New-York tribune., 1912-08-30
GOV. WILSON FAILS TO
AROUSE ENTHUSIASM
|nvades Pennsylvania, but His
Addresses Disappolnt the
Crowds That Greet Him.
CHANGERS NOT IMPRESSED
Attacks Colonel Roosevelt's
Tariff Views, and Declares
Taft Doesn't Understand
Needs of Americans.
(By Telegraph to The Tribune J

Needs of Americans.
fBy Telegraph to The Trihunc.l
Philadelphia. Aug. Ex-Governor Will
son invaded Republican Pennsylvania to-
! day and received a hearty reception. HIS
speeches, however, were disappointing.
and while the many thousand persons who
| listened to him at the various places at
which he spoke were ready and eager to
| applaud him he failed 20 arouse his listen
ers TO anything that looked like a demon
| stration The most important speech OF
! the trip. at Williams Grove, where he
/ addressed the Changers of the state re-
ceived but scant applause.
/ The Governors speeches were dsap-
pointing In other respects too, for while
his friends had said that he was going
! to strike right out In his tour OF the he|-
stone State, he Interested himself WIN
| feeble criticisms Of President Tart anu
! Colonel Roosevelt and confined himself 10
/ discussions in a general way OF the ISSUES
/ of the campaign. 1t was Governor WIZ
/ sons first trip outside of his native state
! IN the present campaign, and ii also was
( his first experience as rear-end orator
| and handshakcr since he entered pol'lcd'
| life. and husky voice and very sore
| hand which were the lot OF the Demo-
/ cratic candidate as he passed through mere
| Tonight served az reminders OF the
strenuous day that he had gone through.
/ Pennsylvania Grangcrs were having their
| annual picnic. that the Governor criticised
President Taft for his veto Of the farm
ers free list bill and censured Colonel
Roosevelt for his attitude on the protec-
tive tariff Referring to the farmers
bill. ne asked And what happened TO II
II was vetoed by the President he con-
tinued. because let me say parcnthet-
icalIy that I have a great personal re-
spect for Mr. Taft, Mr. TAFT has not
given himself those wide connections Of
sympathy which enable a man TO under
stand the demands of the people VI the
United states M Taft vetoed that free
list bin because. consciously or uncon-
sciously. he represents not the people OF
the United states but those who have held
their power in trust for their own pur-
poses.
Attacks Colonel Roosevelt.
Colonel Roosevelts references 20 the
'prize money which he said the benc-
ficiarles OF the tarin received aroused MI.
Wilson'S Ire Regarding T. the Governor
said:
Mr. Roosevelt made - speech recently
in which he used very interesting word.
lie said that he was In favor OF pfottc-
ton and that he had TO objection To the
prize moncy-tnOSc were his words
which the bcnehcarics of the tarin re-
ccive. I suppose you know what pflze
money is. Nobody ever earned IrlEt
money Prize money comes nom ~" rdl'
H. IL isn't yours. Your only Title To ~
is the title of iorcl5ly taking possession,
and when you sell Il, then YOU get your
prize money Mr.. Roosevelt saws mat h'7
only objection TO tie prize money Is thar
too much Of IL goes 10 he officers ana 100
n,tle to the crew. lie says that lis pui-
pose Will be 10 see that more ~ the ptiZe
money gets into the pay envelopes. Now,
there Is only one pay envelope 30 Tar AZ
the uTiZe money IS concerned, and That rs
th. nay envelope of the cwployc OF the ircc-
boOtcr " no gets the prize. Observe, ann
not speaking Of the bcnehciarics Of the
tariff as fIeeboCters. ! am simply adapt
ing my language &c the figure OF speech
which Mr Roosevelt used. because those
who capture prizes and get prize money
aTe usually frccbooters
Now. | am not going To stop To argue
that question, tccause that Is not a farm
CrS' question. what becomes Of the prize
money, but II Il farmers question
whose goods are captured and who sup
plies the prize money, and ! have violent
suspicion that YOU yourselves suppy
great deal Of IT, If you look into the sta
tistics YOU will find that the tanners ~
other countries buy :hc implements which
- l.. t.l ltll
than you do, and they buy those CEeaper
implements cheaper ~ an American
manufacturer, who is able to Undcrsell
n, foreign manufactvrer In his owe mar
Atlantic. You are. therefore. paying the
! largest sum-payiDg the prize money
/ which enables these gentlemen to get "A
! foothOld In foreign markets and there un-
| dcTscll the foreign manuflctur T. ] am
| perfectly willing to be philanthropist
so far as the foreign GARNER is con-
| Cerned. | have no grudge against him,
! but | mildly want to reflect upon who is
! supplying the money that makes this nee
/ cssary
Appeals for Farmers Votes.
The rest Of his speech in the Williams
Grove auditorium was given over 10 an
appeal for the farmers votes, first in his
opposition TO the protective tariff, and
second in his record as Governor of New
| Jersey. fie lOlu ulcln lhcy uldl nttd
| protection. He continued
The American farmer never has been
protected for the very good reason that
! he never needed to be protected. aad his
! grains have sold at prices established 10y
the prices which his produce Commanded
! IN foreign markets. That is an econom
fact. Very well, then. your prices are not
esta blished by protection. They are cs-
/ tablishcd by your abundance which you
ship To- foreign countries. and in the mean
| time everything that you use on the farm.
| everything that you wear. and great
| deal OF what you eat, but do not your
! selves produce, including meats. bears n
| heavy duty which brings about the IN
| tcreSting result that YOU are paying for
| the wealth of the United States and get
| ling nothing. or equivalent 10 II, 30 far
| az the tariff Is concerned.
! Williams Grove was reached at noon,
and Governor Wilson was soon the centre
Of a vast, surging mob, because the ar
rangements were so poor that there
| wasn't a policemen or any other kind Of
an officer In sight to keep the crowd
| back. After a lot Of pushing and pulling
! the committee managed to get him into
J the back room Of hotel, where n hasty
| luncheon was served, after which he was
! taken TO the Auditorium. where a crowd
/ Of about four thousand persons. which
! filed UP every bit Of available space. was
waiting for him. There were So many