The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-09-25
WILSON REPLIES TO ROOSEVELT
SAYS TRUSTS FLOURISHED MOST
UNDER BIG STICK"
Democratic Nominee Campaigning
Through Michigan I'm Rain--ROus-
Ing Cheers at kalamazoo, and Splcn-
did Demonstration from Crowds
Huddled Under Umbrellas at Every
Station.

| Detroit. Sept. 19.-Trusts fourshed
more under former President Roose-
velts administration than under any
other in the history of the country.
This was the way Governor Woodrow
Wilson replied. in speech here tonight
to assertions of Col. Roosevelt at
trinidad Colo. yesterday, taking
exception to the Democratic nominees
| declaration that during the recent in
vestigation by the House. Messrs.
Gary and Perkins suggested the plank
In the Progressive Republican plat
form proposing Federal commission
to regulate the trusts.
II understand that the leader of
the third party" said the Governor.
has recently said that he did not
suggest this change just the other day.
that he suggested it while he was
President. in one of his messages to
Congress. during the same term of
the Presidency In which trusts grew
faster and more numerously than in
any other administration We have had
and that his conclusion was--he
doesn't say this. but this might be the
inference-that his conclusion was
that the trusts had come to stay that
IT was not possible to put them out of
business, 1t wasn't possible to check
their supremacy. that all you could
do was to accept them as necessary
evils and appoint an industrial COM
mission which wou.. tell them how
they were to do their business, not an
industrial commission which should
tell you how other men should be ad-
mitted into the field Of competition
but an industrial commission which
should take care Of the people
Of the United States by saying to these
trusts: Now. go easy; don't hurt any
body. We believe that when you are
reminded Of your moral duties you
are not malevolent, your are beneficial.
You are big. but you are not cruel.'"
Bipartisan bosses were another OBJ
ject Of attack by the Governor in his
speech before a crowd that filed an
armory.
THE trouble In this country" said
the nominee. lis that the boss Of our
party has an arrangement with the
boss of the other party. $50 that X ils
head or tail nc wins" The Governor
left tonight for Columbus. Onto. Tre
nominee Is scheduled 70 speak from
his car at To .cdo. at $50 "A. NJ.
Governor Woodrow Wilson cam
paigned in the rain today as he trav-
elled across the State to speak in De-
troit tonight. Everywhere en- route
that his train stopped he was greeted
by crowds. who stood huddled under
umbrellas. The Governors speech
here tonight was his principal one OF
the day.
At many places the nominee stepped
down from the train and stood in the
rain to shake hands with those who
pessed forward to meet him.
At Kalamazoo. Mich, a crowd OF
collegians gave the Governor a cheer.
Il have found that the subjects TO be
discussed in this campaign as so tre-
mendous that they can hardly be
handled in speeches from the rear
end Of the train" said the Governor
Moreover. the rear platform is not
the Democratic platform this time
We are at the front and not at the
back. But | must say that since /
have got into Michigan / have felt a
singular stimulation because every
where there is the same spirit of
hope and confidence.
There is no time TO discuss here
get out of it, The point is that the
people OF the United States have made
up their minds TO get out of Ii and
there Is only one team ready to do the
business. and that Is the Democratic
team. ! am speaking in the terms of
man who has been bred In a foot
ball college. ] know the third team is
not organized. IL doesn't even know
the signals. and the regular Rcpubl-
can team is very much weakened. 1t
has lost some Of its principal players.
But there have been no losses on the
Democratic side. on the contrary
there have been great many gains,
and the game is familiar to the Dem
ocrats that We have to play now"
| THROWN FROM BUGGY.