Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-10-12
Colonel Says No Necessity
Existed for Revising Sched-
uIes Until Near Close of His
Last Administration,
FIGHTING BOB" HAS
COMPLIMENTS OF TEDDY
Bull Moose Asserts No One
Accused Him Of Doing Too.
Little as President Enemies
Said He Did Too Much,


Oshkosh, Wis. oct. l defense
OF his record on the tariff aud an at
tack on Woodrow Wilson's position
were made here tonight bv Colonel
Nuvscvelt Governor Wilson he said,
| had changed his Mttuue, ana al
! present his sole chance Hes in The
support OF the reactionailos.
IN senator La folctte's own state.
tho colonel discussed the senator y
opposition to him.
Colonel Roosevelt said the progress
sVe party campaign fund this year
would be loss Than half that Of either
the democratic or the republican
party T he progressi>cs, he said were
planning on a basis that would involve
The expenditure of about Ss5O,0oo
The colonel reached OSHKOSH to-
night AZ the end Of journey from
st. PAM Tonight's meeting was held
in "a warehouse Two halls had been
engaged but II was found that they
would seat onl> part of tho crowd.
"Guvernor Wilson" said Colonel
EooseNelt. "is not proeressiNcs at ali
ne is donbtlcss unwittinsy rs nearly
rcaetienarN, as nearly a pure tor,
ns we recently have sccn n pullic
life
colonel Roosevelt said his oppon-
rnts had asked why he diu not take
up the tariff when he was president.
He continued
The answer is.
First, that when was president
business had Just passed through two
terrible earthquakes there haNinS
boon two complete and sweeping !
changes Of the tariff in the preceding
eight wears. 1t would have been more
FOLLY Immediately to have begun prep. /
aralions for another change. The timc
FOR such another change did not ripen
until the very end Of my administra
ton
Second, the fact that the country
was not ripe for such a change was
shown because there was no general
public demand for tariff legislation
until the end Of my term Of service
ana the platform OF my party did no.
-ake up the tariff question during this
erm Of service.
Third, the immediate and impress
ng demand for important legislation
VAS legislation Of wholly different Il
sind. During the time that was
president there was no complaint a.
III that / was not doing enough fhe
complaint of all my enemies was that
was doing too much
1T has been matter Of regret 70
nc that senator Id Toilette, who mas
lone so much for the progressive
tuse. has felt that hccaHse Of his an
agonism 10 me he must range him
clf against tho progressive movement
n this campaign. thereby giving his
Id time enemies The rcactionalics, u
much needed support II has been as
crted that / did not take sides with Z
ne Ia Toilette people in their cain :
aign in Wisconsin ia 1904. This Is
u error.
Colonel Roosevelt then read from +
letter he wrote to George I. COrtcl-
ou, then chairman of the national re /,
uhlican committee during the lanl I,
in which hv said that no
lvortsm must hv shown TO the
stalwarts" in Wisconsin. in his
pecches and writings. ne said. he had -
raised senator La Follette's work ind ,
e added. until ne became a cilndidHt
,st year, the senator had never spuk- o.
II of him publicly save in terms of ap- n
ro,al. He quoted senator Ia toilette 4
S saying in a speech in ApriL ia0i. IL
lat Colonel RooseNelt should have =
mother term. From the senator's !.
jcech in the SENATE IN July of last g.
ear the colonel read several extracts o.
which Mr.. La Toilette commended d
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