Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-09-17
WiLso SPEAKS.

Chicago. Sept. rfeaaif'hrodgh Ohio
and Indiana Gov. Woodrow Wilson
lid some imnromptu :, campaigning.
today, that was as VIGOROUS. as it was
unexpected.
No previous iad ffra Ia25l le had
been made for speethes ana the train
schedule was twisted by delays, early
III the day, but crowds gathered along
the route and Gov. Wilson made
nearly dozen speeches from his ear.
He replied to Former Senator Bev.
eridge of Indiana who charged In !,
recent speech that Gov. Wilson. il
elected, would be boss controlled.
Il understand that in a speech
made, last Saturday night" said Gov.
Wilson, "a very much esteemed friend
Of mine, namely Senator Beveridge.
said, that II | were elected President
| would be controlled by the bosses.
| never suspected before that Senator
Beveridge was a humorist, because if
he didn't know that was joke. he
ought to.
THE way you can. tell whether
man is going 80, be. controlled by the
bosses or not Is 70, Judge whether he
is III reach OF a boss. or not,
~ am sorry to abserve that where
the Republican party has. practically
fostered tie trusts and the. Demo-
cratic party proposes to- prevent
monopoly in tits country. the third
party, represented by Senator Bever-
fdge, proposes to take the monopoly
into partnership with the govern
ment by accepting It as an Inevitable
necessity, ard bringing it under the
regulation of law; that is to say.
making it iegarized institution of
the country. And when the men. who
have created monopoly are accepted
partners of the government. what do
YOU suppose they are going to dis
pense with, the men who are. their
agents, namely at the bosses who de-
termine who are to occupy office and
what the legislation to be-"
Who created monopoly" interro-
gated a man in the crowd and he re-
peated his question several times.
THE men who created monopoly.
my friend" continued the Governor.
ARE the men, who have taken advan-
tage of the protective tariff to get to-
gether to make great combinations
OF industry, to shut out competition
and TO make sure that the prices are
in their own control And every Re-
publican leader in our generation has
heen in league with those MEN
who are they - broke in another
voice The Governors reply brought
cheers
They are the men, who have set
up the great trusts" he said. Every
body knows the list of them These
mon are the heads of the Steel Trust.
Of the Tobacco Trust, of the Standard
Oil Trust. aud of all the other trusts.
that everybody knows, | am sur
prised YOU didn't know the names
of them before These men. have sup
ported those who have controlled cur
government in the last Is years, and
they are supporting them still. And
for my part, ! do not entertain any
hope Of The government of the United
States being freed from the control
of trusts and the control of bosses.
who are the agents of trusts, through
the instrumentality of the adoption
of the trusts into the care of the
government itself"
Gov. Wilson spent Just 80 minutes
in Chicago. He inspected the Western
Democratic headquarters with Joseph
E. Davies, secretary of the National
committee. He then shook hands with
the engineer and fireman and started
West.