The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-04

posed by practically all the men of
the stamp of Messrs. Gupeenheim and Nd
Evans Iii Colorado and Mr.. PatricL
calhoun of San Francisco These men
were not progressives then. and tbev
90 not pretend to be progressives now
fsut, unlike the president, they know
VINO VINO IS a progressive, and who is NOT.
'ne'r Judgment IN the matter is good.
Presidents Supporters,
80 After three and a half wears OF as.
soc'atlon with and knowledge of the
president, these men and their fellows
are now the president IS chief support
ers; and they and the men who feel
and act As they do in business and in
politics, give him the great bulk of
his strength. The president saws he is
progressive. These men know him
well and have studied his actions fo,
three wears and they regard him as be.
ing precisely tie kind of progressive
whom they approve. However good the
president intention, T believe that his
actions have shown that ne is entitled
to the support of precisely these men
t'The Republican party is now facing
a great crisis. 1t is to decide whether
it will be as in the days OF Lincoln
the party of the plain people. the party
OF progress, the party OF social aud in
dustrial Justice, or whether it will be
the party of privilege and special in
cerest, the heir to those who were Lin
coin S most bitter opponents.
Prosperity only can come perma-
nently to this country on basis Of hon
esty and Of fair treatment for all
Those men of enormous wealth who
bitterly oppose every species of eEec-
tive control by the people through their
.rf.x ,f..l L
use of that wealth are, verify be
lieve. most short-sighted as to their own
ultimate interest. They would welcome
every effort to make them observe the
law so that their activities should be
helpful
81 stand for the adequate control,
the real control of all big business and
especially of all monopolistic big bust
ness, where it proves unwtse or impos
sible to break up the monopoly
West Virginia Trip.
BY international News Service.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. April S.--The
region OF West Virginia, in
poslts Of soft coal, gave Colonel Roose-
Welt a. cordial greeting early In the day.
Rooseyelts special car u was Vat attached Gy,t.1, to
talk TO the crowds. Governor Glasscock
OF West Virginia was one Of the original
seven executives who persuaded The
colonel that the ''insistent demand ex-
listed for his candidacy. On the train,
although keeping out OF the colonels
sight, was exConsressman Gaines OF
West Virginia, who did not overlook the
occasion TO rap Glasscock. Gaines oh
served that Glasscock had split the Re-
publican party in the state by getting IN
to the field for tho governorship four
years ago against the regular nominee,
Swisher.
At that time the late Senator FL
kins's son backed Glasscock but now
is against him and with the Taft allies
Glasscock took up the Roosevelt boom
In West Virginia, Gaines said. because
he thought there was a flaming, senti-
ment for the colonel that would help
the Glasscock political fortunes. Since
then West Virginia has been torn up
with a bitter fight between the two fac
tions While Gaines predicts that Taft
Will get two-thirds of the states dele
gates to Chicago the Roosevelt opti-
mlsts are claiming as many for them
selves
Against Roosevelt.