Arizona republican., 1912-09-05
The Doctor and the Colonel

We can have no vital interest in any dispute between Colonel RoOse- welt and Dr Wilson nor are we con- cerned in any conflict of the party platforms but We have a right to occupy the position of an outsider, a disinterested bystandeer, and We claim the American right to make comment on such things as come within our observation
 From the exalted position of the onlooker We should say that the coloners St Louis speech of Tuesday was not what it purported to be, an answer to Dr. Wilson's earlier re- marks upon the colonel and his poli- cies. especially with reference to the tariff. the trusts and the minimum wage scale. Simmered down, the answer is, T differ with Dr. Wilson" without taking the trouble to detail the points of difference or to give any reason for the faith that is in him, the colonel
 Speaking of trusts, the colonel re- marks with what must be regarded as effrontery. that Governor Wilson during the two years of his admins tration has done nothing toward the regulation of the trusts. This re- minds Us of a late article by Senator LaFoIlette in LaFollette's Weekly and again in a speech in the senate, in which he declared that MT. Roosevelt in the seven years of his administra- ton he had not only not attempted to curb the trusts, but that in the genial sunshine of his administrations, trusts throve nightly and increased a hun dredfold in number, audacity and wa tered stock. In sopport of that sweeping assertion, MT. LaFollette in troduced figures compiled by the commissioner of corporations. To this challenge, MT. Roosevelt has not yet replied.
 In what way, anyhow, the gover- nor of a single state could regulate trusts We cannot imagine He might hamper them within his jurisdiction. If the governors of all the states were disposed to regulate the trusts and had the support of their legis- latures, they might do something in that direction, but confusion rather than effective regulation would fol- low Only the federal government can handle the trusts and events have proved that it is a big job for even it..
 The colonefs assertion that the trusts must be brought under the di- rect control of the people is catchy but impossible It means nothing whatever to an intelligent man though it may sound well to an ig- norant man and seem to be fraught with meaning. He does not know but that in some mysterious way the colonel may place the moon in his hands and that milk and honey shall literally abound.
 As to the tariff differences between the doctor and the colonel, they are slightly more marked and yet the difference is not so distinct because the positions of both are rather in definite. The colonel is for prOtec- tiOn: the doctor is for a tariff for revenue only which necessarily in wolves protection and in the aggregate might raise as much revenue as our highest tariff laws have ever done If the expenses of government keep on multiplying such a tariff shortly will be much more burdensome even than the Dingley tariff was
 The question between the colone and the doctor is as to the distribu- tiOn of the burden. The doctor sug- gests no plan. The colonel washes his hands of the whole matter and would let George do it." a commission o some sort
 The controversy between the doc. tor and the colonel is a duel witt pOpguns at a distance of two miles