Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-13
HIS TALENT BURIED
Col. Roosevelt Applies Parable
to Democratic Nominee.
ATTACK UPON HIS RECORD
Declares Gov. Wilson Has Done
Nothing to Uproot Trusts.
NEGLECTS HIS OPPORTUNITY
Third Termer Exploits His Own
Cause Against Monopoly While
He Was President.
NEGLEcTs HIS OPPORTUNITY

CHICAGO, October 1o-Col. Roosevelt,
IN an address tonight. attacked Wood
row Wilson'S record i'm the New
Jersey governors chair on the trust
question. and declared that if the demo-
Gratis were successful in November the
great trusts Of the country would find
Gov. Wilson "a most delightful and harm
less companion"
Col Roosevelt further insisted that New
Jersey was, above any other common
wealth. the trust state" of the country
and while ii had laws which could be
used with great effect against the trusts.
Gov. Wilson had pursued "do-nothing''
policy in this regard.
Let Mr.. Wilson ponder the parable Of
the talents said Col. Roosevelt. and
apply it to our several records in office on
the trust question.
LAS President had ten talents intrust-
cd to me, and 1 used them all.
las Governor of New jersey, MT Will
son at least had one talent intrusted to
him. He has buried it in napkin, and
as yet he has not even dug 1t up
Before Demonstrative Crowd.
The colonels address was delivered in
the Coliseum to one of the largest and
most demonstrative crowds of his cam
paign. The doors were closed an hour
before the speakers arrival. The people
wore bandannas and cheered whenever
there was an opportunity. Perched aloft
on a. platform behind Col Roosevelt, like
a magnified church choir were young
women, all Of them dressed in white and
wearing flaming bandannas over the right
shoulder. They were the Jane Adams
choir" and they sang to amuse the crowd
until Col. Roosevelt appeared.
The front rows of chairs were occupied
by women who wore large red badges
and carried corn peppers. The presence
of the corn peppers was something OF
mystery until Prof. Charles f. Mer-
riam. chairman of the meeting, stepped
to the edge of the platform and said:
Ladies, do your duty"
When Col. Roosevelt appeared there
followed a demonstration which lasted
nearly a quarter Of an hour.
Col Roosevelt stood smiling and way
ing his hand. Prof. Merriam handed
bandanna to him. The colonel waved
it and the cheering increased. When the
crowd had tired the choir sang Onward,
Christian Soldiers and then Prof Mer-
riam introduced 1.-The big bull moose him.
SELF
Wilson's View of Foreigners.
Before he went to the Coliseum Col
Roosevelt addressed a large crowd at a
tent meeting on the west side. He said
that until Gov. Wilson became candi-
date he looked at foreign-born Americans
not as fellow Americans, but as foreign
ers who remained foreigners. and spoke
with comprehensive dislike of all immi-
grants from European countries. He
referred to correspondence between Gov.
Wilson and the United Polish Societies of
South Brooklyn, saying the governor had
promised to reWrite a passage in his his
TN ref tn he n m
tudeS of the lowest classes from the south
of Italy and men of the meaner sort Of
Hungary and Poland
The colonel said members of the Polish
societies had stated that, according to
information received from Gov Wilson's
publishers. three editions of the history
had appeared since Gov. Wilson's letter
had been written and that in spit of
Gov Wilson'S promise to retract his state
ments they remained unchanged in these
editions"
Comparison of Records.
In opening his address Col Roosevelt
sketched his own record ON the trusts
while President, during which he said
Il made SO much impression by my
repeated messages and addresses that the
republican platform in 1908 did definitely
promise action along the lines I had
observation-disclosures the promise was
publican party as soon l left the
presidency"
Continuing. Col. Roosevelt said in part:
Now compare this record with Mr.
Wilson's record as Governor Of New Jer-
sey on the trust question. The comparison
is easy. Mr.. Wilson'S record on this
matter is blank. He did precisely and
exactly nothing. 1t is as simple to
describe what Mr.. Wilson. as Governor
of New Jersey. has accomplished against
the trusts as it is to write a volume on
the natural history of the snakes in Ire
land. There are no snakes in Ireland.
and Mr.. Wilson during his term as Gov
ernor of New Jersey has not done one
least little thing of any shape, sort or
description toward dealing with the trust
problem.
yet the opportunity has been ample.
And If his own doctrines to the duty
of the states to deal with the trusts are
correct, then his failure to act has been |
ineXcusable. The same trusts against |
which l actually did act We're incorporat- |
ed under the laws of New Jersey, and it |
was perfectly simple for him to act