Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-03
HEARST DECLARES HE is
PROUD OF HIS ENEMIES

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Isteel trust and the sugar trust, and tn,
gas trust, who employ him.
And you know this man McCarrer
is opposing me because | have Tough
the Standard Oil trust and the gas trus
land the Brooklyn Rapid Transit. These
men and other corporation tools like
them are the best proof of the truth ot
what | have said that the men who are
trying to defeat me in this campaign
are the men who have been trying tC
rob you for years
| He objects to my opposition to Dis
trict Attorney jerome and he praises
| jerome as "a democrat of independence
above all others | have no personal
feelings against Jerome. | have oppos-
ed him because he has been faithless
to the people and has betrayed the
peoples confidence.
Mcclellan Called Thief.
Mr.. Root objects to my opposition
to Mcclellan and calls him "A worthy
heir to an hOnored name | say that
Mcclellan has stolen the Office he now
holds. and he knows that he has stolen
it, and that the proof of his theft is i'll
those ballot boxes. and | challenge him
now To allow those ballot boxes to be
opened and those votes to be honestly
counted.
Il see how Mr.. Root. the corporation
lawyer and employe of Thomas F..
Ryan can endorse George b. Mcclellan,
the political puppet of Mr.. Ryan and
errand boy of the trusts that Mr. Root
serves. but can Mr. Root endorse the
theft of the election in New York City
and the crime by which the rights of
citizens were outraged and the liberties
of citizens everywhere threatened?
Mr.. Root objects to my opposing
Senator Knox. | have no personal hos
ulity for this man Knox. and | do not
think that have ever met or seen him, |
but / do know that when | sent him
evidence that absolutely |
convicted the coal roads of criminal |
and of crushing out inde-
pendent coal mine owners he pOcketed |
nat evidence and refused to act for
wo years. although United States Dis
Tict Attorney Burnett had reported to
linn that this evidence sustained all my
.harges against the coal trust and war
anted their prosecution and although
le recommended to Knox that the gov
rnment institute proceedings against
hese roads in the eastern district of
Railroad Rate Bill.
II was finally compelled to proceed
utside of the attorney generals Office.
nd brought my evidence before the
Interstate commerce commission. and
ecause of the interminable delay and
inadequate powers of the interstate
onmerce commission | introduced the
abroad rate bill in congress. which the
epub;ican party takes the credit for.
positively assert that the republican
arty stole the greater part of my bill.
nd that they would nave had better
i'll if they had stolen all of it, t.
And that is also my answer to Mr..
-oot's criticism of my course in con-
ress.
Mr.. Root objects to my criticism of
homas Taggart. and who goes over
ON the corporation side of the repub-l
can party to define the national chair
ian of the corporation wing of the
party.
Il have no personal feeling against
IT, Taggart | have opposed him be-
luse he conducted a gambling resort
here women and children were allow
l TO play. This gambling house has =
cen closed up by the republican gov 4
nor of Indiana. III
Last Rap at Secretary Root.
81 have opposed Taggart because he
a corrupt politician and represents
elmont and the corporations on the
committee. I.have opposed
m because he stands in opposition tot
)nest democrats and honest American
tiZens everywhere.
Il have opposed Parker, Williams, q
'Oodruff. TOwne. Cannon. and others
lly when they have opposed the peo-
e. and l always will oppose them o
hen they oppose the people.
Il do not conduct my campaign or
Y newspapers according to my per
nal pTejudices, but for the interest of
)nest citizens
Finally, ! say that the same recog-
zed and unwritten rule that makes II
e president of the United States the u
esident of all the people and not of v
~ faction or section, should apply to u
e officers of his administration, and az
at when Elihu Root. secretary of al
ate of the United States, drags his "'
gh federal office into state election
id into personal and partisan at
elk he degrades his Office to his own y
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