Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-03-15


different ways all over the country.
And why all this hatred of Roosevelt? |
Why these outlaw attempts to defeat
him? Let history answer. All such
champions of human rights, as Roose-
welt has been and is, were attacked in
their day just as Roosevelt is attacked
in our day. Let Roosevelt own record
answer.
Who brought suit against the Beef
Trust? Theodore Roosevelt. Who
brought suit against the Standard Oil
Company? Theodore Roosevelt.
Who brought suit against the To-
bacco Trust? Theodore Roosevelt.
Who brought suit against Morgan and
Hills Railroad Trust? Theodore Roose-
Welt.
Who brought suit against Morgan's
New England Railroad Combine? Theo-
dore Roosevelt.
And who dismissed it? Wickersham
Who agreed to the reorganization of
the Oil Trust and the Tobacco Trust?
Wickersham.
We hear that the Oil and Tobacco
Trusts are Dissolved. Yet they go on
raising the prices of oil and tobacco.
We hear that the oil monopoly is no
more. Yet the Indiana Standard Oil
Company, which is part of the Oil
Trust, only few days ago declared a
dividend of $29, 1000, 900. This is the
same company that was fined $29, OOO,-
900 by Judge Lands. 1t has paid this
dividend. 1t did not pay the fine.
Yet, we in Indiana are told that
Roosevelt is friend of the trusts.
The chief Indiana supporter of Mr..
Taft for the nomination is the all pow
erful Indianapolis News, although it
will not support him or any other Re-
publican for election.
On May 10, 1908, Mr. Hornaday, it's
correspondent, said in his dispatch from
New York:
William H. Taft is Wall streets
candidate for President. This means he
has the support of the Standard Oil
Company, the Steel Trust and other
trusts, good and bad, the railroads and
all devotees of high finance. \ He
was put in the race as the representa-
tive of the Roosevelt policies the man
who is to carry forward the good work
put under way by President Roosevelt.
His most ardent champions today are
the representatives of predatory wealth
whom President Roosevelt has been
fighting for nearly seven years.
The same men who fought Mr.. Taft
four years ago are the leaders of his
campaign today.
These same men who then so viciously
and violently attacked Mr.. Taft attack
Theodore Roosevelt with even greater
venom and more INSCRIPTIONS methods
now.
Let US call the roll of the men who
today are against Theodore Roosevelt
in the various States:
New England, Crane and Gallinge1
whom do they stand for?
New York, Barnes, Parsons and Abe
Gruber-w whom do they stand for?
New Jersey, Murphy and Kean-
whom do they stand for?
Pennsylvania, Penrose and his machine
whom do they stand for?
Ohio, Cox and his machine whom dc
they stand for?
t., Indiana, Healing and his machine
whom do they stand for?
Illinois, Lorimer and his machine
whom do they stand for?
Colorado, Guggenheim and his ma.
chine-whom do they stand for?
Utah, Reed Smoot and the Mormon
machine whom do they stand for?
Washington, Ballinger and his ma.
chine-whom do they stand for?
California, Heron and his Southern
Pacific machine, Calhoun and his Sar
Francisco gang-whom do they stand
for?
New Mexico, Bull Andrews and his
machine-whom do they stand for?
The solid South, the office holders anc
their federal machine whom do they
stand for?
Yet of all these men and the interests
they stand for are against Theodore
Roosevelt today.
All these men and the powers back
of them fought Roosevelt four years
ago, just as they are fighting him now
for the same reason and with the same
weapons.
They were and are the agents of g
system against which our great leader
made war without quarter.
WHAT ROOSEVELT STANDS FOR.
What did Theodore Roosevelt fight
for and what did he get done during
these seven historic wears?