The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-09-24

he rich?' asks Roosevelt. If so and
he is for Teddy then the man is do
ing a great work for the people and
mankind and is public spirited. If
he is rich but against Roosevelt, then
the man is crook.
Interests Behind Roosevelt.
Mr. Roosevelt says the interests
and bosses are behind Taft and Will
son. But who is behind Roosevelt 2
Who has put TAP all this money that
made this big bull moose party pos
sible? Morgan is behind Roosevelt
and the Standard Oil Co. is behind
Taft. an-g r.a i -
During the seven years of Mr..
Roosevelts two administrations was
greatest period in our public life of
the prosperity and growth of swollen
fortunes. No man has advocated the
Capitalization of power into the hands
of a few more than he. I read with
great interest the question asked him
by Senator Hansbrough and l notice
that Mr. Roosevelt has not yet an
swered it.
inconsistent Teddy. ~
ITO show his Inconsistencies, he sent
Mr.. Taft to Oklahoma back in 1907
to talk against the constitution of that
state which was then up for adoption
ana lAldl phase WHICH
provided for the initiative and refer
endum He thought the idea then was
unreasonable. I've thought the same
thing about a great many of his
thoughts and sayings. And now he's
even advocating the recall of the presi-
dent. | +,
DO you remeber throughout his
whole administration how he was the
advocate of big families? He thought
the more children the better. He
thought the woman's place was in the
home where she could reign supreme
and could rear large families. Do you
that?
Now the colonel has seen great
light. He sees the advantage in the
close race he is running of having
the women vote of Colorado, Utah,
California and the other states where
we have female suffrage. And to think
of all the men in the United States
there is just one who is fitted to be
president. AS President Taft says,
what a calamity it would be If we
know l don't think the president gets
off very many good things but when
he does once in long while think
he ought to be given credit for it.
Roosevelt even admits he agreed to
the unlawful formation of the steel
trust in order to prevent a panic. You
have seen the testimony of Mr.. Arch
bold. I don't know anything more
about it than what ] saw, but it was
made under oath SO ! assume that it is
true. Roosevelt says that on Oct. 25,
1904 he sent word to Cortelyou to
refund the Standard Oil contribution
of $100, ,000--after 1t was all spent Mr..
.Archbold says instead of returning 1t
they asked for $150,000 more and be-
cause they wouldn't give it Roosevelt
began prosecuting them. I'm awfully
glad no democrat was mixed up in
that affair. And no good republicans
were either.
Now let's admit that Mr.. Roose-
welt was as innocent as Lorimer, and
/ believe he was as innocent, do you
suppose all those trusts were going
to put up so much money for a fear
less trust buster? Lorimer may not
have known about the graft connect
ed with his election, but the trusts
know Lorimer Roosevelt may not
have known about these contributions
from the trusts, but the trusts evil
IDENTIFY know Roosevelt.
And with these trusts it has got
ten to be in the last administration as
Governor Marshall said the other day
the song of salvation of the trusts was
Dissolve Us Again, Dissolve Us Again
Every time they are dissolved they
add that much more to their dividends
What Republicans Need.
Now what the great old republican
party needs Is a lickinga good beat
ing. That's what 1t needs to save 1T
and make the grand old party OF Lin
coins time. For it was a grand old
party 1t has wrought good many
reforms and is yet to do a great deal
of good 1t will again when in bet
ter control, and ! think Taft is doing
what he thinks is right
But IL Taft has split the republican
party in four years what will he do
with 1t in eight years? If you elect
Roosevelt YOU don't have any more
republican party for he has left it,
you know he's turned into bull moose,
So the only way to save 1t is to beat
1T now. We have every chance to win.
We have the right candidates and we
have the argument on our side"