The Daily Missoulian., 1912-08-24

ministration,' and he proceeds unwit-
tingly to pay Messrs. Garfield and
Smith the highest praise by his bitter
ness to them for their action. / do
not wonder that he feels bitterly. The
action In question disclosed all kinds
OF improper practices on the part Of
the Standard OIL company and a
colossal series OF rebates, A stop
was put to these rebates because OF
the action of the people in my ad-
ninistration and through the action a
fine was imposed by Judge Lands on
the Standard Oil company. which II It
had not been reversed by the appellate
division. would really have made the
corporation smart, and, even MS It was,
It forced them to act properly.
1T seems to me that the course or
MIR. Penrose In this matter and the
bringing In OF Mr.. Archbold to testify,
bear, close analogies to what In the
New York police situation at this time
would be called a frame and this
ID shown by the questions which MIR.
Archbold Is asked and those he Ii not
asked. He IL allowed TO testify about
a dead mans statement and to make
a cruelly-unjust assault upon the
character OF that dead man, who, / be-
lieve to have been one Of. the most
honorable and high minded of gentle-
men, but he has not testified anything
about Mr.. Penrose. In that case he
would not have been testifying about
what he had done and said and about
what MIR. Penrose had done and said.
1T appears that Mr.. psnross, while
amsmbsr Of the industrial commission,
recsivsd . check Of 10000 from Mr..
Archbold and thst hs was serving On
that committee In . peculiarly conf.
Dental relation TO Mr.. Archboid,
among the instances Of his position ~
Mr.. Arehbold's representative on the
committee being that be communicated
in advance 70 Mr.. Arehboid the re-
. member Of the industrial commission,
was about 20 make and secured his
approval In advance Of is publica-
ton.
Mr.. Penrose and Mr.. Archbold
should both be examined upon this
transaction and see II there can be
any possible way In which they can
explain II or In which MIR. Penrose can
Justify himself. The transaction IT.
Sc and the whole alliance between
Mr.. Penrose and Mr.. Archbold and
Mr.. Penrose's action In connection
Herewith are a startling example of
the workings OF that invisible EN-
plre to whose reign We intend to put
an end.
"Thsss documents show that Mr..
Penross. nominally the representative
Of ths people, was secretly and in the
dark acting ~ the representative Of
Mr.. Archboid. Mr.. Archbold's test.
mony shows that he sought to get and
hoped TO get from me and my admin.
istration soms improper consideration
and he comes now 70 the defense Of
his friend and ally, Mr.. Psnross-par
Mobile fratrum-and assai me because
hs could not influence me; because
under my administration justice was
mstsd out 70 him and his kind ~ Il
should have been metsd out.
"His complaint against me 10 that
neither through political pressure nor
the use Of money in politics could he
exercise any influence over me; and
his complaint 10 just.
II feel that the country has right
to expect the committee to refuse to
permit Mr.. Archbold to go away until
he has testified to every fact within
his knowledge. He should thus testa-
fy and he should thus testify now. He
and MIR. Penrose both should be rig
orously cross-examined as to the
transactions between them so as to
see what explanation they can pos
sibly give as to the correspondence be-
tween them when Mr.. Penrose- was
member of the Industrial commission
and both should be vigorously ex-
amined as to their relations together
In previous years.
Meanwhile | wish to thank them
both for having made II Gear beyond
possibility OF doubt that am the man
whom the Penroses and Archbolds of
the country most dread In public life."