Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-09-06
least, some of us will remain
"DUPES,"
Respectfully yours,
T. j. HERRINGTON.

T. j. CHERRINGTON.
The above communication is print
ed exactly as it was written and
handed into this office by Col Cher
rington himself The Observer would
not presume to change dot or
comma in a communication emenat-
ing from the think tank of so pro-
found a Bullmooser as the author of
the above effusion. The Observer
congratulates itself in being able to
smoke at least one worshipper of the
bandana statesman out of his hole,
| and we are familiarly slapping our
self on the back, realizing that some
thing we have printed has reached
vulnerable spot in the thick hide
of the self-called leader of the other
six Bullmoosers of Polk county That
surely is sufficient cause for congrat-
ulation.
The colonel intimates that there is
real issue" in this campaign of
the third -termer This is refreshing.
! If there is any issue in the campaign
promulgated by the bandana party,
aside from Roosevelt himself, we
| have never heard of it, nor been able
to find it. The so-called Progress
! i've" party is the offspring of an all
absorbing and dominant political
ambition, an attempt to foist upon
! the nation the leadership of ranting
political demagogue. 1t was conceived
| in a betrayal of trust and confidence,
and has been reared in apOstasy. IfI
there had been no Roosevelt, there
would have been no party in this
country today, and men with the
doubtful political affiliations of the
author of the above defense of the
perennial presidential candidate,
would have tossed about on the
troubled political sea, like a rudder-
less ship on the bosom of the mighty
deep.
Possibly this third term bugaboo"
is rot as Col. Cherrington declares
but we have the statement of no less
a distinguished individual than Mr..
Roosevelt himself, that it isn't
"On the fourth of March next. |
shall have served three and one-haIf
years, and this three and IA half years |
constitutes my first term. The wise
custom which limits the president to
TWO TERMS, regards the substance
and not the form, and under no cir
cumstancc will | be candidate for.
nor accept another nomination"
Those are the words of the man
who has since repudiated them, who
has betrayed the condolences of his
friends and who not only repudiated
his own utterances and again became
candidate, but even went outside
his party, and is doing his best to
h IN,
and for a third term, become presi-
dent of these United States. 1t may
be bugaboo but it is rising up right
now to plague the present PRO
gressive" aspirant for seat in the
White House, and the wise custom"
promulgated by George Washington
and endorsed by the immortal Lin
coin is ringing down the trail of
Theodore Roosevelt and standing as
an impregnable barrier between his
personal ambition and it's gratifica-
ton.
Regarding the Standard Oil contro-
Versy, The Observer hasn't the slight 4
est doubt that the monopoly contrib
uted to the campaign of Roosevelt in
1904 and that such contribution was
known to him. But, if we are to look
at the matter with a mind free from
all impression we should be compell-
ed to believe the sworn testimony of
even the head of the Standard Oil,
rather than the mere assertions of
Roosevelt. ArchbOld, at least has never
been convicted of duplicity; the pub
lie has never caught him red handed
in a fragrant violation of his word.
OF course Roosevelt denies all knOwl-
edge of the alleged contribution. Did
expect that he would admit
1t? Whatever else may be said of
him, it cannot be denied that he is
a mighty astute politician and it is
highly improbable that he can be
of the allegations made
against him by Archbold. He has
no doubt covered his tracks COM
Dletely, and will depend upon denials
and abuse to befog his followers re-
Parding the truth But Roosevelt's
denials haven't much weight with
those of the American people who
do not worship at his shrine He
has betrayed them once and his ut
terances regarding a third term are
still fresh in their minds. Even as
late as 1910 he wrote: "Under no
will | be a candidate
in 1912" In the light of these facts
his mere word is not taken seriously
except with those who invest him
with all the virtues of an angel and
eNclaim. "The King can do no
wrong"
why should not the Standard oil
contribute to Roosevelt's expenses?
While it is true that under his admin
the suit to dissolve the trust
was begun, the date of the alleged
contributions was previous to any
such action ON his part, hence Cher
rmgton's inference that the Standard
oil would not assist him to election,
fails Hat Roosevelts prosecution of
Standard oil was perfunCtory and the
only bright spot i'm the record of trust
BUSTING during his administration.
During his ncumbency of office the
of the malefaCtors of
great wealth, over which Roosevelt
now raves was practically a dead let
ter. and the growth of trusts during
his administration was enormous
Statistics show that during the pc
riod from 1901 to 1909. they had ex-
pandcd from a capitalization of $3.-
000. 100000 TO more than 10000
0O0. .0O0. and this when every branch
of the government was in the control
of the president. even including an
Republican congress
i'm complete sympathy with him. This