The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-09-06

keep the ~progressives from getting
aboard. Now u proposal is that we
won't n longer allow Wall street to
act as teeter on the political see-saw
between the W. parties. that we are
not n longer going to permit two
parties nominally opposed to one an
other but each alternately coming up
accordingly as the big interests choose
to bear down heavier with one foot or
with the other.
Afraid of the People.
Mr.. Schin and all those like him
are perfectly we'll meaning men only
they don't know our people. They are
afraid of you. They don't know what
you are like. They think you would
do something dreadful to them. You
wouldn't. You would treat them
squarely and make the mtreat other
people squarely. And they will do any
power-to keep a party which really
represents YOU from getting in power,
and the progressive party intends to
put an end to the Wall street teeter
of the political see-saw. Now friends.
so much for the perfectly respectable
Wall street men, who simply haven't
got an idea of what the American peo-
pie want or need or what the Ameri-
car people are determined to have.
lIlhG tAENllDOlll Ease.
Now 1 want to touch on just for a
moment representatives of another
type of element there. Senator Penrose
and Mr.. Archbold of the Standard Oil
company. A week ago last Friday and
Saturday they appeared before the
senate committee and testified-the
testimony being intended to attack
me, the object of the testimony being
to withdraw attention from Mr.. Pen
roses record. Mr.. Penrose is a mod
est mand and he doesn't like anybody
to look at his record; and he thought
the effective way to prevent an in
done was to see If he and his side
partner. MI. Archbold, couldn't Gre
ate a diversion by attacking me. That
was on Friday and Saturday. On Sat-
urday I telegraphed to the committee
asking to be heard on Monday. 1t was
Saturday. and Monday was the earliest
day to be heard On. The chairman Of
the subcommittee. Senator Clapp,
stayed In Washington. Every reaction
AIRY senator. republican and democrat
alike, scattered to the four winds of
heaven. and Mr.. Archbold went to
Europe. (Applause.) And l was no.
titled 1 would have to wait a month
or two before l could be heard. So I
wrote Mr.. Clapp a letter which was
published Monday INC which l shall
ask-it will be furnished in full to all
the progressive committees and l want
you to get copies of that letter.. as
many thousands of them as you wish
from the central committee and have
them distributed here among all Of our
people who take any interest in the
subject. l went over everything in
that letter.
Fled in Haste.
Now today I only want to call your
attention to just two or three features
of it. Mr.. Penrose and Mr.. Archbold
attacked nominally me Really they
attacked Mr. Bliss, the treasurer of
the republican committee eight years
ago. who ha dbeen treasurer under
Mckinley for his two and
who was continued in my campaign.
They attacked Mr.. Bliss. Mr.. Bliss is
during which they had never said a
word against him. When he died
then they attacked me They said
hat Mr.. Bliss tried to blackmail the
Standard Oil company and 1t had been
done In my interest. I published my
WI letter to show that l had espe-
cially forbidden any contribution to
be received from the Standard Oil. but
l won't touch on that now. But what
l want TO call yOurattcntlO n TO IS THIS
testimony of Mr.. Archbold and YOU
will find it on page 1873 of the printed
report of the senate committee. Mr..
Archbold suddenly was overcome by a
memory of his ways And he said:
Darkest Abyssinia has nothing to
show compared with the treatment
awarded the Standard Oil company
under the Roosevelt administration"
Now on that point he told the truth.
After careful investigation I came to
the conclusion that the Standard Oil
company needed Abyssinian treatment.
and it got it. If 1 ever were president
again. unless the Standard Oil mended
its ways 1t would get the Abyssian
treatment again. And Mr.. Archbold
and Mr.. Archbold's side partner. Mr..
Penrose. knows that. Mr.. Penrose
knows that there Is danger of the
Abyssian treatment being applied to
him too. And hat is why they come
forward at this time to bear testimony.
If l hadn't been chosen as the head
of the progressive party o wouldn't
have heard anything about that testi-
money. They don't give a rap for me
as a private individual. The only
they want to hound me now is
because it will hound you; they want