The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1912-08-30
life LONG
DEMOCRAT
Thos. Hisgen is Out For
Col. Roosevelt.
Was Once Candidate For Cover
nor Of Massachusetts and
Prominent Leader,

S,ringfield. Mas, Ang. a-rhont,s
u. Hisgen. Indspertence League ~1r-
didae for President in 1908, and tae
former Eastern oornpetAtor Of the stan l.
ard Oil Company, to-day drhrd him-
self uneuuivocally for Colons!' lpoS'-
vets candidacy for President.
Mr. HaSgcn's dcElnticn Is Of aid VI
Importance, in that 1t WAS or'u-"'
about by John u. Arohbo d's attack
npn Coonel Roosevelt. Mir. Hhssvn
says that the vunamous nature al the
Arss.boh testimony yesterday md The
iallord,y with which At was PpiIoed
have convinced him THAT NJ. it,o''-
vaas candidacy offers the ony hope
for lrgls alton which Is rk-ly - prove
effs1lvc In ho'dinS i.sgaA md o?-
pressive combinations on cLpIaT In
rcs,Gsln;.
Mr.. uLsg n has been "A M6eiSng Dam
oarat except In 1901 and lsn. In the
fDrm,r = a.. rs the Ind pendence l.chsde
canititc for Governor Of VI Lssrch'rShtts,
nc finish,d second in Tn, rcs. POI ing
moy,e votes than the ragu.ar ID On Nr.r 'c
nominee. This rcmarkahle run mii- han
tbs ioyi cal Pr sid initial uomirae ~ thu In
depend nce League the foilowing y'rtr.
Beyond question Mr.. Iiisgen - the
bat known ind,pend mt oil Distributor
in the United States. He Is president
of the Four Brothres' Independent OIL
Company. w!dch, for ten years. has
Accessibility competed with the Sspni-
ard OIL Company In the whressile field
be.w,e,n Albany, y. y. AMI Bnston
M. Hisg ms fight against the Stand
ard oil Trus: Is without Tarr ll frr
length of duration and eAtrnt Of ter
rl,ory invo.v'd. He u also former
presiint of the lnlepend mt Pctr"-
LAn NIari<ctcrs' Assocfi,t,n of t,e
United Stats.
Mr.. Hisgon Is one of few mon in a
position 10 prove that Coz. lsorswers
0eGisSlOn 10 procf,eb uSthiSt e' t'e'"
ard Oil Company antedated the
CohneIs nomination in 1904 Mr.. HIS
gan speaks from personal knowlels".
baeiOd by specific documentary evil
t.once. and he proposes to take the
stump to tell what he knows Mr.. HI
gen made pubic last night the fa.tow-
tns statement.
IL know that Theodore HOosevet
spsaks the truth when he says thst
the real prosecution of the TRUST was
begun before his nomination. As caSy
as 1908 invcs.iators from nhe patbonal
government had approached our men.
and were thCn gathering evidnece Tor
the prosecution of the group Nhat Son
a.or Beveridge called the Iavisiblc
government of the United States.
I'm the oil fia,ds and throughout the
East. tn. government, before lNleodore
Roosevelt was nominated In 1904, was
slowly gathering the evidence THAT WIS
Later used to frse industry from che
grip of STANDARD Oil. Why was this
Standard ON contribution made in se-
cret why An cash instead nf by check
Why did 1t not appear on hhe Stanhlrd
Oil books? How unfortunate Arch
.bold's on'y witaess Is dead.
81 was personally intorviswed nv
men representing the government ~
the United ,statos bong before Arohbo.d
made the alleged contribution TO the
Republican fund. If he did coMtrib-
ute. he was helping elert the most
earnest enemy he has ewr had IN the
presidency of the Unsted states OF
Amreioa.
81 would have sivne IA great dnl n
have been present in the Senate ulla'a-
bar whn Arohbo'd was tastifyins.
Why was he nat asked about the
other oontrj that he has been
making TO senators for the five yar's
S1,rior to itY
"Why did they not forge him to sup-
nit his private correspondence an
tear the mask off the BUNCH of stand
ard Oil-paid sanators who have been
.defiling the fair name of the unit vi
<states?
"Tb1y brought him In to defend
Penrose and attack Roosevelt and
thus establish clcadE In the mth Is
.of everyone that It Is hls WuNir-