Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-08-26

lilies in luxury and finally have
reached that point where the ex-
posture Of their double dealings will
mean utter ruin and disgrace-not
only for themselves but for their in
nocent loved ones as we'll.
1t is no wonder, then, that when
they find themselves In the last ditch
with their backs against the breast
works, they will fight with every
means available-foul or fair-for
self-preservation.
The little scratching of the surface
done by the average reformer did
not disturb these men very much.
They could easily bring about his
ruin in business, or invent some
scandalous story, plausible enough
for the average person to believe,
and thus turn all the mans friends
against him. Thus, without sup
port of any kind, the person who
dared threaten to expose this ne
farious partnership between politics
and business, was quickly silenced
and sent into oblivion, while the in
terests continued to increase their
hold on the government, believing
that they were impregnable.
Now, however, a great leader has
come forward to give battle to 1.-THE
System" who is possessed of all the
qualities necessary for such a fray.
"The interests" cannot kill him off
by running his business, because he
is a man of Independent means.
They are therefore exerting all their
! efforts in the other direction and are
using every method to discredit this
champion In the eyes of the people.
Every story conceivable is being
brought forth and sworn to by those
who take the political side Of the
combination, and these stories are
promptly substantiated by the lead
ers on the commercial side of this
corrupt partnership.
These men will stop at nothing to
accomplish the undoing of Theodore
Roosevelt. They apparently recog-
niZe in him their greatest obstruc-
ton in the continuation of their law
lessness. The EVENING NEWS
maintains, however, that "The In
terests" will find Woodrow Wilson
just as great a stumbling block, but
he is not SO well known and there
fore not subject to the attacks that
are aimed at the colonel.
, We are only beginning to realize
| the force that Is now attempting to
| accomplish the downfall of Roose-
welt. When the president of the
Standard Oil Company will conde-
scend to take part and add his tes-
timony to the evidence tending to in
criminate the former president, 1t
must be a pretty serious state of af-
fairs for "Big Business"
The crooks are being forced into
the open and 1t has thrown "The In
terests' into a panic. Lorimer was
retired to private life after the bit
| terest kind of a struggle. Now Pen
rose Is face to face with being sent
into oblivion In disgrace. He has
been caught with the goods. He has
been forced to admit receiving $780,
| 900 from the Standard Oil Com
pany. In his desperate effort to save
himself he tries to act the cuttle-ish,
as Roosevelt puts it, and ink the
waters by blaming 1t all on Roose-
welt and, at the same time make
other sensational charges so as to
divert attention from his own guilty
hands and cause public clamor
against the former president.
Penrose must have been a particu-
larly valuable man for 1.-THE Inter-
ests" because OF the help he is re-
ceiving from the very fountain head
of the corrupting influences in pub
lie life. But he will not escape.
The people at last see him in his
true light. The Philadelphia North
American offers to prove that Pen
rose Is a briber and a c~orruptionist
and that he holds his present seat In
the Senate by support bought with
money, II an authorized tribunal OF
the Senate will hear the testimony.
The North American challenges
Penrose to ask the Senate that such