The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1912-09-28
PEOPLES COLUMN
No Bull Moose

North East, Md, Sept. %, 1912.
Mr.. Editor:-We hear nowadays SO
much about the special interests and
what they are doing to Cypress the peo-
pie; now the Roosevelt party, under the
lead of that great man, will down the
octupus and raise the standard OF citizen
ship above the common run; and the
thought often occurs to me now such
thing can deceive the people First, We
ask who is Roosevelt? Coming into
power at the death of William McKin-
ley, the successor of a high protection
list, he was elected for four years back
ed by the organization which he strength
ened by shady dealing. He hobnobed
with every leader and no matter of
what standing or odor. The trusts con-
tributed literally TO his campaigns and
when his seven years were up the
trusts and special interests had a stran-
gle hold on the country and by his sane
tion the steel trust had gathered in the
Tennessee coal and Iron mines and in
every way the great combina atoms were
strengthened and permitted to multiply.
The Harvester Trust was enabled to alb
serb all the farming machinery factor
les, and no effort was made to enforce
the Sherman law: and today when we re-
fleet on who is backing him we see
Geo. w. Perkins, head of the Harvester
Trust, a member of the steel trust and
formrely a partner of Morgan and a
Wall Street manipulation Frank A.
Munsey. member of the steel trust and
many times millionaire, owner of five
yellow journals and sew, raj magazines,
which have been for years fighting
fair ard eluable appraisement of his
money making investments, who fought
tooth and nail scheme advocated by
Taft ana Hitchcock to increase the pos
tage on the magazines and make penny
postage possible, who is now engaged
in the task of forming and making pos
sble a combination to control the ad.
vertisng rates and sale of magazines by
creating a Publishers News Co., and the
forefront of the fight against penny
postage. What do these expect to gain
by voting for party who with their
members in Congress voted with the
Democrats to reduce the tariff and put
our business on the level of Europe;
and the farmers who jumped on the
President for advocating free trade with
our neighbors in Canada (Which should
De part OF tnlS country yet would
vote for party who would vie with the
Democrats in reducing the uu,ies on
our manufactured goods. A vote for
Roosevelt is a vote for the special IN
terests as represented by the steel trust
and Harvester trust. which is backing
the Bull Moose party, leading owners
and users of the rural papers and sub
sdized journals vote for a reduced
tariff and against the full dinner pail.
A vote for Taft is a vote for continued
prosperity and efficient government and
enforcement of the Sherman Wv which
is bringing even now TO book the Har-
vester and Steel Trusts, aided by the
probe of Congress into the shady trans
actions of the deals where the great
coal fields were put into the hands of
the Morgans, Perkins and Munsey COM
bine and raised the price of coal Spec
ial interests. There may be a few on
the side of Taft and the Republican
ticket but they pale into insignificance
in comparison to the Roosevelt Perkins
Munsey combination.
NO BULLMOOSER.