The Washington times., 1912-08-27
WHAT ONE WEEK HAS DEVELOPED

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Within the past week the following facts were
disclosed:
Boies Penrose, United States Senator from Penn.
syvania one of President Tafts chief lieutenants in
this campaign has been selling his services as United
States Senator to the Standard Oil corporation, using
his official position to secure confidential nforma-
ton regarding proposed legislation and submitting
ii in advance to the Standard Oil Corporation for its
approval.
Boies Penrose, United States Senator from
Pennsylvania, one of President Tafts chief lieuten-
ants in this campaign, still enjoys the confidence of
the Standard Oil corporation to that degree that
he is enabled within rtyeight hours after charges
have been lodged against him to produce copies Of
private correspondence between the Standard Oil
corporation and other citizens. Part of this was
in the private code used by the Standard Oil cor
poration and he was able to translate the code No
other source could have given him the key to the
Standard Oil code except the Standard Oil corpor-
alton.
The entire machinery of Big Business, as rep
resented in the United States Senate, is in sympathy
with Standard Oil to that degree that it finds time
and convenience to hear John Arcnbold, representa-
tive of Standard OIL defend Penrose by alleging the
money given Penrose was given to him to use in
the election of Theodore Roosevelt in 1904.
1t does not take either the time or trouble to
question Archbold about the other relations he had
with Penrose, as shown by documents which prove
Penrose to have sent proposed legislative reports
and proposed legislation to Archbold for his ap-
prova prior to their submission to the Senate.
After hearing Archbold and Penrose accuse
Roosevelt of guilty knowledge of the receipt Of
Standard Oil funds in 1904 and hearing Archbold
accuse Roosevelt of having promised Standard Oil
immunity from just legislation, the committee ad-
journs without summonng Roosevelt, either to force
from him an admission of the charge of Archbold
or to give him the benefit of his denial.
Senator Clapp, Progressive, remains and is
ready to hear Roosevelt. Senator Luke Lea, a
Democrat has valid excuse for leaving because
of critical illness in his family But Senator POM
creme, Harmon Democrat of Ohio hastens away
Senator Oliver, a colleague of Penrose, rushes to
Canada, and Senator Jones of Washington, VINO
Topped in the Lorimer fight, and who is trying to
straddle in this fight turns his face homeward Such
is not the conduct of men who want to know the
truth about a scandal that involves the integrity of
the United States Senate and the relations between
Big Business and politicians Of both old parties
When resolution is introduced in the Senate
upon motion of Senator Pondexter, Progressive,
to investigate the relations between all members of
the Senate and Standard Oil, it is bitterly opposed
by Bailey of Texas Democrat, whose relations
with that corporation are notorious; by Hepburn,
whose reactionary views, friendship for Big Busi-
ness and loyalty to Taft and the cause of the Re-
publican party amounts to fanaticism; and by Reed
Smoot, high priest of Big Business and the leader
of tine Republican party in the Senate since Murray
Crane has announced his retirement.
The twinshp between Standard Oil and the Taft
campaign stands out in bold, ugly relief.
The deliberate plan to smirch Roosevelt's name
and run away without giving him hearing in de-
fense is apparent even to the most thick-witted.
The knshp, if not the criminal relations, be-
tween others of the United States Senate, in both
partes is admitted by the bitter opposition to any
probe that will be general.
The determination of Special Privilege and cor
rupting influences to defeat Roosevelt and the Pro-
gressive party at any cost and by any method is no
longer matter of speculation. The team work of
Archbold, Penrose Bailey, and Smoot leave no dorbt
Of it,
Never have the people Of the nation had such a
defiant challenge for the control of their
issued to them.