Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-08-19
STANLEY FLAYS
COL. ROOSEVELT
Chief Bull Moose Is Getting
Support From Those He
Had Benefited
DECLARES INVESTIGATOR
Chairman Of Steel Trust In
vestigation Committee
Talks to New Party

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16.-The per
sonal and POLITICAL relations of Col
/ heodOre Roosevelt and George w
Perkins, formerly of J. p. Morgan 4
Co., We're bitterly attacked on the
floor of the house Wednesday by Re
preventative A. o. Stanley, of Ken
lucky, who is chairman of the steel
trust investigation committee. In
supporting his bill to make the re-
ports of the commissioner on cOrpOr
ations available for congress, Repre-
sentative Stanley charged that Roose
welt had protected the harvester trust
from government prosecution, and
described Perkins as the go be.
tween of big business" and the
government
Hits at Progressives.
Representative Stanley's characters
cations of the former Morgan as
sociate We're extremely bitter. He
dwelt at length on the absorption
of the Tennessee Coal & Iron Com
pany by the United States Steel Cor
poration and charged that Perkins
had been able to secure from Herbert
Knox Smith, former commissioner OF
corporations, information which was
denied congress. The new Progress
siye party also came in for an eX
~ lded discussion.
In 1904 Mr. Perkins, in his eager
=, IS to aid his party and his hero
-'-'. Roosevelt, actually gave $4,000
Yl other peoples money TO his good
suse,' said Mr.. Stanley. He gave
his personal check to MIR. Bliss and
was reimbursed by check of the New
York Life Insurance Co., No. 1888
payable to j. p. Morgan !, 60. The
proceeds of this check We're traced
to Mr. Perkins, and for this eminent
service he was arrested under a war
rant charging him with grand lar
ceny.
Escapes Prison Cell
This man escaped a prison cell
by the skin of his teeth for having
picked the pockets OF shroud fol
the use and benefit or the Republican
party"
Reviewing the information as tc
the absorption of the Tennessee Coal
d Iron Company by the steel corpor
alton, secured by the Stanley steel
investigating committee, Mr. Stanley
said:
The severest critic of Col. Roose
welt can hardly conceive that he would
have in twenty mmuLes com mission
ed tne stee! CorpJlt... ON to crush It's
last CuNyetitUr. H. .jossessed hardly
one-tenlh OF the Information which
the commissioner oI corporations was
afterN ards forced by the investiga
tions OF this committee and the pres
sure OF public opinicn to publish to
the world AS suggested by the com
missioner of corporations, the inves
tigation Of the Harvester trust was
summarily stopped.
Says Protection Promised
''On this OCCASION concluded Mr.
Stanley, the colonel assumed the
same relative position toward the
masters from Wall street that the
Lord assumed toward the devil. The
Savior said: Get thee behind me
Satan, and Mr.. Roosevelt said: !
will stand in front of you, o Steel
trust; / will paralyze the strong arm
of the law, | will silence the voice
of public clarOr and will deliver
to you. bound and helpless. the IN
dustr.ai domlLahue Of tAe south" and
lOi lildt SSl WIG, " vi I'll hiuitipiiCu
millions to the United States Steel
Corporation, it has not been lacking
in gratitude from the day of merger
until this good hour. Perkins and
Gary. brothers of the Steel corpora
ton, have been absolutely at the
command of the ex-president of the
United States.
Provender for Moose
"They We're with him in the old
party and they have staged and sup
ported this political Punch and
Judy performance lately pulled oil
in Chicago. in which they fantasticai
ly figure. Roosevelt, Mr.. Mccormick
and Perkins play their little parts
find their exits and entrances, and
take their cue from this insolent com.
bination of political and financial
highbinders. which did not hesitate
to rob grave for the campaign fund
of 1904, and which is now intrusted
with the duty of providing provend-
er for the bull moose.