The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-23
BACK AT PENROSE.
The Colonel Compares the senator TO
Cuttlefsh.

WiIkesbarre. Pa, Aug. "a severe
attack on Senator Penrose of .Pennsyi-
vania was made by Colonel Roosevelt
in his speech here. The senator, he
said, was like a cuttlehsh, which, lack
ing the courage to fight its enemy.
"squ.rts ink" in the hope that it may
escape. In denouncing the senator.
Colonel Roosevelt repeated his denial
that he had known of any Standard
Oil contribution to the presidential
campaign of 1904.
Colonel -Roosevelt's speech was made
in the armory, at meeting held in
connection with the jubilee of the Rev.
Father Curran- After Colonel Roose-
veit had paid tribute to Father Cur
ran, he said:
land now a word about honesty We
can't have any reform unless we have
honesty, in both business and politics.
BY a natural sequence of thought, I
now come to Senator PenrosS of Penn
sylvania.
Recently certain definite and spe-
cific charges were made against Scna-
tor Penrose- 1 personally knew moth
ing of them, and had not even looked
into the charges until Mr.. Penrose sue
ceeded in riveting my attention upon
them. Yesterday he got up in the SEN
ate to deny those charges and brought
hearsay charges against me.
Il call your attention to an analogy
to Senator Penrose among the inferior
forms of animal life-the cuttlefish.
When the cuttlefish is attacked by an
oppose, it squirts ink and tries to es-
cape. trusting that the enemy will at
tack the ink instead of the cutt1ehsh-
now propose to clear away the ink
and attack the cuttlefish.
Base and Contemplate.
THE statement of Mr.. Penrose was
that he had heard that by my direc-
ton 100000 was asked for from the
Standard Oil company for my cam
paign. and contributed, and that a fur
ther sum was asked for. Mr.. Penrose
gave this evidence on hearsay. 1t Is a
thoroughly base and contemplate
thing for Mr.. Penrose to repeat such
evidence on hearsay."
"The proof of the pudding is in the
eating. Every trust-controlled newspa-
per in the land is doing everything in
it's power to beat me-, Do you think
those trust papers would be trying to
beat me if had been satisfactory TO
the Standard Oil company and that
crowd? They are against me because
not one trust, not one individual was
able to use or influence me while !
was president. That's why they hate
me.
$50 much for the ink. Now for the
cutie fish. Mr.. nrose states that he
received $25,OO0 for use in Pennsylvania
and that he used it to help in my elec-
ton. BY running 1 -elped Mr.. Penrose.
He didn't help me- II he doubts that.
I ask him to compare his experiences
in 1904, when he was helping me- and
in 1912 when he went it alone. 1t was
Ponrose hanging onto Roosevelt in 1904,
and the ticket went through with 500 00c
majority. 1t was Penrose without
Roosevelt in 1872 apd he got just
about six or eight delegates-I forget
the number now
Men of Pennsylvania, it is your
fight and not mine. If you like Mr.
Penrose, keep him. But 1 earnestly
hope you will adopt the principle Of
popular election of United States sena-
tors Let Mr.. Penrose come squarely
before the people as 1 have done and
if he wins out well and good. 1 should
feel like the Scotch minister. who, af-
ter reading from the Bible that the
Lord loved David, said, There's no ac-
counting for tastes