The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-03-22
Roosevelt. Who brouTh,

TneO Roosevelt. Who brouxh,
against Morgan and HIPS Railroa,
trust! Theodore Roosevelt Wh,
brought suit against Morgan's Ne,
England Railroad combine? Theodor
Roosevelt And who dismissed II
Wickersham~ Who agreed to the re
organization OF the Oil trust and tn,
Tobacco trusA Wickersham.
Monopoly Combined In Power.
We hear that the Oil and Tobacc,
trusts are dissolved. Yet they go or
raising the prices OF oil and tobacco
We hear that the oil monopoly Is ne
more Yet the Indiana Standard III
Co., which is part of the Oil trust
only few days ago declared a div,
dend of s29,OCO,000 This Is the samt
company that was fined s29, 900 900 b,
Judge Lands. 1t has paid this divi
dend. 1t did not pay that fine.
Yet, We in Indiana are told tha,
Roosevelt is a friend o. the trusts
The chief Indiana supporter Of Mr.
Taft for the nomination is the aly-nov
erful Indianapolis News, althourb :,
will not support him or any other Re-
publican for election. ask you to pu,
what this paper said of Mr.. Taft fo,r
years ago in parallel columns with
what it Is saying OF Col. Roosevelt
now. Out 6 dozens of dispatches and
editorials l quote from a few. IF IN
these few. The News should feel that
misrepresent It, let It publish the full
dispatches and editorials from which
l quote.
On May 19. 1908. Mr. Hornaday, its
correspondent, said In his dispatch
from New York:
William H. Taft Is Wall Streets
candidate for President. This means
ne has the support Of the Standard
OIL company. the Steel trust and 9TH
or trusts, good and bad. the railroads
and all devotees Of high finance.
He was put In the race as
the representative Of the Roosevelt
policies-the man who is TO carry
forward the good work put under way
Dy President Roosevelt. His most
ardent champions today are the rep
rssentatives of predatory wealth
whom President Roosevelt has been
nghting for nearly seven years"
And here Is what the News said
May 21, 1908:
s ''Wall Sfraof hoc f<~ry<k
and Is now favorable to the nominass
ton OF Mr.. Taft When Wall Street
ID opposed to one man and is favorable
TO another We know that there Is a
very practical reason controlling It's
judgment. Why Is it all for
Taft? PROBABLY 1T IS BECAUSE
1T FEARS THAT IF 1T DOES NOT
TAKE TAFT IT WILL HAVE TO
TAKE ROOSEVELT. AND ROOSE-
WELT is THE ONE MAN 1T DOES
NOT WANT"
Again the News said in an editorial
May %. 1908:
1t Is charged that the trusts have
contributed generously to Mr.. Taft's
cause and that more money Is looked
or from that quarter. Secretary Mar
In OF the American Antitrust ieagueI
las recently had something TO say Of
IN alleged contribution OF 5000, 900
rom Andrew Carnegie. Convention
lfter convention has been dominated
IND packed by federal of,ce-holders,
collectors. marshais. dis
rict attorneys. and even United States
clerks have IN large number gone as
delegates to district and state con
'snttons"
For . long time might Quots such
anguAge Of tho News against Mr..
Cat four years ago. The News then
believed and tried to make tho people
'elseys that Taft was being nominated
y WAu Street and tho ONCE holders.
Chs News tAsn said that the reason
Fhy WAo Htrsst wanted Taft was be-
Auss 1t wAS afraid that IL Il did not |
Axe Taft It would have to take Roop>-
'sk- -Four yes.rs ago the News oven
nsinuated that Wall Street had made
bargain with Mr.. Taft. Yet we read
n the News the same language about
roosevelt today that 1t printed about
aft four years -go.
PaIpabIs Unfairnesa.
But We do not now read In the News
word about offlce-holders and bosses
nd packed conventions. Yet never
efore did oflce-holders so violate de-
ency and law as they are doing now
beat Roosevelt But not one word
bout 1t in ouS great public journA.
thousands OF words In 1908 about Of
ce-holders and packed conventions:
ut not a syllable In 1912 about the
oiitica efforts Of Healing in Texas
r Penrose in Pennsylvania or Crane
New England or Smoot and Gugxeu-
elm In Utah. Colorado and the noun
lin states. or the Southern Pacific in
alifornia and the coast. In this fair
layf
Yet these same men who fought
Ir. TAFT four years ago are the lead
- or his campaign today. Let us
all the roll OF the men who today
70 against Theodore Roosevelt In
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