Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-08-30
Roosevelt Again
Attacks PenrOSe

Bennington VT, Aug pa bitter
attack on Senator Penrose of Penn
sylvania and John ID. Archbold of the
STANDARD Oil Co. was made here, to-
day, by Theodore Roosevelt in open
ing his Vermont campaign. Speaking
TO a crowd of several thousand per-
sons in Morgan park. he assailed
Archbold and Penrose for their testi-
mcny before the--Senate campaign
contributions committee.
I'VE have been saying for some
time said Roosevelt, that l was OPP
posed by an alliance between big bus
mess and politics, and now John ID.
Archbold of the Standard Oil Co. and
Senator Penrose tramp up To say it
is true
The colonel read from the testimony
of Arehhold and Penrose before the
Senate committee. AS soon as these
men had testified he said, they let
Arehbold so off to Europe and they
scattered to the four winds and re-
fused te let me testify. | am as well
satisfied by the unconscious testimony
for me of Archbold and Penrose.
"Their testimony, stripped of it's
verbiage, reads not unlike some of the
testimony that appears in cases of
police protection to the underworld in
our great cities. Archbold and Pen
rose testified that MIR. Bliss had at
tempted to blackmail the Standard
Oil Co.
MIR. Arehbold did not complain be-
cause he was blackmailed. What he
complained of was that he did not get
the goods Penrose testified that he
tried to blaekmail the Standard Oil
Co. by saying that if it didn't con-
tribute it might incur hostility Ger
tan quarters. As the senator has adj
mitted what he has done he should
be thrown out of the Senate of the
United States. The man writes his
own condemnation down himself"
The Colonel said that, today. he had
met James r. Garfield. who was a
member of his cabinet and who had
told him that at the time the Stand
ard Oil contribution was supposed to
have been made. the government had
been investigating the oil company
for Is months. The suit was brought.
he said, and the result of it's was to
show whether or not the oil corpora
ton did contribute. 1t had no influence
with his administration.
The former President appealed to
Republicans to come to the support
of the Progressive party. He prophe-
sled the passing of the Republican
party and referred to President Taft
as the last OF the reactionaries."
Il had a letter the other day from
an old time Republican in Vermont,
Colonel Roosevelt continued. who
said ne was going to support me but
wanted to remain regular and would
vote for the Republican state ticket.
| want to say to you that there's only
one way to support me and that is to
vote for, the Progressive state ticket.
Those who are reluctant to leave
the Republican party should look for
themselves to see where the true
principles eff the Republican party.
the principles of Abraham Lincoln,
are truly to be found"
Those principles. Roosevelt said.
were to be found no longer in the
Republican party.
The Republican machine left the
Republican party at Chicago. last
June" Roosevelt declared. The ma
chino Republicans care infinitely more
for beating me than for electing their
own ticket They never did care for
Mr.. Taft except as a means of beat
ing me. They dreaded me. / don't
believe they have any idea that they
can elect their candidate. They've
given that up"
What the Republican leaders hoped,
the ex-President asserted, was TO
elect Demoract.
Rev. Mr.. Frazer Metzger, Progress
sive candidate or Governor. also made
an address.