Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 261, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 October 1912 — Do the People Want Peterson? [ARTICLE]

Do the People Want Peterson?

Do the people of the tenth district want a man for congress who was so identified with corporations that he declined all other employment, saying in a letter: “Owing to my relations with certain railroads and other corporations, I am unable to accept employment in this case. My time is taken up almost exclusively by corporation work.” The Hommand Times commenting on Peterson’s present race for congress, says: “The people of the country have been startled by recent disclosures in the public press showing that J. D. Archbold, the president of the Standard Oil Company, in years past has attempted to influence national legislation by placing members of the house and of the senate under obligations to that company, and that he has undertaken to influence the appointment of judges of courts, presumably friendsly to the company. Senator Foraker, of Ohio, was retired from office on account of being attorney for that company. Senator Bailey, of Texas, is to be retired on account of his connection with Standard Oil and Senator Penrose, of Pennsylvania, is now in disgrace throughout the whole country on account of like charges. In the face of Peterson’s record as a corporation lawyer and particularly as the attorney for the Standqyd Oil company, and in the light of the Archbold disclosures, do the people of this district want to send him to congress to make laws to protect the country against special privileges, trusts and monopolies?