Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 June 1912 — When Did It Happen? [ARTICLE]

When Did It Happen?

“I could not expect Senator Penrose's representative in the cabinet to take any other attitude,” said Mr. Roosevelt when he was asked for his opinion of Secretary Knox’s speech at Los Angeles. Was Philander C. Knox “Senator Penrose’s representative in the cabinet” when he was Mr. Roosevelt’s attorney general? Was he “Senator Penrose’s representative in the cabinet” when he won the Northern Securities case? Was he “Senator Penrose’s representative in the cabinet” when Mr. Roosevelt said: “In Philan der C. Knox I have a great attorney general?” Or did Mr. Knox become Mr. Penrose’s representative in the cabinet by remaining loyal to President Taft?