Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-04-12
SENATOR PENROSE
DENIES PLOT STORY
CALLS TALE OF CONSPIRACY
AGAINST ROOSEVELT, CRED
TIED TO HIM, UNTRUE.
STRONG BELIEVER IN
PRESIDENTS POLICIES
Secretary Loeb Declares Belief That
Publicity Has Thwarted Proposed
Plan to Oppose Administration
Hartman Is Silent.

Philadelphia, April 6. United
States Senator Penrose had this to
say Friday about a published report
that he told at dinner in Washing
ton the story of rich mems con-
spiracy" to prevent the selection Of
President Roosevelt'ss choice of sue
cessor to himself: ut is absolutely
an untruth / have never said any
such thing. 1t is untrue. have al
ways been supporter of and believer
In President Roosevelt's administra-
ton and all it's policies"
The senator was asked: Have
you ever heard of a $5,000,O0O fund
to prevent President Roosevelt's NAM
ing his successor"
mo, absolutely not" was his re-
ply.
Have you ever heard of the COM
bination termed the rich mems con-
spiracy' to thwart the president in
the development of his policies?'
mo, / have never heard of any
such combination and have no knowl-
edge of it,"
did you attend dinner of such
q character as was mentioned to-day
In the Washington dispatches?"
mo, never attended a dinner
where such subject was discussed.
could not have done so, ANYHOW, for
have just returned from the Indian
cruise with Secretary Metcalf and
Senator Finn of California. l ar
rived in Philadelphia Tuesday night
after a months trip. During that
time l did not follow the newspapers
or keep in touch with affairs in the
United States.
Believes Plot Has Been Nipped.
Washington, April 6. Secretary
Loeb declared Friday that no names
were mentioned at the White House
when reference was made to some
public man who had been present at
a dinner and had told the story of
the alleged combination to accom-
plish the defeat of the presidents pol
tcies in the coming presidential cam
paign. This dinner was compare
lively recent occurrence. Secretary
Loeb said there were not any addi-
tional details of the affair to be given
out, but he emphasized the belief
which he expressed Thursday that the
publicity which had been made Of
the intrigues against the interests Of
the president would nip the whole
scheme in the bud" before the cam
paign of 1908 is fully on
4 Absurd, Says Standard Oil Man.
New York, April &c. H. Hartman
declines absolutely to talk about re-
port from Washington that the Stand
ard Oil company and associated inter-
ests had raised fund of $5,00O,0OO
to prevent the nomination for presi-
dent of a man Of President Roosevelt's
choosing in 1908. The comment of
Frank @. Barstow, Standard Oil
company director, on the story was:
ut is simply absurd, that's all have
to say"
Mr.. Hartman had talk late Thurs
day with H. H. Rogers of the Stand
ard Oil company. He said at it's con-
clusion that the talk was only about
business affairs which were not con-
nected in any way with President
Roosevelt.
Hill Held for Examination.
New York, April Crank w. Hill,
the former stenographer of e. H. Har-
riman, who was arrested Thursday on a
charge of selling the now famous Sid.
ney Webster letter to newspaper,
was arraigned in police court Friday
charged with violation of the penal
code. Alexander Miller, secretary of
the Union Pacific railroad, and Cor
don M. Buck, counsel for the Harri-
man interests, appeared to prosecute
the charge. Hill was held in $1,000
for examination next Monday. Bail
was furnished.
1 Has Confidence in President.
| Lincoln, Neb, April 6.-The Ne.
braska state senate Friday adopted a
resolution indorsing the position of
President Roosevelt in his controversy
with E. H. Hartman, and declaring
the confidence of the senate in the
presidents motives.
The Nebraska house also adopted
a resolution EXPRESSING confidenca in