The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-26
La Toilette Standing by llIs Guns and
Insisting That Penross ResoIu-
tlon Shall Be
Adopted.
s MUCH OBJECTION
Bull Moose Members and Tories Are
Against Bringing up the oucs-
tIen Of Campaign
Funds.

limited Press Leased Wire service.l
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2s,-whether
the Clapp committees investigation
shall include merely probe OF the
charges and counter charges that
Standard Oil funds swelled the
Roosevelt campaign fund In 1904, or
shall extend to a Wholesale investiga-
tion in congress, was the crux OF the
situation which confronted the senate
today.
That the Clapp committee has all
power to delve into the campaign
contributions charges, without spe-
cial authorization, was admitted.
Moreover, Senator Clapp made It
plain that the moment he can get In
to communication with his colleagues
now nearly oil out of the city, he will
plan complete ventilation of the
matter.
But specific authorization is neces-
sary to enable the committee to In
vestigate any relations which the
Standard Oil company may have had
with legislators. to consider the go
called "Archbold letters. made pub
lie by William Randolph Hearst, and
to investigate the congressional and
state campaign funds, in view Of the
charges that Standard Oil money
played an important part.
In the senate, no one was quite
clear as to the ultimate effect of the
Fenrose- Reed Poindexter resolution,
should Senator Lafo11ette succeed in
forcing It's passage. The measure as
originally introduced by Senator PEN
rose, merely directed the Clapp com-
mittee to take cognizance of his
statements on the senate floor, that
John D. Archhold, OF the Standard Oil
company, contributed s125000 to the
republican fund of 1904. Then PEN
rose and Archbold appeared before
the Clapp committee and new charges
were developed that President Roose-
velt had approved Of these alleged
contributions, that he endeavored to
conceal 1t by letters directing their
return, subsequent to the time they
had been expended; that his mana
gers sought additional money from
the trust and when this was not forth
coming the administration "got back"
by the antitrust prosecutions.
These new allegations resulted In
a series OF amendments to the orig
inal Penrose resolution--to require q
probe OF all campaign contributions
from 1904 to date; to require produc-
tion OF all correspondence, II any, be-
tween John D. Archbold and men,
bers OF the congress; between Roose-
welt and Archbold; between Roose-
welt and members Of congress; be-
tween George w. Perkins and men,
bers or congress and between Per
kins and Roosevelt.
Perkins name was brought into
the case by Senator Penrose's insis-
tent demands that there be some In
vestigation of the amounts J. Pier
pont Morgan's former partner had
contributed to the Roosevelt pre-con-
vention campaign Amendments
which would result in an airing of all
of this correspondence have already
been adopted. Whether they would
remain attached to the resolution,
was problematical
The resolution itself Is merely
pending. 1t has developed opposition
from several quarters. from the
Roosevelt adherents who regard the
bringing in of Perkins name as an
attempt to embarrass the colonel ana
to make the Investigation a partisan
one and likewise from the tories or
standpat republicans. who are
fighting the resolutions, technically
on the grounds that !. is unconstitu-
tional, but really because they be-
lieve an airing OF the matter might
endanger chances of republican sue
cess this fall.
Lafollette stuck to his guns today.
He insisted that the resolutions
should 20 through declaring that the
people we're entitled TO full investiga-
ton not only as to how president
was elected but also entitled to full
investigation of the charges Of stand
ard Oil influence with national legis-
lators.
Senator C1app believes today that
it will be impossible for his commit
tee to resume the investigation be-
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