The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-11

Washington. October 1o.-Authen- tlcty of the majority of the letters re- gently made public by William R. Hearst. purporting to have passed be- tween John D Archbold of the Stan- dard oil company and members of the House and Senate, was admitted by MT. Archhold today before the Senate conl- inittee investigating campaign expen- ditures
 Those letters of which photographs have been published were in almost every case identified by Mir. Archboll with the statement. "I undoubtedly wrote that" These included letters 10 and from Senators Hanna. Foraker. Quay and penrosc and former Rep resentatives sibley of Pennsylvania and Grosvenor 1f Ohio. and many letters Mir Archbold said he did not remein- .ber but he recognized hand writing lald aigaNtuaes and admtec0thetr gen-. uincness.
 The president of the Standard osl company recalled by the comp1ittee after making his charge in August that he had given s100.oo0 to the re- publican campaign fund of 1904. admit ted today that the receipt given by Cor nelius N Bliss for the sum had been destroyed by himself and IT, H. Rogers, LOW dead. He said he had not been able to find an entry Of the amount on the books of the Standard oil com pSny.
 Insists Money Was Paid
 q repeat that the money was paid" he said. and was not refunded. that 1t was paid by me to MT Bliss 1 don't want any man to tell me It was not
 on the suggestion of senator Pom creme the committee finally asked Mr. Archbold to have expert accountants search the books of the Standard Oil company of New Jersey and it's for mer associates to try and find the rec ord of the s10O.000 he paid out.
 May raise the question of how important 1t Is to find that entry? asked MT. Archbold There Is no man. ner of question that the money was given
 There Is some question whether It was paid returned Senator Pomer- enc, and there is statement made that it was refunded. We want all tho evidence we can get"
 Charles D. Hilles. chairman of the republican national committee, also witness today, was asked by Chair man Clapp if he gave out statement in Augusta that the primary fight for Colonel Roosevelt had cost the Inter- ational Harvester trust millions = dollars"
 T assume the responsibility for it, he answered.
 Hts explanation was given to the committee in the form of a letter he had Just written to George W. Per kins, who, with Senator Dixon, de- manded that MT. Hilles be called to ac- count for this statement. The letter ex- pressed the opinion that Colonel Roosevelts pre-convention campaign expenses undoubtedly amounted to not less than s2,00O,0O0."
 Hlles Reads Letter to Perkins
 The letter which Mir Hilles read to the committee asserted that witnesses already had testified 10 giving s2.6270o0 for the Roosevelt campaign; and that expenses in different states and throughout the country would make the total he gave.
 Chairman Clapp questioned the witness sharply as to his information and Mir. Hlles said it consisted of his general knowledge of what the Roosevelt worn CTS had been doing and his specific knowl- edge of what certain kinds of campaign activity costs.
 He gave the committee no new in formation regarding contributions to the Taft pre-convention fund. except a list of contributors to the fund raised ia Chicago. the total of which Representa- tive Mckinley had included in his state- ment earlier in the week.
 MT. Archbold's Identification of letters was followed by little questioning. He said the money referred to in some of them as having been sent to Senator Foraker had been for legal services in the state of Ohio, that he wrote to Sem ator NJ. A. Hanna to watch legislative affairs there. because MT. Hanna had been lifelong friend and that con- tribution of 5000 to Senator Quay had been entirely political contribution, as had the s25,oo0 contribution to Senator Penrose.
 Four New Letters
 MT. Archbold presented four new letters. the only ones, he said. that had escaped the thieves" One was from President Roosevelt.
 Tt is of little value. but l offer 1t as showing the friendly attitude of Mir. Roosevelt in 1904. at a period when he has indicated he considered me under the ban" said Nlr. Archbold
 The letter in full was as follows:
 White House, April 2s 1904.
 My Dear MT. Archbold: 1 am In re- >~~~~~~~
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