The Washington herald., 1912-11-03
.PR0BERs To CALL
FORMER SENATOR
J. B. Foraker Asks that He Be
Allowed to Explain Stand.
ard Oil Letters.
NAY RECALL DEM0CRATs

| Joseph b. Foraker. former Senator
from Ohio. has asked to be heard by the
Senate committee investigating campaien
funds. The committee will reassemble.
1t is expected. on the call Of the chair
man. about November 10. Former Soma
| tor Foraker will be one of the first wit
nesses. He wrote to Senator Clapp soma
time ago expressing desire to appear.
out not until after the election. and ex-
plain the Archbold letters written to him
by John D. Archbold and his replt..
thereto The Foraker letters w.r. the
first sprung by William r. Hea,at IL
was the first notice that John d. Arch
bold had that his letter file had been
raTished. These letters showed several
remittances of certificates of deposir
from Archbold 10 Foraker while the Sen
stor was still representing his State in
the Senate. On the witness stand in tbs
present inquiry. Mr.. Archbold explained
that the money was sent to Senator For
aker In payment for legal services rem
oered by Mr.. Foraker to the Standard
oi company In connection with litiga-
ton pending in the Ohio State courts,
Another witness who will be heard
soon after the election is former Con-
gressman Charles H. Grosvenor of Ohio
IN oatch OF letters recently published
oy william r. Hearst Grosvenor is
shown to have received a certificate Of
deposit for H.co0 from Archbold and to
nave had other correspondence with the,
standard Oil magnate. In one OF the
letters Gen. Grosvenor asked sfor en,-
pioyment with the Standard Oil Conn
pany for nephew. On the witness stand
In the hearing before the Clapp commits
tee Mr.: Archbold testified that he sent
the sl.uv TO Congressman Grosvenor as
a contribution to the latters campaien
fund to aid, him in his race for re-elec-
ton to Congress.
To Recall Democrats.
ES-Consressman Sibley. of Pennsyl-
vania, whose name has figured in tn.
correspondence printed by Hearst. has
asked to be heard and if he Is able will
take the stand shortly after the eIsc-
tion. William r. Hearst will also be
called to testify as to letters heretofors
published and as TO other ammunition h.
may have In his locker It looks as -
the early days OF the hearing lust after
election would be taken up with Standard
Oil letters.
Another phase Of the investisst,on -.
lstes TO the Democratic csmpairn fund
Of 1901. Since Thomas F. RYAN testified
that he gave $450.OO to the f0nd tha.
year there Is . disposition amone m.
committee members to recall the oflcer,
OF the committee that year, notably
Thomas Taggart. who was the chair
man; August Belmont. George r. Pea
body. and possibly Judge Alton B. Par
ker himself. to explain why Of all these
witnesses supposed to have had init.
mate knowledge Of the campaign coutri-
buttons none Of them gave the CON-
mittee Information about Mr.. Ryan's
contribution. 1t was left for Mr.. Ryan
TO make the disclosure himself. Certain
prominent Democrats have complained
to the members Of the investigating COM
mittee that they want more information
about what the expenditures Of the COM
mittee were. What were the debts that
Mr.. Ryan testified he was compelled to
pay to save the Democratic party from
disfntegration? Who were the creditors
who demanded their money or the life
OF the party? This line of inquiry is
likely to furnish one Of the real sensa.
tons of the inquiry.