Evening star., 1912-10-04

Twas made to blackmail him. yet he sees
1 nothing wrong in what Mr.. Bliss did. He
sees nothing improper in attempting to
extort contribution from him. His COM
! plant is that nothing improper was done
| for him.
/ He referred to Archbolds statement
that the Roosevelt administration. s treat
ment of the Standard Oil Company
Irivalled darkest Abyssinia.'
l. ut is true that when I was President L
administered the darkest Abyssinian
treatment. to the Standard Oil Company,
l,but it was because it needed it. If 1 am
President again l will again administer
FIT to any corporation of the Standard Oil
type that may need it.''
l. He added that a strengthening of the
antitrust law was needed.
| Suspends for Moment.
Senator Pomerene asked Col Roosevelt
| to suspend for a moment" at this point.
Col. Roosevelt misunderstood him and
half rose from his chair
"Oh. L thought you asked me to stand
minute he said, laughing. A recess
iof several minutes gave the colonel an
opportunity to move from the witness
stand. He leaned over the committee
table to talk to Chairman Clapp and then
TOOK. a, few steps about, the room. -.
"Tlfe next statement that want to call
your attention to is the statement of Mr.
Archbold that when the bureau of cor
porations began its investigation of the
Standard OH Mr.. Archbold went.,4s .Nr+
Bliss to call me off. He testifss tha Mr.
Bliss told him I have no influence with
Mr. Roosevelt. / cannot help YOU That
statement is only partially true for Mr.
Bliss did have great influence with me-:
l had great respect for Mr.. Bliss.
But it is true that neither Mr.. Bliss
| nor any other human being had the
slightest influence with me SO far as get
ting me to refrain from prosecuting any
corporation for breaking the law.
Il would like to call attention to the
| fact that all of these men who testify
against me testify that / refused to do,
| or did not do, anything improper in their
| interests. And they are all now support
| ing the candidates against me-those of
them that are alive
Continuing, the colonel said:
''They all testify that under my ad-
ministration nothing improper was
know nothing improper will be done
for me and they are against me-"
Fought Standard Oil.
He. said he had a fight with the
Standard Oil Company in 1908 when he
was getting through the bureau Of
corporations bill
Senator Clapp, you were in the
fight, and SO were You, Senator Payn-
ter. 1 believe" he said,
He finally got the bill through, he
said, by publishing kilograms sent by
the younger Mr.. Rockefeller
II had my first brush with the
Standard Oil Company, then" he said,
"anw they know just what they could
expect from me-
Col Roosevelt emphasized his rum
ming statement with blows of his hand
on the witness chair
II wish to call your attention to this
fact. in connection with Mr.. j. p
Morgan's testimony yesterday. 1t was
in my first administra ton that the
Northern Securities case was settled,
with verdict against Mr.. Morgan and
Mr.. j. j. Hill. 1t was also during my
first administration that settled the
anthracite coal strike. i have under
stood that he expressed vigorously his
dissatisfaction with my attitude in that
case and / was surprised to find that
he had contributed to my campaign
fund.
Cofroborates Testimony.
Il wish empha ticaliy to corroborate
what Mr.. Morgan said yesterday" he
said. mo one connected with Mr.. Nor
gan ever limited that the contribution
had been made and no one ever limited
to me that any favor should be shown
to Mr.. Morgan for any reason what
ever"
Col. Roosevelt said he first heard of
Mr.. Morgans contribution in the testi-
mony yesterday. Il was surprised" he
said for l had supposed that my
course in my first administration had
been such that Mr.. Morgan would hardly
contribute to a fund for my reelection"
Col. Roosevelt paid a tribute to the
late Cornelius n. Bliss
Ihere was no man who rendered
services SO disinterested or services SO
valuable as Cornelius n. Bliss.
mo contribution, big or little in money
or in labor, made by any other man. ex-
cepting the chairman, 'approxirnated the
value of the work done by Mr. Bliss" he
said.
Never Asked Favors.
Col. Roosevelt insisted that during the
campaign Mr. Bliss had assured him that
no promises, express or implied" had
been made in return for contributions,
and that Mr. Bliss had never asked him
after his election for any favors for con-
trbutors.
Col Roosevelt asked to make further
statement regarding his campaign this
year.
Il saw the different men who were in
terested in my campaign at Chicago and
before Chicago. and explained explicitly
that ! would not tolerate any effort of
any kind, by the use of money or the
offer of patronage, to get delegates for
me of any kind or description.
The only time I ever saw it charged.
that time was in reference to Ormsby
McHarg. l wrote a letter to him and got
an answer from him, which 1 have here"
Col. Roosevelt's letter was written
March H. 1912. and asked Mr. McHarg
for his personal assurance" that he had
never used money or other influence to
| secure him delegates.
Mr. MeHarg's reply read In part rs fol-
| lows: -