The Sentinel=record., 1912-08-24
REITERATES HE KNEW NOTHING OF STANDARD OIL CAMPAIGN
 CONTRIBUTION.
AIMS REPLY AT ARCHIBOLD
Refers to Statement of Later Before Senate Committee as an Attack, Upon a Dead Man-Referrina
 to Bliss.

Oyster Bay. N. r., Aug. 23.-Col Roosevelt sat on the porch at Saga more Hill for an hour and a half to- night and dictated a statement in re- ply to the testimony of John D. Archi- bold today before the senate inves- tigating committed
 He reite-ated his declaration that he knew nothing of contribution by Mir. Archibold or the Standard Oil company to the republican campaign or 1904; declared that he did not for one moment believe MT Archl- boId's testimony is truthful" charged MT. Archibold with a wicked assault on dead man." added that during many calls which MT. Archibold made upon him while he was president to urge him not to prosecute the Stand ard Oil company. MT. Archibold never referred to any contributions to his campaign fund; and concluded with the suggestion that the senate com mittee should make both MT. Archi- bold and Senator Penrose testify at once concerning their relations while MT. Penrose was a member of the in dustrial commission.
 In his last word, Col Roosevelt thanked both Messrs. Archibold and fenrose for making it clear beyond possibility of doubt that am the man the Penroses and Archibolds of the country most dread in public life" Col. Roosevelt's statement follows:
 In the first place. wish to call at tention to the fact that even if Mr Archiboid's statements are true, they amount only 10 saying, so far as l am concerned. that Mir Bliss told him that l had knowledge of and approved a request for Sl00.000 from the Stand ard Oil company which was granted. and further request for $150000 which was granted. This Is a pure hearsay statement. and even if made in good faith, would be utterly value less.
 Not only did never know any thing of such a request being made, but my published letters and tele- grams show that when the rumor that there had been a contribution reached me. acted at once, reiterat- ing my demand again and again that the money should be immediately re- turned, if it had been given. There fore, then on the assumption that Mir. Archibold is telling the truth, his testimony. so far as l am concerned, consists of the repetition of hearsay assertions which were instantly dis proved by the production of my let ters and telegrams. l wish to reiter- ate that until Mir. Penrose made his speech never had heard it suggest ed that Mir. Archibold had contributed to the campaign or been the means through which any contributions had been made. But 1 do not for one mo- ment believe that Mir. Archibold's tes- timony is truthful He apparently possesses such a moral standard that he does not understand the infamous accusation he is making against MT. Bliss MT Bliss is now dead But during the seven years that elasped before Mir. Bliss death after Mir. Archibold claims he made the contri- button in Aquestion, Mir Archibold never brough up any statement of this kind
 He now says that MT Bliss warned him that he was making a serious mistake in not contributing the ex- tra amount of money and that late, on when the administration began to deal with the Standard Oil people. MT Bliss said 1t would have been diff ferent if they had done as he asked them
 This Is an assertion that Mir. Bliss was deliberately trying to blackmail the Standard Oil company into con- tributing by scarcely yelled threaats as to what would happen If they dil not contribute. and that MT. Bliss, in effect, told them afterwards that If they had contributed. the administra- ton would not have proceeded against them for violating the law for this was all the administration did
 *This is a wicked assault on dead man, whose high standing and probity was such that no human being who was himself honest would ever i'm pute evil motives to him. Mir. Bliss was incapable of conduct such as MT. Archibald imputes to him. And cannot too strongly denounee the haseness of making such an attack upon an honorable man who Is now dead and whom Mir Archbold never veniured to assail while living.
 Moreover. Mr Archlbod shows perfectly clearly. as published reports say that his corporation hal contri- buted in order to get value for lts gift and that the gift was made with