The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-08-24


who had assembled were astounded.
welt Of this matter, had you any rea-
, son to doubt him?" asked Senator
Pomerene.
None in the world" answered MIR.
Archbold.
When you told Bliss that the board
would do no more. what did he say ~
He said that it was a mistake"
answered Archbold. He said I speak
to you personally. l think you had bet
ter make this contribution. If you
don't somebody else will, and l think
you will be making a mistake He
put it on personal grounds and men
toned his friendship for me toward
the end"
The witness declared there was
more than coincidence in the ap-
pearance Of adverse governmental re-
ports every time we were concerned
IN litigation in the courts, or every
time legislation appeared here in
Washington, in which we were inter-
ested."
These reports of Garfield and Smith
were the work of mere puppets who
Jumped when Roosevelt pulled the
strings declared Mr.. Archbold.
Senator Pomerene asked Mr. Arch
bold if he thought the refusal of the
Standard Oil Company to make a
second contribution had anything to
do with the so-called unjust investiga-
tions
Well, Mr.. Arehbold began and then
| stopped to bite his lip Il don't know"
PARKER9S ACCUSATIONS
Senator Pomerene asked the witness
| If he remembered Judge Parker max
| ing a charge that Col. Roosevelt was
! being aided by great corporations dur
4 ing the campaign of 1904, and the de-
| malls made by that charge
Well, after these charges had been
denied by the president, did you have
any talk with Mr. Bliss on the subject
of these denials?' continued Senator
| Pomerene.
| Mr.. Archbold shook with laughter.
Il did not" he responded
Senator Oliver then took the wit
mes in charge. He drew from Mr..
| Archbold the statement that the
$4,000 given to Senator Penrose was
a political contribution and not for
personal service in private or public
| life.
Senator Oliver insisted on knowing
whether Chairman George B. Cortel-
you Of the Republican national COM
mittee had any dealings with Mr..
Archbold in regard to the contribution.
| Finally Mr.. Archbold added "if you in
sist, 1 must tell you that when the
| question of the second contribution
came up, Mr.. Bliss said he wanted Mr.
| Cortelyou to meet me for further talk
about a contribution. On the date OF
the engagement Mr.. Bliss came alone
He said "'as you see 1 am here alone
Mr.. Cortelyou did you think it was
| advisable for him to come and said
for me to tell you that anything 1 said
was said for him; and that 1 could
say what was desired as well as he "
Did you ever receive letter from
Col Roosevelt thanking you for your
contribution" asked Senator Jones.
mo; before he came to that he had
decided on another course, according
to the correspondence as published
that is the alleged letter written by
Roosevelt to Cortelyou"
OUTRAGEOUS ATTACKS.
Courageous attacks" on the Standard
Oil Company, Mr.. Archbold repeated
dated from the refusal of the further
contribution of $4,000 He discussed
at length the prosecutions of the
Standard Oil Company during the
Roosevelt administration and referred
particularly to a rebating case al
Buffalo, N. Y. He said that the United
States attorney at Buffalo notified
Washington officials that there was nj
merit in the case to justify indict-
/ ments.,
Mr.. Archbold told of visiting Presi-
dent Roosevelt at the White House
some time later in company with tbs
late III. H. Rogers. The campaign
was only casually mentioned" he said
The president said that there ha6
been some criticism of compaign con
tributions but that that could not be
avoided.
Mr.. Archbold identified as eorrect
the kilograms which Senator Penrose
had inserted in his speech before thu
senate Wednesday to show that VIII
liam Flynn had sought to get Mr.
Archbold's influence in the senatorial
contest in Pennsylvania after the
death of Senator Quay. Mr.. Archbolo
declared that he took no part in the
election sn6 aad never participated
in a senatorial eiectioa except in e
simple, individual way