The Washington herald., 1912-09-02
OF
ARCHBOLD FALSE,
SAYS ROOSEVELT


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this statement is sentence OF pertinent
interest in view of the nature OF the re-
cnt fight between Roosevelt and TAFT Tor
the regular Republican nomination.:
II cannot understand how any honor
able man. candidate for the nigncst
ONCE in the gift Of the people, can take
refuge not merely in personalities. but
In such base and unworthy personaii-
tiss."
Reviews Hartman squabbie.
Col Roosevelt reviews at great length
the Hartman controversy. introducing II
with a letter which he wrote to Vice
President Sherman in 1906. this letter In
Guiding a copy of Gov Odelrs letter TO
Roosevelt dated December 16. 1901 All
The other now famous Hartman letters
are reproduced. including the you and
are practical men" missive. the motive
being TO prove that Roosevelt never ask
ed Hartman for a campaign contripu-
ton. as Hartman was said to have al
legged. and TO show that Hartman was
never consulted by the colonel on the
subject of prosecution Of the railroads.
and that Roosevelt refused to comply
with the request of New York financial
interests, voiced by Hartman. that
Chauncey Depew or James Hazen Hyde
be designated as American Ambassador
TO France. The colonel reiterates that
his message as regarded the Interstate
Commerce Commission In 1901 was not
changed despite the importunings OF mar
riman.
paign contributions, Col. Roosevelt makes
fiat denial of the inference Of John u.
Archbold that he (RoosevelD. through
Bliss knew Of the Standard OIL contriou-
tion. He says:
II communicated with Mr.. Bliss very
frequently and never made any anusioh
to contributions in any letter i wrote MN
or any conversation had with him.
Has Not Consulted Perkins.
IT have never discussed the question Of
contributions with Mr.. Perkins, he goes
on, save In connection with discussing
the accusations brought before your COM
mittee."
The visit TO the White House of Arch
bold and H. II. Rogers, about year after
Rooseyelts elecu-.., Is dealt with at
length. They protested, the colonel says,
against the accusations made against the
Standard OIL in connection with rebates.
the prosecution then being In the hands
of Attorney General Bonaparte, Frank b.
kellogg and James R. Garfield. Director
Of the Bureau of Corporations. He told
the oil magnates. the colonel says. that
he could do nothing for them. Congress
man Sibley OF Pennsylvania and Senator
Bourne tried repeatedly to induce him 10
alter his course against Standard Oil, but
he fatty refused. finally going so far as
to order Senator Bourne to desist In his
efforts in behalf of the Standard. At this
point in his letter the colonel makes his
only aIlusion to the letters published by
Mr.. Hearst, which brought on the present
investigation. He says:
II have In times past criticised Mr..
Hearst. but in this matter he has rem
dered a public service Of high importance,
and / hope he will publish all the letters
dealing with the matter which he has In
his possession. II Mr.. Hearst or anybody
else has any letter from me dealing with
Standard OIL affairs, i shall be delighted
to have II published, and IL any one can
suggest any question as to any letter l
have ever written or received on the sub
ject and will give me the approximate
time, / will at once try to look 1t up, and
IL can md it will publish IT,"
DisbeIieves Archbold.
Col. Roosevelt states plainly that he
does not believe the statements OF Arch
bold and Penrose that Bliss said Roose-
welt knew of Bliss request for money
from Standard Oil The colonel presents
in this connection a new bit OF evidence
in the form OF statement purporting to
have been made by Bliss several months
before his death and printed In the
New York Herald, a paper hostile to
Roosevelt, December "A. 1911. The state
nlent upholds Roosevelt In his conten-
lions in the Hartman matter and Bliss
is quoted as saying that there never had
been conducted in this country cleaner
campaign than that of Roosevelt in 1904.
After presenting a portion Of Pen
roses testimony before the Senate COM
mittee, Roosevelt says:
Here Mr.. Penrose says that he. a
member OF the National Republican
committee and United States Senator.
advised Mr. Archbold that it would be
mistake for the Standard Oil Company
not to contribute. and II they did not
make more liberal contributions they
might incur hostility in certain quarters.
Surely no more extraordinary testimony
was ever submitted by a United States
Senator. 1t embodies a far worse ac-
cusation against him than 1 ever should
have dreamed of making. Senator Pen
roses language is susceptible of but one
Interpretation. 1t was his belief that
the government would sell its protection
and would blackmail those who did not
buy protection precisely as In the under
world OF our great cities vice is black
mailed or protection of 1t is sold for a
price. Surely there can be no two opin-
ions among honest men that the man
whose actions as Senator are thus de-
scribed by himself is wholly unfit longer
to be Senator. do not wonder that Mr..
Penrose championed Mr.. Lorimer.''