Arizona republican., 1912-09-02
The Colonel Employs 1900 Words in His Letter to Senator Clapp Regarding Standard Oil Company Contribution.
ADJUDGES PENROSE
 TO BE AT FAULT
That He and Archbold Are Guilty of an "Unquali- fled Falsehood- Reply, in Spite of Length, Develops No New Facts.
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH

OYSTER BAY, Sept I-Colonel Roosevelt made public tonight his let ter to Senator Clapp, chairman of the senate committee Investigating cam paign contributions. in reply to the re- cent testimony of Archbold and Pen 1ose regarding an alleged contri- button of $1OO.OOO by Archbold to the 1904 campaign. The letter is a docu- ment of 1S.0OO words.
 About a third of it is devoted to copies of the correspondence of Roose- welt while president with J. ;. Sher- man now vice president Senator Bourne and others and the reply of Roosevelt to the charge made by Judge Parker in 1904, that the republican campaign was financed in large measure by contributions of the big corporations.
 It says the charge against Pen rose is a direct charge. This charge was not merely that he took $250,O0O from the Standard Oil company but that at or about the time of thus taking it. and while he was a mem- Der of d committee of the senate which was formed to investigate the industrial affairs of the United States he was in constant communication with Archbold on the subject, and that he submitted to Archbold for his approval in advance copy of the report of the committee.
 "If@-+IaSe-Statements are true, of course PenrOse is unfit to represent the people of the United States in the senate; and the testimony against him is direct. Apparently, however, the committee is investigating, not this charge against PenrOse, which is sustained by direct evidence, but Penrose's counter charge, which is sustained by no evidence at all, but only by repetition of secondhand gossip.
 As regards the statement of Pen rose and Archbold that with my consent and knowledge Mir. Bliss asked the Standard oil company for $1OO,OO0 or any other sum, or re ceived such a sum from them, is an unqualified falsehood.
 If any request for funds was made from the Standard by Bliss or anyone else connected with the na- tional committee in 1904, it was not merely done without my knowledge but against my express direction and prohibition. ad in spite of the fact that I was assured that no such re- quest had been made and that nc such contribution had been or would be received"
 Letters and telegrams are included in support of the statemtnt
 The correspondence includes in the letter written to Hartman in WhiCl he said Now my dear sir, you ant I are practical men," MT Harri- man." says Roosevelt, never ever discussed with me the giving of any thing to the national committee. never spoke to him or requested ( dollar from him. He asked be to in tercede with Bliss and Cortelyou tc get money for him and Odell in tho state campaign. Loeb heard him make the request and by my direction transmitted the request to Bliss anc Cortelyou over the telephone"
 He said the visit of Archbold ant Rogers. alluded to by Archbold wa. made by appointment by Root, ther in the cabinet The subject of cam paign contributions was not allude; to, Archbold stating that they camt down in connection with accusation! against the Standard Oil regarding rebates. He said he referred them t. Secretary Garfield He said that Sib ley called on him once or twice or behalf of the Standard
 He urged upon me that they wer, very good men and that their ac cusers were unworthy misguided creatures.
 "A couple of years later" con tinues the letter, when the depart ment of justice was taking prelim mary steps for bringing suit to dis solve the Standard, Senator Jonatha1 Bourne on three or four occasion brought ArchbOld to see me"
 Two letters to Bourne by Roose welt regarding those meetings an his views of the suit are included the correspondence made public. I them Bourne is regarded as an in termediary for the Standard.