The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-02

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r. up, and if can find IL Will publish
Il wish to emphasize the fact that
tha testimony Of Mr.. Archbold and Mr..
ftnrpse n this matter is an attack
Oh Ny B!iss. who IL dead, ana Is also
INV iitngiy the severest possible re-
lection on themselves
Asked for No Favor.
Mr. Bliss never asked me for a
ana private acts. so lar as had
lknowledge OF them. were on the hi,sh-
go plan of Just ana honorable dealing
Ati. Bliss never even asked me TINS
ABOUT tnc standard OIL Company, and
never IN any way alluded to the stand
ara OIL Company to me. l never heard
Nh -ArchoolG's name mentioned in CON
nection with Mr. Bliss But year or
so after the election heard renoyt
t-.at Alr- Bliss had accepted oontribu-
ZION from Air. Rogers, allcgius as mis-
Jtstlneatioa that this was not money
rom the standard oil Company. but
from Mr.. ROGERS personally. Mr.. ROC
soclate OF his"
lengthy extract from an interview
with Nr. Bliss on the Hartman Roose-
.t4t controversy, publ shed In the New
Nork Herald on December "a 1911.
Bliss a Few months before his death
/ De follows this with u tribute to Mr.
blss Tor mis- services to the party in
I !rksome. disagreeable and lanorious
tacks which bring no rewards. but
/ which u Is entirely Indispensable to
nave done and warmly defends his
character. lie then continues:
Mr.. Archbold's testimony can only
mean that Mr.. Archbold had made his
contributions in the hope of getting
some special eonslderat'on to which.
titled, that he believed that II he had
made the extra contribution he would
nave mad this special consideration.
and That Mr.. Bliss thought 80. too
4 Worse Accusation.
Mr.. Penrose says that he. a mem
Der OF the. National Republican Com
mittee and United States Senator
advised Mi Archbold that 1t would be
d I-istake for the standard OH Com
pany not 70 contribute. and II they
might incur hostility in certain quar-
ters. surely no moro extraordinary
testimony was ever submitted by a
| United states Senator under the Inn
preston that he was test'fying in his
own behalf. It embodles a far worse
/ accusation against MIN than ever
should have dreamed 81 making
This language is precisely the Ian
Suase that might be used by a black
/ mailing police officer in a big city in
advising the keeper OF a law breaking
/ liquor saloon or q gambling house 10
contribute literally because otherwise
/ he might incur hostility in certain
/ quarters. II this language were proved
AGAINST the policeman he would be re
moved from the police force and as
| Il is admitted by the senator. he should
be removSa from the Senate
| In concluding. ] wau TO say word
| ] have known him about fourteen
years. ! have never in my l'fe direct
/ ~ or indirectly. asked him for a con-
/ tribution, or asked him TO assist me
4 in any shape or way. lie has always
/ assisted me and backed me up OF
his own accord Until after the state
ment OF MIR. Penrose in the Senate I
never asked him II he had ever con-
tributed to my campaign fund at any
time. although l was morally certain
that he had done so.
| During the past fourteen years, as
far as 1 remember. he has but twice
spoken to me OF any matters in which
he was interested. The first time was
at the very beginning OF our acqualnt-
| ance. when I was Governor of New
/ York He then came 10 Albany and
] protested against my signing GER
tain bill for the limitation of the ag
sreEate amount of insurance that an
insurance company could assume. AZ
ter Investigation. l came to tho CON
clusion tina, his protest was Just. and
refused 10 sanction the bill.
! "On the other occasion he came to
Inc to ask that l consider the report
iof tho Bureau OF Corporations as well
az that Of the Attorney General before
trust matter. on both occasions no
came to me simply as hundreds Of
other men OF every description have
come to me
Il have myself hut once asked Mr.
Perkins for any favor. and that was
for q favor TO the public, when l APP
pointed him chairman OF the Palisades
| Park some twelve or thirteen years
ago. while | was Governor Of New
| York
The provisional committee VIII
speedily make public the statement
OF the moneys that were collected and
spent in the primary campaign last
spring since the National Progress
mittee as Judge Hotchkiss informs
nc has spent ABOUT $1,000 with which
the entire State had been organized.
1T is no longer legal to accept con-
Itributions from corpora tons.
| aside from this matter of corpo-
rations. my attitude as to contributions
now is precisely what my attitude was
in 1904. and viii not he changed. I