Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-09-29

stow of the Standard Oil Co. and ten
 or twelve Southern negro delegates
 to the Republican National convention.
 John D. Rockefeller and Andrew
 Carnegie have also been placed on
 the witness list and will be called
 should the preceding testimony war l rant such an action.
 Many interesting question have been raised by the acrimonious ac- cusation of Senator Boise Penrose
 before the committee just prior to ! it's adjournment in August and it was confidently expected here today that much meaty matter would be extract ! ed from the witnesses before the con- mittee again disband ed
 1 The greatest interest centered in the appearance of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt and his friends, Cortelyou and Loeb. A question of veracity raised by Senator Penrose faced these " anticipated when they took the stand. ! The matter at issue was the alleged payment of $1250O0 to the Roosevelt campaign fund of 1904 by the Stand ard Oil Co. It was further intimated , by these men that the Colonel could not have been ignorant oT the contri- l, lot T +l.+ l,; e, nous letter, demanding that Cortel- you return any oil money, was writ ten after that contribution had been spent and was solely for the purpose of record.
 Senator Penrose has been working on corroborative evidence during the interim between the last adjournment of the committee and it's coming meet ing Monday, and has intimated that he has secured documentary evidence and oral corroboration of his accusa tions.
 "Mr. Penrose thinks there are a number of persons who knew at the time of the contribution of the Stand. ard Oil Company. to the Roosevelt l campaign fund.- said one of his sup porters. today "and he thinks that these men can be produced
 Other close friends of the Senator 1 declare that he knows the names or the men who can suhstantiate his testimony and will have them ready
 when the committee convenes. Among
 those mentioned are Franklin Mur-
 pby. of New Jersey, David w. Null yane.s of Kansas, Harry New of In diana and James A. Tawney of Mlnne-
 sota, all members of the Executive
 Committee that managed the 1904 campaign fund !5+
 These men were expected not only
 to corroborate the statement that
 S125.OOO was given to the Roosevelt
 fund in 1904 but that $125,0O0 more s was asked of the Standard Oil Co.
 This amount it has been stated, was
 refused and the drastic investigation of that company almost immediately
 followed.
 i Another feature of the political tan- gle which was expected to be as in ] teresting as the Roosevelt campaign
 fund investigation, was the coming
 testimony of William Randolp Hearst,
 whose series of Standard Oil letters
 have created such furore in political
 circles. Mr. Hearst was directly re- tsponsible for the drastic turn of the
 investigation just before it's adjourn
 ment.
 He published an alleged letter from
 John D. Archhold to Senator Penrose
 enclosing credit slip for $25,OOo The demand for an explanation tha grew out of this publication led Per rose to the stand, where he testified that he had received the $25,0O0 men [ toned but that it was used partly for the Republican campaign in Penn sylvania and partly for the Nationa