The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-10
STANDARD 0IL.IN POLITICS AS TOLD TO SENATORIAL PROBERS
 BY TRUST MACNATE ARCHB0LD

affairs in that and that only" said Archbold.
 Another one, April r. 1900, enclosing $14,500 was presented That relates to the same business relationship said Archbo1d- we were trif1e surprised at the amount of the Senator's charges and wanted to have talk with him about ft'
 Still another, letter sending S10 900 more to FOralxer was explained the same way. Another dated Dec. II, 1900, transmitted $5,0O0.
 They were for the same relation ship as counsel,'' said the Standard Oil official.
 Archbo1d was then shown the letter to Senator Mark Hanna, dated Jan. 19. 1900 saying G he had aa1+ar no rerrd Souet he he 'tthreatened and objectionable legisla- tion'' in Ohio and a proposed investi- gating committee.
 feat t1.ese measures was one sem tence of the letter.
 Archbold said he could not recollect Hanna's reply, falling to identify that printed in the magazine
 That was the year of strike legis- lation.'' said Archbold, land every felt called on to fight such legislation That was my sole purpose in writing the letter to Senator Hanna
 Another letter sending $1ooo t4 Sen era1 Grosvenor. former Ohio Repre- sentative on Oct. 27. 1900, was 1den- tified by Archbo1d-
 tIt was to aid him in lis can1palsn- some campaign he had on at the time'' Archbold explained.
 Archbo1d would not admit the au- thentieity of many letters in the mag. some Of them. among them several My Dear John' letters from Senator Hanna. Clapp read the letters into the record, doing practically all Of the
 ArchboId read many letters in the magazine with interest.
 Huh? Huh?, he calculated, sn11ling as he read a letter to Hanna opposing Smith w. Bennett a candidate in Ohio "I have no doubt wrote that letter. was his stock answer regard ing many of the letters One was dat ed Oct 8, 1901, to General Grosvenor in which Archbold regretted that he could not immediately give employ nent to a nephew of GrosVenor Who had lung trouble.
 E%That was friendly, personal mat ter" said Archbold.
 Many of these letters were among the stolen letters Archbo1d explained, referring to the alleged wholesale bur- glary of his letter files.
 A letter in which Grosvenor said he sshad had some correspondence with our mutual friend Sibly,'' Archbold said he believed he had read H1 have a vague recollection of it. said Arch bold, <Bsrt T cannot find 1t In my
 .Do you recan making any reply?" asked C1app. -'I do not. said the StandaF0 O1l OIIICidl- III VCAS SoeA he did not come to my office.''
 Clapp indicated that Archbold would be on the stand all morning when. at II 30 he excused Hi1les and all other witnesses until 1:s0 p. m.
 Arcllbold did not appear to be a re- luctant witness.
 "That's one on me" ne sa1d' when he could not reco1lect a letter.
 The hearing dragged heavily, delayed by CIapp's examination of the letters in the magazines.
 A letter dated Sept. 6, 1900 to Pres ident Cassatt. of the Pennsylvan nia Railroad rega rding L. B. Emory, Jr., an old time Nagftator,'' against Repre- sentative SIb1y, of Pennsylvania, was introduced by Archbold.
 aAu corporate and vested interests will at least have fair considerat tion at his hands, was a striking sentence in reference to Archbold's opinion of Sibly. '.I have no doubt I wrote it, said Archbo1d.
 Similar Identification was given by
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