The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-10-05

curities Company, and because he had
| brought about the settlement OF the
anthracite strike to the dissatisfaction
I of the operators.
| As to the STANDARD on Company. lac
said he ALREADY had assumed a hostile
attitude tcssarG thera by publishing con-
fidenttat teieksasas PR testirs against the
pasSags ~ the bin crsa .lS the Bureau
! os Incorporation undef tae Department
az Gunner and Labor. These and
osn~,vtesss OF hts frst administration. he
sasG, together With bis published instruc-
I lions that no premise expressed or I'M
Piled must = attached to any contribu-
t!on, made his attitude sufficiently clear
70 re'5a7 I'M OF any responsibility in
.fe c-s OF any one who contributed with
hone of gain
In fact, according to Col. Roosevelt,
any man who disregarded the coloners
warnings in this respect was either a
| crook or a fool. and the colonel did not
think he was to be held responsible for
the actions of either type. No members
of the committee sought to establish any
evidence of favoritism shown a corpora
ton which had contributed, TO the colo
ners fund.
Concerning Hartman Fund.
As to the second point-the Hartman
fund-CoL. Roosevelt believed that the
correspondence between himself and Mr..
Hartman, through which the meeting at
which the New York situation was dis
cussed was arranged. made 1t sufficiently
clear that that particular interview at
least was not of the coloners seeking;
that there was no emergency in New York
State, as far as the national ticket was
concerned; that the testimony OF Morgan,
Sheldon and others made 1t clear the
money was intended solely for the sup
port of the Republican candidate for
Governor, Mr.. Higgins, and that. there
fore, the story reputed TO have been
given out by Mr.. Hartman that the COL
onel urged the collection of the $4,000
fund TO aid the national ticket was en-
tirely discredited.
During the entire examination of Mr..
Roosevelt. Collector Loeb sat at his ell
bow, and often prompted him. Time
and again the colonel turned and called
upon his former secretary with such re-
marks as You'd remember that Loeb,
do l know him." and who is he,
Loeb?'
After Col. Roosevelt had been excused.
Mr.. Loeb was called to the stand TO
answer-some questions in connection
with the Hartman episode. Senator
Pomerene, who had been unusually tame
during the cross-eXamination of the coll
onel, started to warm up on Mr.. Loeb.
but the principal information he elisited
from the witness was that 1t would be
as difficult to prove that the moon was
made of green cheese as to impugn the
coloners testimony.
Senator Clapp announced that he
would make public to-day the list of
witnesses for next week. Col. Roosevelt
and his party. including Collector Loeb.
returned to New York on the midnight
train over the Pennsylvania
T. II. n Good Witness.
Col Roosevelt entered the committee
room with his characteristic brisk step
and promptly mounted the little platform
en- which the witness chair had been
placed. The tail end Of a long cheer
by those outside was rolling down the
corridor of the Senate Office building as
the colonel raised his hand TO take the
oath. He seemed pleased at the crowd
that had turned out to see him. He ad-
justed his eyeglasses, beamed at the
and waved his hand with a
smile at several friends in the room.
The colonel wore a steel gray sack suit,
the usual low turned-down collar, and a
blue four-in-hand tie. Mr.. Roosevelt had
hardly seated himself in the witness
chair when he pulled himself forward
until he was sitting on the very edge
and then, with his chin thrust out pug
indicated that he was ready.
To begin, the colonel relieved his in
side coat pocket of two or three letters.
They were some that he had discovered
in his files since he made public his
letter to Senator Clapp replying to the
charges of Senator Penrose and John
d. Archbold. One of these letters was
written to George r. Sheldon on Sep
TENDER 81, 1905. when Mr.. Sheldon was
raising a campaign fund for Mr.. Taft.
This letter told Mr.. Sheldon from whom
he should and from whom he should not
accept contributions, in running the
financial end of Mr.. Taft's campaign.
Mr.. Roosevelt quoted the letters he has
already. made public in part instructing
Mr.. Cortelyou to return the Standard
on 10000 contribution if any had been
made.
Loeb Accompanies Colonel.
Mr. Loeb Col. Roosevelt's former sec
rotary, had accompanied him into the
room, and had taken a seat Immediately
behind the witness chair. A secretary
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