Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-10-11
HIILES EXPLAINS HIS CHARGES
Tells Senate Committee Roosevelt
Campaign Cost Two Millions.
LETTER WRITTEN TO PERKINS
Republican Campaign Manager Gives
Reasons for Assertions.
7. RS FRIENDINEss SHOWN
bold and Signed Theodore Roose-
welt Promises Assistance
for Relative.

WASHINGTON. Oct 10.-The anthem
ITCHY Of the majority of the letters re-
Gently made public by William Randolph
Hearst, purporting to have passed be-
tween John D. Archbold of the Standard
Oil company and members Of the house
and senate was admitted by Archbold to-
day before the senate committee in
vestigating campaign activities and ex-
penditures.
Those letters. of which facsimile photo
graphs have been published, were in al
most every case identified by Mr.. Arch
bold with the statement: II undoubtedly
wrote that" These included letters to
and from Senators Hanna, Foraker,
Quay and Penrose, and former Represen-
tatives Sibley Of Pennsylvania and
Grosvenor OF Ohio.
Many letters Archbold said he did not
remember, but he recognized handwriting
and signatures and admitted their genu-
tneness.
No Entry in Books.
The president Of the Standard Oil
company, recalled by tn ecommittee after
making his charge in August that he
had given $l0O,O0O to the republican cam
paign fund of 1904, admitted today that
the receipt given by Cornelius N. Bliss
for the sum had been destroyed by him
self and II. H. Rogers. now dead. He
said he had not been able to find even
q book entry of the amount on the books
A. c+oo5orJ fiI annnnany
II repeat that the money was paid"
he said, ''and was not refunded; that 1t
was paid by me to Mr.. Bliss. / don't
want any man to tell me it was not
On the suggestion of Senator Pomerene
the committee finally asked Mr.. Arch
bold to have expert accountants search
the books Of the Standard Oil. company
of New Jersey and its former associates
to try to find the record Of the 100000
having been paid out.
Hiiies ASKED About Charge.
Charles d. Hilles, chairman OF the re-
publican national COMMITTEES. also a wit
ness, today was asked by Chairman Ciapp
il he gave out statement in August
that the primary fight for Colonel Roose-
Welt had cost the Harvester trust mil
lions Of dollars"
"a, assume tn responsibility for it. he
answered.
His explanation was given to the COM
mittee in the form Of letter he had Just
written to George W. Perkins. who with
Senator Dixon. demanded that Mr. Hilles
be called to account for this statement
The letter expressed the opinion that
Colonel Roosevelt's preconvention cam
paign expenses undoubtedly amounted to
not less than 100000.
The letter which Hilles read TO the
committee asserted that witnesses had
already testified to giving $3.50 for the
Roosevelt campaign and that expenses
In different states and throughout the
country would make the total he gave.
Chairman Clapp questioned the witness
sharply as to his information and Hilles
said 1t consisted of his general knoWi-
edge OF what the Roosevelt workers had
been doing and his specific knowledge OF
what certain kinds of campaign activity
cost.
He gave the committee no new infor-
nation regarding contributions to the
Taft pre-convention fund except list
of contributors to the fund raised In
Chicago, the total of which Representa-
tive Mckinley had included in his state
ment earlier in the week. These were: |
H. NJ. Bilsby, $1,000; George M Reynolds,
s5O0: julius Rosenwald, 5000; Max Pam, |
3, 800; ]. A. Patton, $1,000; ]. g. Shedd, |
Is 1000; Henry Seigel, 5000; J. E. Otis, |
$500: Max Hart, $3.50; A. G. Becker, $3.50; |
Fred s. James, $100
Archbold's Identification of the various
letters was followed by little questioning |
from the committee He said the money |
referred to In some of them, as having |
been sent to Senator Foraker. had been
for legal services in the state Of Ohio;
that he wrote to Senator M. A Hanna
10 watch legislative affairs there because
Hanna had been q lifelong friend and /
that contribution Of $1,000 to Senator
Quay had been entirely a political con-
tribution, as had the s25,000 contribution
10 Senator Penrose.
Another Letter from Teddy.
Mr. Archbold presented four new let
.ers that he had found as the result Of
i search of his files. the only ones, he
said, that had escaped the thieves.
one was from President Roosevelt.
'It is Of no value, but offer II as
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