The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-24
ey JAMES j. MONTAGUE

WASHINGTON, d. c., August 2s--
Sometimes assuming the air Of 1
martyr and again barely able to con-
troll the anger that shook his voice.
John D. Archbold, today veriiIea be-
fore the senate subcommittee On pviv-4a
ileges and elections all save one O.
the letters of instructions to state
ment bearing his signature and prints
ed IN the August number OF Hearst'9A
magazine. The exception was the
letter to Senator Penrose that chs
closed a certificate deposit for $25s~s
600. Archbold had doubts about the;
letter, but he admitted having given
Penrose the money.
AS to the other ietters-~to PenroSa.
TO Quay. TO Mark Hanna--all contain-
Ing suggestions as to legislation and
other matters, Archbold had 10 doubts
whatever That Is correct" was his
usual reply as they were read to him
one by one. Incidentally he told ~
great deal about the contributions ofN
the Standard OIL company to the Rec
publican campaign fund OF 1904. He
made II plain to his hearers that he
believed the treatment he received att
the hands of the Roosevelt adIninis~ss
tration was due to the refusal of his
directors to give to Treasurer Bliss
the additional $4,000 which that
thrifty collector had asked for.
had either directly or indirectly any
knowledge that Roosevelt actunilX
knew OF his contributions or of the
! refusal to enhance it by one hundre1s
and fifty per cent
Concerning Mr.. Penrose, who sat
scow1ing on the opposite side Of the
committee room, while the rotund it,
tie gentleman bounriful OF the Biz
! trust gave his testimony. Archbol0A
a Thought HfrAnK
en- him with the national comnittN1S
IL part OF the money came throu4MNs
mis- hands, and later. Il did n0sA
stipulate that all of the twenty -AV~&
thousand be used In Pennsylvania M
Win Testify Again. WI
Archbold CAME to Washington THU
morning at the request of SenAtu|
Clapp, chairman OF the subcomml1
tee Clapp thought, in view of tHmS
Penrose confession that the StandMx
OH side OF /, would be especially tyfH
teresting now. He Is going to Eurun9
tomorrow has promised TO return t7
, Washington and tell about the re-
OF the Hearst Magazine letters wh(
he gets back.
With sometimes smile. and sorn1
times q scowl on his smooth Nl11
tanned face. his black eyes wide ~
swapping and his thin lips pursed
gether between sentences. ArchhC&
made willing witness.
All his answers were short and dlX
rect. 1t was only when he spoke
Roosevelt that he lost self-contre
Then his voice shook. he shifted T.
his chair as II making ready to -
from Il at somebody's throat ana
took oil the conversational sooth3N
syrup that flowed from Senator an
yer whenever necessary to quiet NIL
why" he said after informing 1T
| committee that he had all the dQ4
ments In the case ready to apflm
when the right time comes. "ther0
nothing TO be done about 1t. We hNN
no recourse We have suffered r
( the humiliation and loss that c0&
| possibly be imposed on us. ss3z
There never was a more ~
rageous course of action taken on
part OF any administration In
ration of the world. Darkest Abyao1
never saw anything like the cot
| OF treatment which we experien
| following Mr.. Roosevelt's electtoa
1904"
Penrose Mods Approval.
And Senator Penrose. looming tn
across the way, furrowed 1iS fS
head with deep Irown and nod
savage approval.
Archbold spoke ct his letters ~
structlons to Penrose. Quay, TN
and others. quite as n matter Of cc~
He said that always had he tAkM
interest In the triumph Of the H.
iican party and sought 10 "tukI
tide in its favor" His gift u4M
hundred thousand 1ollars, NJ
had been made to the Repnbltca
1904 In thousand dollar Hills.
Were there any hundred
bills" asked Senator Jones.
81 think not" said sarchhOid
a contemptuous smile. #as3
Three or four times An IN
was made to get hsr. 70 axps&4
certificate Of deposit habit
always managed To shift the
of the talk At last he said
not know any earthly reason NJ
should have made hts paynANH&
~ would Just as soon kaye Tn
or the street corner, hs Aaa4@<
renYose. who repeated to tM&