Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-08-26
Colonel Expects to Write Letter
to Senator CIapp Embodying
Testimony He Wished to Pre-
sent Replying to ArchboId.
PRIMARY EXPENSES
WELCOME SUBJECT
Bull Moose Indignant That Oil
Magnate Should Have Been
Permitted to Leave Country
Without Further Hearing,
IBy Morning journal Special Lenscd WireI

IBy Morning journal Special Ienscd Wire.
| oyster BAY, Aue. 20 Having failed
to obtain a hearing before the senate
committee investigating campaign
contributions by the reason Of the in
| ability OF the committee to get to-
sether tomorrow, Colonel Roosevelt
plans to write the committee a let
ter cmbodying some of the things To
| which he would have testified lie
so declared tonight ny he took the
committee to task for permitting John
| -. Archbold TO sail for Europe with
out telling more about the $l25,000
he contributed to the republican cam
paign in Pennsylvania in 1904.
Colonel Roosevelt had received no
direct word from senator Clapp when
the correspondents visited him at sag
amore. He heard indirectly. he said,
Of the committees inability to have
him appear before II tomorrow He
was greatly disappointed. he said.
Details of his primary campaign,
however. would have to he brought
out by questioning him, Colonel
Roosevelt feels, and inasmuch as he
VIII not be questioned he plans a;
present to confine his letter chiefly
to refuting the testimony of John ID.
Archbold In which Mr.. Archbod said
he was assured that Colonel Roose-
welt knew OF and appreciated con
| tribution of 100000 which Archbold
| testified he made In 1904 to the re-
publican national committee.
Colonel Roosevelt IN his letter may
| touch lightly on his primary cam
t... .ts., ..f ~.
he will devote considerable space to
his relations with Senator Pcnrose
while he was president.
Colonel Roosevelt said that last
night he saw George H.. Cortelyou.
who was republican national chair
main in 1904.
MI Cortclyou tells me he meyer
heard Mr. Archbolds name mentioned
In any connection with any contriblI-
ton by Mr.. Bliss, Colonel Roosevelt
said 'and that as regards himself
the whole story Is n fabrication out
of whole cloth MS of course. II is about
me-
Colonel Roosevet's statement fol
lows;
II feel that the committee ought
not to have gone away and let Arch
bold go to Europe without taking any
charge. ana then failed to let me APP
pear Immediately, knowing. ms the
committee must know. what my later
engagements are.
II shall however. at once write
Senator Clnpp il fun statement OF at
least some of the things to which |
would have testified. incidentally. I
should like to say that they need not
bother about comforting additional
powers upon the committee to qucs-
tion me about my primary campaign.
Whether they are given power or not,
| shall be delighted to answer any
question in my power which the com
mittec may put to me as to anything
OF which ! have knowledge connected |
with the primary campaign or, for
that matter OF anything | have ever
done as president, or in this cam
pAien. / suggest. however. that the
committee take up the primary cam
paigns OF all other candidates If they |
desire TO go into the matter at all.
II .ct me repeat MS strongly ns | cnn
that cannot understand why the
committee lei Mr Archbold go ia Eu-
rope without examining him on the
real charge. and that | regret that
was not given the chance to appear
lnd testify. Not to permit me to go
on and testify tomorrow amounts, as
the democratic and republican friends
IF Mr.. Penrosc, Mr.. Lorimer and Mi.
Archhold in the senate of course
know. to rendering II almost impos-
siblc for me to appear later without
the most serious dislocation
If my announced plans. The Incl
lent r. especially significant as show
ng the way that the interests. for
which Mr. penrosc and Mr.. Archbold
md their Ike speak. have joined III
heir assault on the progressives and ,
IN me. They are entirely willing to
zee either of the two old political ma
hines triumph. because they control
10Th. Their real hostility is reserved
or me and the progressive party.
"Remember that the charge was ,
lsainst Mr.. Penrosc. and that has {
rot been investigated. although the I
violence on that charge was direct s.
'tAll that has been Investigated has
'cen the counter charge as To which g.
here was not and never Will be-le-
ause there cannot be-one shred Of n
Videncc direct or indirect. All that 4
las been produced is malicious aud n
njurious henrsay, given at second e.
and. 4
As far as | can make out. the ac- d
usation by Messrs. Penrose and
.rchbold really is that contribution f
ms made for an immediate proper h
nrpose. with the view Of securing an b
improper consideration. and that re- h
used to give the improper considcra
on.
1t me repeat that II any contrlbu- Il
ON was received from the standard -
u Company, IL was against my ex- h
licit and reiterated written prohibi- d
on and not only without my knowl- 7
ige. but in spite of the fact that ex- II
Iicit assurance WIS given nae that no {
ich contribution was given or could a
E received. ~