Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-10-04

the little committee room with it
capacity for about 100. Hundreds {
others packed the doorways and SUI
rounded the building to see Colone
Roosevelt enter.
A murmur of excitement conclude
with cheer greeted Colonel Roose
: welt, as he entered the building abou
five mintues before the time set fo
his appearance.
The spectators applauded vigorous
room, followed by a secretary lugginl
d pig valise filled with papers.
You were candidate for presiden
il. 1902" asked Senator Clapp.
Il was,' answered the colonel short
4 ly.
George B. Cortelyou was chairman
o. the committee that year?"
"He was
And Cornelius n. Bliss was treas
urer?"
He was
Senator Clapp asked Colonel Roose
velt if his attention had been called tc
certain statements made by John d
Archbold.
ut has" replied Colonel Roosevelt
| tersely.
Senator Clapp asked the colone
what he knew about the Archbold con
| tribution at the time it was said tc
have been made.
The colonel. asked permission to in
clude in his answer the letter he sent
to Chairman Clapp already published
denying that he knew of any Stand
ard Oil contribution to the 1904 cam
paign at the time it was made.
Looking through my letters he
said. since l wrote my recent let
ter to Senator Clapp l have found two
other letters bearing on campaign con-
tributions. One yas to Cornelius N.
Bliss in 1906, which understood was
recently given to your committee; the
other a letter written to George R.
Sheldon, in 1905"
At the chairman's request, Colonel
Roosevelt read the letter dated Sep
tember 21, 1908, and addressed to
George r. Sheldon, treasurer of the
republican national committee. 1t
was practically as follows:
81 am informed that you or some
one on behalf of the national COM
mittee has been soliciting contribu-
tions from corporations, particularly
from John D. Archbold, and the Stand
ard Oil company. If this is true, l
wish to enter a vigorous protest and
say that not only should such con-
tribution be refused, but that if made
that it should be Immediately return
ed"
The letter set forth that -four years
ago, Mr.. Cortelyou refused all con.
tributions' from corporations, which
were being prosecuted or were likely
to be prosecuted" and that Colonel
Roosevelt wished the same course fol-
lowed in the 1908 campaign. Colonel
Roosevelt also read the letter of Oc-
tcber 26, 1904, to Chairman George B.
Cortelyou, in which he declared that
if any money had been contributed by
the Standard Oil company or John D.
Archbold, it should be returned at
once. The letter was an emphatic
declaration to Mr.. Cortelyou that I'VE
cannot, under any circumstances, af- /
ford to take contribution that might
be construed as placing us under an
"tNow in regard to the Hartman
5und," began Senator Clapp-
Colonel Roosevelt interrupted and
asked to explain 1.-The charges that
lave been made, in regular order
md Senator Clapp acquiesced. There
8 no testimony against me except
n the form of hearsay evidence" the
colonel said.
"Hearsay statements of men that
ire dead"
Colonel Roosevelt said he had not
Intended to bring his former private
secretary into the controversy, but
hat as the committee had already de-
ermined to call William Loeb, Jr., he
lad asked him to bear out his state
nents. /,
MAY I speak of letter published
n Hearst's magazine from Congress
nan Sibley," asked the colonel and
hen went on.
1T is letter which in substance !
tates that Sibley came to see me and
poke to me about seeing Mr.. Arch |
old and l said would be delighted I
0 see him, and asked Mr.. Sibley to ]
ring Mr.. Archbold to lunch. don't {
emember ever having talked to Mr.. ]
ibley about that matter. but it is {
cry possible I may have done So" I
Te added that Senator Borne had :
Mo hroroht Mr. Archibald IN lunch