Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-05

II they violated the law. had no
way OF being hostile unless they VIC
lated the law. So the action OF Pen.
rose In advising the Standard OIL com.
pany to make that contribution was
advice to 1t to protect itself against
prosecution for violation Of the law.
Wants Senate to oust Psnross.
!. When was police commissioners Of
New York City" said the colonel,
~ a member Of the police force 90,
In connection with enforcement Of the
law against liquor selling, what Mr..
Penrose says he did In this case,
would have thrown him on the force"
The colonel leaned forward m his
chair, shook his fist at the committee
land shouted:
And I hold that the senate or the
United States should throw Mr.. PEN
rose out Of the senate Tor the admis.
sions he made before this committee.
NOW ~ to Mr.. Archbold," resumed
the colonel, The testified he made this
contribution and expected some un.
usual kind OF compensation. He says
Mr.. Penrose tried to blackmail him,
yet he sees nothing wrong In what Mr..
Bliss did. He seer nothing Improper
IN attempting to extort I contribution
from him. His complaint 10 that
nothing improper was done for hjnA."
He referred to ArthboldG stAtsmsnt
that the Roosevelt ,administraticn'
treatment Of the Standard OF Co.
rivalled darkest Abyssinia.'
1T Is true that when I was presi.
dent administered the .darkSst
Abyssinia treatment TO the STANDARD
on Co. but It was because Il nssAed
1t. II am president again I will
again administer II to any eofposstioa
of the Standard OIL type that may
need t." III
The colonel added that Z strength
enins Of the antitrust law was nsedld,
Senator Pomerene asked Colonel
Roosevelt 10 suspend for / rnoment"
at that point, and the colonel mis-.
understood him, and half rose from
his chair.
"oh, I thought you, asked mo 10
stand a minute" he said laughing.
A recess Of several minutes eAve the
colonel an opportunity to move from
the witness stand. He leaned over the
committee table to talk to Chairman
Clapp and thenstook q Few steps About
the room. Finally he went back 10
the stand. sat
The next statement that I want
to call your attention to 10 that OF NJ.
Archbold that when the bureau o.
corporations began It's investigations
Of the Standard OH. MI. Archbold
went to Mr.. Bliss to call me on. He
testifies that Mr. Bliss told him I
have no influence with Mr.. Roosevelt,
cannot help YOU That statement u
only partially true, for Mr.. Bliss ana
have great influence with me. Aaa
a great respect for Mr.. Bliss. hut It
is true that neither Mr.. Bliss nor any
other human being had the slightest
Influence with me- 90 far 90 getting me
to refrain from prosecuting any cor
iporation for breaking the law. All these
men who testify against me- testify
that refused to do or did not do any
thing proper In their interests and
they are all now supporting the candi.
alive" van. NJ,
First on Flight In 1905.
! He said he had = fight with the
Standard OIL Co., in 1909 when he was
getting through the bureau Of cor.
operations bill, f
Senator Clapp you were in the
nsht. and so were you Senator pAyT-
ter, believe" He finsliy got the Mli
through he. said. by publishing tele.
grams sent by the younger Mr.. Rookie
teller.
! II had my first brush With Standard
OIL Co., them" he said. ''and they knew
just what they could expect IRON me. /,
The colonel took up the allegation
that 50 100000 was used In the progres-
slve primary campaign. "The man who
bears false witness IL guilty OF % IN
famous conduct ~ the mai, who
steals" he said. "If Mr.. Bartholdt OF
Mr.. Hilles cannot prove their state.
Iments they ought TO be driven ont OF
public life."
II had an explicit understanding
with Mr.. Bliss and Mr.. Cortelyou'' said
Col. Roosevelt that no money was to
be accepted II any kind Of condition
were EXPRESSED or implied AZ TO IL ~
ceipt; and the money was to be spent
In no improper way, such az the buy.
ing OF votes n
MIR. .Cortelyou told me Of two In
stances Of his returning, contributions.
One OF these was from q gentleman
who, after making a large contribution,
mentioned that he would like to be 8
candidate for minister to Belgium. The
other was in the case Of the tobscco
trust and the independent tobacco
dealers"