The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-11
Confesses to Authorship
Of Documents ade
Public by Hearst.
ALL STOLEN FROM
FILES OF OFFICE
Sees in Them Nothing Subject
to Just Criticism-Reads One
From Roosevelt Showing
Friendly Attitude-Hilles
Questioned az to Cam
paign Expenditures.

Questioned az to Cam
paign Expenditures.
waSeltngton. October 1.-the au-
theuttcdty Of the majority Of the let
tern reosn41y made public by William
r Hearst purportins to have passed
between John d. Archbold. of the
Oil Company. and members
of the House and Senate. was ad-
mitted by Mr.. Archbold to-day before
the Senate committee investigating
campaign activities and expenditures.
Those IetferA OF which facsimile
have been published. were
In almost every case identified by Mr..
Archbold with the statement: Il I'M
doubtedly wrote that" These included
letters 10 and from Senator's Hanna.
Foraker. Quay and Penrose and for
mer Representatives Sibley. Of Penn
sylvan3a. and Grosvenr. Of Ohio.
Many letters Mr.. Archbold said he did
not remember. but he recognised
and signatures and ad-
mitted their genuinenesA
The president Of the Standard Oil
recalled by the committee
after making his charge In August
that he had given S10o.oo0 to the Re-
publican campaign fund in 1904, ad-
mitted to-day that the receipt given
by Cornelius N. Bliss for the sum had
been destroyed by himself and H H.
Rogers. now dead He Said he had
not been able to md even . book en-
try Of the amount on tho books Of the
Standard OIL Company
\
he said, and was not refused: that
want any man TO tell me It was not"
II Examine Books.
On the suggestion OF Senator Pom
creme, the committee finally asked Mr..
Archbold 70 have expert accountants
search thu books Of the STANDARD Oil
Company Of New Jersey and tt for
mee AaoouAAos b Try ard And the
record Of the l1oo.eoe having been paid
out
Nay I raise the question Of how
It 10 TO md that entryr
asked Mr. ArchboA. There is no
manner OF Queation that the money
was given"
There = some question whether 1t
was paid" returned Senator Pomerene,
land there Il q statement made that
it was refused We want all the evil
dence we can get
Charles D. Hilles. chairman OF the
National Committee. also
q witness. was asked by Chairman
Clapp II he gave out q statement In
August that the primary fight for Col
onel Roosevelt had :'coet the harvester
trust millions OF dollars"
II assume the responsibility for II"
he answered.
His explanation was given to the
in the form Of q letter he
had just written to George W. Per-
kins. who. with Senator Dixon, de-
that Mr.. Hilles be called to
account Tor his statement The let
ter expressed the opinion that Colonel
'.pre-convention campaign
expenses undoubtedly amounted to
not less than $4,000. ooo."
The letter, which Mr.. H;Iles read to
the committee. asserted that the wit
ness had already testified to giving
and that expenses in different States
and throughout the South would make
the total he gave much larger.
Chairman C1app questioned the wit
ness sharply as to his inforuation. and
eral knowledge Of what the Roosevelt
workers had been doing and his spe-
cinc contributing knowledge Of what
certain kinds OF campaign sctfvitS
cost. He gave the committee no new
informant On regarding contributions to
the Taft pre-convention funds except q
list Of the contributors 10 the fund
raised in Chicago, the total OF which
Mckinley had includes
In his statement earlier in the week.
Lstsve QsessisDssg.
Mr. Archbpld's Identification Of the
various letters was followed by little
from the Committee. He
said the money referred to in some OF
them ~ having been sent TO Senator
Foraker had been for legal services in
the State OF Ohio: that he wrote to
Senator n A. Hanna to watch iegts-
Dative affairs there. because Mr.. Hanna
had been q lifelong friend. and that
u $1,000 TO senator Quay
had been entirely . political contrtbu-
ton. ~ had the &,S.eo6 contributed
TO Senator Penrcse.
He did not know to whom Mr.. Sib-
ley had referred In the letter saying
that q certain senator had requested
loan Of $1,000. and asking IL Mr.. Ach-
bold wansd TO make the investment
He said he did not send the $1,000. had
n, talk with Mr. SibIey about 10 and did
not know 20 whom the statement re-
lated.
M Archbold presented four new
letters that he hal found ~ the re-
suit Of q search Of his hIes. the only
ones.- he said. that had escaped the
thieves" One was from r-~s'dcnt
Roosevelt TT IL Of little value. but
I Otter - ~ showing the friendly at
situde Of 1Gr. Roosevelt In 1898. ct 2
ver1od when he hiss Indicated Ne haa
me under the ban said Mr.. Archecfd-
The letter IN run was ~ fciiows:
white House. Arxtl %. 1sea
nv Dear l6r. Archbovd:
= en- sn receipt Of y0ur letter -
sAs sesh. sna shsJ1 carefully take vp
enc nsme % ycur beOsher-sa-,aw. with
sAo hope that ! eaN promcee MIN.
"QNcerely yours.
THEODORE R0OUGvHLT
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