The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-11
Laylin First Witness

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 Laylin First Witness
 L. c. Laylin of Columbus, Ohio. man ager of the Taft primary campaign in Ohio, was the first witness of the day He said he had filed a statement in Ohio showing total Taft expenses of $65,000 or $75,000 in the state pri- IIilles and Hubert Taft, son of Charles P. Taft, were given by MT. Laylin as contributors of most of the fund. The money came to him, he said, through Arthur l. Vorys. A. H. Plant was then called to the stand.
 b. Archbold followed him. Chairman Clapp took up the examination of the Standard oil man as to the -called Archbold letters recently published. He first called attention to letter to Sem ator J. Foraker, dated March 26, 1900. This reads:
 Tn accordance with our understand ing I beg to mail you certificate of deposit for $15,000 and ask for re- ceipt."
 T have no doubt I wrote the let ter" replied the witness.
 The payment was made for the services of Senator Foraker as coun- sel in our Ohio affairs, that and that | only" he vouchsafed. Senator Clapp showed the witness the reproduction of another letter written to Senator Foraker dated April IT, 1900, referring to an enclosed certificate of s14,500.
 T have no doubt I wrote it." said the witness.
 What does it relate to?" ITO the same business relations he said.
 A letter enclosing a certificate of de- posit of $1O,Oo0 fin pursuance of our talk over the telephone" was sent, Mir. Arch bold admitted. A letter of December il | enclosing certificate for 5000 was also
 due to the same relationship, that of counsel. Mir. Archbold said. Senator Clapp produced copy of a magazine showing what purported to be a photographic copy of letter to the late Senator Mark Hanna, dated January 19, 1900.
 Wrote Hanna Letter
 "I have no recollection of 1t. but I've
 no doubt I wrote the letter." Archbold said.
 The letter referred to very objection.
 able legislation at Columbus, concerning
 which MT. Archbold said he had wanted to talk to Senator Hanna. It referred particularly to people active In support l ing a resolution for an Investigating com mittee and asked Senator Hanna to dc everything possible to encompass theil defeat witness testified. | Archbod asked to be permitted to ex- l plain. saying:
 That was the year of strike legisla- | tion in various state legislatures It was l necessary for all corporate interests tc appeal to their friends to prevent that sort of thing. It explains my letter to Senator Hanna.
 Chairman Clapp then produced a copy of letter from Archbold to former Rep resentative c. II. Grosvenor of Ohio on october 27, 1900. It enclosed 5000 in check.
 ''I think it was to aid in his campaign for reelection Archbold testified Of another reproduction of letter pur- porting to have been written by Mark Hanna of which there was no photo.
 graphic copy. MT. Archbold said he had
 no recollection. Witness said he had nc recollection of a handwritten letter pur- porting to have been written by Senator Hanna in which he said "I want you people to help our state
 committee literally. The demands upon
 me are simply awful. I have been un- able to find such parallel
 T have been unable to find such let ter" witness said
 Archbold said he could not recollect another letter copy of which was re- produced by Mir Clapp. written by Mir Hanna asking for contributions and end ing with the postscript:
 This whole fight is against the cor