The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-05
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 lation of the law
 Wrathy at Penrose
 Witness shook his fist at the committed
 and shouted:
 ''I hold that the Senate of the United
 States should throw MT. Penrose out o1
 the Senate for the admissions he made
 before this committee. AS to MT. Arch bold, he testihes that he made this con- tribution and expected some unusual kind of favor. He says MT. Penrose tried to
 blackmal him and yet he sees nothing wrong in what MT. Bliss did. He says nothing improper occurred in attempting to extort a contribution from him." | Witness declared the complaint was I erroneous He again referred to Arch bolds statement that the Roosevelt ad- lrninistration's treatment of the Standard | oil company rivalled the darkest days
 of Abyssinia Tt Is true" he said, when
 was President administered the Abys- l sinia treatment to the Standard Oil com l pany, but it was because 1t needed it. If I am President again I will admin ister the same to any corporation of the | Standard Oil style needing it.
 | The committee then took a recess. 1 Colonel Roosevelt resumed the stand when the committee reconvened and l Senator Paynter took in hand the exam | ination. Witness reiterated his first
 
 by J. P Morgan or George J. Gould came from the testimony of George R. Shell don yesterday 'I know H. c. Prick
 had contributed largely he said, and
 was ready to contribute more. 1 did not
 know the amount MT. Knox had told
 me that Mr. Prick was one of my strong est packers l had heard there was a Standard oil contribution, but l did not
 know that it came from Mr. Archbold' Senator Paynter called attention to Colonel Roosevelt's telegram of October 27. 1904, to MT. Cortelyou. asking that the Standard oil contribution be returned without delay.
 Did you understand there had been delay?" asked Senator Paynter. Got No Reply
 "I could not get any reply to my let ters," Colonel Roosevelt said. "Cortel-
 you was out west, 1 think. I thought the money would be returned, but I wanted to make it clear that in my mind there
 was no doubt that the contribution should be returned
 Have you believed all these years that the Standard Oil contribution was not
 made?' Senator Paynter asked. "Cortelyou told me so and Bliss told Loeb so and only the other day MT. Cortelyou told me that he had been in- formed by MT. Bliss that no contribution had been made by the Standard oil folks. l had an explicit understanding with MT. Bliss and MT. Cortelyou that no money was to be accepted if conditions were expressed or implied as to it's re- ceipt and that no money was to be spent in any improper way such as the buying of favor. Cortelyou told me of two instances of his returning contribu- tions One of these was from 9 gentle- man who, after making a large contribu- ton. mentioned that he would like to be a candidate for minister to Belgium MT. Cortelyou returned his money. The other was in the case of the tobacco trust and the independent tobacco dealers. Both of these contributions were refused. There was no rule limiting contrbu- tions."
 Senator Paynter asked what witness meant in saying no money was to be accepted with a condition implied Witness hesitated a moment and then added:
 "Such condition as Mir, Archbold in- dicated."
 He explained that he considered Mir. Archbolds statements indicated an im- plication of some understanding. That sl000O0 from Morgan probably
 meant less to him that the S20 I received from the lady who was a bookkeeper in Cleveland, or the S1 from the widow of a veteran in soldiers home sending
 her mite,'' explained the colonel. Bliss Had Influence The next statement is that of Mir. Archbold that when the bureau of cor porations began it's investigation of the l Standard Oil, MT. Archbod went to MT. | Bliss to call me off. witness said. "He | testified MT. Bliss told him I have no 1 influence with MT. Roosevelt, I cannot
 help you That statement is only partial | ly correct, for MT. Bliss did have great | influence with me-" MT Roosevelt said T have a great respect for MT Bliss he said. But 1t is true," he added, that neither MT. Bliss nor any other | human being had the slightest influence with me so far as getting me to refrain | from prosecuting any corporation for breaking the law. These men who tes- l tify against me testify that l refused to | do something improper in their inter- ests. And they are now supporting the candidates against me-
 Had Fight With Oil Trust | Colonel Roosevelt said he had had a | fight with the Standard oil company in 1903 when he was getting through the l bureau of corporations bill. He said he | finally got the bill through by giving | publicity to telegrams sent by the younger Rockefeller. 'I had my first | brush with the Standard oil company 1 then" he added, and they knew what | they could expect from me I wish to call your attention to this fact in con 1 nection with J. P. Morgans testimony | yesterday. It was in my first admins tration that the Northern Securities case | was settled with verdict against Mr Morgan and James J. Hill. It was also during my first administration that | settled the anthracite coal strike I have | understood that Mir. Morgan expressed | vigorously his dissatisfaction with my attitude In that case and l was surprised | to find that he had contributed to my campaign fund.
 l. No person connected with Mir. Nor | gan ever hinted that the contribution
 had been made and no one ever hint ed to me that any favor should be 1 shown to MT. Morgan for any reason | The former President asked to be | followed closely here. He said he first
 heard of Mir Morgan's contribution yesterday. Witness asked to make q | further statement regarding his cam
 paign this year. ''I saw the different
 men, he said. ''who were interested ir
 my campaign at Chicago. I explained
 explicitly I would not tolerate any ef- forts of any kind to get delegates fol me by use of money. The only time ever saw it charged was in refer
 ence to Ormsby McHarg. l wrote let
 ter to him and got an answer which have here"
 Witness letter was written March 4
 and asked Mir. McHarg for his per sonal assurance that he had never
 used money or influence to secure del
 egates." The reply of McHarg reads: l Answers Hilles and BarthOldt | "WithOut hesitancv sav, that n,