The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-08-27
ROOSEVELT GLAD
L0EbISTOTES1|FY
About l9O4FUNDS
Former Secretary and Cortelyou
Call on Colonel, Who Reiter-
a.es Denials
HE WELCOMES PUBLICITY
Would Have Told Everything, He
Says, Had He Gone Be.
fore Committee
HE WELCOMES PUBLICITY
Associated Press Dispatch.

Associated Press Dispatch.
oyster Bay, N. Y, Aug. 26.--
What Col. Roosevelt knew and did
In the matter of John ID. Archbold S
alleged 100000 contribution to the
Republican campaign fund in 1904,
what President Roosevelt said to the
late L. II. Hartman and what Har-
riman said to President Roosevelt
about Harriman's $260,000 contribu-
tions are matters to which William
Loeb, Jr., formerly Roosevelt's 9
private secretary, Is prepared to tes-
tify before the Senate committee in
vestigating campaign contributions,
Col Roosevelt said today.
Mr.. Loeb told me last night that
he had seen statements that he was
to be brought down before the COM
mittee," Col. Roosevelt said "He
wished to come and tell me about
these rumors. told him that if he
was called he was to go, Of course,
and to testify everything"
Col. Roosevelt was greatly pleased
al the prospects of Loeb's testifying
before the committee,
Glad Loeb Will Testify.
While under no circumstances
would | myself eyer have asked Mr.,
Loeb to testify" Roosevelt de-
clared, 81 am more than pleased that
the committee chooses to have him
do So
For instance, when ! made my
statement about Mr.. Hartman in
Mr. Harriman's lifetime, l let it
rest only on my written letters, yet
as the committee has chosen to lis
ten to hearsay gossip by Mr. Odell
and Mr.. Archbold as to what Mr.
Hartman said and what took place
at that interview, shall be glad to
have them listen to Mr.. Loeb, who
was present at the interview.
mir. Loeb heard Mr.. Hartman
ask me to get Mr.. Bliss or Mr. Cor
telyou to contribute funds to him
self and Mr. Cdell for the campaign
(neither Mr. Hartman nor I ever so
much as spoke of Mr.. Hartman con-
tributing to my campaign) and Mr..
Loeb himself te,ephoned to either
Mr. Bliss or Mr.. Cortelyou transmit
ting Mr. Harriman's request to me.
"Mr. Loeb also telephoned to Mr..
Bliss and Mr., Cortelyou about the
alleged Standard Oil contribution
making in my behalf the same re-
quest that | had made directly in the
two letters tnat have been published
and receiving the same assurance
that had received that no Standard
Oil money had been received or
Would be received"
Concerning the statement made
by William Randolph Hearst in Lon
don, In which Mr. Hearst urged him
and Mr.. Archboid and Senator PEN
rose to tell the "full story" Col.
Roosevelt had this to say:
MY attitude to the Standard Oil
Go. was precisely the same before
the election as after election as any
one can find out by turning to the
files OF the newspapers at the time of
the passage of the corporations bill
before ! was notified or elected, when
the Standard Oil opposed the law,
and got 1t through by making pub
lic the kilograms of the Standard Oh
people opposing the law and show
ing their activity,
Welcomes ANY Publicity
las for any connection Of mine
with the Standard Oil people 6r af-
ter election, any human being ia
welcome to make anything public
about it of any sort, kind or descrip-
tion and If had appeared before
the committee today ! should have
testified to every feature of 1t of
which had any recollection or
knowledge and submitted from my
letter books and letters of mine
dealing In any shape or way with
the matter; and ! should have been
delighted to have Mr.. Loeb, who has
been my private secretary, appear
and give every particle of informa-
ton that he has