Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-05


there ought not be need for any in
telligent man TO ask any questions
after reading the letters / wrote al
that time
Here he took up his letters TO Mr.
Hartman and defended the use of the
term practical men" in the much dis
cussed letter of Oct a. 1906 He said
his effort was to get practical men
into politics. Then he read the letter
and declared it was absolutely incom-
patible with a suggestion of getting
aid from Mr.. Hartman in any way
"On Oct. 20, 1904, Col Roosevelt
said, "Mr. Hartman had telephoned
to Sec Loeb. who told the President
Mr.. Hartman wanted to see him
about the New York state campaign
which was running badly" The col
onel said he made the appointment
through Sec. Loeb at Harriman's re-
quest.
Col. Roosevelt said that the time the
Hartman contribution was made
there was no doubt of the national
ticket carrying New York but that
the state ticket was in doubt.
There was not a word spoken by
MIR. Hartman or myself with refer
ence to the collection Of funds for the
national campaign. One the con-
trary the entire conversation was to
the effect that the national CONVEX
sation was secure.
Mr. .Cortelyou and Mr.. Bliss were
appealed to to raise funds for the
state campaign. | never asked Mr..
Hartman directly or indirectly for a
dollar to help in that campaign or any
other"
Gel. Roosevelt said he wished to
correct his statement regarding his
interview with Hartman.
Mr. Hartman told me-" he said,
the National committee people had
plenty of money and / told him
knew nothing about that. His request
to me was that l ask the National
committee to give money, not that
/ ask the National committee To help
raise money. He said the National
committee already had plenty of
funds
Gel. Roosevelt discussed Judge Par
ker's statement, in 1904, and declared
that "a repeated misstatement,
charged to him. was that he had said
corporations did not contribute to his
1904 campaign.
II never made the statement that
corporations never had contributed to
the Republican party" he said en-
phatically He said his recent letter
to Chairman Clapp and his open
published statement made it clear
that he had never denied that corpo-
ratiens had contributed; but denied
specifically that corporations had been
"blackmailed" into contributing 'or
assured of some kind of favor of con-
tributing."
Col. Roosevelt said he had secured
the word of Bliss and Cortelyou that
the statement was a fact before he
made it. Corporation contributions
were not considered improper, in 1904.
1900 or 1896, he said, and it was pub
lie knowledge that they were being
made.
And l had the assurance of Mr..
Cortelyou over the telephone again.
Thursday, that such a contribution
was not made
Il want TO call Your attention to the
testimony of Messrs. Arehbold and
fPnI8Se AG3iilSt liltlliSttftess. as MI
Penrose testified that he advised Mr..
Archbold to have the Standard Oil Co.
submit 10 the blaekmail and that he
did it to prevent being subjected to
histolitv from certain sources. That
could mean hostility only from my
self, the attorney general or the COM
missioners OF corporations
When | WAS police commissioner OF
New York city" said the colonel, and
a member of the police force did in
connection with the enforcement of the
law against liquor selling, what Mr..
penrose says he did in this ease, |
would have thrown him off the force"
The colonel leaned forward i'll his
chair, shook his finger at the commit
tee and shouted, "and / hold that the
Senate Of the United states should
throw MIR. Penrose out of the Senate
for the admissions he made before this
committee"
He referred to Mr.. Archbold's state
ment that the Roosevelt administra-
ton treatment of the Standard on co.
rivalled darkest Abyssinia.
1T is true when l was President
that / administered the darkest Abys-
sinian treatment to the Standard Oh
Co.. put it was because it was need
ed. II | am President again / will again
administer to any corporation of the
Standard OF type that may need it.
"All these men who testify against
me. testify that l refused to do, or
did do anything improper in their IN
terests. And they are all now support
inc the candidates against me-those
who are alive
He said he had fight with the stan
dard Oil Co. in 1903 when he was get
ting through the bureau of corpora
tons bill
Senator Clapp you were in the fight,
and SO were you, Senator Paynter, l
believe"
He finally got the bill through. he
said, by publishing kilograms sent by
the younger Mr.. Rockefeller
II had my first brush with the STAN
dard Oil Co. then" he said, "and they
knew what they could expect from
me-
Col. Roosevelt emphasized his state
ments with blows of his hands on the
witness chair.
Il wish to. call your attention to tbs
fact in connection with Mr.. j. p. Mer-
gan's testimony of Thursday. 1t was
in NV first administration that the