Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-01
(From The New York Sum-

question by The Suns pond
ent, William r. Hearst dictated the
following statement.
The Standard Oil investigation,
about to begin before the senate Of
the United States, should be Of
great value if thorough and Impair
tial and made with an earnest and
honest desire to secure the fullest
facts. and not merely in the hope Of
protecting some individuals and
discrediting others.
The personnel Of the committee
would seem to be sufficient guaran-
tee Of proper and complete in
yestigation which will reveal the
evil methods Of those privileged
interests which seek TO exercise un-
due influence upon certain of our
public men in America
AS for Mr.. Roosevelt, no one
would place him in the same cate
CORY with the Penroses or Sib-
leys and the Arcnbolds. Mr.. Roose-
welt is an honorable man and it is
impossible TO imagine him involved
in any squaJid scandal.
The only question in regard 20
Mr. Roosevelt il TO what extent he
invited and secured the support OF
those powerful criminal corpora
tions which ne has always publicly
pretended to oppose. In discuss
ing this question and in the Stand
ard Oil letters, Mr.. Roosevelt should
adhere little more CLOSELY to the
point involved.
EVades the Question.
Mr.. Roosevelt says in the pa
pers that if Mr.. Sibey or any other
congressman desired to bring any
friends TO meet him he was always
willing to meet them That is an
evasion of the question. The facts
as related are that Mr.. Roosevelt
urged MI Sibley to bring Nj
Archbod to the white house TO
luncheon, and MI Archbod sent a
telegram to Mr.. Sibley, declining to
come. 1t is not q question of MIR.
Archbolds having desired to see
Mr.. Roosevelt, but Of Mr.. Roose-
velts having desired to see Mr..
Archbold.
Mr.. Roosevelt then goes on 10
say in the papers that he met Mr..
Morgan and he met Mr.. Hartman
and he met Mr. Rockefeller. and
that sometimes he discussed the
baseball situation and sometimes
the labor conditions and at one
time the white slave traffic All
tins again has nothing to DO with
the point
The question discussed by Nj
Roosevelt as related by Mr.. Sibley
IN his confidential letter was the
attitude TO the Standard Oil Com
pany. 1t was not the attitude of
the Standard Oil Company on the
baseball situation. nor yet the at
tltude Of the Standard Oil Company
on the labor situation. nor yet the
attitude of the Standard Oil Com
pany on the white slave traffic. but
the attitude OF the Standard OIL
Company on the political situation
as it affected Mr.. Rooseve't.
Truth viii Come Out.
THAT this was exactly the subject
Of discussion will be brought out
later in greater detail and, in the
meantime, il the subject is 70 be
discussed at all by Mr.. Roosevelt, IT
should be discussed with relation
TO the points at issue and with
some consideration for the intelli-
sence and Information Of the read
ing public.
Mr. Roosevelt SAYS that if will
tell him exactly what letters | have
he himself will make them public
If Mr.. Roosevelt wishes to make
any letters public, why does he
limit tine publication to the letters
that | possess? Why moi give The
public the benefit OF all the letters
he possesses on this interesting
subject
1t is ridiculous 10 say that he
can't md this or that letter. lie
can find quickly enough the let
ters he desired 10 make public. and
had no difficulty in discovering the
letters he had carefully written to
Mr.. Bliss with regard 10 The ,e-
lection Of Standard OIL conuiou-
tons
note. furthermore in the news
papers that Senator Penrosc a few