El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-09-28
ROOSEVELT To
Be WITNESS
IN PROBE
Is Expected to Give Sensa-
tional Testimony in Probe
Campaign Contributions.
PENROSE SAYS He
CAN PROVE CHARGES

Washington, D. c., Sept. 2S.-A touch
of congressional activity was given to
Washington today by the appearance
OF members of the state committee on
privileges and elections, which starts
ITS PROBE OF campaign co1trlDus-cus OA
senator Moses e. Clapp. the chairman
of the committee, stated today that ne
expected all the committeeman to be
IN Washington by tomorrow morning
and that preliminary meeting Uo ar
range the business of the 1nvestiSa-
ton would be held shortly before the
Investigators formally convened
No definite schedule has been ar
ranged, but it was stated by members
OF the committee that J. +. Morgan.
William Rockefeller, W. L. Hearst. the
publisher, and John D. Archbold would
be among the early witnesses exam
med. Col Theodore Roosevelt has sig
nificd his intention OF appearing before
the Investigating body on october l, to
Tefutc the testimony of John y. Arch
held regarding the 1925, 600 camraign
contributions the Standard OH man
sWOre was turned over to the Republi-
can campaign fund committee IN ISL J.
ROOSeYelTS appearance on the stand
IS expected to furnish some sensational
developments. At the time he appeared
before the Stanley Steel Trust inyesti-
eating committee and gave his teSt-
mony relating to the absorption of the
Tennessee Coal and Iron company, he
was spared the ordeal OF cross exam
nation This will not De the case at
=
and other Democratic members of the
committee, with the aid OF senator La
Toilette, have prepared a list of Gues-
tons which they will ask the colonel
on cross examination. 1t is expected
Col. Roosevelt VIII occupy the stand
for fully two days.
Among the other witnesses who have
been requested to appear are George
B. COrtelyOu, chairman OF the eSecu-
tive committee in charge of the Repub-
Hcan campaign fund of 1904; William
Oh 81 aF-r~ Ia
time OF the alleged Standard Oil con-
tributiOn; George w. Perkins, the Har-
TeSter trust magnate, who has been &C
cused of playing angel to the present
Bull Moose campaign, and a host Of
lesser political lights thought to have
been familiar with the campaign con-
tributions under probe Among these
are ex-senator Charles Dick, of Ohio,
Henry Clay Prick, secretary Philander
C. Knox, Harry TilfOrd and L. G. Bars
tow of the Standard Oil company, and
10 or u southern negro delegates to
the Republican national convention
John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carne-
gle have also been placed on the wit
ness list and will be called should the
II eceding testimony warrant such an
action. 81
Many interesting questions have been
raised by the acrimonious accusation of
senator Boise PenrOSe before the COM
Elittee just prior to its adjournment in
August, and it was confidently ex-
Dected here today that much meaty
matter would be extracted from the
witnesses before the committee again
disbanded.
The greatest interest conferred IN the
appearance of Theodore Roosevelt and
his friends, COrtelyou and Loco. a
question of veracity raised by senator
PenrOse faced them and a heated ses-
sion was anticipated when they took
the stand
The matter at issue was the alleged
payment of S125,000 to the Roosevelt
campaign fund of 1904 by the Standard
Oil company, first intimated by senator
Penrose and later sworn to by J. d.
Archbold. 1t was further intimated
by these men that the colonel could not
have been ignorant of the contribution,
as he claimed, and that his famous let
ter, demanding that Cortelyou return
any oil money, was written after that
contribution had been spent and was
solely for the purpose of record.
PenrOse says He Has Evidence.
Senator Penrose has been working up
corrobOratiVe evidence during the in
term between the last adjournment of
the committee and its coming meeting
Monday, and has intimated that lie has
secured documentary evidence and
oral corroboration of his accusations.
Mr.. Penrose thinks there are NUM-
Der of persons VINO knew at the time
of the contribution of the Standard Oil
company to the Roosevelt campaign
fund.- said one of his supporters to-
Gay, and he thinks that these men can
be produced"
Other close friends of the senator
declare that he knows tie names of the
men who can SubStantiate his teStimO-
ny and will have them ready when the
committee convenes- Among those men
toned are Franklin Murphy, of New
Jersey; David w. Mulvane, of Kansas;
Harry New, of Indiana, and James 4.
Tawney, OF Minnesota, all members Of
the executive committee that managed
the 1904 campaign fund.
These men were expected not only to
ccrroborate the statement that S125, 600
but that $4,000 more was asked of the
Standard Oil company. This amount. il
has been stated, was refused and the
drastic investigation of that company
almost Immediately followed
Hearst to Be Witnesses.
Another feature of the political tan
sic, which was expected to be as in
teresting as the Roosevelt campaign
fund Investigation. was the coming tes-
timony of William Randolph Hearst,
whose series of Standard Oil letters
have created such furore in political
circles Mr.. Hearst was directly re-
SpOnsible for the dramatic turn Of the
investigation just before its adjourn
llcnt.
He published an alleged letter from
John D. Archbold to- senator PeDrose
enclosing a credit slip for $4,000. The
demand for an explanation that grew
out of this publication lee PaarUse to
the stand, where he testified that he
had received the $4,000 mentioned, but
that it was used partly for the Repub-
lean campaign fund In Pennsylvania
and partly for the national fund. This
testimony he supplemented by the ac-
Cu5ation against Roosevelt, which was
in part subStantiated by the testimony
of John D. Archbold.
A further sensation . has been ar
ranged in a probe into the Republican
convention at Chicago. Senator Pom
erne has been selected by the Demo-
Gratis to cross examine Col. Roosevelt,
Joseph NJ Dixon, George w. Perkins
and others who participated in the prI-
mary contest this year for the third
term candidate.
The amount of money spent in the
effort to nominate Mr. Roosevelt has
been made the goal toward which sen
ator Pomerne will strive. In this con
nection the trip of William J.. Ward
one of the Roosevelt members of the
national committee, through the south
last winter will play prominent part
iE the investigation. It has been ru-
mOred that Ward told the men with
whom he talked that campaign money
would be plentiful.
Alvah H. Martin, of Virginia: E c.
of North Carolina: Henry
Blum, of Georgia. and Pearl Wight. of
Louisiana, have been requested to tes-
tify before the committee concerning
this phase OF the investigation
In addition to. this, senator POmrene
has Instructed the campaign managers
f0r both Taft and Roosevelt to produce
their books before the Glapp committee.