Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1912-08-29
Said to Have intimate Knowl.
edge of COrteIyou Letter.
WILL Be CALLED AS WITNESS
William r. Hearst Will Be Another
Prominent Witness Before Com
mittee, and Still Others Are
Subpoenaed.

Washington, Aug. 28.-The most in.
| teresting development in the Penrose-
Roosevelt controversy from the Wash
ington viewpoint was this statement,
attributed to Colonel Roosevelt:
AIR. Knox did come into the room
whore ! was writing the letter (the
admonitory letter to Mr. Cortelyou)
and my recollection is that told him
/ wanted it to go into the record be-
cause | wanted the record kept
straight and for no other reason"
Statement Thought important.
Senator Penrose and others of the
coloneIs enemies attach a good deal
OF Importance to this statement. They
point out that the colonel himself has
now acknowledged the accuracy of
part of the story that has been circu-
lated about Secretary Knox being
present when this letter to Cortelyou
was written. The part of the story
which Colonel Roosevelt does not
touch on, though, is that he was told
In the presence of Mr.. Knox that the
100000 contributed by the Standard
Oil company had been expended and
that it was consequently impossible to
return it. 1t was after receiving this
information that Mr. Roosevelt, &C
cording to the statements that have
been made in regard to this incident,
said that the letter ought to go into
the record anyway.
The Clapp investigating committee
will call Secretary Knox as a witness
and his testimony is expected to be
most important. The statements in
regard to MIR KnoX's presence at the
White House when the letter to Cor
telyou was dictated, have been re-
peated in the last few days so posi-
lively by persons who ought to know
what they are talking about that the
calling of the secretary Of state has
come to be regarded as one of the
most important possibilities of the in
quiry. If the stories circulated are
true, he will be able to give direct
testimony to the fact that Mr.. Roose-
welt knew that the Standard Oil money
had been spent and that there vas NJ
chance of returning It,
Penrose to Push Fight.
Senator Penrose left WASHINGTON fer
Atlantic City after announcing that ne
would push the fight against Roose-
welt to the end and that he would have
further interesting disclosures to give
to the public within few days. TIE
senator seemed to be somew hat
amused at the daily blasts tEat are
coming from Oyster Bay and he prom,
Used to keep the colonel In not wa
ter" and to give him a sufficient num-
Der of charges to answer SO as to
prevent the controversy from becom-
ing monOtonous either for the colonel
or for the public.
Among the first witnesses to be sum-
moned will be William r. Hearst. He
will be questioned about the batch of
Standard Oil letters which he has in
his possession and which have been
tiltering out during the past four
years. Many other prominent rae!
will be called as Witnesses. Bns IL
Colonel Roosevelt there will be George
w. Perkins. George b. Cortely on. vii
liam Loeb, Jr, Secretary of State
Knox, William Finn and numb " Of
senators and representatives.
Senator Paynter of Kentucky, one of
the two Democratic members of the
investigating committee, has resigned
and his place will be filled by ap-
pointment of Chairman Dillingham; of
the senate committee on privileges
and elections.