The Cairo bulletin., 1912-08-21
He Says 1t Aided Roosevelt, Paper
Contends II Creased His
Own Machine
WILL TELL THE SENATE
Statement that viii Make Commit.
tee Take Notice Promis-
ed Today

Pittsburgh, Pa, Aug. 20.--Declar-
ing that the "Progressives will now
insist on a thorough investigation, !"
the Pittsburgh Leader, which was
the first paper to publish the fact
that impeachment proceedings would
be brought against United States
Senator Boise Penrose, following the
publication of the letters which
passed between him and John D.
Arehbod, has the following to say
| in answer to the Senator's state
ment:
Boise penrose has confessed that
he received $4,000 from the stan
lard Oil Trust. THE foHy OF at
tempting to0deny the genuineness OF
the Arehbold letters was impressed
Iupon Penrose by his trusted lieuten-
ants at Il conference in Atlantic City
yesterday
His Explanation.
Penrose then proceeded to give
| his explanation Of the transaction
between himself and Archbold,
whereby $4,000 in gold passed intc
his hands, by saying that most OF
the money went to the treasurer OF
the Republican Campaign Commit.
tee, and that the greater portion oi
1t was used in carrying New York
State for Roosevelt in the president
ial campaign Of 1904,
There is very short and ugly
word which expresses our opinion o.
the explanation given by Penrose in
his effort to explain away his nefar
ious dealings with Standard Oil
"Wil Penrose dare to deny tha
the wheels OF his own state machine
were not creased by some OF the
/, wealth that flowed to him from
STANDARD Oil?
BY confessing the authenticity o.
the Archbold letter which contained
the $4,000 gift, Renrose confesse
that he was the tool Of the STANDARD
Oil, for if one Of his letters is gen
uine, all are.
Instructed as to Action.
"Penrose confesses that he wa
instructed by the Standard Gil as. Is
what course the Industrial Commits
sion should pursue when it was in
vestigating Standard Oil.
"EIe confesses that the Industria
Commission report was sent t.
Archbold to be % Kd by him before
it was given to the public.
"He eonfesses that he asked
Archhold to aid him in reaching
men in Pennsylvania that he could
not reach and that Arehbold did
notably in the Butler county gentle,
mems letter
"If Penrose wants direct accu.
sation let the people OF Pennsylvania
elect a Progressive legislature ant
he will be accommodated in short
order"
Washington, Aug 20.~-senatol
! Penrose returned to Washington
| last night from New Jersey an(
| Pennsylvania after comforting with
friends about the $4,000 eertiflcat,
of deposit received by him in 190l
from John D. Archbold Of the Stan
dard Oil
Penrose declared he would make {
statement in the Senate "Wednesday
relating to the contributions to tht
Republican campaign -und in 1901
"The statement will be of such &
character" Senator Penrose de.
lclared, that the Committee on Priv
ileges and Elections cannot help but
take notice of e."
| He would not go into details, but
/ said that his statement would be en-
Tightening as to contributors to the
fund which proceeded the presidential
detection of Roosevelt that year,
i Penrose Is looking through his
TILES, calling on people who took part
in distributing the $4,000 given to
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