The Washington herald., 1912-08-28
!. R. S sTAFEMENT
CAUSES SURPRISE
Admits He Wanted Letter to Cor
telyou to Go Into the
Record.
pESRosE LEAVES WASHINGTON

The most interesting development yes
terday in the Penrose- Roosevelt contro-
| versy. from the washington viewpoint.
was this statement attributed to Col
Roosevelt:
"Mr. Knox did come into the room
where / was writing the letter (the ad-
monitory letter to Mr.. Cortelyou). and
my recollection 10 that ! told him want
ed II to go into the record. because
wanted the record to be kept straight,
and for no other reason"
Senator Penrose and others Of the colo
nePs enemies attach a good deal Of I'M
portance to this statement They point
out that the colonel himself has acknowL
edged the accuracy of q part Of the story
that has been circulated about Secretary
Knox being present when this letter TO
Cortelyou was written The part OF the
story which Col. Roosevelt does not touch
on. though. IL that he was told In the
presence OF Mr.. Knox that the $iooVo
contributed by the Standard OIL Company
had been expended. and that It was con
sequentiy impossible to return It. II was
after receiving this Information that Mr.
Roosevelt, according to the statements
that have been made In regard to this
incident. said that the letter ought to go
into the record anyway.
VIII Call Knox.
The CIapp investigating committee will
call Secretary Knox as a witness. and
his testimony is expected to be most
important. The statements In regard to
Mr.. Knox's presence at the White House
when the letter to Cortelyou was die
tated have been repeated In the last
few days so positively by persons who
profess to know what they are talking
about that the calling OF Secretary Knox
has come to be regarded as one of the
most important, possibilities of the in
quiry. II the stories circulated are true
he will be able to give direct testimony
to the fact that Mr. Roosevelt knew
that the Standard OIL money had been
spent and that there was no chance of
returning II.
Senator Penrose left Washington yes
terday afternoon for Atlantic City. after
announcing that he would push the fight
against Roosevelt to the end. and that
he would have further interesting dis
closures TO give to the public within a
few days. The Senator seemed to be
somewhat amused at the daily blasts
that are coming from Oyster Bay. and
he promised to keep the colonel in hot
number Of charges to answer to prevent
the controversy from becoming monoto-
nous. either for the colonel or the pub
lie.
"T am going to Philadelphia to see some
people and refresh my memory about
certain affairs" said Penrose.' II will
be in Atlantic City for the next three
weeks. running over to New York and
Philadelphia from there. ! expect to
no
I will compel the owners OF the Phila-
delphia North American to discharge
Editor Van Valkenberg by disclosures
will make
More Finn Charges
What about William Flinn." the Sena-
tor was asked.
oh" he replied. "he will be easy.
received a letter to-day from a man who
has a witness to the offer of 81 ,0oo. 900 that
Finn made to me for a seat in the
Senate. Other witnesses also will be pro-
duced on that score"
Speaking OF Mr.. Roosevelt's recent
statements Mr.. Penrose said:
Now We have progressed at least to
where IL is admitted that the Standard
on money was received and not returned,
all of which tends 20 clarity the situa-
tion somewhat"
Penrose said that he would be pleased
to have Mr.. Hearst publish all letters
and documents relating to himself which
may be in mis- possession
"I hope" said he, that he will pub
lish all he knows about Mr.. Roosevelts
relations with the Standard OIL Com
pany and other corporations and special
interests 1 was struck especially by mis-
mention of the interview at the White
House before the Republican convention
Of 1905 between Mr.. Roosevelt and MT
Archbold and Mr.. Sibley. 1 especially
hope he will publish all he knows about
this and other visits OF certain gentle
men to Mr.. Roosevelt"
CIapp Leaves City.
Stories were in circulation yesterday
that Senator Penrose would charge be-
fore the investigating committee that H.
H. Rogers and John d. Archbold visited
the White House a short time before the
Republican convention Of 1893 and dis
cussed with Mr. Roosevelt a plan for
dropping Taft and putting himself for
ward for third term.
Senator Clamp. chairman of the COM
mittee which Is to investigate campaign
contributions, left the city yesterday for
Vermont. where he is TO speak for the
Bull Moose ticket. He said before leav-
ing that 1t would be impossible for the
committee to meet before September 30.
Senator Penrose and John d. Archbold
will be called to the stand and re-ex-
amined, and Mr.. Archbold will be asked
to produce documents and the books OF
his company. One of the first witnesses
to be summoned will be William r.
Hearst He will be questioned in re-
gard to the batch OF Standard Oil let
ters which he has in his possession and
which have been filtering out for the
last three or four years. Many other
well-known men will be called to the
witness stand. Besides Col Roosevelt
there will be George W. Perkins, George
B. CorteIyou william Loeb. jr.. Sec
retary Of State Knox. William Finn, and
number OF Senators and Representa-
tives Senator Paynter OF Kentucky.
one Of the two Democratic members Of
the investigating committee, has re-
signed and his place will be filed by
appointment by Chairman Dillingham;.
of the Senate Committee on Privileges
and Elections.