Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-10-04

my Leased Wire 90 Evening Herald
Washington, oct. 4.--"l asked no
man to contribute To the campaign
fund when | WAS elected president OF
the United states ANA ! wish to Telt-
crate that MIR. Bliss and Mr.. COrtel-
you both assured mr that no promise
had been made rs "A return tor any
contribution. Nrith"r they nor any
one else having authority asked me
To act or To refrain from acting IN
any matter while | was president be-
cause any contribution had been made
or withheld.
"Gcntlcmcn, could put 1t more
EWecpiuglyH'
IN these words Colonel Roosevelt
summarized his testimony today ut
the Clnsr Of the first part of his hear
Ing before the Gldpp rommltr" ui the
senate investigating campaign FUNDS
The colonel specifically denied that
he ever asked for contributions To his
1904 campaign fund or that he had
known of any contribution by j. T..
Morgan,
TO these uncquivOcal statements
Colonel Roosevelt added again that he
had ordered the return 10 the stun
dard OIL company Oi amy contributor
II had made In 1904, that he had been
assured by George B. tUrtclyuu "only
yesterday" that he knew of no Such
contribution. ana that ne did not be
lisvs Cornelius ". Bliss had ever de-
manded a contribution from John ID.
ArChbOld or from any corporation bS
methods Of eNtOrtlun.
Colonel Roosevelt did not deny that
corporations had contributed tu tho
1904 campaign. lie said his letters
ana published statements had always
acknowledged that fact, but ne spec
filed that no such contribution hhd
ever been obtained under any HugBes-
tlon that the administration would re-
ward the giycrs with special iaNurS.
Colonel RnOscyelt's testimony bristled
with characteristic statements.
,"Senatur Penrosr should he driven
from the senate" hr declared, he
cause of his acknowledged iriCndli
ness with standard Oh interests.
charles a. IiilleH and Congressman n
Barthuldt should be forced to prove
their statements that the Roosevelt
primary campaign funds this year hau
amounted to S3,O0O,U00 ar $A,U0O,O
ar should he driven out of public lif".'
lie declared, az had senator Dixon
his campaign manager wednesday
that the senate committees activities
had thus far been directed solely to-
ward the Roosevelt campaign fundt
and that no attention huG been paid
10 other candidates. He was assured
by senator Clapp that the representa-
tlveA of other candidates would all be
called before election"
when the committee Tcconvened
nfter recess SenntOr PHyntcr took uI
the examination.
The colonel reiterated that his first
knowledge OF &iUG,0nO contributions
In 1904 by j. y. Morgan or GeOTgt
j. Gould came from the testimony oi
GeOrgc X. sheldon yesterday.
II know II, e.. FriCk had contrib
uted heavily and was ready to con-
tribute more" he said. II did moi
know the amount, Mr. Knox hat
told me that Mr.. FTiCk was one o
my strongest hackers,
~ had heard there was Stnndart
on contribution" said the colonel
but I did not know that II came
from Mr.. Atchhold." He could no
remember who told him.
Have you believed all these year.
that the Standard OH contribution wa
not mnde2" asked Senator PHyntcr
"COrtelyOu told me that and Mr.
Bliss told Mr.. Loeb that, and only tn
only the other duy--Mr. COrtelyOi
told me that he had been Informed
by Mr Bliss that no contributions hht
been made by the Standard OH com
pHny.
with Mr.. Bliss and MIR. COrtelyou tina
no money was To he accepted II an,
kind of conditions were expressed o
implied ~ 90 It's receipt and thI
money was 10 be spent Ia an imprOpf
way. such as the buying of vOtes."F
THRONG AWAITS ARRIVAL
OF ROOSE;VEIT fN)R ORDEAL
Washington, oct. 4,--t'Olonel ROOse
Welt arrived here early this mOrnInl
10 be the star witness before the clap
committee OF the senate Invest lgntin
campaign funds.
Hundreds Walt for GlImI'se Of Colonel
Several hundred people were llneI
up In the corridors OF the senate Offic
building two hours before the Time se
for the hearing, hoping 10 get into IN
little COMMITTEES room with It's capac
ity for about 100. Hundreds Of other
packed the dOorways ana suTrOundel
the building 10 see Colonel Roosevelt
enter.
A murmur OF excitement conclude
with a cheer greeted Colonel RoOae
Welt as he entered the building AbJu
fivs minutes before the time set 10
his appearance.
The spectators .RVplauded vigorous
" as Colonel Roosevelt entered th
room, folloWo1 ~ secretary luggin
a big Vallse filled with papers.
You weTe candidate for pres
dent In I0A4 ~ asked Senator ClapI