The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-12-17
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have been written by John D. Arch
bold of the Standard Oil company to
prominent politicians. These letters
were printed in a monthly periodical
and one of them intimated that Sem
ator Boise Penrose of PENNSYLVANIA
: had received $4,000 from the Stan
dard.
On the score of this communication
Boss Bill Finn, who defeated Pen.
rose for the leadership of the Penn
sylVania republican machine, bitterly
attacked the senator. Penrose. in
self defense, took the stand before
the committee on August 20 dis.
charging broadside at Finn. He
claimed that the Pennsylvania con.
tractor and political leader had of
fered $1,000,000 to secure an appoint
ment to the United States senate
shortly after the death of Senator
Quay.
Finn denied these charges and
was joined by ex-President Theodore
Roosevelt in attacking Penrose. Pen
rose then charged the republican 1904
campaign fund committee with re-
ceiving SI25,000 from the Standard
i lie also formed an alliance with
! senator LaFollette and other repub-
mean senators antagonistic 10 Roose-
Veit and introduced into the senate
august p a resolution extending the
j scope OF the investigation to the
campaign funds of the 1912 camnaian
/ ms resolution was introduced with
the object of summoning before the
committee all those who had at
tackled Senator Penrose. and also in
order to make thorough investiga- |
ZION OF the recent Roosevelt-Taft
pre-convention campaign.
Senator Penrose was followed IN I
the witness stand at this session of
the committee by John d. Archibald
Oh the Standard Oil company. who
stated that the late Cornelius H.
Bliss, treasurer of the 1904 republican,
national committee, had received the
$l25,O00 mentioned by Penrose in
his testimony. Archbold also inti-
mated that Col. Roosevelt knew of
the contribution and of a subsequent Il
request for more money.
These assertions brought forth a
heated denial from Col. Roosevelt
VINO demanded the right to be heard
before the committee adjourned. Col.
Roosevelt deemed it particularly nee
essary that he be heard in view of
the political campaign he was then
Waglng. The committee, however,
adjourned without taking his ties i
mony, setting September 80 as the
date for re-conY ening.
At the September and October SEES
sions of the investigating committee
Col. Roosevelt, Frank \. Munsey.
known as the angel Of the Roos a
welt 1912 campaign, George W.
P. Morgan, Charles T. Taft. brother
of the president, J. p. MORGAN. John
D. Archbold, of the Standard Oil,
and many other prominent men t-ok
the strnd.
The opening Of the iNesci1aaon
September 30 was mara.d by ties j.
mony from Cornelius H. Bliss. Jr.
to the effect that his late fath,l
had kept no records giving the
names OF the contributors of the
republican campaign fund While he
held the office OF treasurer. The L
next important witness to take the
stand was j. p. Morgan. Mr.. Nor
gan in his testimony before the COM 4
mittee on October 3, stated that his
firm had contributed $I50,000 to the
Roosevelt campaign fund Of 1901, of
which $4,000 was to be used in
New York state.
Col Roosevelt took the stand
October 4 and testified that he had
no knowledge of the contributors to
his 1904 campaign fund and that he
had not talked the matter over with
either the late Mr.. Bliss, or his sec
rotary, Geo. B. Cortelyou. Mr.. Roos-
evelt stated that he thought Mr..
Bliss would have resented an in
quiry as to the contributors TO
the campaign fund"
The most startling turn taken at
this session of the senate investi-
eating committee was the production
Of a complete list of the contributors
% the Roosevelt compaign of 1904
by Elmer Dover, former secretary
If the 1904 republican national COM
nittee. Mr.. Dover testified that
Treasurer Bliss had given him a list
If the contributions and that he had
his secretary make a copy OF it.
This copy had been preserved by
Dover after the original had been
destroy ed.
1t disclosed the fact that the con-
ri buttons n hn -,