Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-26
Will Issue Statement in View
of Committees Delay
in Hearing.

riman ask me to get Mr.. Bliss or Mr.
Cortelyou to contribute funds to him
self and Mr.. Odell for the big cam
paign (neither Mr.. Hartman nor
ever so much as spoke of Mr.. Harri
man contributing to my campaign
and Mr.. Loeb himself telephoned Il
either Mr.. Bliss or Mr.. Cortelyou
transmitting MI. Harriman's reques
of me. Mr.. Loeb also telephoned Il
Mr.. Bliss and Mr.. Cortelyou aboui
the alleged Standard Oil contribution
making in my behalf the same re
quest that I had made directly in thu
two letters and kilograms that hav'
been published, and receiving th'
same assurance that I had received
that no Standard Oil money had beer
received or would be received"
aNo Connection with Standard"
Concerning the statement made b,
William Randolph Hearst yesterda,
in London, in which Mr.. Hears
urged him and Mr.. Archbold and Sen
ator Penrose to tell the full story,
Colonel Roosevelt had this to say:
my attitude to the Standard OF
Company was precisely the same be-
fore election as after election as any
one can find out by turning to the
files of the newspapers at the timt
of the passage of the bureau of cor
porations bill before 1 was nominated
or elected, when the Standard Oh
opposed the law and / got 1t through
by making the kilograms of the Stan
dard OIL people opposing h law ano
showing their activity.
"As for any connection OF mine
with the Standard Oil before or after
election, any human being is welcome
to make anything public about 1t OF
any sort, kind or description; and II
l had appeared before the committee
today I should have testified to every
feature of 1t of which / had any rec
election or knowledge and submitted
from my letter books any letters Of
! mine dealing in n shape or way
with the matter; and 1 should have
been delighted to have Mr.. Loeb, WHIT
has been my private secretary. appear
and give every particle of Information
that he has"
Aroused by theaction of the sena-
torial committee in refusing to hear
his testimony until October, Colonel
Roosevelt is today preparing a state
ment refuting the story told by John
d. Archbold that he knew of the
500, 900 Standard Oil contribution for
the campaign of 1904. Mr.. Roosevelt
declares that the situation is a
"frame-up," and arraigns the COM
mittee for allowing Archbold to &c
abroad without giving him an imme-
date opportunity to reply to his &C
cuser. Colonel Roosevelt calls atten-
ton to the fact that he has never al
: any time declared that there was nc
contribution made by the Standard
Oil in 1904. but states unqualifiedly and
emphatically that he stood against
any such contributions and ordered
any such money instantly returned.
Criticises Committee.
In a dictated statement Colonel
! Roosevelt said:
IT feel that the committee ought
not to have let Archbold go to Eu-
rope without letting me appear to
testify. knowing as the committee
must what my later engagements are.
81 shall, however, at once write
Senator Clapp a full statement Of at
least some of the things TO which
II would have testified. incidentally,
I should like to say hat they need
not bother about comforting addi-
| tional powers on the committee to
question me about the primary cam
; paign. Whether they are given the
power or not / shall be delighted 10
answer any question in my power
which the committee may put to me
as to anything of which I may have
knowledge connected with the pri-
mary campaign or. for that matter,
anything / have ever lone as Presi-
dent or in this campaign.
at suggest. however, tina the com
mittee take up the primary cam
paign of all the other candidates alsC
if they desire to go into the matter
at all. Let me repeat as strongly as
I can that 1 do not understand why
the committee let Mr.. Archbold &c
to Europe without examining him or
he real charge" against Senator
Penrose.)
1T regret that I was not given thu
4 chance to Immediately disappear.
Disarranges Plans.
mot to permit me to &c and testif.
now amounts, as the Democratic
and Republican friends of Mr. Pen
rose, Mr.. Oliver and Mr.. Archbold II
the Senate of course know, to render
ing it almost impossible for me t.
appear later without causing the mos
serious d~islocation of the announces
and arranged plans. The incident
especially significant as showing tn
way the interests for whom Mr.. Pen
rose and Mr.. Archbold and their Xix
have Joined in the assault on the Pro
gressives and on me.
They are entirely willing to sc
either of the two old political ma
chimes triumph because they contrc
both. Their real hostility is reserve
: for me and the Progressive part!
Remember hat the charge wa
:, against Mr.. Penrose and that tha
has not been investigated, althoug
the evidence on that charge was d
> rect.
IAN that has been investigated ha
been the countercharge. All that ha
been produced is malicious and II
, furious hearsay gossip. given at SCI
ond-hand. AS far as I can make oil
! the accusation really is by Messr
Penrose and Archbold that a col
tribution was made for the improp'
purpose of securing an improper col
sideration and that I refused to gi'
the IMPROPER consideration.