The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-02
yseyes, 4 COPY u this letter % Pen


charges OF Alton r. Parker, Roose-
vets opponent for the presidency. in
1894, that the Republican national
ecmmistee had hlackmailed corpora
lions into making campaign contr1-
buttons and promised Immunity = the
contributions were made. Colonel
Roosevelt reproduce~ his reply 20
These charges in a statement dated
4 November y. 1904. in which he de-
acsfhed them as FALSE and mon
xtronss' In this statement is sen
tence Of pertinent interest In view of
the nature og the recent night between
Republican nomination:
Il cannot understand how any
: honorable man q candidate for the
highest Office in the gift Of the pee-
ple. can take refuge not merely in
personalities but Ia such base and
Hsswrrthy personalities '
Reviews Hartman Controversy.
Colonel Roosevelt reviews at great
length the Hartman controversy. in
Producing II with a letter which he
wrote to Vice President sherman III
1905. this letter including q copy OF
Governor o'Deli's letter to- Roosevelt
dated December 10, 1904. All the
ether now famous Hartman letters
are reproduced including the you
and | are practical men missile" the
motive being to prove that Roosevelt
never asked Hartman for a carr
psarn contribution as Hartman was
ssaid TO have alleged. and to show
THAI Hartman was never consulted
by the colonel on the subject of prose
entiqn Of the railroads, and that
Roosevelt refused to comply with the
request Of New York financial IN
teregts. voiced by Hartman that
Chauncey Depew OF James Hazen
Hyde be designated as Amerscan am
hassador to France. The colonel re-
iterates that his message as regard
ed the inter- STATE commerce comnts-
zion in 1904 was not changed despite
the imporeunings of Hartman.
Referring again TO the subject
campaign contributions Colonel
Roosevelt make fat denial of the in
ference Of John ID. Archbold that he
fRoosevelt). through Bliss. knew of
the Standard Oil contribution. lie
says:
Newer Talked Money to Bliss.
II communicated with Mr.. Bliss
very frequently. and never made any
aliusion to contributions in any lei
ter ! wrote him or any conSe3sdtioI
had with him
tion of contributions with Mr.. Per
kins.. he goes on, save IN connection
with discussing the accusations
brought before your committee"
The VISIT TO the White House OF
Archbold and II, II. Rogers. about a
wear after Roosevelt's election, il
,,eait with at length. They protested,
the colonel gays. against the accuse
lions made against the standard e,al
In connection with rebates Inc
nrosecution then being in hands OF
Attorney General Bonaparte, franz
4. r. Kellogg and James Fl. Garheid
director S5f a,rresss of CORPORATIONS
He told tho oil magnates, the coie1sei
saws that he could do nothing for MIN.
Congressman Sibley. OF Pennsylvania
3 and Senator Bourne tried repeatedly
10 induce him to alter MS course
against Standard OIL, but he fatty re-
fused finally going so far So to order
Senator bourne TO desist in his ef-
forts in behalf of the standard
Refers To Hearst.
Al this point In his letter the col
nne, makes his only aliusfon TO the
letters published by Mr.. Hearst: Wnicn
brought on the present investigation
4 He says
.J have IN times pest criticised Mr.
Hearst but in this matter he has rem
dered public service OF high Inn
porfance; 4and hope he will pupHsF
all the letters dealing with the mat
ter which he has In his possessloh
n Hearst anybody else ma
any letter from me dealing witt
standard on affairs I shall be de-
lighted to have ii published; ana ii
any one can suggest any question a.
"a any letter / have ever written OF
H. ia, a
4 u1e the approximate l VIII at ohc'
fsv 10 look IL I'm, and II ] can find II
will -p..hliSh it"
Colonel Roosevelt states piaini,
that he does not believe the state,
merits Of Arehboid and Pennose tnaa
Bliss said Roosevelt knew OF Bliss
request for money from Standard eai
THE ealonel presents In this connec'
ton a new bit of evidence in the forn
of IL statement purporting 10 nav'
been made by Blies several months
before his death and printed IN tn'
New York Herald a paper hostile Il
Roosevelt. December "a, 1911. TIL
statement upholds Roosevelt in M
contentious IN the Hartman matter
and Bliss is quoted as saving ina
there eas-nE- had been conducted IN TIM
country a cleaner campaign IMAM ina
of Roosevelt in 1904
Fyays Penrose.
After presenting a portion OF Pen
roses testimony before the senate
committee Roosevelt says:
Here Mr.. Penrose says that ne,
member of the national Republican
committee and a United States sena'
tor. advised Mr.. Archbold that 4
wonld be a mistake for the STANDARD
Oil company not TO contribute. ant
If they did not make more liberia
contributions they might incur hos
tility in certain quarters. Surely M
more extraordinary testimony wal
ever submitted by "a United States
senator 1t enlfSodies a far worse
xr-u1attcr against him than ere,
'as :s HAYS cfeffte4 Ssx si4setss,ss
Senator Penroses language Is sus'
ceptshle of but one Interpretation. j
was his belief that the government
would sell ITS protection and wouit
biackmsil those who did not buy pro-
faction precisely as IN the under
world of our great cities vice Is
biackrnailed or protection of 1t is
sold for a price. Surely there car
be no two opinions among honest
men that the man whose actions as
senator are thus described by him
self II wholly unfit longer To BE sefia-
tor I do not wonder that Mr.. PEN
rose championed Mr.. Iorimer.'
Colonel Roosevelt refers to his re-
iatiors with George w. Perkins and
says: