Evening journal., 1912-08-23
PENROSE GETS
HIS ANANIAS
CLUB TICKET
Roosevelt Repeats That STAN
dard Oil Money Did Not
Aid in His Election
SAYS SENATOR REPRESENTS
WORST OF POLITICAL LIFE
By The United Press.

senator PenroSe with deliberate
falsehood, Colonel Roosevelt issued
statement as soon as he reached his
Offices in the Outlook today on his
return from Wilkesbarre as follows:
we'll
Senator Penrose would do we'll
not to attribute TO others the base
ness that actuates himself. The state
ment that Perkins underworld the
primary fund for S3OO0,O0O or any
other fund remotely resembling it, is
a deliberate falsehood which he
knows it to be when he makes it.
The statement that the letter and
kilograms to Mr.. Cortelyou we're
written for the purpose of going into
the record and we're not genuine and
were not accepted by Mr.. Cortelyou
as genuine. is a wilful and deliberate
falsehood which he knows to be such
when he makes it. Until Penrose
spoke the other day | had never
heard of Archbald's name in connec-
ton with any contribution.
Mr.. Penroses attitude in this mat
ter symbolizes his habitual attitude
which has finally brought him to dis
aster In Pennsylvania for he was
never able to understand that other
men are not actuated by his own in
durable baseness of soul.
MY first letter. written as soon as
I had heard a rumor that the Stand
ard Oil people had contributed. expli-
cit and unequivocal in its terms, was
written on October "a. Ny second let
ter. if possible, even more emphatic.
was written on October q. Not hear
ing from these letters, | wired on Oc-
tober %. / then received from Mr..
Cortelyou the statement that my
wishes would be complied with and
that no contribution from the Stand
ard Oil people had been or would be
received.
"If any such contribution was re-
ceived. it was not only without my
knowledge, but against my emphatic
direction. These letters speak for
themselves They went into the rec
ords, OF course. but they went into
the records because they were genu-
inc. because l received assurance that
they were accepted in the spirit III
which ! wrote them and action taken
accordingly.
Il wish to add that I am certain
that when Mr.. Cortelyou told me
they would be thus acted upon he
was saying what he undoubtedly
understood to be in exact accord with
the facts.
mo man can honestly misunder-
stand those letters and no man Who
is not a dishonest man can put any
Interpretation upon them other than
that upon their face
Let me again ask anyone who
wishes to know the truth to read my
speech last night; to read the state
ments ! made at the time / gave out
copies of my three letters the other
day. The speech and the letters
cover every point The reason that
Mr.. Penrose and his political allies
and his hackers and his masters IN
the world of finance are against me
now is because they and their kind
could not use me while | was Presi-
dent. because while l treated every
politician and every financier with
Justice | declined to do one act for
any of them that was not both alb
solutely proper and absolutely Just.
eff I had been willing to act other
wise. MIR. Penrose and his allies and
hackers in the world of politics and
in the world of business would now
be enthusiastically supporting me. In
stead of opposing me with an anger,
hatred and malevolence born of the
fact that they were unable to use me
and they know It is hopeless ever to
expect to use me.
"There is nothing that | welcome
more than Mr. Penrose's opposition
Senator PoindeXter pointed out the
exact truth when he said that Mr.
Penrose and Mr.. Penrose's allies in
the Senate, Democrats and Republi-
cans alike. we're in a conspiracy to
serve the politics of corruption, pre-
serve the cause of corruption in poll
tics and business alike by endeavor.
ing through Islander and mendacity &c
oppose the only man and the only
party which seriously endangers the
rule Of corruption in politics and f.
nance; that is the Progressive part,
and its candidate.
mir. Penrose is opposing us pre-
,isely as Mr. Lorimer, whose cause
be championed. is opposing us, an6
with Mr.. Lorimer out of the Senate
Mr.. Penrose is now the leading repre-
sentative in political life of the
forces which Mr.. Lorimer symbolized
Like Mr.. Lorimer Mr.. Penrose begaI
with good reputation and, as was thu
case with Mr. Lorimer, it is onl,
within the last two or three year,
that we, outside of Mr.. Penrosei
statement. have grown to understand
precisely what Mr.. Penrose is ant
what he stands for. MIR. PenTOse
the embodiment and the representa-
We of all that is worst i'm our pc
eal life, and in the alliance be
IN business and politics which ha
d so much TO degrade our politi
81 life. and / hail his opposition VII
genuine and unfeigned joy. Il
eminently fitting that Mr.. Penros
should be doing his best. in allianc
with Democrats. who think as he doei
to assail the Progressive party II
uses the Republican machine and ca
make terms with the Democratic ma
chine. but he and his kind can max
no terms with us.
"Our triumph will mean the defnit
driving from political life of Penrosl
of Lorimer. and of all other ev
forces that men like them typify an
represent. We are the mortal enc
mics of him and his kind and of a
the hideeous evil which they repre-
sent in our public life and he act
naturally in opposing us with ever
weapon in his foul armory. | cour
myself honored by his opposition an
I count that opposition as a certif
cate Of character for the Progressiy
\ marty. for II shows that the Progress
sive party and the leaders of tn
Progressive party are the forces rea
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