The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-11
H|LLES MAKES
HIS ASSERTION
GOOD ON STAND
Chairman of Republican Ma
tional Committee Gives
Senate Committee Copy
of Letter to Perkins.
MILLIONS SPENT IN
BULL MOOSE FIGHT
John D. Archbold Admits Au-
thenticity of Letters Written
to Various Senators and
Congressman.

IA ASHINGTON, Oct. lo.-The au-
NM thenticity OF the majority Of
WV the letters recently made pub
lie BY William Il. Hearst pur.
porting 20 have passed between John d.
Archbold OF the Standard Oil com.
pauy and members Of the senate was
admitted by Mr.. Archbold today be.
fore the senate committee investigat
ing campaign expenses.
These letters, of which facsimile pho
tographs have been published, were IN
almost every case identified by Mr..
Archbold with the statement:
'I undoubtedly wrote that.
These included letters, 10 and from
Senators Hanna, Foraker, Quay and
Penrose. and former Representatives
Sibley of Pennsylvania and Grosvenor
Of Ohio. Many letters Mr.. Archbold
said he did not remember but he reeog
nized handwriting and signatures and
admitted their genuineness.
No Entry in Books.
Archbold said he had not been able
to find even an entry of the amount OF
the money given on the books of the
Standard Oil company.
''I repeat that money was paid y he
said, "and was not refunded. That
it was paid by me to Mr.. Bliss. I don t
want any man to tell me it was not. F"
Charles D. Hilles, chairman of the
Dnr,bE.or ,ot;apel comuitfao wit
ness today, was asked by Chairman
Clspp if he gave out a statement in
August that the primary fight for Col
oneI Roosevelt had ''cost the harvester
trust millions of dollars
~ assume the responsibility for it.
he answered.
His explanation was given TO the COM
mittee in the form Of a letter he had
just written to George W. Perkins, who,
with Senator Dixon. demanded that
Mr.. Hilles be called to account for this
statement. The letter expressed the
opinion that Colonel Roosevelt's pre-
convention campaign expense amounted
10 not less than S2,000,000.
Had General knowledge.
Chairman Clapp questioned the wit.
ness sharply as 10 bis knowledge and
Hiles said it consisted Of his general
knowledge of what the Roosevelt work.
crs had been doing and his specific
knowledge of what certain kinds of
campaign activity cost.
He gave the committee no new infor-
nation regarding contributions to the
Taft preconvenfion fund, except a
list of contributors to the fund raised
in Chicago, the total Of which Mr.. Nc
Kinley had included in his statement
earlier IN the week. These included
II. NJ Bilsby, $1,000; Julius Rosenwald,
5000; Max Pam. s2500; J. A. Patton,
$1,000; ]. G. sbedd. $500; Harry seigel,
$500.
Letters Identified.
DR.. Archbold's Identification of the
various letters was followed by little
questioning from the committee. He
said the money referred to in some Of
them as having been sent to Senator
Foraker, has been for legal services in
Ohio; that he wrote to Senator Hanna
10 watch legislative affairs there be-
cause Mr.. Hanna had been n lifelong
friend; and that contribution of $1,000
10 Senator Quay had been entirely po-
htical as had the S25 900 contribution to
Senator Penrose.
He did not know to whom Mr. Sibley
had referred in the letter, saying that
certain senator had requested loan