The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-02
7. R. LEITER
TO CLAPP IS
A "SCORCHER"
Brands Penrose Unfit to
Hold Peace in Senate and
Denies the Charges Made
Against Him.

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length the Hartman controversy, in
Producing it with a letter which he
wrote to Vice President Sherman in
1906, this letter including copy of
Governor ODelrs letter to Roosevelt
dated December 10, 1904. All the other
now famous Hartman letters are re-
produced, including the you and l
are practical men" missive to prove
that Roosevelt never asked Hartman
for a campaign contribution, as Harri-
man was said to have alleged, and to
show that Hartman was never con-
suited by the Colonel on the subject of
prosecution of the railroads, and that
Roosevelt refused to comply with the
request of New York financial inter
ests, voiced by Hartman that Chaun-
cey Depew or James HaZen Hyde be
designated as American Ambassador
to France. The Colonel reiterates that
his message as regarded the Inter
state Commerce Commission in 1904
was not changed despite the import
innings of Hartman.
Referring again to the subject of
campaign contributions, Colonel
Roosevelt makes flat denial of the in
ference of John d. Archbold that he
(Roosevelt, through Bliss, knew of
the Standard Oil contribution. He
says:
Il communicated with Mr. Bliss very
frequently, and never made any allu
sion to contributions in any letter
wrote him of any conversation l had
with him."
Il have never discussed the ques-
ton of contributions with Mr.. Per-
kins." he goes on, save in connection
with discussing the accusations
brought before your committee"
The White House Visit.
The visit to the White House of
year after Roosevelt's election, is dealt
with at length. They protested, the
Colonel says, against the accusations
made against the Standard Oil in con-
nection with regates, the prosecution
then being in hands of Attorney Gen
eral Bonaparte, Frank B. kellogg and
/; James r. Garfield, director of Bureau
of Corporations. He told the oil mag
mates, the Colonel says, that he could
do nothing for him. Congressman Sib-
ley of Pennsylvania and Senator
i Bourne tried repeatedly to induce him
to alter his course against Standard
Oil, but he flatly refused, finally going
so far as to order Senator Bourne to
| desist in his efforts in behalf of the
Standard. At this point in his letter
the Colonel makes his only allusion to
the letters published by Mr.. Hearst,
which brought on the present investi-
cation. He says:
He Praises Hearst
81 have in times past criticised Mr..
Hearst, but in this matter he has rem
dered public service of high import
ance; and l hope he will publish all
the letters dealing with the matter
which he has in his possession. If Mr..
Hearst or anybody else has any letter
from me dealing with Standard Oil af-
fairs l shall be delighted to have it
!
any question as to any letter | have
ever written or received on the sub
ject and will give me the approximate
l will at once try to look it up, and if
l can find it, will publish it,
Colonel Roosevelt states plainly that
he does not believe the statements of
Archbold and Penrose that Bliss said
Roosevelt knew Of Bliss request for
money from Standard Oil. The Colonel
presents in this connection a new bit
of evidence in the form OF a statement
purporting to have been made by
Bliss several months before his death
and printed in the New York Herald, a
paper hostile to Roosevelt, December
Gath, 1911. The statement upholds
Roosevelt in his campaigns in the Har-
riman matter and Bliss is quoted as
saying that there never had been con-
Quoted in this country a cleaner cam
After presenting portion of Pen
roses testimony before the Senate
committee, Roosevelt says:
Here Mr.. Penrose says that he, a
member of the National Republican
Committee and a United States Sena-
tor, advised Mr.. Archbold that it
would be a mistake for the Standard
Oil Company not to contribute, and
if they did not make more liberal con-
tributions they might incur hostility in
certain quarters. Surely no more en-
traordinary testimony was ever sub
mitted by United States Senator. II
embodies a far worse accusation
against him than I ever should have
dreamed of making. Senator Penroses
language s susceptible of but one in
depreciation. 1t was his belief that the
Government would sell its protection
and would blackmail those who did
not buy protection precisely as in the
under world of our great cities vice is
blackmailed or protection of it is sold
for price. Surely there can be no two
opinions among honest men that the
man whose actions as Senator are
thus described as himself as wholly
unfit longer to be senator I do not