Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-08-24
Senator Penrose Asks Com
mittee to Investigate the
Charges He Makes OF
1904 Oil Contribution.
EXPLAINS BIG CHECK
FROM J. D. ARCHBOLD
Pennsylvania Senator Says
Money Was Sent Him to
Aid Campaign and Roose-
welt Knew About 1t.

&AAN& OSSAA~
welt Knew About 1t.
Washington, D. c., Aug 22.-sena
tor Penrose today asked the senate te
direct the Clapp committee, investlgat
ing campaign contributions of l9O4
and 1908 to investigate the charges
contained in his sensational speech O
Yesterday in connection with tne
Penrose-Archbold correspondence. ~
asked that the committee be dlrectee
10 call as witnesses ''all persons men
toned" in his speech Col. Roosevei'
was among that number. The motlon
was temporarily laid over.
"Absurd" Says Roosevelt.
Wilkes Barre, Pa, Aug. 22.-Col
Roosevelt was asked whether he was
willing to 20 before the Clapp commlt
fee to testify in regard to the state
ments that contributions were MADE 70
the 1904 campaign by the Standard Oli
Co.
"The question is absurd he said.
..The letters and kilograms that pass.
cd between Mr.. Cortelyou and mysel1
are enough
The .Penrose Charges.
washington. D. c., Aug. 22.-Senator
Penrose dropped Tomb into the camp
Of the Roosevelt Flinn-Van Valken'
berg third party political organization
late Yesterday afternoon, when IN a
ca1n, and deliberate manner he told
the senate the facts concerning the re-
ceiving of a check for $4,000 from
John D. Archbold of the Standard w
Co. in 1904 Charges had been maue
by the Roosevelt-Flinn t leaders tnat
this check was for services rendered
the Standard Oil by Senator Penrose
in the matter Of certain leglslauon
ia congress The open charge was tnet
Penrose had been bribed by the stan
card Oil to serve It aca1nst the ln1el-
ests of the people. Senator Feniose
calmly and emphatically branded the
charges as false. and declared that the
thecI- for $4,000 from Archbolc was
a portion Of contribute, OF tna'
company toward the expenses OF .lne
campaign in Pennsylvania on pehal1
Of Theodore Roosevelt. 1t was. ne
said, part of contribution o. $22o wv
by the Standard Oil Co. to the repuoh'
s::p campaign expenses in 1904 When
Roosevelt was running for president.
Roosevelt Knew Of Contribution.
"President Roosevelt had been ad-
yised Of the contribution senator
Penrose declared He said that later
Cornelius N. Bliss. then treasurer OF
the national committee, asked Tor an
other contribution of $4,000 from
Archhold and his associates interest,"
ed in the Standard Oil Co."
"The demand was urgent, iEslstent
i might say imperative and 1t was
represented it came direct from Presi'
dent Roosevelt declared senator
Penrose. forcefully.
William Finn, Roosevelt leader IN
Pennsylvania. was scored by penrose.
The senator charged that in 1904 Finn
offered him and Israel w. Durham
"s1 goo 900 or $4,000 900" If they would
favor his candidacy to the senate to
succeed Senator Quay.
Senator Penrose read what ne SAID
were copies Of kilograms to show that
Finn asked John D. Archbold to as
sist him in securing the election.
Senator Penrose also attacked e. A.
Van Valkenberg editor of the Phila-
delphia North American, and referred
to the "effrontery. hypocricy and men
dacitv of the Van Valkenberg-Flinn
combination.
The galleries of the senate were
filled and were bright with feminine
finery in response to the announce
ment that Senator Penrose was to
speak. +.
Penrose Talks Impressive'y.
The floor was crowded with senators
and members Of the house. He read
his speech from printed proofs. and
talked very slowly and impressively.
At the conclusion Of his speech, the
senator promised further disclosures.
Senator Stone, of Missouri, asked
him if he knew anything of the contri-
button Of e. H. Hartman to the 1904
republican campaign fund.
1.-THE papers are on file and letters
exist" said Senator Penrose, which
I think. during the campaign, will see
the light of day. I think it would be
very beneficial to the country If they
should become public"
"Where are they now tsked Sena-
tor Stone. ....
''They are hidden in the archives of
the campaign committee, in the eel
lars and vaults of business men and
IA the offices Of lawyers" said Sena-
tor Penrose in reply. 81 think the
time has come when these charges
should be met and the American peo-
ple should no longer be gulled by
answers which insinuate that another
man is a liar.
Senator Penrose had read by the