Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-12-17
HEARST IS WITNESS
BEFORE CLAPP
INVESTIGATING
COMMITTEE
Newspaper Publisher prOduc.
es Photographic Copies OF
Now Famous Archbold Lett
ters and Telegrams. \
THROWS LITTLE LIGHT y,
ON ORIGIN OF PAPERS
ScnabOrS Referred to Magazine
Writer for Information as
to How Standard Oil Files
Became Public.

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Th" publisher was tho SHAiof witness
Hl ihr '"mlnlt!"" snort session to-
. dhN. Two ul ihO letters no produced
h1d h''h nndr public m 1bOt, no
-a'd IN % speech ~ Columbus, ohio.
Hh' were trnm john ID. Archbotn
hni rrirrrrd NJ n projected loan or
t"o."oh 4" Srnnt"r Foraker to no re.
. iuh toy ihlnllmontA. MIR. HenrHt toln
/ IN '"WWlii'r ne had been ihtormeu
! that IA" money wiW repaid,
Nuh 'hr l'hllmohN OF MI. HearsS
| hud J"hn \ohncdN, tho latter n Wit
| ness rhllvS ~ thc request OF Senator
! bliNrr to tell OF Srpator Pcnrosea
consolidation with the WduHtrIn' conf
| mission the coiumhtro ndJoMrned to
! m''' "h'h rsAhed py chairman
. tlapp
Hearst Rppuarcd IN nv first wltnvsA
~ the .upuuiug of tho campaign IN
vest igntiun, which had oumu TO "A halt
before election The New York pub
usher told, tho tOht1Iittee' NNptite out
! rrl that h" hud some others that hnd
/ unt been r1udc hubble TIo flPpt nPo-
/ lutl"r already published and idCnti- ,
urd them for tho convenience OF tho
! Irummittro.
chairman Clupp qskcd MIR. Hearst
# hu "Nrr raw tho originals of tho
, letters published la his magazine. ITO
/ yajd hr Nus nd reTtnin hut no be-
I hr'Vd he hud only seen tho phutu-
glauli" facsimile copies,
"ur "hou dtd Suu get thun,?"
u|it"d S,ultur tltpp.
/ iirlrI hraititud a moment.
II am au>loi'." hc hogan, TO tcs-
! tity very iully tu everything that
! an personally concerned In and cV-
,riihmg Ol interest To this inquiry,
| Do Nuu frrl that this IL essential to
/ IN. inquiry %"
aRat"r tnpp replied that tho au-
| thWlrity of some ur the letters had
brru uiIrdi"ucd, After members g.,
the committee had insisted upon tho
rnlormuiuu Mr. Hcnrst responded that
hr goi the copluR OF John Eddy OF
l.undUn, author of four ur the articles
published ~ II magazine. lie tsti.
. ned n" did not know ut whom Eddy
procured the lcttCTs.
Mr. ilsSrst then TRoduGUd tho SOW
cIal letters ana kilograms, The first
/ ,Nag from senator prnroHo TO John u,
Archhold, dated lice. 4. 1908, at
| hhiladclphil aud read Ia part m fol-
lNNa:
81 have wired Sountor Aldrlch to
mako un appointment with him to
discuss TIA" mnttcr rcs'rred 10 in your
/ letter"
II added that pcnrnsc himself could
meet Archh"ld IN Now York nt any
timr \ lattur from John -. Arch
huld ~ !. H. Foraker ,thou senator
from onto, Expressed the walingncRs
ur Archhold 10 make a Loan of 26O.-
900 Hearst said hc know nothing Of
referred.
Another letter was from John II,
Arrnnold. To- former Representative
Ju#uph 6. S1bkpN, "a WhAgh no re-
r"rrcd tu IN enclosed ctF lhcato OF
drpusii uf $50, 900 "scnt YOU Mt the re-
quest or Mr., Grisrom. the purpose Of
, which you no doubt indcrstan6 with
him"
\ telegram from Mr. ponroRe tn
Mr. Archhuld. Dcc, I, 1908, read IN
rull.
4 "HuHr lottCF ~ tho fifteenth instant
: Wug received Yesterday, on my rcturn
, from trip Ia british Columbia. I
have wired sonntor Aldrlch 20 make
an anpoinimont with him 70 discuss
In New York amy day IL you hRVO any
suggestions Ia make. L think the
matter IN Of considerable Importance