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roversy should withhold important facts

in his possession, Col. Roosevelt had a
great deal to say. He asserted that Mr..
Hearst's Intervention was not necessary
as far as he was concerned. He ha d
nothing, he said. to conceal. IL was
already the Colonel's intention TO clear
up in the statement he has in preparatio
the question raised by MIR. Hearst in re.
gard TO his visits from II II. Rogers and
John d. Archbold in the White House.
TO several other features Of the Hearst
statement he took vigorous exception,
particularly to the assertion that the
former Presidents attitude toward the
Standard Oil Company underwent de-
cided change.
MY attitude to Standard Oil was pre-
cise]y tho same before election az after
election. he insisted "and this any one
can find out by turning to the files OF the
newspapers at the time of the passage
of the Bureau Of Corporations bill before
! was nominated or elected, whom the
Standard Oil Company opposed the law
and ] got it through by making public
the kilograms of the Standard Oil people
opposing the showing up Of their activi =
ties.
As for any connection OF mine with
the Standard Oil people before or after
election any human being is welcome
to make anything public about that of
any sor. kind or descript ion and II had
appeared before the committee to-day
should have testified to every feat urc of
i, of which | have any recollection or
knowledge. and have submitted from
my letter books any letters Of mine deal
ing IN any shape or way with the matter
! should have been delighted to have
Mr. Loeb. who was then my private sec
retary. appear and give every particle
of information that ne has received
The question of concealed and secret
letters moved the Colonel to lamant
Nrtt Ia lx,Nt
at the disposal of the committee.
Il wish | could have been before the
committee to day to testify he resumed
reflectively. Il would have produced
my letter books and any letter written
by me or to me would have been glad
for anybody to have. There is certainly
no letter Of mine that l am not delighted
to have published. and il I had any idea
"a to what letter it was that any one was
referring to l would produce il myself
now.
Il do not remember whether or not
there were letters in which I spoke OF the
Standard Oil. or which were written to
! will guarantee without remembering
it, and that Ia that there is not a thing
in any letter that is not perfectly straight
as a string.
Col. Roosevet's opinion OF the Hearst
statement was summed up in his parting
NiOt TeCttu uI lne tduIit tIldt tIiS tOiOHel
had been boasting OF his belated honesty
"In the first place, he hared out, Il
haven't boasted: in the second place. my
honesty ia not belated; otherwise the
statement is accurate"
A a grateful relief to the storm OF re-
! proaches which has descended upon him
of late, the Progressive leader welcomed
tonight the statement made by Gov
Hadiey OF Missouri in the Coloners de-
fence. Referring to the Governors as
sertion that TO his knowledge only one
fourth as much money had been spent in
Missouri in getting Roosevelt delegates
as was expended by the Taft people he
grinned with pleasure. Upon learning
that the Missouri Governor had predicted
that the lines drawn in the Standard
Oil controversy were indicative OF the
campaigns final alignment. he exclaimed
enthusiastically, Bully for Hadley. that &
all can say"
| Whether he will be called upon to testify
before the Clapp committee at a lateI
schedule is such as to practically preclude
the possibility Of his doing 40 within the
! mex, month and half, during which time
most of his campaigning will be done
He ia going ahead with the preparat ioT
Of the long letter which he hopes to for.
ward TO Washington before leaving
Wednesday afternoon for his three day
speech making tour in Vermont. He has
heard nothing from the capitol
Late last evening"" he said. Il got q
reply from Senator Clapp saying that he
could not get a quorum together ano
have me on today. He thought it would
prove TO be considerably later, but he die
not say when