Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-10-04
ROOSEVELT ON
the STAND IN
INVESTIGATION
Tsstifies Before the Senate
Committee Regarding Cam
paiqn Contributions.
READS ANOTHER LETTER
Protesting Against Receiving
of Money from Any Ques-
ti0nabIe Source.
Special By United Press Wire.

Special BY United Press Wire.
Washington, Oct. 4.-As an explo-
sive climax to his bitter denuncia-
tlon of those who sought to attrib-
ute improper motive to his seeing
John D. Archibald, of the Standard
Oil, and In view OF his communica-
tion with e. H. Hartman, Colonel
Roosevelt demanded today that SEN
ator Penrose, of Pennsylvania, be-
thrown out of the United States Sem
ate, because of his own admi sion
be ore the committee that h advised
John u. Archibald to try to purchase
immunity from the prosecution by
the government.
Archibald testified that this was an
attempt to blackmail him, Roosevelt
asserted explosively. II do not be-
lieve that. AS you have seen by
these letters, as soon as there was
any rumor about improper contribu-
tions ordered them returned, andL
have the assurance Of Cortelyou and
Bliss that there we're no such con-
tributions. Loeb had assurance over
the phone that the Standard OIL did
not give anything. Penrose says he
advised Archibald to submit to black
mail because of hostility of myself
in certain quarters They could
only obtain the hostility OF myself
and they could incur that II they vio-
lated the law. The purpose of PEN
rose in such advice could only have
been to secure the Standard Oh Com
pany against government action II it
violated the law"
Roosevelt sprang another sensa-
ton when he asserted that he had
! never asked Mr.. Hartman, directly
or indirectly for a dolia.. to hedp in
| the 1904 campaign or in any other"
| He asserted that far from there being
any request made of Hartman for a
contribution the railroad king had
| been the one who solicited Roose-
velt's aid in getting the national COM
mittee to appropriate more of it's
funds to help out the Republican gu
bernatorial candidate in New York,
Governor Higgins.
Roosevelt complained against
Charles D. Hilles, national Republi-
can chairman. and Representative
| Barthold, who had been quoted as
saying that the Progressives spent
three million dollars trying to nomi-
nate Roosevelt, and demanded that
hey be summoned before the COM
| mittee "and required either to make
good. apologize or else be driven out
| of public life." He also demanded
that Charles P. Taft, the Presidents
| brother, be summoned totestify.
The Colonel reached the building ff
| teen minutes ahead of time and con-
ferred with Senators Clapp, Pomer-
enc, Oliver and Paynter. He took
the stand one minute after 10 o'clock
was sworn in by Senator Clapp.
Colonel you were a candidate in
19047". asked Clapp.
II was," replied Roosevelt.
Clapp called his attention to John
! D. Archbald's testimony regarding
100000 Standard OIL contribution.
Roosevelt asked that he might be
permitted to consider the letter that
he had sent to Senator Clapp as part
of his answer. Clapp replying in the
affirmative, Roosevelt began:
'I have two or three things to add
to that letter. Looking through my
press books l find two other letters
regarding campaign contributions
One was letter to Mr.. Bliss already
printed, the other was letter to Mr..
Sheldon, in 1908"
Roosevelt then produced a latter
and read 1t as follows.
September 21, 1908.
"I have been informed that some
one in your behalf has requested con-
tributions both from Mr.. Archibald
and Mr.. Hartman. If this is true I
enter protest. If, true, they should
be refused. l protest most earnestly
against any money being taken from
trusts that may bo prosecuted by the
attorney general. II rendered they
should be refused. am not the can
didate, bht I protest most earnestly
to the solicitation Of funds from per-
sons who We are prosecuting. Four
years ago, am informed, Mr.. Cor
telyou returned money received from
those who were being prosecuted.
told him to return any such money.
I hold that the reasons that obtained
then are stronger now. l would
rather see US defeated than to win
with that money. The acceptance of
dollar would hurt Mr.. Taft moro
than it would probably help to elect
him.
Roosevelt then read his letter to
Cortelyou of 1904 and also produced
q telegram to tho same person re-
questing that the letter be needed.
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