The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-29
THANKS STANDARD
FOR AMMUN|TlO
FOR WAR CHESTS
Bull Moose Delivers Attack
on Senator Penrose and
Archbold
HE'S NOT AFRAID OF
ATTACK BY HEARST
Says Editor Has Nothing On
Him and There Are No
Joints in Armor---Off
for Vermont

OYsTTR BAY, N Y. August 2s.-S
vitriolic attack upon Senator Pen~
rose and the Standard Oil trust Tor
what he characterizes "a plot to ruin
/ the third party, forms the basis OF
! the defense Colonel Roosevelt Is to-
turn into Senator Clapp in reply
! to the accusation that he acccpte0
Standard Oil support in 1904.
| The ex-presb4ent completed his
! dictation of the letter tonight befor0sa
! he left here on his trip to Vermonts
/ He stipulated that ii be held from
an eager public until next Sunday.
Il rather think / have sufficientiX
disposed Of Senator Penrose and MI.
Archbold" chuckied the colonel to-
night. They got together in tricks
/ to put ur the Standard Oil matter to
me- / show in my letter that Sena~
| tor Penfose as the tool of the stan
dard on and that MIR Archbold, -
the Standards agent, tried TO influences
government action in favor of the
TRUST. The two men have stamped
themselves as utterly unfit to be be-
neved. and l think / have indicated
| that in my letter
Penrose Done For. ri
/ Senator Penrose has confessed to
/ his relate MS to the Standard Oil In an
effort to besnirch me. On Mr. PEN 9
roses owl. testimony I'd have him
/ thrown from the senate RE rs uoH0
for. What he has succeeded in do.
| ing in all this broil about the Stan-
dared Oil IS TO load up the war chest
Of our party with ammunition For
that | am grateful to him. and to Mr..
Archbold, too They Will be a long
time explaining away their relations
together"
Roosevelt felt confident, no went on
TO say. that the people of the couri-
try. viii. upon reading his analysis
of the standard Oil and its grip upon
certain statesmen" come to the con-
clusion that the third party is th0
only one that Is not contaminated.
| The ex-president expressed once
more an ipquisitfveness to know what /
correspondence William r. Hearst -
| to produce tending TO show Roose-
velts attitude toward the Standard
Oil trust
Not Afraid of Hearst.
| II am not afraid OF what Mr.. Hearst
may have in store" declared the col- 4
onel II may have written some abb
solutely formal letter to MIR. Sibley or
some other Standard OH representa-
! tive inviting him to the White House
in response to u request for an inter
/ view. ! have asked all manner Ok
ipeople to see me at the White House.
Nothing ever happened al any inter-
/ view with me at the White House. or
lanywhere else with a Standard OIL
ireprese ntatiVe. that was not entireiy 4
right / do met think 1t necessary
fer me- 10 say that except in reply
10 the hearsay statements on the
stand by MI, Penrose, ana MT. AFen- 4
bold
/ The newspaper correspondents ask
/ Ell Mr. Roosevelt about the visit made
tx Mr.. Hearst TO the White House N
s0s. when. as Il published report had
It today, Afr Roosevelt asked the ed
itor if he had amy STANDARD OH lets
terT bringing In Roosevets name n
! the OIL trust mesh,
"You'n have 20 ask Mr. Hearst about
that interview" was Rooseveits re-
ply "
Relies on Loeb.
/ Roosevelt expects William Loeb. Jr.s
I his former secretary, 10 he of inrncns0S
aid in backing up the eolonel's letterN:
I 10 the senate committee in the event 4
that Loeb is called 10 Washington yprSs
! corroborative evidence ssa 3
] AS the senate committee has heard u
hearsay statements from Mr. odell ana
Mr.. Archbold about the Hartman mat
! ter, intend that they shall have the
f1rst hand testimony Of man ,wsi0#
was present and who heard the con III
versation," said the colonel.
/ MFR. Loeb was not only my privas0
secretary. but he was an intimatos
friend and adviser. He was cogni~A
zant of everything that went OH dur
t ing the 1904 campaign. He was press
| emf hahitually at most of the inser-M
views that | had with different me1a@
IT may add that until on mis- own
! initiative Mr.. Loeb came out to HA0N
| me the other day. / had not seen HIM
| nor communicated with him for etXA
/ months, for / knew he was for Mr.
Taft and expected him to be for Mfsss
Taft. as he Was holding his colnmi9x
sion But when the attack was mann
upon me by Messrs. Archbold and
Penrose. Mr.. Loeb felt that 1t was hf1s
! duty TO come out and see me Nh
No Joints in Armor.
by the way" inrerjected the COTE
mel. 1.-The prime trouble with Nsesxfn
Archbold Penrose and their backeese
and allies Is that they Judge ofhat
Thy themselves. They can't help thin1
ing that somehow or other tfey WIl
find joint in my armor They wo0SH
because OF the simple fact that Il tt
/ there to find. There Is nothing r.
they can find out TO my discr0dit
/ the excellent reason that there o.
anything dIscreditable to find out.
As an outcone of the oil
closures. rejecting the close inttn
between Mr.. Penrose and the IT,
/ Colonel Roosevelt believes that
third party liz going To carry r0nuX
yanla.~
| we will beat MIR. Taft In P6nnl
vania a good deal worse than va
! him In the primary. and am
Isonally convinced that we shall e&
PENNSYLVANIA without difficuity 1n1k
progressive ticket. There. ~ ~
where else the light Is hetweNmz
/ Wilson and myself. The Taft
! porters, as shown nv the ack1o9
Messrs Penrose and Arehbold.
not the slightest idea ~ eIcctinG
Taft. Moreover. they care iittlN
H. Their aim is taFbeat me. 6Mlx
the forces behind ma becAN4S