Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1912-08-26
SECRETARY MAY Be WITNESS
BUT THAT FACT DOES NOT SEEM
TO DAuNT THE PROGRESS
sIvE LEADER.
The LEAST OF his TROUBLES
1904 CAMPAIGN FUNDS ARE NOT
WORRYING THE ROUGH
RIDER.

Oyster Bay, Aug. 26 What Colone
Roosevelt knew and did in the matter
OF John D. Archbold's alleged 500,
900 contribution to the republican
campaign fund In 1904; what Presi
dent Roosevelt said to the late 3. H
Hartman and what Mr.. Hartman
said to President Roosevelt about Har-
rimans s26O,OOO contribution are mat
ters to which William Loeb. Jr, Tor
merly Mr.. Roosevelt's private secre-
tary, is prepared to testify before the
senate committee investigating cam
paign funds, Colonel Roosevelt said
today:
''Mr Loeb told me last night that
he had seen statements that he was
to be brought down before the com
mittee." Colonel Roosevelt said. HE
wished to come and tell me about the
rumors. told him that if ne was
called he was to go. Of course, and to
testify to everything
While under no circumstances
would myself ever have asked Mr.
Loeb to testify" Colonel Roosevelt
declared. Tam more than pleased
that the committee chooses to do SO.
For instance, when | made my
statement about Mr.. Hartman in Mr..
Harriman's lifetime. ret it rest only
on my written letters, yet, as the COM
mittee has chosen to listen to hear
say gossip by Mr.. Odell and Mr.. Arch
bold as to what Mr.. Hartman said
took place at that interview, I shall
be glad to have them listen to Mr..
Loeb who was present at the inter
view.
"Mr. Loeb telephoned to Mr.. Bliss
and Mr.. Cortelyou about the alleged
Standard Oil contribution, making in
my behalf the same request that II
made directly in the TWO letters and
kilograms that have been published
and received the same assurance that
/ had received; that no Standard Oil
money had been received or would be
received"
Concerning the statement made by
William Randolph Hearst yesterday
in London in which Mr.. Hearst urged
him and Mr. Archbold and Senator
Penrose to tell the full story" Colo
mel Roosevelt had this to say: MY I
attitude toward the Standard Oil
company was precisely the same be-
fore as after election, as any one can
find out by turning to the files Of the
at the time of the passage
Of the bureau OF corporations bill be-
fore I was nominated or elected, when
the Standard Oil opposed the law and
! got it through by making pubic tele-
grams Of the STANDARD OIL people op-
posing the law and showing their acl
tivity. /
"As for any connection Of mine
with the Standard Oil before or after
election any human being is welcome
to make anything public about it Of
any sort, kind or description and if 1 +
had appeared before the committee
today should have testified to every t
feature Of 1t Of which had any recol-
lection or knowledge, and submitted
from my letter books any letters of
mine dealing in any shape or way
with the matter; and i should have
been delighted to have Mr.. Loeb, who
has been my private secretary, to ap-
pear to give every particle Of informa-
ion that he has"
Colonel Roosevelt said that he had
received today telegram from sena-
or clapp advising him Of the inabil-
ty Of the committee to have him tes-
ify today He said the telegram said
hat # be should testify 1t would
laye 70 be at considerably later date !