The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-24
Consents to Appear

Senator Pomerene of Ohio, who sat with the sub committee today to repre- sent one of the absent democratic mem- beis, ptobahiy N H be made perfffA- nent member of the committee in place ef Senator Paynter of Kentucky The subcommittee then will consist of Sen ator Clapp, chairman; Senators Jones, Oliver, Lea and Pomerene. The com mittee is authorized to continue it's sessions after the adjournment of Con- gress and conclusion of the session to- morrow will not interfere with the in'- mediate .summoning of other witnesses. In reply to the statement of Colonel Roosevelt in New York today, Senator Penrose said tonight:
 Colonel Roosevelt's relations with the Standard Oil company clearly have been established that the Standard oil com pany, through John D Archbod, contrib uted s125,000 in the republican national campaign of 1904. Colonel Roosevelt did not consider that amount sufficient, and demanded an additional contribution of sl50,000. In reply to the disclosure of these facts Colonel Roosevelt submits a letter which in police circles would be known as frame up and an attack upon me per- sonally. The exposure of Colonel Roose- velt's negotiations With the Standard oil company are such that the frenzied cry
 
 D. Archbold's statement before the Sem ate investigation committee today sub stantiated every assertion I made on the floor of tn Senate on Wednesday reat- ing to the Standard Oil company's con- tribution in the campaign of 1904. Mir Archbod appeared before the committee at his own request. Members of that body informed me today that no such re- quest had been received from Colonel Roosevelt.
 T intend to follow this matter to the end. MT. Archbold left Washington this afternoon with the understanding that he would again appear before the committee and submit books and other records bear ing upon the Standard oil compary's con- tribution. I shall insist that all the per- sons mentioned in my statement in the Senate including Roosevelt, shall he sum- moned by the committee"
 John n. Archbo1d told the commit tee today that the Standard oil com pany's contribution in 1904 was made up on assurances from Cornelius N Bliss. He said the contribution was acceptablel to Colonel Roosevelt and that further contributions would be acceptable
 T told Mir Bliss we did not want to make the contribution unless 1t was to be gratefully received" he said. "Mr. Bliss told Us of Mir Roosevelt's attitude toward business and said he believed MT. Roosevelt would be fair and conservative man when 1t came to a test Mr. Bliss urged that the pol icies of the republican party were the sarest for business. We decided that our interests as business organiza- ton lay on the republican side and We decided to make this contribution'
 Explains Contributions
 MT. Archbold explained that sl0o,O0O went to the republican national com mittee and that sz5,00O was given to Senator Penrose for the republican state committee. The $25,000 given to MT Penrose, he said, was a political contribution and not a payment for services in public or private life. Then when the late MT. Bliss came to the Standard oil company for more money, about s1ao,ooo in all. Mir. Archbold said the board of directors refused to con tribute further toward the service He quoted MT. Bliss as saying: .I sneak to you personally. ] think you had bet ter make this contribution If vou do not somebody else will" MT. Archbold later said when the bureau of corpor- ations began making adverse reports on the standard OH company Mir. Bliss adpitted that the governments attack were unjust but said he had no in fuence with President Roosevelt MT. Roosev elt unfalteringly approved these attacks,s MT. Archbold said, without investigation or the slightest knowl- edge of thes facts. These reports of Garfield and Herbert Knox Smith were the work of mere puppets who jumpnd when Roosevelt pulled the strings
 When the Standard Oil magnste was askcl If he thought the conapany's re- fusai 10 contribute further was the cause of the unjust government attacks he bit his lips and said: T do not know
 Mir Archbold's testimony was regarded aA such importance that it was deter-