The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-10-16
TEDDY KEPT MONEY
GIVEN him BY THE STANDARD
OIL COMPANY FOLK
RECEIPT WAS BURNED

ITCHY of Letters to Senators and
Congressman Published by Hearst.
The authenticity Of the majority Of
the letters recently made public BY
William R. Hearst purporting to have
passed between John D. Archbold,
president Of the Standard OH Com
members of the House and Senate,
pany, and members of the House and
Senate, was admitted by Mr.. Arch
bold before the Senate committee IN
vestigating campaign activities and
expenditures.
Those letters, of which facsimile
photographs have been published,
were in almost every case identified
by Mr.. Archbold, with the state
ment: Il undoubtedly wrote that"
These included letters to and from
Senators Hanna, Foraker, Quay and
Penrose and former Representatives
Sibley of Pennsylvania, and GrosYe-
nor of Ohio.
The president of the Standard OH
Company, recalled by the committee
after making his showing in August
that he had given 100000 to the
Republican campaign fund Of 1904;
admitted Thursday that the receipt
given by Cornelius N. Bliss for the
sum had been destroyed by himself.
and H. H. Rogers, now dead. He
said he had not been able to find
even book entry Of the amount, on
the books of the Standard Oil Com
pany. II repeat that the money was
paid" he said, land was not refused:
that it was paid BY me to Mr.. Bliss.
don't want any man to tell me It
was not"
Mr.. Archbold's Identification Of
the various letters was followed b.
little questioning from the commit
tee. He said the money referred to
in some Of them as having been sent
to Senator Foraker, had been for
legal services in the State Of Ohio:
that he wrote to Senator N. A.
Hanna to watch legislative Affairs
there, because Mr.. Hanna had been
a lifelong friend; and that contri-
button of $1,000 to Senator Quay
had been entirely political contri-
button, as had the $4,000 contribu-
ton to Senator Penrose.
He did not know to whom Mf.
Sibley had referred in the letter say
ing that a certain Senator had re-
quested loan of $1,000, and asking
il Mr.. Archbold wanted "to make
the investment" He said he did not
send the. $1,000, had no talk with
Mr.. Sibley about it and did not know
to whom the statement related.
Mr.. Archbold presented four new
letters that he lad found as the re-
suit Of search Of his files, the only
ones, he said, that had escaped the
thieves" One was from President
Roosevelt.
''It is Of little value, but offer It
as showing the friendly attitude Of
Mr.. Roosevelt in 1904, at a period
when he has indicated he considered
NE under the ban," said Mr.. Arch
bold.
The letter in full was as follows:
w ulIt l1OUSS, ApSI1 GO, I0o1.
"My Dear Mr.. Arehbold: Lam in
receipt of your. letter of the 25th
and shall carefully take up the name
of your brother-in-law with the hope
that I can promote him. Sincerely
yours,
Theodore Roosevelt"
The other letters and kilograms
related to one recently made public
BY Mr.. Hearst, in which Congress
man Sibley wrote Mr.. Archbold that
President Roosevelt was anxious to
see him and advising him to come to
Washington and take luncheon with
The President. The letters addressed
10 IMr. Sibley expressed Mr.. Arch
oold's regret that he could not come
and expressed the hope that he
might later visit the President. Mr..
Archbold told the committee that
he did not go to the White House at
that time, January, 1904.
"Mr. Roosevelt, on the stand BE-
fcre this committee, put me in the
peculiar attitude of having been
brought to luncheon with him In
1905 at Oyster Bay by Senator
Bourne" said Mr.. Archbold.
He said that on a visit to the
White House, President Roosevelt
had spoken of the return of Mr..
Archbolds daughter and son-in-law
from Africa.
"I must have you bring them ov-
err" the President said, according
to Mr.. Archbold, and the latter add
ed that they went on the day ap-
pointed to Oyster Bay at the invita-
ton of Col. Roosevelt.
Mr.. Archbold declared the letters
made public by Mr.. Hearst had been
stolen from the files of his Office;
but he declined to name those whom
he suspected Of the theft. He said
he believed the letters contained
nothing that is subject to just crit
icism," and that they were such
letters as a man in a position Ike
nine would write to men in repre-
sentative positions.
Il rever made request Of any
man that meant the infraction OF an
existing law or the making Of any
new law. or the giving OF any spe-
cial privilege" he said. "Of course.
conditions have changed. The cam
paign publicity laws since made have
changed things, but the other mat
tiers in the letters I would repeat to-
day. / have no apology to make"
He declared it was amazing that
| men in Mr.. Roosevelt's position
would make the assertion that be-
cause of this contribution Of money
tc Senator Penrose for campaign
purposes, Mr. Penrose should be ex-
RELIED from the Senate" cit is .
monstrous thing to say" Mr.. Arch
bold said