Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-10-04

81 asked no man to contribute t,
the campaign fund when | was elect
ed president of the United States an,
wish to reiterate that Mr.. Bliss ane
Mr.. corteIyou both assured me tina
no promise had been made as a re
turn for any contribution. Neithe
they nor any one else having authori
ty asked me to act or to refrain from
acting in any matter while was
president because any contribution
had been made or withheld.
Gentlemen, could put it more
sweepingIy?"
In these words, Colonel Roosevelt
summarized his testimony today al
the close of the first part of his hea.
ing before the CIapp committee of the
senate Investigating campaigns. The
colonel specifically denied that he
ever asked for contributions to his
1904 campaign fund or that he had
known of any contribution by J. p.
Morgan.
To these unequivocaI statements,
Colonel Roosevelt added again that
he had ordered the return to the
Standard Oil company of any contri-
button it had made in 1904, that he
was assured by George B. CorteIyor,
"onIy yesterday" that he knew of no
such contribution, and he did not be-
Iieve Cornelius N. Bliss had ever de-
mandeo a contribution from John S.
ArchboId or from any corporation by
methods of extortion.
Colonel Roosevelt did not deny
that corporations had contributed to
the 1904 campaign. He said his let
ters and public statements had al.
ways acknowledged that fact but he
specified that no such contribution
had ever been obtained under any
suggestion that the administration
would reward the gvers with special
favors. Colonel Roosevelt's testi-
mony bristed with characteristic
statements.
"Senator Penrose should be driven
from the senate" he declared, "be-
cause of his acknowledged friendIi.
ness with Standard Oil interests.
Charles H. HiIIes and Congressman
BarthoIdt should be forced to prove
their statements that the Roosevelt
primary campaign funds this year
had amounted to $30O0,000 or $4,000
900 or should be driven out of public
life"
He declared as had Senator Dixon
his campaign manager, Wednesday,
that the senate committees activities
had thus far been directed solely to-
ward the Roosevelt campaign funds
and that no attention had been paid
to other candidates. He was assured
by Senator cIapp that the representa-
tives Of other candidates would all
be called "before election"
When the committee re-convened
after recess, Senator Paynter took
up the examination.
The colonel reiterated that his first
knowledge of 100000 contributions
in 1904 by J. P. Morgan or George J.
Gould came from the testimony from
George r. Sheldon yesterday.
81 knew H. c. Frick had contribu.
ted heavily and was ready to contrib.
ute more," he said. ~ did not know
the amount. Mr.. Knox had told me
that Mr.. Frick was one Of my strong
est hackers"
"a had heard there was Standard
Oil contribution" said the colonel,
"but ! didn't know that it came from
Mr.. Archbold." He could not remem
ber~who told him.
"Havc you believed all these years
that the Standard Oil contribution
vas not made?" asked Senator Payn-
Ter.
"corteIyou told me that and Mr.. ;
Bliss told Mr.. Loeb that; and only
.he-onIy the other day Mr.. corteI. i
,ou told me that he had been inform. {
ID by Mr.. Bliss that contributions I
lad been made by the Standard Oil
company.
~ had an explicit understanding I
With Mr.. Bliss and Mr.. Cortelyou that
10 money was to be accepted 1t any l
lind Of conditions were expressed or I
implied to its receipt; and the money t
vas not to be spent In any improper
way such as the buying Of votes" s
Washington, D. c., Oct. 4.-COlonel s
Roosevelt arrived here early this /
morning to be the star witness before t
he Clapp committee of the senate in /
estigating campaign funds. r
Several hundred people were lined
10 in the corridors of the senate Office '
uilding two hours before the time
ct for the hearing, hoping to get into G