Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-09-06
HEARST THREATENS PENROSE.
Not True and Declares He Has
Documents to Prove IL.

New York, Aug. 30.-In a signed
statement cabled last night from Lon
don to the New York American, w. R.
Hearst makes further disclosures re-
garding the letters and documents he
has threatened to reveal if Senator Pen
rose and everyone else concerned in the
acceptance of contributions from the
Standard Oil Company in the campaign
of 1904 do not tell the full truth about
these contributions. Here is Mr..
Hearst's statement in part
am not partisan of Mr.. Roosevelt.
AS a matter of fact, l have neither
confidence in nor admiration for Mr..
Roosevelt. When / was battling in 1908
for exactly the same principles which
Mr.. Roosevelt has at last appropriated
as his party programe, Mr.. Roosevelt
sent Mr.. Root, Tweed's agent and his,
into the New York State fight to attack
me and to compass the defeat of the
principles for which l stood. Mr..
Roosevelt has since denounced Mr..
was then. MIR. Roosevelt has since
pronounced my programme right, which
it is and was then. But Mr.. Roosevelt
did not feel that Mr.. Root was a cor
ruptionist until Mr.. Root had opposed
him, and Mr.. Roosevelt did not realize
that the Progressive platform was right
until he saw where he could benefit by
the popular sentiment which had been
aroused in its support. But now that
the principles we advocated and the
reforms that we urged have become
generally approved and accepted, Mr.
Roosevelt, who was their main op-
ponent, poses Enthusiastically as their
chiefest champion. | am not, there
fore, unduly prejudiced in Mr.. Roose-
velt's favor, but the truth in this Stan
dard Oil conspiracy is not a question of
favor, but question of fact. | am not
engaged in defending Mr.. Roosevelt
personally, and | shall later print let
tiers which will not particularly please
Mr.. Roosevelt, but | am engaged in
giving the American people the exact
facts in regard to the political corrup-
ton with which they are opposed.
If Senator Penrose stated that the
$25, 900 sent him by Mr.. Archbold was
for Mr.. Roosevelt and not for himself,
he stated what was not true. | have
waited several days for Senator Penrose
to tell the truth, but he is apparently
unwilling to do so, and | am going to
tell the truth for him, as promised to
in secret certificate of deposit by Mr.
Archbold was for Senator Penrose's
own use in his personal Pennsylvania
campaign. Senator Penrose acknowl-
edged receipt of the S25, 900 certificate
of deposit and referred specifically to
Mr.. 'Archbolds letter of Oct Is, in
which the certificate was inclosed.
Furthermore, Senator Penrose signed
the acknowledgment as chairman of
the Pennsylvania State Committee and
wrote, in doing so, upon the official sta
tionery of the Pennsylvania State Com
mittee. Other Standard Oil contribu-
lions were solicited and employed by
other committees in the campaign of
1904, but this particular certificate of
deposit was secured by Senator Penrose
for his own use in his own State, and
| have the documents to prove this. If
Senator Penrose should tell any further
falsehoods, shall be glad to disprove
them, but sufficient for the day is the
evil thereof. Boston Transcript