The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-11

with the President. Then letters ad- dressed to MT. Sibley expressed Mir. Arch bold's regret that he could not come and expresses the hope that he might later visit the President. MT. Archbold told the committee that he did not go to the White House at that time, January, 1904.
 MT. Roosevelt on the stand before this committee put me in the peculiar at titude of having been brought to luncheon with him in 1908 at oyster Bay by Sen ator Bourne,' said Mir Archbold.
 He said that on visit to the White House President Roosevelt had spoken of the return of MT. Archbolds daughter and son-in-law from Africa.
 I must have you bring them over, the President said, according to MT. Arch bold, and the latter added that they went on the day appointed to Oyster Bay at the invitation of Colonel Roosevelt.
 Hearst Letters Stolen
 MT. Archbold declared the letters made public by MT. Hearst had been stolen from his office; but he declined to name those whom he suspected of the theft. He said he believed the letters contained moth ing that is subject to just criticism" and that they were such letters as man in a position like mine would write to men in representative positions q never made a request of any man that meant the infraction of an existing law or the making of any new law or the giving of any special privilege" he said the campaign publicity laws since made have changed things but the other matters in the letters, l would repeat today. l have no apology to make He declared it was amazing that a man in MT. Roosevelt's position would ma a that of this contribution of money to Senator Pen rose for campaign purposes, MT. Penrose should be expelled from the Senate Tt is monstrous thing to say,' said Archbold
 The letter sent by Republican Chair man Hilles to George W. Perkins and given to the Senate committee today was in part as follows:
 Tn your letter of recent date you ques- tion my assertion that millions of dol lars of harvester money were expended in the effort to nominate MT. Roosevelt.
 The public has not been furnished with statements as to sums received and disbursed by you and your allies. But there are other ways or ascertaining the amounts expended and particularly by es- timating the easily ascertainable cost of things that were done. Five or six of Mir. Roosevelt's witnesses have already admitted that they expended approxi- mately S557 000''
 Paid Delegates Expenses
 sne letter stated this was exclusive of the money spent in a great number of states which are named and in which MT. Hilles said a hard Roosevelt fight was made. He said that in addition 'enor- nous sums were spent by the Roose- welt management in fomenting states and in transporting the fictitious claim ants to Chicago and paying their hotel expenses while there"
 There was evidence on every hand, the letter continued ''of the expendi- ture of large sums of money in Mir. Roosevelts behalf and his preconventioh campaign expenses undoubtedly amounted 10 not less than s2,000o00.
 As to the assertion that harvester money was used,'. Mir. Hilles said in his letter to MT Perkins that the lat ter has been an active figure in the International Harvester company and that as chairman of the finance com mittee ito all intents and purposes. you have been the harvester trust"
 There is a fact full of significance" the letter said, namely that the har- vester trust itself Is silent as to whether it has contributed anything. It permits you, however, to go on with your political activities and to bring its affairs conspicuously int~ public notice.
 Why does it do this unless if Is itself interested in yqdr endeavor? Whether justly or not vour conduct is subjecting it to the, suspicion that