The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-08-28
.TaAT Aac4soLD CONTRIBUTION.


1t comes down after aIl-this Archbal3 reva
uon-yery much the point as the Hartman fund
though it only oue-haf as heavy contribution.
There Is tlc dopet As i Nss given sad used
Whether its acceptance implied an obligation by
Roosevelt special consideration for the donor is
question There hardly be any dispute Of the
that such implication accepted by both Harr
and Archbold In the Archhod instance there was
no personal communication with Mr.. Roosevelt The
money given, says Archbold Mr. Bliss treasurer
of the campaign committee. Mr. Roosevelt himself
firms that much in his letter of October &C. 1904 Mr.
Corteyou chairman of the committee. In that letter
Mr. Roosevelt said: Il have just been informed that
Standard people have contributed 100000 to our
campaign fund.- he instructed Mr. Corteyou 10 re
quest Mr.. Bliss to return it, Archbold says he gave
100000 Mr. Bliss in September that year. He also
says never back to him There can be no doubt
therefore, that the money paid into the Roosevelt
campaign fund by the Oil people nor that Mr.
Roosevelt had knowledge of the fact There can be no
doubt that thar it was not re-
turned 100000 of Standard Oil moneylater there was
$4,000 of the same-was therefore in promo
ton of Mr. Roosevelts candidacy president in 1904
Archbold says that he stipulated particularly and EN-
phacally that Mr. Roosevelt should the contr-
BUTTON and that he should appreciate gratefully
he that Mr. Bliss gave him full assurances of Mr.
RooseVelts knowledge and appreciation He says too,
that later Mr.. Bliss asked him for more money init
mating very clearly that would be well for him give
it and unhealthy his TO do So He didn't
give his interests became decidedly unhealthy in
Mr.. Roosevelt's hands When was this? The date is
not exactly fixed but it time date
of the first contribution in September election
on the Tuesday November Could it have been
about October &C. the day Mr. Roosevelt wrote Mr. Cor
telyou he knew the contribution and wanted it
returned? If could it be that Mr. Roosevelts nsruc
ton the first contribution for purposes of
record only? That's what Penrose suggests and
Mr. Roosevelt declares that the suggestion proves Mr..
Penroses 'incurable baseness of SOUL Maybe So but
there should be further eucdation actual
of the Clearly the necessity for an inquiry into
the whole matter is the absurdity Mr. Roosevelt has
declared it be- does his letter to Mr. orelyou
dispose completely the Whole matter as he claims
il does.
MI Archbold at least, badly used or thinks he
was. He the money the understanding that Mr.
Roosevelt should know of it be grateful it. Mr.
Roosevelt did know of it Mr. Archbod was given to
understand that he grateful for it he wished
for more the ground no doubt that one good turn
deserved Was Mr. Roosevelt note grateful for
the money, and did he of it? Mr. Archboo
didn't get his money did get the punis hment
Mr.. Bliss suggested a refusal to put up more money
betray Mr. Roosevelt? Mr. Roosevelt owes it to himself
prove that if is truth and the friends of Mr.
Bliss and the of the party with which he was
long associated in high confidence it to his mem
DRY dsprove it if it is the truth