The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-08-26
lie WI Write n Letter.

oyster Bay. y Y. August a5.-Hav-
ing rallied to obtain a hearing before
the Senate committee investigating
CD mpa gn contT!but ous because OF the
Inability OF the committee to Set to-
sether tomorrow. Colonel Roosevelt
plans TO write the committee d letter.
embodying some OF the things which
he would have testified He so declared
tonight in q statement in which he
also took tho committee to task for
permitting John u. Archuold 10 sail
for Europe without telling more about
the $4,000 Re contributed to the Re
publican campaign In Pennsylvania in
1901.
colonel Roosevelt had received no
direct word from senator Clapp when
the correspondents visited him at
sasamore Hul tonight He had heard.
he said. Indirectly, OF the committees
inability 10 have him appear before
II tomorrow.
He was greatly chagrined. he said
Also he added that the Senate need
not bother about comforting additional
powers on the committee ii it wanted
10 md out about his primary cam
paign. his relations with George W
Perkins and with Finn. the Pitts
burgh leader, or any other matters
connected with his primary campaign
or. for that matter. anything that rs
had ever done as President
Details OF his primary campaign.
however. would have been brought out
by questioning him. Colonel Roosevelt
feels and inasmuch as he viii not be
questioned. he plans at present to con-
iine himself chiefly in his letter TO re-
futing the testimony OF John d Arch
bold. in which Mr.. Archbold said he
was assured that Colonel Roosevelt
tr. h AL,
ton OF 500 c00, which Archbold testi-
ned he made in 1904 10 the Republi-
can campaign.
May Touch in Primary.
The letter viii be long Colonel
Roosevelt expects to spend pretty much
all day tomorrow working on IT, and
he is not sure il viii be finished by
tomorrow night il is possible he will
touch lightly upon his primary cam
paisn of 1912. 1t is reasonably
sure he will devote considerable space
to his relations with Senator Penrose
while ne was President. Colonel F.oosc-
welt said that last night he had seer
George b Cortelyou. who was Repub-
lican national chairman in 1904.
MIR. Cortelyou tells mo that he
never heard Mr.. Archboid's name men
toned in connection with any contri-
button by Mr. Bliss" Colonel Roosevelt
said. "and that as regards himself. the
whole story is fabrication ont OF
whole cloth as, OF course. it is about
me-
Colonel Rooseveits statement read,
as follows:
81 feel that the committee ought not
TO nave gone away ana let Archbolt
go TO Europe without taking any OF
his testimony on the really grave
charge. and then failed to let me- ap-
pear Immediately. knowing. as tho
COMMITTEES must know, what my later
, engagements are.
Il shall, however. at once write Sen
ator Clapp FUN statement OF at lcas
some OF the things to which wouli
have testified. Incidentally. snoult
like to say that they need not bothei
about comforting additional power.
upon the committee to question me
abou; my primary campaign Whethe,
they are given power or not. | shall
be delighted to answer any question
in my power which the committee ma,
put to me as to anything OF which
have knowledge connected with tn,
primary. or for that matter. OF any.
thing ] have ever done as President. Of
in this campaign. ] suggest. however
that the committee take UP the pri.
mary campaigns Of all OF the other
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