The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-09-12
ROOSEVELT DENIES ALLEGATIONS
OF ABCHBOLD And SENATOR PENROSF

campaign contributions. Colonel
eNOoSeNelt makes fiat denial Of the in
| ISrehce OF John ID. Archbold that he
NtooseNelp, through Bliss. knew of
says: ne
communicated with Mr. Bliss
very frequently, and never made
"uS aIusion TO contributions i'm
any IetIer wrote him or any
conversation 1 had with him.
have never discussed the
question of contributions with
W.T. TcrlInS,' he goes on. save
III connection with discussing the
accusations brought before your
committee"
The visit to the White Housa of
Archbold and II. II. Rogers aho1,+ -
year after Roosevelt's election. is dealt
win at length. They protested the
Oolonel says, against the accusatioDs
mace against the Standard Oil i'm CON
4,eClioh with rebates, the prosecution
| then being in hands of ATTORNEY Con-
eral Bonaparte, Frank b. Kellor and
James X. Garfield, director of IN
reau of Corporations.
re toId the oil magnates. the Colo
mel says, that he could do nothinT for
MIN. Congressman Sibley, of Penn
SylNanla, and Senator Bourne triod ~
peatediy TO induce him 70 alte, 80,
course against Standard Oil. but he
Iiatiy refused, finally going so far &c
10 orGer senator Bourne TO desiSt In
ms efforts i'm behalf of the standard
-. tnIs point In his letter the Colonel
makes his only allusion to the Letters
published by Mr.. Hearst ,,,btn,s
He says: sd ioh'
COAMENDS HEARST,S IVORIx
nave in times past CrificiScJ
VT hearSt, but i'm this matter
ne mas rendered a public Service
vi HlSh importance; and L hope he
VIII publish all the letters deal
WIN inc matter which he has
III MS possession. If MIR. Hearst
or anybody else has anv Joffcr
from me dealing with Standard
vi ailalIrs 1 shall be delighted 70
nave IL published; and If anyone
c"n suggest any question as 10
"lS Ietier nave ever written or
ISCcNcd on the subject and will
give NE the approximate. / will
at once Try TO look il up, and If
i can ind il, will publish it,,
OlOHeI roosevelt states plainly that
uOeS not believe the statements of
- ' OlIpoIu ana Penrose that Bliss said
ANOOSeNet knew of Bliss request for
money from Standard Oil. The COLI
nel presents in this connection y ~,
D4t u evidence in the form of a
statement purporting to have been
made by Bliss several months bafora
W uSath and printed in the New
DIX herald, a paper hostile 10 Rooeo
NeIt' December -, 1911. The stat
Ineht upholds Roosevelt in his conton-
tiOhs IN the Hartman matter ana
-'liSS Is quoted as saying that there
lever had been conducted i'm this
~ UrtIy d cleaner campaign than that
OF Roosevelt in 1904.
"A Matchmaking Scheme.
alter Presenting portion Of PEN
0oiilIllttee, Roosevelt saws:
HeEe Mr.. Pcnrose saws TINT
nc, member of the National re-
PunHoan committee and "a United
Sc1tes senator, advised Mr.. Arch.
coIu mat IL would be a mistake
h INC Standard Oil Company not
10 contribute, and if thew did NOT
make more liberal confribntionS
tlley might incur hostility i'm Ger.
tain quarters III 0of
surely no more extraordinary
testimony was ever submitted nv
It. iI'eu states senator. IL en-
DouieS far worse accuSafion
against him than ever Sho,,I.s
nave dreamed of making. Sena-
tor PeflnoSe'S language is SnS
GepuDie OF but one intcrpretafion
II was MS belief that the Govern
,,io,'I "ouId sell its protection and
would blackmaiI those who did
not buy protection precisely ~ in
me underworld of our great cit;ns
vice Is blackmaiIed or protection
OF IL is sold for "A price
Surely there can be no two
oPlhlons among honest men thai
enc INC man whose actions as soma
tor are thuS described as himself
Is wholly unfit longer to be- scnn
1 L do not wonder that Mr..
mer." LOTT