The Sentinel=record., 1912-08-22

N'tCncncF or NHdFtouHls WHO Hda been considered a confirmed bachelor, ls to be married.
 porting to inclose $25OOO from John ID Archbold
 Their publication now, with the naiignant insinuations accompanying them, is in the nature of political blaekmail, the purpose of which is to punish, coerce or intimidate me be- cause of my political course. The statement that there Is any connec- tion between tEJ industrial commis sion and a certain check from John D Archbold is false malicious and without Justification
 T now come to the letter alleged to have been written to me by John D. Arehbold. inclosng a certificate of deposit in my favor for S25 GOO, writ ten under date of October 13, 1904. T have reason to believe that this let ter is forgery and l challenge it's production: but it is true, and at the time it was well known that during the presidential campaign of 1904 did receive such a contribution from Mir. Archbold for the campaign in Pennsylvania. The contribution was part of a much larger one
 T was at the time the chairman of the republican state committee of Pennsylvania and a member of the republican national committee. I was at the republican headquarters in l Philadelphia in full charge of the state campaign and I was in close touch with many of the phases of the national campaign.
 MT. John D. Archbold had several interviews with Cornelius N. Bliss, treasurer of the republican national committee, and with me. relative to financial assistance in the campaign. Finally we came to an understanding by which MT. Archbold made con tribution of S125.000, of which $100,- 000 was to go to MT Bliss as treas urer of the republican national com mittee for the national presidential campaign outside of Pennsylvania, and $25000 was to be contributed to me as state chairman for the cam 3aign in Pennsylvania.
 Not long after the contribution of $100.O00 to the republican national committee Mir. Bliss, on hebalf of the committee, called again to see MT. Archbold and asked for a further con tribution of S15O,OO0. He represented that Mir. Roosevelt had been advised Of the original contribution. as had the chairman of the republican na tional committee, Mir. Cortelyou. and that the contribution was appreciated by both, but that the need of further financial assistance was badly felt at headquarters. l knew positively that Mir. Archbold wanted to make this further contribution and felt that it was presented to him in way that made him desire to make it, but he was overruled by his associates, and further contribution was not made.
 "The state ticket in Pennsylvania was not in danger in the fall of 1904, and the campaign was waged entirely to poll as large a vote as possible for the presidential candidate and to elect to congress as large a number of republicans as possible. The re- suit was a majority of over 500,000 in
 
 delegation which was all republi- can, with the exception of one con- gressional district. l received letter from Mir. Roosevelt expressing his thanks for the result in Pennsylvania.
 .'g'iife iife efforts made to misrepresent a transaction, which at the time was entirely legal and proper, is only part of the systematic efforts of the Finn Van Valkenburg combination in Penn sylyania to break me down and drive the people through the interruptions methods of yellow journalism.
 MT Wm. Finn of this unsavory combination which until recently Mir Roosevelt would have been quick tc denounce and repudiate, has made g Ifcrtune out of crooked municipal con tracts and the corrupt control of mu- nici pal councils and state legislatures MT E. A. Van Valkenburg, editor o the North American in Philadelphia was arrested and indicted for briber' in my first senatorial contest in 1896
 and only escaped conviction througl the leniency of Senator Quay and up on the payment of about S10,000 fo costs and lawyers. detectives and fo other expenses of prosecution
 Upon the death of Senator Qua, ih 1904 Mir Finn became a candidat
 to succeed himself in the senate. II
 Philadelphia during discussion O
 the successorship to Senator Quay
 Mir Film offered to Israel w Dur
 ham. a republican leader In pennsyl |