The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1912-08-27
FORMER PRIVATE SECRETARY
TOLD ~ THE coLoNELNTo
TELL EVERYTHING.
ACCESS TO BOOKS GIVEN
"Thsy Can Have Anything I've Got 1t
Any Tims," Declares Tsddy-"Thsy
Are vvsleems to Any Letter ! Have
Ever Written 70 Any Human 6sin0
on the Subject" He says.

Oyster Bay. N. Y, Aug. 26-"They
can have anything I've got at any
time. They are welcome to any letter
l have ever written to any human be-
ing on any subject"
This was Colonel Roosevelts only
comment tonight on the senates adop-
ton of the Penrose resolution direct
ing an inquiry into the Archbold-Pen-
rose Roosevelt controversy over cam
paign contributions. The news reached
him as he was playing losing tennis
game with his sons. Archie and Quen-
tin, on the court ut Sagamore Hill. He
halted long enough to glance at the
evening papers brought him by the
correspondents, commented again on
the visit to him yesterday of William
Loeb, Jr, had a few words to say con-
cerning william r. Hearst's statement
in London, and went back to retrieve
the game.
Voluntary.
"You know did not direct Loeb to
go down to Washington he said.
when he read his declaration earlier
in the day that his former private sec
retary was ready to testify as to what
he knew OF the alleged 100000 con-
tribution of John ID. Archbold to his
campaign in 1904 and of the Hartman
contribution of $260,00O.
mr. Loeb came to me. He told me
he had seen statements In the news
rapers that he would be called upon
to testify before the committee. In as
much as he had been my private Sec
retary and has very strong sense OF
~ Al nf nrtuu a
secretary, he thought he would better
speak to me before going down to
washington.
II told him 10 go ahead and testify
to everything he could remember. !
told him that IL I was absent from
Sycamore Hin he could come up and
ge. my letter books and take from
item any letters he wanted TO place
before the committee"
A Real Service.
Colonel Roosevelt chuckled as he
read the newspaper stories. He
stopped abruptly In the reading and
locked up at the correspondents.
II could thank Archbold and Pen
rose for what they have DONE" he said.
"They have rendered me a real serv-
Ice"
One OF the correspondents told Mr..
Roosevelt that Governor Hadley Of
Missouri had given an interview In
his defense today.
''Ru!ly for Hadley!" was all he said.
There Is one thing that Colonel
Roosevelt asks the correspondents to
make clear each time they visit him.
That Is, he does not say the Standard
OIL did not contribute 100000 to his
car rpaign fund In 1904. but that he did
not know of any such contribution. and
that II II were given, his campaign
managers received II In violation of his
explicit instructions.
The letter which Colonel Roosevelt
Is writing to Senator clapp, chairman
OF the senate committee, was not fin
ished tonight ana he said he did not
know when 1t would be done. 1t will
be long, he added, as he Is trying to
embody In 1t the principal things to
which he would have testified had he
had the opportunity to appear today
before the committee.
What Colonel Roosevelt knew and
did In the matter of John d. Arch
bold's alleged 100000 contribution to
the republican campaign fund In 1904.
what President Roosevelt said to the
late T. II. Hartman and what Mr..
Hartman said to President Roosevelt
about Harriman's 100000 contribution
are matters to which William Loeb.
Jr., formerly Mr.. Rooseyelts private
secretary Ii prepared to testify to be-
fore the senate committee investigat-
ing campaign contributions, Colonel
Roosevelt said today. "Mr. Loeb told
me last night that he had seen state
ments that he was to be brought be-
fore the committee Colonel Roosevelt
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