Las Vegas optic., 1912-10-04
CORPORATION MONEY WENT INTO
ROOSEVELT CONTRIBUTION BOX
And WAS RECEIVED WITH JOY

Looking thgolgh ny 3stier 11okz. 2
be said. since ] Wrote nv rsnsut 1st-
ter 70 Senator C7app ] have Founa 1x0
other letters bearing On carEsaizn esn-
ITlbutiuns one was t0 CprnaIins \.
bliss il 1906. which. ] unasrzsood.
Was recanfly given 10 guur oa,Euzzliii-
tee the Other letter written Is
George R. Shadoa il 1904
Al the chAirrnan's request Colansl
Roosevelt rsad the letter aaaed ss4~
temasr y. 1903 and addressed 70
George R. sheldon treasurer of he
republican national chmuauee. 1t
as praedcally as follows,
I am informed shaf you or sems
one on behalf Of ths naaon& commit
tee has been soliciting conuzbunons
from corporations, par1cularly from
John d Archhold ana he standard
Oh company. II this Is trne xlsh
4 10. enter a vigorous protest and say
that not only should s8eh contrIsu-
ton be refused but nat If made FhAr
il should be Immediately returned
The letter set forth thar -fo4r yaars
ago Mr. Cortelyou refused al conEri-
buttons from corporations. which were
being prosecuted OF were likely 70 bs.
prosecuted ana thar Col0nsa Roosevelt
wished the same course followed n
the 1905 campaign. Colonel R00se
Eelt also read the letter uf October
26. 1904 to Chairman George B. Car
telyou, IN which he declared thar il
any money had been contributed b
the STANDARD on company or John Z.
Arehbold it should be remrned Al
once The letter vas an emphatic
declaration 10 AIr Cortalyou that Ee
cannot under any eiTcuns1znras afsard
10 take 3 confirmation that mighz se
construed as placing IS under an
OBLIGATION.
Now. in regard 10 ne Hartman
fund began Senator Clapn Colonel
Roosevelt interrupted ana asked 10
explain the charges that have been
made in regular order. and Senator
Clapp aeQuiseed.
There is No testimony against ne.
except in the form OF hearsay sVi-
denee, The colonel said. Hearssv
statements Of men thar are dead
Colonel Roosevelt said he had not
intended 10 bring his former nrirate
secretary into the controversy but
that as the committee had already
determined to can William Losh. Jr.
he had asked him to bear ont his
statements
May / speak Of a letter published
in Hearss magazine from congress-
man Sibley asked the colonel and
then vent on. IT is 3 letter which
in substance states thar Sibleg came
to see ne ana spoke to ne about
seeing Mr.. Arohbold and ] said 7 would
be delighted to see him and asked
Nr. Sibley 10 bring Mr.. Arehbold to
lunch. ] don't remember ever having
talked TO Mr. sibley about that ma
ter. but it is very possible I may
have done So He added that Sen
ator noFne had once brought Nr.
Archtol6 to lanch al oyster Bay.
The colonel spoke rery slowly,
while was president he said, look
ing forward. il any man. trust mas
nate. socialist. lawyer or clergyman. /
had any business with me- and want
ed to see me. gladly saw him And
if thought there was anything 70 be
gained from the standpoint Of the
public service in seeing my man, then
without waiting Tor him 70 ask. ]
wculd send for him
Colonel Roosevelt instaneed his
practice OF that policy BY saying dur
ing his administration he had sent for
James ]. Hill the railroad magnate.
s. think I sent for ]. Pierp0nt Nor
gan said be, at least saw Dir.
Morgan In regard to currency cues
tons"
Now, about the Hartman basi-
ness said the colonel 7 feel that there
ought not be need for any intelligent
man io ask any question after read
ing the letters ! wrote at that time.
Here be took Up BIS letters to MI
Harriman and defended the use of the
term, practical men il ID The much
discussed letter Of October "A, 1906
he said bis effort was 70 get practical
men IN politics
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