The Washington herald., 1912-08-20
|. R. EXPLAINS
CAMPAIGN FUND
Gives Out Long, Statement Covering
Relations with Big Dusi-
ness Interests.
REPLIES TO SENATOR PEHRosE
Bull Moose Leader Also Has Some.
thing to Say of Attack '
by Wickersham.

oyster Bay, N. IT, Aug. n-COi.
Roosevelt to-day dictated q long state
menf covering ~ he said, every phase
Of the connection between the funds of
his campaigns in the past and the rep
resentatives of big business in this. He
specifically denied that either he or his
had received any financial
assistance from the Standard Oil Com
pany or any Of its agents, and he re-
piled to the charge Of Senator Penrose
concerning the disposition Of the SIS
900 contribution Of John D. Archbold Of
the Standard OIL Company in 1904
He declared that Judge Alton B. Park
er had not charged that Roosevelt's cam
paign funds had been bolstered up by
the trusts. but he said that Parkers
charge was that the moneys had been
Improperly received in return for threats
or promises made to the trusts. He de-
MED the accusation a. he denied IL In
1904. He said there was at that time no
law against corporations contributing to
campaigns and that corporations did
contribute to Mr.. Parker's campaign
committee as well as to the Roosevelt
campaign committee. and to the Cieve-
land and Mckinley campaigns in the
previous Presidential years.
OF the Penrose statement, Col. Roose-
welt said.
Replies to Penrose.
"As regards Senator Penrose's state
and never have had the slightest knowi-
edge whether he or any one else during
the campaign Of 1904 raised any money
10 be used in carrying the State OF New
York.
But, as a matter Of fact. II happens
that In the campaign Of 1904 wrote TO
Mr. Cortelyou, stating that / wished no
money received from the Standard OIL
Company.
If any money was received from the
Standard Oil Company It was not only
without my knowledge. but In spite OF
my written prohibition. As for the funds
more knowledge Of them than OF the funds
used or raised In Ohio or Illinois. In 1904
Senator Penrose was not the Pennsyl-
vania leader. and. as far as I know. he
was supporting me simply as all other
Republican Senators-Senators from New
York, Ohio. Illinois. Massachusetts, and
California-were likewise supporting me.
In 1904 in Pennsylvania. IL my memory
is correct. Senator Quay was in charge.
My relations with him were always cor
dial and pleasant. He vigorously sup
ported all the policies 1 advocated. and.
as far as I know, he never asked and /
never did anything Of the kind. sort or
for him that could not be
blazoned in every newspaper throughout
the country"
RcpIics to wickersham.
Severe criticism against the Taft ad
for its handling Of the trust
problem was leveled by Col. Roosevelt
tonight in reply to an attack upon him
in Washington by Attorney General
Wickersham. The former President.
after hammering Wickersham for fall
ard Oil trusts observed that the Stan
ley committees attitude toward the
trusts was equally weak. Now Mr..
and Mr.. Stanley can decide
which prefers the comparison" re-
marked the colonel. with a sardonic grin.
In his reply to Wickersham, the colo
mel said:
The more suits against trusts that
are brought to a conclusion the way
sion the Standard Oil and Tobacco trust
cases, the better it will be for the trusts.
II Mr.. Wickersham will conduct a SINH
lar conclusion in few more suits OF the
same kind he will confer benefits upon
the trusts such as all of them put to-
gether connot confer on themselves. The
worst blow the antitrust law has ever
received has been given by the decisions
rendered under Mr.. Wickershams guid-
ance in the closing action taken against
the Standard on and Tobacco trusts,
and any man who defends those deci-
sions, or who. having those decisions in
view, justifies the present position in
with the trusts, or thinks II
is not warranted in receiv-
ing any further attention from any man
who is sincerely desirous of solving the
trust problem