The Washington times., 1912-08-23
Head Of Standard Oil Appears Before Committee

tribution so that he. Penrose. should
II paid the money to Penrose little
later than that to Bliss" said the Stan
dard Oil head
your book entries would show when
II was nader" insisted Pomerene,
Archbold said he would examine his
books. ~ recollect that II was paid IN
paper currency" he said, but would
not say II was not"
Will Look Up Files.
Archbold said he talked with Penrose
about the national campaign, but not
about Roosevelts acceptance of the
Standard Oil contribution, II will look
up my records and advise the commit
tee,'' said Archbold. There are none;
no letters regarding any campaign con-
Archbold produced copies of three let
ters written to Penrose In September
and October, 1904, arranging for inter-
views at 2s Broadway.
Read. the letters interjected FEN
Two were merely formal. arranging
for personal and telephone appoint
ment. Another asked Roosevelt to
use his influence to secure an army
President Roosevelt afterward made
the appointment, said Archbold. Il
cannot find a copy of this forged
stolen letter"
1--WE let it be known to those Stand
| ard Oil people-the Republicans-in
every place that we appreciate what
I they could do to help the Republican
party" said Archbold.
Democrats in our organization. We
| never do that. Some of our directors
may have made individual contriou-
tons; 1 do not know" l.,
You remember that Judge Parker, IN
| that campaign. made the charge that
Roosevelt was being aided by the large
| interestsP" asked Pomerene.
Il do" said Archbold smiling broadly.
Wanted More Details.
Senator oliver asked Archbold for
more details of the $4,000 given to Sen
ator Penrose.
Had that anything to do with any
personal act Of Senator Penrose?" he
| asked.
"oh. no, nothing at ALL" said Arch
bold. That was purely political con-
"Did you suppose Mr.. Cortelyou knew
of this S125.000 contribution
| when the second contribution was
up, Mr. Bliss said he desired to have
Mr.. Cortelyou meet me-" said Archbold.
''Mr Cortelyou did not come. Bliss
| said: Il have come alone as Mr.. Cor
| telyou did not think 1t advisable for
| him to come, but he said anything he
would say could be said for him (Cortel-
I you'll!
II did not stipulate." added the wit
ness, that the S25.000 I gave Penrose
was to be used exclusively in Pennsyl-
\ vania."
Senator Jones of Washington had
Archbold reiterate the witness un.
derstanding that the Standard OIL
money was acceptable to Roosevelt.
3S Soons he ever ts sHed tSst he ones ssd
"oh, yes" said Archbold. "He said
he had told both Colonel Roosevelt
and Mr.. Cortelyou."
| WAS the matter Of contributions to
| the Democratic campaign fund ever
before the Standard Oil boardf' Jones
| asked: e.,
"No. do not think so. Certainly
such a contribution was never made,
Archbold replied.
Paid In $4,000 Bills.
He said as he remembered. the $780,
COO paid to Treasurer Bliss was in
$4,000 bills.
"Mr. Bliss told me Mr.. Cortelyou
engagement" Archbold continued
Then Bliss came along and said thai
Mr. Cortelyou thought II advisable moi
to keep the appointment
III. II. Rogers told me-" continued
Archbold, "that the contribution was
|
with Hartman myself and he said thi!
fund had been gotten together as II II
reported, He did not tell me who re
quested the fund raised"
Ibid you or your company ever re
ceive any word from Colonel Roose
welt thanking you for your money,
asked Jones.
NO" said Archbold. He concluded
another course against us would bt
more popular. 1t was first manifested
in his letter to Mr. Cortelyou, HIS at.
tacks began in 1905. shortly after hi:
election. We offered to open our books
to Garfield and his aids. We believed
we were the only large corporation tha
faithfully observed the Interstate Com
merce Commission law. They Roose
welt and GarfelO began a most out
rageous line Of persecution OF us. i
was an outrage
Archboid said in a case against tn,
Vacuum OIL Company at Buffalo 5000
was spent in prosecuting his corpora
tion.
THE district attorney told the De