The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-04

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WASHINGTON, Oct 4.-Loaded
with ammunition for his adyersaries
and eager for examination under oath
Colonel Roosevelt arrived here at
7:15 a. M, from New York. to go be
fore the Clapp committee. He car.
ried from his car suitcase crammed
with letters and papers bearing upon
contributions to his pre-conyention
campaign.
Ten o'clock was the hour set for
Roosevelts appearance on the wit
ness stand. On Roosevelts train
came William J. Loeb, his former sec.
retary Loeb was scheduled to fol
low Roosevelt today before the com
mittee
There was no demonstration, ex
cept by a few local bull moose and
trainmen He had many visitors al
his hotel, however, before he wen'
| before the committee.
| With Roosevelt as the STAR at
traction today, the committee room
was jammed long before the time Sc
I for the hearing. Crowds stood in TIL
halls and outside Of the senate offic
building, to get a glimpse of the pre-
j gressive candidate.
A tumultous session was expected
In his campaign speeches Roosevei
/ promised to unlimber his heaviest al
1 tillery against the Standard Oil ant
other Wall street factions, which, b.
says, are bitterly opposing him in hi
present campaign, and against Sena
| tor Penrose and John d. Archbold
for what he charged was frame
up.
His entire correspondence wit
Standard Oil and other trust" repre-
sentatives was expected.
1 Supplemental to Letter.
Technically, his testimony was t
| supplement his letter written to Ser
ator Clapp, in which he denied know
/ ledge that the Standard Oil contribu
| ted any money to his 1904 campaiar
and in which he declared his cam
/ paign managers had specific instrut
4 tions to return any such donations.
4 Alleged telephone conversations a
the white house with financiers wa
another phase scheduled for pei
sonal explanation or expose b
Roosevelt.
j Following not on the heels Of j.
| Morgan's testimony before the con
mittee, Roosevelt promised to throN
some light on the alleged "Harrima
4 fund.-
Morgan testified that he gave $3.50
1 600 to the republican war chest i
1904 and that Treasurer Cornelius
Bliss frequently asked him for NOR
money. But Morgan denied any col
. certed action between "big business
heads in that campaign Morgan ais
testified that he gave 100000 to tn
republicans four years ago and ths
all he had given he deemed for tn
best interests of the country withor
expectation, hope or promise of r
ward"
Roosevelt's examination today wa
also expected to throw some addition
al light on the testimony yesterda
OF Judge Charles Duell, of New Yor
assistant treasurer to Cornelius Bills
that John d. Archbold, of the Stan
ard OH Company, and other financiel
contributed large sums in 1904.
At $50 five hundred persons stoe
in line outside the committee roor
:. awaiting a vacancy among the seve
: ty-five seats provided for spectator
Outside the building 200 more waite
for9ttLe colone's automobile to q
4 rive.
!. sAs drawing card" Roosevelt o,
distanced j. P. Morgan about 20 to
III Women were in the majority in Il
crowd 1t was SO dense around Il
i. committees door that the senate
r themselves had difficulty forcil
II their way in.
In the committee room the IS.
o." sign was out early. Many peor
stood in doorways and aisles,
A group of suffragettes with "Vot
for Women badges were conspit
r. Gus feature of the crowd. They we