Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-13
HEARST ASKS THE SENATE
TO GET THE WHOLE TRUTH

ton, called your attention to the fact
that Mr.. Archbold in his evidence mad
stated that he had regained possession
Of some OF the originals Of these stand
ard oil documents. Senator Pomerene,
oI Ohio, declared that Mr.. sArchbod had
regsined only a few of them. But be
the originals that he regained few or
many, 1 fully realize that your commit
tee ought to be and must be as anxious
to get every one OF those originals that
Mr.. Archbold possesses as you are TO
get every one Of the fac SMILES that I
possess
Since that time / am informed, as
above stated. that more originals have
been repurchased through tie colored
lawyer Gilchrist Stewart, and the white
lawyer, Pau d. Cravath. by the Stand
ard OIL Company. and at the instance
of MI Foraker. Thus there is Sortu-
nately therefore. additional material at
your command, and material in It's
original shape ana not in Photographic
fac smile.
There is another matter which /
would respectfully call to your atteu-
ton, and that is that the testimony Of
many Of the men implicated in the
STANDARD Oil scandal does not har-
monte with the facts as revealed in
their correspondence with the Standard
Oil Company.
This is notably SO in the cases Of Mr..
Archbold, eX Senator Foraker and ex-
Senator Scott, of West Virginia.
SCOTS Testimony.
Perhaps the most fragrant case is
that OF ex-senator Scott. who testified
before your committee that he did not
know Of any one who was associated
with the OF! trust making contribu-
tion to the state campaign in West
Virginia. and yet his letter and tele-
grams show him acknowledging the
receipt of just such contributions from
MI Archbold, the political purchasing
agent of the oil trust.
1t seems to me that in this instance,
and in the light OF events generally my
policy Of publishing only part of
these discriminating letters at a time,
and allowing the gentlemen implicated
to entangle themselves in the mesh of
IhAANAA bNh NOAlLi uAlNtlOilH ana DIENdIi-
cations. has been amply justified.
In this way we secured Senator For
aker's various admissions and contra
dictions
In this way We secured Mr.. Arch
holds admission that he had sent SEN
ator Penrose $4,000, and the admission
OF Senator Penrose that he had re-
ceived $4,000 of Standard OIL money.
In this way was brought about the
contradiction of these gentlemen as to
the purpose for which this amount was
intended until finally the fact was re-
vealed in Senator Penrose's c-sinile
| receipt that he received and acknowl-
edged the money as chairman of the
state committee of Pennsylvania.
In this same way ex- Senator Scott
had been led to make statements at
variance with the facts, not knowing
| that there we're documents as yet I'M
published which would reveal the truth
Oil Crowd Kept Guessing.
From the beginning there has been
nothing that the whole discredi+abIe
Standard Oil crowd wanted so badly as
the publication OF all the letters at
once, so that they could know lust how
much evidence there was against them
and could cut their presentations to
suit the cloth Of known facts.
have taken the liberty of making
these suggestions, in addition to fur
nishing my evidence, because I would
Ike to make it clear to you that, far
from Withholding anything firm the in
quiry, l am contributing everything
that l possibly can to aid your inquiry.
ana as matter OF fact have con-
tributed practically all the infor1na-
ton which made your inquiry neces-
sary and made 1t possible.
Furthermore, my statements are nor
like Senator Foraker's. who made q
ridiculous statement before your com
mittee and excused himself from nos
sible consequences by saying that he
was not willing to vouch for it.
l have not assumed that your corn
mittee wants statements that people
are not willing to vouch for, but even
If you did want them, I do not make
statements that l am not willing to
vouch for and, what is better. to sub
stantiate by documentary evidence.
l came home from abroad especially
to testify before your committee and
to assist your committee in securing
evidence against the privilege seeking
interests and the public men whom the
privilege seeking interests had at
tempted improperly to influence.
Voluntarily Testified.
brought before you, not In response
to subpoena, but at your invitation
merely all the letters that seemed to
my mind to come within the scope Of
this investigation, and l have since
sent you all the other letters which
your own Interpretation Of the resolu-
ton under which you act enables you
to ask Tor.
1 have done this, not merely because
ypur committee requested me to do Il.
not merely because ] desired 10 oblige
It's individual members but because 7
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