The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1914-09-02
An Ugly Falsehood.

"In 1904 John d. Archbold sent q
check for s25,OO0 to Boies Penrose. A
magazine without a conscience and a
yellow newspaper or two deliberately
manufactured, eight years later, out
of that incident a base libel. Without
the slightest regard for truth they la.
bored in season and out to induce the
people to believe that here was an un.
derhand transaction between a United
States senator and one of the leading
minds of the Standard Oil company.
THAT ugly falsehood was malicious.
ly forged for political purposes in
1912. 1t is now in use in various parts
of Pennsylvania in the anti-Penrose
campaign.
with the remark that the man who
debases himself to the level where he
can bring himself to resort to this
sort of campaigning gives a most
striking example of the depth of po-
litical depravity to which 1t is possible
for a reckless partisan to sink, we
shall pass on to the rapid annihilation
of the lie.
ut is an easy task. For particulars
and full corroboration of what we are
about to say, see the testimony sub.
mitted in 1912 before a subcommittee
of the United States senate commit
tee on privileges and elections. The
cuhiacf ,,ndar ipouir,y ,,rae tbot 80 ~
litical contributions in general.
"In 1904 Theodore Roosevelt was
the candidate of the Republican party
for president. In that campaign the
Republican national committee collect.
ed huge sums of money by way of po-
litical contributions. Corporation after
corporation gave thousands upon thou.
sands. The late E. H. Hartman raised
very large amount-"My dear Harri.
man." as Roosevelt used to write to
him. John D. Archbold, for the Stand.
ard, gave s125,O00 in all.
at had been the custom for ma.
tional committees to help state com.
mittees. The chairman of the Republi.
can state committee was Boies Pen.
rose, then high in favor with Roose.
welt. Chairman Penrose applied to the
national committee for funds. It was
agreed with Mr.. Archbold that out OF
the sl25,000 he was to contribute s25,.
900 should go to Pennsylvania for the
Roosevelt campaign in this state.
U hnr
briefly told. Mr.. Archbold sent his
/ $4,000 to Chairman Penrose, 1t was
receipted for by Penrose as chairman
and the money was used strictly fol
campaign purposes-for the benefit oi
| Theodore Roosevelt.
I'VE have no good word to say fol
the custom under which corporation
used to swell the treasures Of pc
litical committees. Suffice it to sa!
that 1t was the custom of years. Wha
is more, contributions were not as
rule confined to single political party
They were made to the Democratic OF
ganization as well as to the Republi
can In those days nothing much wa
thought of this easy method Of raisin
campaign funds, for 1t had had tn
sanction Of many year.
1--WE have advanced since 1904, whe
the campaign chests of Mr.. Roosevelt
were largely filed with corporatio
money. Now such contributions ar
prohibited by law. But there was n
law on the subject in the Roosevelt
campaign, and the $4,000 sent by MI
Archbold for the Roosevelt canvass i
Pennsylvania had no special signif
canoe. 1t was the custom of the day
that was all.
THE attempt to connect Senate
Penrose with any shady transactio
through this campaign contribution 1
iniquitous in the extreme, for il ther
: is member of the senate of the Uni
ed States whose record has been fire
J from every suspicion of graft" OF pei
sonal financial gain that member
, Boies Penrose. His enemies have raj
ed over the ground covered by hi
nearly eighteen years in the senate
and this political contribution is tn
one thing that they have been able t
twist into an unfavorable light. Ur
fortunately for them, sworn testimon
before the senate committee stamp
with black letters of Falsehood tn
output of their disreputable distol
tions.
"The enemies of Penrose may nc
agree with him in his views uDon tn