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OIL TRUST'S HEAD
DECLARES HE GAl E
$100,000 IN 19 04
Asserts Money Was Paid Treasurer Bliss
Ten Ten Thousand Dollar Bills and
.1 That Roosevelt Knew.
ASSERTS ROOSEVELT ASKED
Washintgon, 1J. C.— Swinging paign
'sharply from a defense of Senator move
Boise Penrose of Pennsylvania, to a
vigorous attack on Colonel Koosevelt,
tlu* active head of Standard Oil Co.,
John L. Archbold, today, told the
Senate investigating committee that
iStandard Oil money helped to elect
Koosevelt in 1 904.
Then he charged that, because the
second contribution was refused,
Koosevelt instigated 'the most out
rageous prosecution against the oil
trust."
Archbold said tlie Standard Oil
company contributed $100,011(1 to
•Cornelius X. Bliss, Treasurer of the
republican national committee in
1H04 for the national campaign, and
also gave Senator Penrose $2.",000
to help carry Pennsylvania. He swore
that Koosevelt and Cortelyou, of the
•republican committee both knew of
and "gratefully accepted" this trust
money.
Two Hours on Stand.
For more than two hours Archbold
perspired in a grilling inquisition.
Senator Clapp, chairman of the in
vestigating committee, and Senators
Pomerene and Penrose were the chief
examiners.
Archbold was unshaken in any im
portant detail in the three times that,
he was forced to repeat his story.
This afternoon Senator Penrose
was expected to follow Archbold on
tlie witness stand.
Archbold was called here today
from New York just before sailing
tor Europe.
Arclihold's entire story supported
the dramatic statement by Penrose
late Wednesday in the senate.
The Standard Oil head backed up
every material charge by Penrose.
New York City.—Charging Senator
Penrose with deliberate falsehood,
Col. Roosevelt issued a statement im
mediately on his return to the Out
look office today from Wilkesbarre,
as follows:
"Senator Penrose would do well to
attribute to others the baseness that
actuates himself. The statement that
Mr. Perkin's underwrote the primary
campaign fund for $",000,000 or
any other fund remotely resembling
it, is the deliberate falsehood he
knows it to be when lie makes it.
'The statement that letters- and
telegrams to Cortelyou were written
tor the purpose of going into the
record and were not genuine and
were not accepted by Cortelyou as
genuine, is a wilful and deliberate
falsehood, which Penrose knows it to
be when he makes it. Until Penrose
spoke the other day, I had never
heard of Archbold's name in connec
tion with any contribution. Penrose's
attitude in this matter symbolizes
hi--, habitual attitude, which has
finally brought hint to disaster in
Pennsylvania, for he has never been
able to und-ertsand that other men are
not actuated by his own incurable
baseness of soul.
Wrote Twice, Wired Once.
"My first letter, written as soon as
1 heard a rumor that the Standard
Oil people had contributed, explicit
and unequivocal in its terms, was
written on October 24, 1904. My
second letter, if possible, even more
emphatic, was written October 27th.
Not hearing from these letters, 1
wired October 29. 1 then received
from Cortelyou the positive assurance
that my wishes would be complied
with and that no contribution from
the Standard Oil people had been
or would be received.
"If any such contribution was re
ceived it was not only without, my
knowledge but against my emphatic
direction. These letters speak for
themselves. They went into records
COMPANY TO GIVE MORE
Because of Refusal, Declares Roosevelt Persecuted Trust,
Roosevelt Charges Conspiracy of Archbold and
Reactionaries to Blacken His Name
(ill i) 1). Arflibolcl of lie Standard Oil Company, testified lie
lore the Senate investigating committee today that lie gave treasur
er llliss $100,000 in ten thousand dollar hills lor Koosevelt IOOI
campaign, when tliey were alone in his ottice.
Archbold swears tlial llliss was given the contribution utter
he hal insisted that Koosevelt should he informed of it.
Koosevelt issues a statement in New Vork charging Senator
I'enrose with a deliberate and knowing falsehood.
Penrose in the Senate asks the Senate committee to examine
William Rockefeller.
Archhold says he has the original telegrams from William
Plimi of Pittsburgh, asking aid in his contest for the I'nited States
Senatorship. The t'ommittee grills Archbold for two hours, mak
ing him repeat his story three times. Archhold says Koosevelt "out
rageously persecuted the Oil Trust because Archhold and Rogers
refused a request of $130,000 additional from the Staudard Oil
Company.
Koosevelt charges that I'enrose, Archhold ami the reaction
ary democrats are in a league to assail him.
in
in 1904 was "a questionable
anl that Koosevelt-Penrose
controversy is a ilubble that indicates
the need of a thorough dredging,
Thomas P. (lore, the blind enator
from Oklahoma, today said that the
disclosure-.-, in the Archbol.l-Penrose
Koosevelt controversy will result in
the election of Woodrow Wilson.
Metis Has His l-'ling.
Terre Haute, Ind.—"To hold that
Roosevelt did not know who was
contributing to his campaign funds
in amounts of a $loo,uui!, to as
sume that Koosevelt is the most uii
suphisicated novice in politics in
America, and is a joke not to he
taken seriously," declared Kugene V.
Debs this afternoon.
Archhold Asked to Talk.
Washington, D. C.—John I). Arch
bold, of the Standard Oil company,
was expected to appear at 9::«0 o'
clock this morning before the sub
committee of the Senate investigating
campaign contributions.
The announcement that he would
appear followed a day of bitter recri
mination on the floor of the Senate
devoted to an effort to show that for
mer President Roosevelt knew that
funds contributed by great corpora
tions were used to help elect him in
1904.
I Tiie atack on former President
I Roosevelt yesterday originated in a
colloquy between Senator Reed, of
Missouri, a democrat, and Senator
EJoise Penrose, of Pennsylvania, who
presented a re--olution demanding an
investigation of the circumstances set
forth in his statements before the
Senate yesterday in which he charged
that $100,000 of the Standard Oil
money went into the 1904 campaign
fund with President Roosevelt's
knowledge.
Senators Penrose, Reed and Wil
liams each attacked Col. Koosevelt
and Senator Poindexter, of Wash
ington, a supporter of tlie new pro
gressive party, came to lhe defense.
Senator Poindexter charged that a
combination of "regular republicans"
atid democrats was at work to de
fame Col. Roosevelt.
Clapp Takes l^ead.
Thp decision to summon Mr. Arch
bold at once was made by Senator
Clapp early in the day before the in
terrogation of Senator Penrose by
Senator Reed began. He got. into com
munication with Mr. Archbold in New
York by long distance telephone and
the Standard Oil oflieial agreed to ap
pear. Senator Pomerene, of Ohio, was
designated to sit as a democratic
member of the special committee un
til the return of Senator Lea or Sen
ator Paynter.
The debate between Senators Reed
and Penrose was marked by the rug
gedness with which the latter replied
to Senator Reed's questions. Early in
the afternoon the two senators, with
Senator Smith, of Maryland, had held
a short conference in one of the
rooms adjoining the Senate chamber.
Senator Penrose, in answer to
questions from Senator Reed, de
clared that "according to his infor
mation," C'oi. Roosevelt knew that
$100,000 of Standard Oil money had
been received in 1904 before he
wrote a letter directing that any
Standard Oil contributions be return
ed.
of course, but they went into the Chicago.—Railroad and Tmmigra
records because they were genuine.:
because I received assurances that|t!on officials estimate that 30,000
they were accepted in the spirit in
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which I wrote them and action was the Northwest harvest fileds within
taken accordingly. the next week. It is c'eclarea North
"No man can honestly misunder- Dakota will need 23,000, Minnesota
stand these letters and no man. who C,000 and Montana 2 000.
is not a dis-honest man can put any Winnipeg, Canada.—A serious
interpretation upon them than that short.gae of farm laborers is being
upon their face." eperienced all over western Canada.
Says Wilson Will Gain. I Wages are now higher than ever be
Chiciigo.—Declaring the appoint-' fore. Transportation companies ad
merit of George B. Cortelyou aslmit they cannot get enough men for
rat,,.hHf*Bti nattnnfli c»m- the demand.
A new element was injected into
the political imbroglio when Senator
Penrose sugested to Senator Reed:
"There has come to my notice quite
a lot of information leading to the
thought that some $3,000,000 was
underwritten by George W. Perkins
and his associates to nominate Mr.
Roosevelt for the presidency of the
regular republican party in the pre
sent campaign for their own personal
uses. Evidence regarding this matter
will be submitted to the proper Sen
ate committee for consideration. The
ultimate object of this enormous
fund was the control of the republi
can party in the interests of the ele
ment represented by Mr. Perkins."
laborers will be ^ent from Chicago to
LA F0LLETTE CALLS
ON ROOSEVELT 10
TELL ABOUT FUNO
Wants to [Know Who
Financed Pre-Con
vention Fight
SUSPECTS TRUSTS
vVisconsin Senator Says Such
Gifts Are Made Only for
Business Reasons
Madison, Wis.—A direct charge to
Col. Roosevelt to make a "Confession
of Faith" and a "Clean breast of the
financing" of his pre-cotivention
campaign is made by Senator LaFol
lette in his magazine today.
Quoting front Roosevelt's "Con
fession of Kaitli" tliat there should
be publicity of contributions during
campaigns, LaFollette declares in
reference to Roosevelt's convention
campaign:
"The public knows he spent an
enormous amount of money and that
in the campaign in Ohio alone, .$300,
"ii was expended to secure delegates
i-,: him.
"It is generally believed all such
money was iu large part the unlaw
ful spoins of trusts which thrived by
special favor at the expense of the
people under the Roosevelt adminis
tration.
"Campaign contributions of such
magnitude are made only by those
having big interests to serve. They
are practical business men, and ex
pect big favors in return," LaFollette
says.
The Wisconsin Senator declares
that when the expenditures in Roose
vent's preconvent ion campaign "be
came so glaringly conspicuous,
Roosevelt was invited to make a
statement as to these contributions,
but did not respond."
'Tntil he makes a clean breast of
the financing of his last campaign,"
the editorial concludes, "his Chicago
declaration for publicity of contribu
tions in campaigns is an insult to
public intelligence."
Dixon Answers IjiiFollette's (Ques
tion.
Chicago.—United State Senator
Joseph -M. Dixon, director of the
progressive campaign, last night is
sued a statement in which he de
clared that the campaign expenses of
the progressives before the republi
fan national convention amounted
to less than $1 liu.nofi.
iSenalcr Dixon said that. the
amount of money spent by the pro
gressive organization from its Wash
ington bureau during that period
had been grossly exaggerate.1.
"I read these stories about our ex
penses during the primary campaign
with considerable amusement at
first." said Senator Dixon. knew
they had been given circulaiton by
the republican organization but
treated them as a joke until 1 dis
covered that certain editorial writers
were using these false report?: as
the basis for some of their writing.
Outside of the money contributed
by lucal leaders in Ohio. Pennsyl
vania, Illinois and Massachusetts for
the primary campaign in these four
states, the entire Koosevelt prc-con
vcntion campaign cos# less than
$li o,tiOo. 1 think $ 1 r.Ti,noo woul 1
he a better figure for the total. The
Massachusetts progressive leaders
handled their own campaign. The
same was true to a greater or less
extent in the other states mentioned.
However, we furnished speakers and
literature.
"Of this total of less than $100,
000 that we spent, more than $50,
000 was expended in the printing and
distribution of literature and for the
running expenses of our Washington
bureau. This covers everything out
side of what was expendel by the
local committers- in the states al
ready mentioned.
$IOO Sent, to South Dakota.
"I put just $100 in to the South
Dakota primary campaign. The total
sum expended in the Nebraska cam
paign was $700.
"This does not include the ex
penses of special trains for Col.
Roosevelt, which were paid for from
another fund.
"Merely to show how ridiculous
were the claims in this connection, 1
wish to relate this instance: At one
time 1 went to the capitol one Sat
urday and drew on my personal
salary account as a senator to get
sufficient money to pay tlie salaries
of our stenographers in the Washing
ton bureau for 'hat week.
"An uncle of Giltoid Pinchot who
is in 'Europe made the largest indi
vidual contribution to the pre-con
vention Roosevelt campaign fund. We
did not get a single dollar for this
fund front any corporation. All con
tributions were made by individuals.
"Less than $20,000 was spent in
Illinois during the primary cam
paign. Of this sum $1 7,000 was
spent for automobiles to get farmers
to the polls at a time when they
were loathe to leave their fields.
"1 consider that instead of having
been a lavishly financed
the pre-convention Roosevelt cam
paign was one of the most economical
ever executed in the I'nited States."
Senator Dixon last night sent to
'Washington for the book?: showing
receipts and disbursements of
the bureau, which he operated
previously to the republican national
convention. He said he would make
the list of contributions public as
s-oon as these books reached Chi
cago.
Halberl, slate Hull Moose leader, who
returned from the East this after
noon announced his intent ion of fil
ing for the congressional eleo icn
against. Congressman F. O. Stevens.
"1 will file us a progressive," Hal
berl declared, "if 1 am the only mail
in the state to file under thai name."
Halbert conferred with Dixon'and
other progressive: leaders while in tin
East.
"The colonel's following," he said,
"is growing by leaps and bounds iu
New Vork, and the fight there lies
between Koosevelt and Wilson. Tal't
cannot carry the state."
Washington, D. C.—Two Ameri
cans are reported to have been de
liberately murdered in the mas.-acre
of the Xicarnguun loyal troops bv
the rebels tit Leon on August lit.
One was said to be Harvey Dodd, of
Kosciusko. Hiss., the oilier a man
named Phillips. The two men had
been wounded and were seeking
refuge in a hospital, according to the
report received today at. the
depart men l.
The killing of Dodd and Phillips,
though not entirely a parallel recalls
tiie killing of Cannon and Groce by
/Celaya in 1!HI9, which resulted in an
upheaval that threw the dictator out
of office and sent him to European
exile. The state department is press
ing for more information.
WESTERN MERCHANTS
TOO BUSY FOR POLITICS
SO SAYS H. I. ItlTTKKI-IKM)
who h.is .irsT lurn HXKD
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WILL RUN FOP CONGRESS stand. It certainly is an unusual sit
ON i'KOGRKSSIVK TICKET uation and only time will tell how it
St. Paul, Minn.—Declaring that: will turn out."
the progressive fight in Minnesota Mr. Butterfield states that the gen
will be wade clean-cut and distinct I er'»l trend of prices this fall will be
from the republican party, Hugh T. to go upward especially iu tot ton
"The Western merchant is !oo|
busy getting ready for the fall and
winter trade to worry about politics,"
said 11. D. Butt.erfield, who returned
last night from his semi-annual buy
ing trip to New York. "When we got
•down there we found that the New
York merchants were rather dumpy
and felt that business would be dull
on account of this being a presiden-i
tial year, but. the great throng of:
Western merchants now in the me-! Milwaukee, Wis.—The radical
tropolis soon talked them out. of that: changes in the political situation in
and convinced them that in spite of this country was discussed by Steph
campaign, unsettled political conditions, the en S. Gregory, of Chicago, president!
great West and Northwest was going I the American Bar Association at
to have the biggest crops ever report
ed and consequently the most money.
New York is crowded with Western
merchants now, who are in buying
their fall and winter goods. Rvery
thing looks good and reports from all
sections are of I lie best.
"The political question in the Kast,
is quite a proposition," continued Mr.
Butterfielil. "Tliinge are in consid
I erable of a muddle and 1 find a lot of
men who have no idea how they
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partment stood helplessly by, owing
lo the scarcity of water, fire this
morning completely destroyed the
home of Thomas K. Hastings, one of
the most noted architects in the coun
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less art treasurers, and nearly all
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$::oo,ooo.
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monium that resulted, a vote was
taken aud an adjournment forced.
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