Show I PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT OUT WITH A STA TEM Nr Enters a Rt Plea a of Not Guilt Guilty to t the e C Charge a ge of Blackmailing Trusts 4 Con Contributions i L i to 10 th the Republican Campaign Declared red to toH toH H ve Been Made Without Threat or Promise Can Prove It by Cortelyou y S I tit f t t t 4 t t 4 4 4 4 t t 4 t New York Nv Nov st statement Issued b by 4 WashIngton was shown shOR to Judge at R a late hoitt Tile judge hn decided hElL to any more during dUMnS this c but bat atts reading the preSidents statement he announced that lilt lie would m a reply which wilt delivered before the Kin Kings s C County J eme clubs club w night Mr Parker would woul d make no comment on the t and J tt t 1 tt 4 t 4 t t 4 t t 4 t 44 t t 4 it tt i 5 10 ASHINGTON Nov W Roosevelt tonight imade tIme fol following following lowing gu to the American people in ansWer to the charges m d Ug and Ir Cort J ou in public speeches by Mr Parker Democratic candidate e for the presidency I White Houe Hom e Washington No Nov 4 slanderous accusations as asto asto to Mr and myself he have been repeated time and again by JUdge Parker the candidate of his party patt for forthe forthe the office of president He netter has nor ca cau pr duce atm of the truth of the charges yet he has not them and add as his gives them wide currency I speak no now leSt iet t e silence of be misunderstood Mr Parkers charges are in feet teet that the president or of the United St tes a and d Mr Cortelyou for fOl formerly I merly Mr Ir ds e executive clerk then Mr lIr and my secretary then s secretary cret ry of commerce and labor Jabor and now chairman ot of the Republican national a cOmmittee have been in a conspiracy to blackmail corporations Mr Cort Cortelyou l o usIng his knowledge gained he was secretary of the department of commerce and labor to too o extort tort money from the corporations and I 1 the president having appointed him for fer this especial purpose 5 S I Sort of Blackmail The graveness of these charges lies in the assertion that the corporations h have ve been blackmailed into lag InS an and in the Implication wh which h In one or two of Mr Ir Parkers speeches has taken the form practically of an as assertion assertion that they have been certain immunities or favors or hav have been assured that they receive some kInd ot of improper in of bf their contributions S That eon oon have haye been made to the Re He as S have hac b bezi eIf made to the Democratic committee is not the at i liu Mr lr Parkers i in ctr t tbt I I such contributions made nor for improper motives direct or indirect on the part of the reciPients Mr Parker knows best whether this Is true of oC the contributions to Ids his campaign fund which have ome through his trusted advisers who JIO represent the that stand be behm behind hm hind him Pleads Not Guilty nut there Is not one particle of truth I in the statement as s regards anything that hw has gone on inthe management of S the thc campaign Air Mr Parkers I n us Mr Cortel ou and nad mEt me lr s It true they would brand braUd both of us for ve w th Infamy and Inasmuch as they are false haa haaI heavy I 1 must b be the congem or of the man i them 1 i choSe Mr Cortelyou ru as chairman of the national committee att after r having failed sue uc to per persuade per auntie suade Elihu Root WY Murray and Cornelius N a accept ept ailion I ehos cho him with extreme I because I LU lB spare hini t from the cabinet But aut r I felt Unu he hc possessed the hl high integrity which I I I demanded il lii the man maim who whit was to o 1 maim age my I tent that Mr 11 Parker or I he be judged ed b 0 the pu public bile on the characters of the t tw w men whom we choSe to manage our campaigns he by of hi bi nominee Thomas Taggart and I by the character of Mr Cortelyou Cortelyon Denial in Detail The assertion that Mr Cortelyou h had d an any knowledge ga gained ed while in any official position whereby lie he was elt to secure and did sec any eon from any is a falsehood The assertion thai there has been any blackmail direct or indirect b by Mr Cortelyou or by me Js is n a fals hood The a that there has be been n made in b or of un an by au atm authorization of Mr Cortelyou r by an anone any anyone one any pledge or pr mIse r that there has be been any understand understandIng Ing as to future or beim Ills fits in recognition ot of an any contribution Lion tion front from any source l Is it 1 wicked false hood flood ThAt Mr Parker to t avoid the discussion of principles I cart can canwell cartwell well understand for Itis but the bare truth to say that he has not attacked us on an any matter of principle or an any action of the government ee o after misstating that principle ur or that action But I cannot understand how an any hon ta le man a for the highest In the gIft of l th h people can take refuge not mer merely l ITt in personalities but such uchi base and un unworthY unworthy worthY ft No Evidence Offer rf If I deemed It necessary to Nm support nh my liar denial b by any would I uk ask all men or of common se sense e to pan pon ponder dec der well what has bas been done clone in thit thi campaign b by Mr Cortelyou and to compare Jt It with hat Mi IF Parker him himself self did when lie was Mr Mm Hills campaign for governor and ancl to compare comp re what has been done as rt re gaeds the treat corporations and mon moneyed moneyed eyed In this administration adi with what was s the Ia last t Democratic 8 while Mr lr biney was wall att attorney general I would uk ask an all holiest whether they seT i 1 deem It possible that the course this a has mas taken In every ewry matter from the Northern Securities suit to the settlement of the anthracite coal oal Is compatible with any allY theory of publIc behavior save seve the the ory of exAct justice to all au men without fear and without I i would itil aU honest and fair mind minded d men to r remember member that the agents agent through whom I have worked are Mr Knox and Mr lr in the depart m meat nt of Justice Mr Cortelyou in the department of commence anti and labor and Mr Garfield Jn in the bureau of cur cor corporations and that no such ad act or f infamy as Mr Ir Parker charges could have hav been done without aU all these mm ii beinG to It Accuses Parker of Falsehood The statements made by 3 Mi are unqualifiedly and atrociously fas aSt As 8 Mr Cortelyon has bas said w lm me more than during this campaign if elected I shall go o int laid the presidenCy d by any Pledge or un of any uny Sort ot 01 kind sat my may promise 10 UIt Am Amen ri can people le that e O fill far us as ill In my mJ power lIes I shun shall ec to cm it ii that every man has a Iuar deal no ito lees Ices anti aDd n a amore more THEODORE tU |