Show ARCHBOLD CHARGED WITH ASSAULT ON DEAD MAN f WOULD NOT HAVE MADE HADE THE TUE CHARGE i i ME LIVED BLISS LID R Roosevelt Repeats That He Knew of No Contribution by Standard Oil OYSTER BAT BAY N. N Y T. Au Aug 24 Colon f. Colonel I i tat At t on the porch po h at Sagamore Hill Hm Th for tor an n hour and a a. half halt last lut night and dictated a statement In reply to the testimony tea tes of ot John D. D Archbold yesterday before be be- tore fore the senate Investigating In commit commit- tee He reiterated his his' declaration that he he knew nothing of a a. contribution by Mr Archbold or or the Standard Oil company t to tb the Republican campaign of ot 1904 d declared de de- dared he did not for Cor or one moment believe believe be be- lieve that Mr Archbold's testimony Is truthful charged Mr Archbold with a wicked assault on a dead man add added adde that during man many calls which Mr Archbold Archbold Arch Arch- bold made upon him while hiIe he h was wa president d dent nt to urge him not to prosecute the Standard Oil on company Mr Archbold never ne referred to any contribution to his campaign fund and concluded with the suggestion that the senate committee should make Mr Archbold and Senator Penrose testify at once concerning their relations while Mr Penrose was wasa a a. a member member member mem mem- ber of ot the Industrial commission In his lest last word vord Colonel Roosevelt thanked both Mes r Archbold and Penrose Penrose Pen- Pen rose roee for making It clear beyond possibility of ot doubt that I 1 am m the man the Penro es and of the country most dread In public Ute life Roosevelt's Statement f Colonel Roosevelt's lt's statement follows In Tn the first place I I wish to call attention at attention at- at to the fact that even If Mr Archbold's statements are arc true the they thoY amount only to saying KO ao for far a aam aa Iam I Iam am concerned that Mr fro Bliss BUss told him that I had knowledge e of and approved approved ap ap- ap- ap proved a request for from the Standard Oil on company which was granted and a further request for which was wan not granted This Is a pur pure h hearsay arsa statement and even fin If Ir made mad In good faith would be Utterly valueless Not only did I never know anything of or such uch a request lIt being made but my mv published letters and telegrams show that when the rumor that there had been a contribution reached me nH I acted at once reiterating my demand demand domand de do- mand again and again that the money should be Immediately latel re returned returned re re- turned If Ir It had been given and be beIng being be- be ing assured by Mi Cortelyou that the money had not been received and would not bo be received d. d Therefore even on the presumption that Mr Archbold Archibald Is telling the truth nis testimony so 80 far tar as I am concerned consists of ot the repetition of ot hearsay assertions which were Instantly disproved die dis proved pro by the production of or my letters let let- and telegrams A Amounts ts to Blackmail BI I J wish to reiterate that until unU Mr Penrose made his speech I never had beard heard It suggested that Mr Archbold had contributed d to the thc campaign or been the means through h which any contributions had been made But I t do not for tor one moment be believe believe believe be- be lieve that Mr Archbold's testimony Is truthful lie He apparently possesses euch such a moral standard that he does I i not understand the Infamous accusation accusation tion he Is making against Mr Bliss Mr Bliss Is now dead But during the seven soven years that elapsed before beCore Mr Bliss's BUss's death after Mr Archbold claims he made the contribution In question Mr Archbold never brought up an any statement of of this kind lie Ic now Bays says that Mr Bliss warned him that he w wt s s making a serious mistake In not DOt contributing the extra amount of money and that later on xv when hen the administration began to todeal todeal todeal deal with the Standard Oil people Mr tr Bliss Biles said It It Would have been different If It the they had done as he asked them I This Is an assertion that Mr Bliss was deliberately trying to blackmail the Standard oil oll Into contributing by scarcely veiled threats as RS to what would happen If It they did not contribute contribute con con- tribute and that Mr Bliss BUss In effect told them afterward that If Ie they had contributed the administration would not have proceeded against thorn thom for tor violating th the law law for for this this' was all an the administration did Assault on Dead ManThis Man This This' Is a a. wicked assault on a dead deadman deadman deadman man whose high standing and probity pro- pro was Was such that no human being who was waa himself honest honet would ever Impute such evil C motive to him Mr Bliss BUss was Incapable of conduct such uch as aa Mr Archbold Imputed to him And I cannot too strongly de denounce denounce de- de the tue baseness of making such upon an honest man who vho is now dead and Who whom Mr MI Archbold never ven yen to to- assail while living Mor Moreover o cr Mr Archbold shows perfectly per per- clearly as published reports say sav that his corporation has contributed con con- In order to got get value for tor Its it gift and that the gift was made mado with tho expectation of ot receiving receiving- a proper consideration I do not for tor one moment believe th that t Mi 11 Bliss BlisH m made do any such re remarks remarks re- re marks t to tZ Mt Mr h Archbold a as Mr ArchbOld Archbold Archbold Arch- Arch bold Jia says For example Mr Archbold Archbold Archbold Arch- Arch bold a states tates that he lie and the tho late II IL II U. Rogers visited Melted me mo at the White house and that i I Ithen then remarked to them hem that there had been some criticisms about campaign This TJ Is a falsehood Neither on that thal occasion nor on any other occasion was one word said either by tn me to Mr Archbold or b by Mr Arch Arch- bold to me mo about campaign contributions con con- Archbold's Visits Mr Rogers and Mr Archbold 1 I called on that occasion to protest against any government action being taken against ag tho the Stan Standard ard Oil com corn pany This was one of ot a A. number of ot calls which Mr 11 Archbold made on me to to try to prevent action against the Stan Standard Oil all company by the bureau of ot corporations If It Mr Archbold Archbold Archbold Arch- Arch bold had really reAlty believed that Mr Bliss had told him that I 1 know of ot any contribution by Standard OI Oil or had felt that ho bo was jeopardized by having refused to make a contribution or was as entitled to Immunity for havIng having haying hav hay ing made one one he would certainly In one of ot those calls have o said as much He never no broached the subject Ho merely sal said Bald over and over again that Mr tr Garfield 0 and H. H J K IC Smith were treating him unfairly and he denied deniM again and again that the Standard Oil ever got any rebates or ever did anything that was not absolutely absolutely ab ab- ab- ab proper And he ho would keep on with these thle denial denials even when I would tell ten him that I had In my possession pos pos- f session reports from the bureau of corporations and the secretary of or the Interior which conclusively showed that the Standard Oil had been takIng taking tak talc ing rebates On O tho largest possible scale Says Archbold Untruthful Inasmuch as Mr Archbold does not tell t U tho truth In his interview with me I have no doubt that he does not tell teU the truth about tho the man wh who Is dead and who living JIving he never dared to accuse as he ha now accuses him Mr Bliss never nevor spoke to me about asking or receiving a contribution from anyone and he never before or alter after the election said anything to me mo about my conduct towards corporations corporations corporations corpora corpora- except to say that he know knew I would act fairly and Justly towards all an and I told him that I sh should uld n never ver dream of ot acting any other way Neither Mr Bliss BUss or any anyone one else ever er au suggested or hinted at In any sha shape e or way the Idea that I l' l should take or refrain retrain from taking any action In conn connection CUon with any corporation because of ot any contribution ever ever Specifically he never ne said one ne word t to me about any contribution from the tho Standard Oil OU corporation and never ne said one word to me about proceeding pro pro- ct or not proceeding against the Standard Oil on corporation I saw Mr Archbold again and again while the department of Ot Justice was contemplating contern- contern plating proceedings against him al always always always al- al ways at Mr Archbold's request of ot course listened to all he had to say nay and heard him repeat the same statements state state- menUs ments over and over again when I Iwas Iwas Iwas was entirely convinced that th they y were wera false and directed the attorney genera general gen gen- era eral to proceed only when It had be become become be be- come evident that Mr Archbold had nothing to tell ten me which would give any any- warrant for tor directing the attorney attorney attorney ney general x to act No Hi Hint t of ot Contribution During all that time neither Mr Archbold nor any anyone one else elle lever ever hinted t to me that tho the Standard Oil all people had contributed or that there was wa-s an any expectation by any human being that I should show favor to the Standard Oil Moreover Jet let It be remembered that long before the campaign of 1904 I had had a 8 sharp run run-In with the Standard Oil on and had shown them Just what they could expect from me This was when we wore passing the bureau of ot corporations act I found out that the Standard OH Oil people were opposing tho the passage of the act that two of ot th their lr representatives had come comedown comedown comedown down to Washington to oppose It and that they had sent telegrams to van van- varl- varl ous oua senators and representatives against It I got hold of ot these telegrams telegrams tele tele- grams published some of ot them and forced the bill bihl through Rebate Suit Mr Archbold shows his animus In his rather ludicrous complaint complaint- that darkest Africa never saw anything like the persecution of at the Standard Oil corporation by the tho Roosevelt ad administration ad- ad ministration and he ho proceeds un unwittingly tin un- wittingly to pay Garfield and Smith the highest praise by his hi bitterness bitterness bit bit- to them for their action I Ido Ido Ido do not wonder that he feels bitterly The action in question disclosed all 11 kinds s of ot Improper practices on the part of the Standard OH Oil company and anda a R. colossal series of ot rebates A stop was as put to these rebates because of ot the action of the people in my adminIstration administration admin admin- and through the action a aOne afine One fine was imposed by Judge Landis on the Standard Oil company which It If It had not note been reversed by the appellate appellate ap ap- ap- ap division would reAlly leally have made that corporation smart and even as S It was wu it forced them to act prop properly I Frame up Alleged It seems to me me- that the course of Mr Mt Penrose in this matter and the bringing In of Mr Archbold to testify bear close analogies to which In the tho New Now York police poUce situation at this time would be called a frame up and this la Is shown by the questions which Mr Archbold is asked aked and those h he Is not asked He Is al allowed allowed at- at lowed to testify about a a. dead mans man's statement and to make malee a cruelly unjust unjust unjust un un- un- un just assault upon the character of ot that dead man who t I believe to have been one of the most honorable and minded high-minded of gentlemen but he has not testified anything about Mr Pen Pen- rose In that case ho would not b be testifying about wh what t. t he had done and sold said and about what Mr Penrose had done dona and said It appears that Mr Penrose while a member of or the industrial commis- commis bion slon received the check of ot from Mr Archbold and that he was servIns' servIns serving Ins ing Inson ingon on that commission in a peculiarly peculiar peculiar- ly confidential relation to Mr Archbold Arch- Arch Archbold Archbold bold among the Instances of his position as Mr Air Archbold's representative representative represent on the committee being that he ho communicated in tn advance to Mr Archbold tho the report which the Industrial industrial industrial indus Indus- trial commission was about to make and secured his ap approval rova lu in advance of ot its publication Mr Penrose aM Mr Archbold should both be examined upon this transaction and see Ilea if there can be beany beany beany any possible way In which they can explain It or In wh which ch Mr Ir Penrose can Justify himself The rhe transaction itself and the whole hole alliance between Mr Penrose and Mr Archbold and Mr Penrose's action In connection therewith are aro a a. startling example of tho the workings of ot that Invisible empire to whose whole rel reign we 0 Intend to put an end These documents document ISh show ow that Mr Penrose nominally the representative of the people was secretly and In tn the dark acting as us tho the representative of ot Mr lr Archbold Mr Archbold's testimony testimony mony shows that ho sought to get and hoped to get et from me and aud my my ad administration administration ad ad- ministration some come Improper consider consider- atlon and he ha comes cornea now to the defense defense de de- de- de tense of his friend and ally Mr Pen Pen- par lose par nobile tra and trum-and and assails me mo because he be could not Influence me because under my administration Justice was m meted ted out to him and hl his hI kind ai as It should hould havo have been meted out out- His complaint against me Is that neither through political pressure nor northe northe northe the use of ot money In politics could he exercise any influence over me and his complaint Is Just I feel teer that the country has hu a A. right to expect the committee to refuse to permit Mr Archbold to tp go away until un un- un- un til tit he ha has testified to every fact withIn within with with- in his knowledge He should thus testify and ad ho should thus testify testily no now He and Mr tr Penrose both should be rigorously examined crow as a. 5 to tho the transactions between them tham no so as 38 to see lee what explanation they can possibly give Ive a as aa to the tte correspondence dence between them wh when n Mr Panrose Penrose Pen Pan rose ros was a member of or th the Industrial commission and both should be rigorously rigor rigor- examined as to their relations together er in previous years M Meanwhile I wish to thank them both loth for havIng ln made It Ira Hrar herond a at X doubt I 1 am aim the wan man whom the Penrose and Archbold Arch Arch- holdS bolds of ot the tha country most dread In public life ute PARKER GETS INTO THE CONTROVERSY By International Newt Nowa Service INDIANAPOLIS Ind md Aug 24 Alton Alton B. B Parker of ot New York Tork whO was the Democratic nominee for president in 1904 gave save out tho the following statement last Jut night In regard to the tho Penrose- Penrose Roosevelt matter The story that the Standard Oil company contributed in the campaign of 1904 through Archbold as charged in tho the speech of Senator Penrose Is 18 not new It has been told before by others Indeed I repeated the story of ot the contribution to Treasurer Treasurer Treas Treas- Bliss DIles In a political speech in Baltimore four tour years ago go and It was reported in the Sun of ot that city and I think In the American Nor Is Is Colonel Roosevelt's self self- serving serving- declaration to Cortelyou new now In that same speech I said Mid In effect that It was reported that President Roosevelt |