Salt Lake Telegram | 1912-08-28 | Page 1 | Penrose Ought to be Expelled, Declares Teddy

PENROSE TO BE Br I IV EXPELLED V V TEDDY i E.- E. V V B Bases ses R RemarK k kOJl on Se Senators Senator's at r s Own Testimony Before re Senate enate Committee OYSTER BAY N N. T. T AD Aug 28 colo Colo Colonel nel Roosevelt Ro elt declared red t today ai that at Sen Sea Senator ator Penrose on his o own n testimony should be expelled from the senate Colonel lt t hail had tak taken n hi bit hie position position pori tion he said in the letter to Senator Clapp chairman of the committee commit tee investigating campaign contributions which he hB is preparing The colonel made after he had bad read from what purported d to b ban be bean bean an extract from Mr Pe rD e s. s V testimony mony mony before the senate committee to t to the effect that he had bad advised ed John D. D Archbold of f the tIle Standard Oi 1 company company com com- pany to make a n second contribution to the 1904 campaign c. otherwise the company tom corn pany party might ht encounter difficulties in certain quarters Roosevelt said thain that tha in his opinion this was ws an offer of protection pro fro froin p the government o in return for a a. contribution and that it did Jiel no not differ essentially from the sale of police police po police po- po lice protection in New York The re real l fight in the coming comin campaign cam cam- aign Colonel Roosevelt declared would be between himself and Governor Wil Wi son He expresses the belief that President President President dent Tafts Taft's supporters did not Dot to elect him The colonel made t tIns this lis statement in discussing the situation in Pen n sylvania lC We VIe will beat Mr Taft in in Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsyl Pennsyl- vania a a. good deal worse than we beat heat him in the primary said Colonel Colone Roosevelt and and personally I am convinced convinced con con- vinced vincel that we shall carry Any Pennsylvania Pennsylva nm nia without without- difficulty for theY the Progressive Progress Progress- ive he ve ticket