Show COL ROOSEVELT ENTERS A COMPLETE at DENIAL dormier president occupies witness chair for three hours in explaining gathering of funds washington theodore roosevelt occupied a witness chair for three and a halt half hours on friday before the senate investigating committee defending his administration himself and his campaign associates against what he termed infamous charges ana hearsay evidence ile he appeared before the committee at hla his own request to answer a statement madela august by john D archbold that the standard oil company had given to the republican campaign lund fund in 1904 under the impression that president roosevelt know knew of and approved acceptance cep tance of odthe the contributions not only did colonel roosevelt deny th labut ut h the records of the committee a sweeping denial that he had ever solicited funds from anyone while president that any money had been received by the 1904 campaign committee with an express or implied promise of favors from the administration that excessive funds had been u used se d in his bis 1904 campaign or in the 1908 campi campaign or that money ever had been improperly used in his behalf so tar far as he knew in reference to the harriman Harrl man fund of raised in 1904 colone roosevelt declared the statements of J P morgan george R sheldon and others had fully corroborated his bis earlier statements that this fund was raised expressly for the new york state campaign and had bad not been solicited by him for his bis own support in the fight for elect election Joh that year senator penrose should be driven from the senate he declared because of his acknowledged friendliness with standard oil interests charles D hilles and congressman bartholdt should be forced to prove their statements that the roosevelt Boo sevelt presidential president lal campaign fund this year had amounted to or or should be driven out of public life |