| Show COL ROOSEVELT ENTERS A COMPLETE r DENIAL borrner For president occupies witness chair for three hour hours in explaining gathering of funds washington theodoro theodore roosevelt occupied a witness chair for three and a half hours on friday before the cenate investigating committee defending his administration himself and his campaign associates against what he termed infamous charges ana and hearsay evidence he lie appeared before tho the committee at his own request to answer a statement made in august by john D archbold that the standard oil company had given to the republican campaign fund in 1904 under the impression that president roosevelt knew of and approved ac 1 cep tance of the contributions not only did colonel colonal roosevelt deny this but he put into the cormal records of the committee a sweeping denial dental that he had eor solicited funds from anyone while president that any money had been received ly the 1904 campaign committee with an express or implied promise of favors from the administration that erces she funds had been used in his 1904 campaign or in the 1908 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 1100 roosevelt sevelt declared the statements of at J P morgan george R sheldon and others had fully corroborated his earlier statements that IMIs fund was raised expressly tor for the new york state campaign and had not been solicited by him for bis own on support in the flight tor for election that year benator penrose should be driven from the senate he declared because of his acknowledged friend friendliness ll with alth standard OH oil interests charles D hilles and congressman bartholdt should be forced to prove their statements that the roosevelt presidential campaign fund this year had amounted to or or should be driven out of public life |
