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Show GARFIELD"MAKES STATEMENT. Cleveland. Aug. 24 All plans for the prosecution of the Standard Oil compauv had been outlined by James R. Garfield as head of the bureau of corporations before the fall of 1904 Ibe time when the company In alleged to have contributed $100,000 to the Republican campaign fund. This statement was mado last night by Mr Garfield who, referring to bis diary found a letter ot November 4 1904, 'in which Mr Roosovelt denied that such gifts had boon sought. "A deliberate and unqualified falsehood," false-hood," was the -way Mr. Garfield characterized char-acterized the cvldcnco given by m Archbold insofar as It dealt with tho prosecution. "The Investigation by tho bureau of corporations," said Mr. Garfield, "wns absolutely free from political consideration?. consid-eration?. Its purpose wns to obtain facta. Instead of opening the books of the Standard Oil company to the bureau, Archbold and tho late U IT Rogers' offered tit bureau statements that proved, untrue Tho factB developed devel-oped by the bureau were proved In court. "Why if there was any truth In the, accusation these men now make, wore they not mado while Mr Bliss, tho only man they mention, wac nlivts' ' Is easy to name a dead man, but Bl' was alive durino: the prosecution of the Standard OH cases." As to Roosevelt having Inspired the prosecution, Garfield said he him-golf him-golf had initiated it "The campaign had been planned before the fall of 1904 and had been generally discussed." Garfield said. "The field work did not begin until the, following spring." i |