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c- ', m (i THZ ASSOCIATZD PEES1 . DISPATCHES LAST EDITION 2.30 P. It , Weather forecast: , Gent-rally Voir. vol. xvn;rx ASHE7ILLE, N .0., MONDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 2, 1912. PRICE THREE CENTS WILSONFLAYS THIRD PARTY Says Minimum Wage and Federal Industrial Commis sion Would Be Blow to Working Man. SAYS LABORING MAN WOULD BE HELPLESS Wages Would Be Scaled Down and Edict Enforced by Power of "Govern- :-y ment. Buffalo, Sept., 2. Gov. Wilson to day analyzed the third party platform In its ralation to the laboring man. The occasion of his speech was a la bor tiny celebration jtfhder the aus- iiices of the United Trades and Labor council i'f Buffalo. It was the first expression of the democratic candi dal.' cm the. merits of the progressive platform. He assailed the minimum wage idea, declaring employers would scale down to the level permitted by ; Gov. Wilson said In ' part: "Intel llge.nt workmen" will ask men now set-king their votes what they may be tsi. i teil to do for them. I don't mean separately, but for tho country which will entitle them to the confi dent e of those who perform dally la bor will h lies as the basis of all our lilt'. lUt of the, answers they get will turn tion the qflestlon of tariff duties, from which our politics never luis lu-en ti1''" to get away. They will be told mi the one hand that If the democrats get power they may look to see Industry languish, wages de crease and employment harder ' to tlnd. They forget that the democrats constitute approximately half the na lion, that democrats are engaged In occupations of every ):ln, depend upon all sorts of businesses for their livfthood, Rhare 1n every interest and enterprise of the country. It may be taken for grnnted that the democrats ure not going to destroy themselves economically. " Attacked New Party. ''These uiu omfortubla redlc.fcons come froia the, iA-l line republicans and from those republicans of the new departure who are seeking to buliu up a third party of their own. They long have been the Block In trade of the old republicans. And yet the pre dl. turns of leaders of the new party are as alarming as those of the veri est standpatter. There is a stimulat ing breath of hope In every part of .the platform of the new party except (that whic h touches the tariff and the trusts, ll has this singular reatu it has two sides nd two tones. lt 1 speaks .warm sympathy with practi cally every project social betterment, this Is refreshing to read. Perhaps we are Justified In assuming that the third party is looking forward to the general establishment by law of a minimum wage. Then it Is to no ex petted that the majority of employers will w ale down to that minimum and It would be a strike against the au-1 thority of the federal government. Moreover practically all of the most powerful of his employers would be wards .of that very government which Is muster of us all. The government Is to set up a commission whoBe duty It will be not to check or defeat It, b a merely to regulate it under rules iii 'l, Itself Is to frame and develop. .'" 'hut the chief employers will have this h'cmenduou authority behind them what they do they will have the license or the federal government to do, Including the right to pay wag es approved by the government. You null tlnd I he program of the new par ty legalises monopolies and system atically subordinates working men to them and to plans made by the gov ernment both with regard td employ ment mi,! uiitrp. What the demo- rrcita ir mo la th restoration of freedom. What we need Is the regu lation of competition and the prose cution nf what has created monopoly. When you have regulated it you have In effect restornd It. - WRECK ON LAKE SHORE Six arf Killed and Others Injured , When Train Is Derailed by Waxliout. Green Pay, Wis., Sept. 2. One pas senger and five trainmen were erl ("iHly Injured and 21 were slightly hurt hen train No. 112 on the Lake Shore division of the Chicago and North western Railway, running 30 miles an Wur, was derailed two miles north of Uvndhurst, Wis., an the result of a wanhout caii'ed by a cloudburst. The locomotive, mall car,' baggage car, oiokcr and a day coach left the track nil all but the day coach turned over. Thn dead: W. 8. Calkins, Showano. is.; John Jones, engineer. Green Hay, vis.; C. K. BiiHhey, conductor, Mll aukee; George Marx, lirnkemnn, 6111 iukee; Carroll Bennett. buKgiigcnmn. ntlgo. Wis.; end Btewort l. Hhelton, press meHHenxer. Milwmikee. The serlonisly Injured: George Hum-t-rbecker, ChI'dKo, hesd and arm oli;ed and M. Pmtnvtnk, Ironwoml, i'-h., Internally Inhered. Tlt'V may l'oth with removed to a hospital Green Bav. The 2 1 ntlKT 1. 1, -.!.. n- N hn V" ' . 'it I.tel l-rol 1 GGUUITTEE CITES LQEB ATJDHEARST Cortelyou and Archbold Must Also Give Further Testimony. Washington, ' Sept. 2. William Loeb, jr., George B. Cortelyou, each of whom was formerly private secre tary to Roosevelt when he was pres ident; W. R. Hearst and John D. Archbold have formally been asked to appear before the senate committee investigating 1904 contributions when it resumes hearings late this month. The committee wants to re-examine Cortelyou In the light of Archbold's recent testimony. Loeb and Cortelyou have said they will testify. 10 PUNISH ASSAILANT OF ENVOY Cuba Fears Consequences of the Attack on Gibson by Havana Reporter. . Havana, Sept. 2. President Gomes has sent a long cable dispatch to Pres ident Taft In connection with the at tack upon Hugh Oibson, the American charge de'affalrg at Havana, by En rique Mu.ua, a newspaper reporter. In part the dispatch said: "Deeply grieved by trn statement made yesterday by Huntington Wilson, acting secretary of state to the Cuban minister at Washington. I address myself to you, trusting. in your, con stant good will toward Cuba and this government to repeat my sorrow and indignation nt the outrage Inflicted upon the, charge de'nffalrs of the United States and to assure you that his assailant has been arrested aftd will be prosecuted with all the severity our laws permit and With all possible rapidity. "The Insults which some papers, no toriously anti-governmental, have di rected against Mr. Gibson will be the subject of the proceedings which our laws prescribe, although they have had practically ho Influence on the pubflo opinion," continues the mes-' sage. The message says the recent Amerl ' can notes and Assistant Secretary of I State Wilson's statement to Senor Rl- vero, the minister at Washington, have caused proiounu alarm hiuuiik who feared that the exaggerated re ports of the attack on Mr. Gibson might lead the United States into a most lamentable error. It offers as surances of the affection ani gratitude of Cuba for the United States and -. u.ith an aTTirAfialim nt hone, that pregldt.nt Taft w, make B frttnk anQ cordial statement in order to restore confidence that the United States does not In this case Intend to depart from its constant desire that Cuba main tain Internal peace and the best of re lations with all nations. COMMUNICATION CUT No Tlcllnifs at Managua of AmevJ'Hiwi and KuroM'ans ft Kcmotcj N'k'araguau Points.- ' Managua, Aug. 31. (Delayed In transmission). Americans and Euro- neans In the beleaguered capital are safe, but nothing Is known concerning the situation of those at Matagaipa and other places, who have not been , heard from in ten days. At that time all was reported well with them, with the exception that one German had been killed at Matagaipa. ( The wife of the British consul gen eral here who Is marooned at Jlno tego, nothwest of Matagaipa got a let- . hn.nvh to her husband today. It was written a week ago and suld she was well. Nothing has been heard from sever-! EnglUh women at Maz aya since the trouble started. The revolution hifs not affected Dueflelds t and other eastern coast points. Washington. Sept. 2. Belated dis patches received at the state depart ment tell of the failure to establish telegraphic and railway communica tion between Managua and the sea coa't towns. A cablegram to the navy depart ment from Rear Admiral Hoiitherland announced that he expected the collier Prometheus and the supply ship Gla cier would arrive at Corinio totiay. MVIthcr curries trained fighting men The Colorado with armed men aboard ted to reach Corlnto next Thursday. . ' . There wos a large crowd at Rlver- lda nnrk all this morning to ccl l.rate the -holiday afforded them by Ijtlior Pay and each one wns en dxavorlng in some manner to lie en tertalned. Tha races which were scheduled for the curly morning had not been started at 1 o'clock but will probably pulled off this afternoon. TIib baseball name this morning wax will ancndi-d and the one Uils sft i ,n,l.,,!ilv dl atv H Idilrh In , , , T..i,'- M v.l I a 20 LIVES LOST I III I STOl Streams in Pennsylvania and West Virginia are on a Ram page After Tor rential Rains. TOWNS ARE WRECKED AND TRAINS MAROONED Property Loss Will Be Heavy Death List Will Be In creased, It Is . ' Feared. Pittsburg, Sept. 2. Twenty per sons are known to be drowned and it Is feared many others were lost In a series of storms in the Panhandle of West Virginia and western Pennsyl vania this morning. The railroads are badly washed and traffiq will bo de layed for several days. Through trains are marooned In the flooded district. Many factories are under water and the property loss is heavy. Twelve children and three women are among the drowned. Cherry Valley, a mining town, was flooded within half an hour after the rain began to fall. The foundations of the houses were undermined and they toppled over Into the streets. The Gil lespie family father, mother and four children were asleep and did not hear the shouts of warning. They were drowned in their house, A farmer hastened to his stable to fave his horse and was drowned. His son went to his rescue and was swept away, but drew himself to safety by grasping the branches of a tree. Ell Hancock of Canonsburg turned bac.k to recover some paper. His house col lnpsed as he entered the door. His body has not Men recovered. Other drownings occurred similarly. Many olj derricks were blown down and. wrecked. , ".' .-',-'' '. '.,.,'.' COL. ROOSEVELT RETURNS TO NEW After Springfield Speech He Goes to St. Louis; Thence West. -. Oyster Bay, Sept. .2. Col. Roose velt was up before daybreak and bj 6 o'clock was off for New York where he takes a train for Hartford his first stop, thence going to Sprlnglleia. Then the colonel .heads straight for St. Louis, where he will speak at the Missouri state fair. Then he goes to St. Paul and . long zigzag course up and down the Pacllic coast states, re turning home .about the middle of Oc tuber. BULL MOOSE MEET Organisation Perfected In Conven lltius Held In Lenoir, Person and Montgomery Counties. Klnston, Sept. 2. Koosevelt follow er.i split from old llners' ln the re publican county, convention Saturday afternoon when Chaltman Newborne declared he could no longer affiliate with the regular organization, and an unusual scene followed. Two conven tions, were .held In the same building. the progressives retiring to another floor. No disorder accompanied the bolt and both parties were quickly or ganlxed. T. U. Brown was made chair man by the republicans ana J. u Vause by tha new party. Clone Content Likely. Knxboro, Sept. 2. The republican county convention held here Saturday nominated a full county ticket, it Is Houso. T. A. Noell; sheriff, A. P. Clay ton: register, Thomas Bumpass;. treas urer, W. V. Long; commissioners,. R, D. Bulley, A, M. Long. C. H. Hunter, Nominees for house, treasurer and two commlsiloners are tne same as noini nald by the progressive convention last Saturday. It Is highly probable that the pro gressives not nominated by today i convention will come down ana mere Will be only one ticket opposing the democratic. If this Is done there will be a close campaign In this county Thera In no big difference In tne strength of the two parties In Person and us It Is a greut county for scratch lng It Is probable that some of today'i nominees will be carried past the ma Jmlty line by their personal popular Ity. . Montgomery County. Nov, Sept. 2. Ths republican coun ty convention met Saturday and elect ed a Committee to select the county ticket. Not a Word was said about national or state tickets and It Is un derstood thnt Montgomery republican will pot take part In either of the stute .conventions. The committee appoint eil Saturday will select a county tlckc when It chooses to do Ho. A still lion will be made, for some democrat. Al ri- nlv Indi pendent cainllilali h have o f..r I he b f .r nh RAILIVAY EMPLOYES MllEIIICREASE Conductors anil , Trainmen of Southern Lines Present De mand for Raise. Gazette-News Bureau, Wyatt Tullding, ' ' Washington, Sept. 2. Whether tho conductors and train men of 14 southern and southwestern roads, including the Southern - rail way, Seaboard Air Line, Alabama Great Southern and ' Atlantic Coast Line will be called out In one of the biggest strikes In the history of the country, probably will be decided this week. A, B. GtiifBtson, president of the Order of Railway Conductors; R, W, Moore of C.hnrlotte representing the Southern rati way, 'and S. J. Brooks of Richmond, Va., represent ing the Seaboard and Atlantic Coast I.lno HnH nhnut 20 other memhom nf the grievance committee representing , 12 other railroads - have reached Washington and established head quarters at the National hotel. This morning the representatives of the conductors and trainmen opened ne gotiations with Chairman Baker, who Is acting for all the railroads Involv ed in the struggle for higher wages. "Do you expect to call a strike?" Mr. Garretson wa asked. "You had j better put that qiitistlon to the rail-j roads. The only man whom I know ! can answer that question is Mr. Bil ker," he smiled. " i I While It Is believed the men will be able to - reach . some agreement with the railroads there is no doubt ing the fact that the committee here is In earnest and will -call a strike, if It cannot be helped. Their demands,' the railroad officials say, would mean an annual Increase In the payrolls of something like $3,000,000. This, the railroad ofliclals say, they cannot and will not stand.. The committee rep resenting the men meet this state ment with the change that they are only asking such wages as are paid on other roads which compare with those Involved In tha present struggle. They claim their ;men are working for much less money and putting In more hours for a day's work than are the men employed In a similar capacity in the east and west. ' Effective November city delivery service will, be 4irtblihed at -Mon roe. Two letter tfafriers, one substi tute and 12 letter boxes will be used In the nyw service. IS II IKO MARKET rices Continue Good-e-Wil- son-Marshall-Craig Club Being Formed. Gazette-News Bureau, ' Daily News Building, Greensboro, Sept. 2. Indications are that when Greens boro's large $ in, 000 tobacco ware house Is thrown open, wh!h will robably be the latter part of this week, the Gate City will take on new !fe as a tobacco center. Already great quantltiea of the weed have teen ' marketed here this season on the present warehouse space, Satur day being a record-breftklng day for the number of tobacco wagons in town. The sales Saturday averaged 11 1-2 cents per pound while a con siderable quantity ot tobacco brought 25 to SO cents per pound. The tobac co crop in this section this year Is large and the quality of the weed la exceptionally- good. ' The , tobacco growers In tiuilford and adjoining counties are enthusiastic over the out look for continued -good prices. The democrats of Guilford county have thrown down the gauntlet to the republicans of either the Taft or the Koosevelt persuasion, or both, and have formally challenged the opposl Hon to a Joint discussion of tha Is sues this year. Formal action was ta ken Saturday afternoon by the execu tlve committee. It Is hardly -probable however, that the challenge will be accepted. The republicans have not yet named a county and legislative ticket. Plans for the formation In Guilford county . of a Wllson-Marshall-Cralg club are being perfected and mem bershlp In the club Is being secured. It Is believed by the promoters of the political organization that not less than 1000 members will be enrolled during the present month. The club will be formally organised Septembc 14 at a democratic rally to be held In the county court house here. TICKETS ft . TI 1 The Ashevllle Power and Light company will be unable to sell the re diicei rate students tickets tomorrow, by reason of the failure or the tirke to arrive from the printers In Phil iidelnhli. AHMiirance was given tha ilii-He tickets would be licre In tlm fur the (tpcnlmr of the fl''hi.N t"i , u ! h,- , ..lllpKIIV fell . ' ' il TICKET IS 11ED FOB Ti COUNTY "Ten "O'Clock" Convention Harmonious Almost Un imous for Roose-velt. DELEGATES SELECTED FOR OTHER MEETINGES Largci Attendant e J. M. Patterson Chosen as Republican County Chairman. v The republican convention called by the majority of the county execu tive committee, as opposed to the one ca,le1 by the county chairman, T. F. Roland, met at 10 o'clock this morn- lng, elected a new county chairman, James M. Patterson of West Ashe- yille, chose a new executive commit tee, selected candidates for the county offices and delegates to the congres sional convention to be held this aft ernnon nnrl tn tha state convention to be held In Charlotte. Col. V. S. Lusk was made chair man of the convention, and M. R Glenn acted as secretary. Col. Lusk made a few remarks before the busi ness of the convention was started. All of the precincts were represented with the exception of-Haw Creek and the two Sandy Mushes. The reports of the precinct meetings were almost unanimously In favor of Theodore Roosevelt for president. ' Everything went off smoothly, and great hope end enthusiasm were : expressed. There was a large attendance. After the new chairman of the ex ecutive committee was elected the following committee, one from pre cinct was chosen: First Ashevllle pre cinct, W. T. Justice; second, V, S. Luek; third, A. L. Garren; fourUi, Vonno Gudger; fifth, J. M. Sanders; sixth, C. G. Lee; Beaverdam, Robert Greenwood; Limestone, M. A. Ulck- man: West Ashevllle, A. 8.. Nicholson; French Broad, E. H. Bradahaw; Flat Creek, T. J. Cole; Reems Creek, E. A. Merrell; Black Mountain, E..VV.. In gle; Ivy No. 1, V. 1 Whttakef! Ivy No. 2, J. M. Morgan, Swannanoa, N. A, Penland; Fairvtew, T. W. Whita ker; Avery Creek, F. V. V Johnson; rxiwer Hominy, W. Hk McCall; Hom iny No. 1, P. J. Warden; No. 2, R. W. King; ' Leicester, No. 1, J. L. Alsxan- er; No. 2, J. H. . Jackson; Gash s Creek, John Davidson; Blltmore, a mes Greenwood. . ' - The new chairman was Instructed to fill the three vacanclea The convention then proceeded to choose a county ticket. Most of tne candidates were chosen by acclama tion. The ticket Ib as follows: Senate, W. G. Fortune; representatives, Raluh Harklns, and C. G. Lee; sher iff, J. H. i Greenwood; register of deed., W. J. Benchboard; tax collec tor.' John A. Nichols; treasurer, Wll Ham R. Payne; county commissioners. Dr. C, E. Cotton, LaFayette Luther, N. A. Penland, J. M. Morgan, Joel In gram; auditor. J. . Barren; survey or. Claud Justice; coroner, j. u. An derson: board of education, cnaries Jarvls, John Barrett, J. B. Hunter, The following coirtiittee waa nam ed to nominate delegates to the state and congressional conventions: C. G. Lee. W. G. Fortune, Ralph Harklns, James Cole. J. II. Patterson, J. M. Morgan,' John -Sumner and Augustus Garren. Z. B. Watson of Jackson county wna innnrsen ror elector anu jv. n. Staton of Hendersonvllle for congress. TV J. Harklns then stated that as a spectator of the convention he de- sired to say that an excellent ticket had been named and that ha intend ed to support it. ' Thjre were 35 delegates chosen ror the state convention and 35 for the congressional convention. Based upon, tho following funda mental resolution the convention en dorsed the principle of the Chicago platform but declared the nomination of Mr. Taft to be invalid, and un animously endorsed Theodora-Roosevelt as the rightful choice of the re publican party: ' The supporters of Mr. Tart aasen that "a party's supreme tribunal is Its national convention, from which there can be no appeal." Wa deny this and on tho contrary we hold that a party's supreme tri bunal Is the will of the people, which Is and must ever remain the sovereign power In a republic. To this tribunal or last resort we now appeal. Conventions and com mittees are mere agencies to express and to execute the sovereign will of the people. It Is vain, futile and Insolent to ask the people to ratify & nomination when tha convention making such nomination has openly defied and de feated lHe clearly expressed will of the peop;e. While some of the counties have apparently failed to recognize the call of Chairman Roland for the con nrenJslon.il convention It Is thought that R. It. Staton of Hendersonvllle Will be chosen as candidate for con gress If there Is a quorum present and It Is likely that .the delegates from both the Buncombe conventions will be seated. L. O. Oollghtly, doing business as tbs C.ollghtly Furniture company, 16 North Pack square, filed a voluntary petition In bankruptcy this morning, Klvlng his awels at about $5000 and liabilities at $7000. Mr. Oolii;litly t liUnilcK his failure to the f.n t of dn- j , ;-: I,,,, fur,- 11 i-reil it iu-,j ,, .--i (ill a ' . I y . i .v.-ikji-:-'!' - COL. ROOSEVELT QUOTES LETTERS IE SETTLE AIID LOCAL About 25 Republicans Attend ,"12 O'Clock" Convention Called by Roland. About 25 republicans met at the call of trie county chairman, T. F. Roland, In the county commissioners' room at 12 o'clock today, before the other con vention had closed, and named dele gates to the state and congressional conventions and passed resolutions en dorsing Thomas Settle for governor, W. H. Taft for president and In sup port of local option, declaring that the prohibition law In this state has been a failure. I 1 . Mr. Roland called tho meeting to order, and Hon. Thomas Rollins mov ed that the temporary organization' be made permanent; also that the roll call of the precincts be omitted. Mr, Roland stated that all the precincts were represented except three. He said that the report had been circulat ed that he had refused to call the con vention, but that no one had asked him to do It; that the executive com mittee does not have to call tho con vention except where officers ara nom inated. , W, G. Candler and Guy Weaver spoke In opposition to the resolution for local option.' id Mill CARRIERS' RAISE HOW EFFECTIVE Increase to $1000 Per Annum Will Be Made This i Month. Washington,' Sept. 2. Under au thority conferred by the postofflce ap propriation bill, Postmaster-General Hitchcock has increased the salaries of rural letter carriers on standard routes from $1000 to $1100 a year, thus affecting 30,000 men, with proT portionate Increases to carriers on shorter routes. The order will become effective September 30.. . This will mean an increased dis bursement of $45,000,000 a year. It is the second salary advance for rural carriers made In the last four years. At the close of the last llscal year on June 30, there were 42,031 rural mall carriers, the aggregate pay being $40, 655,740. When the rurai delivery sys tem was Instituted sixteen years ago, 83 carriers were employed at an an nual cost of $14,840, the maximum In dividual pay being $200 a year. The Increase provides rural carriers adequate compensation for additional burdens to be Imposed by the parcels post system, effective' January 1. "The purcels post system on rural routes can be conducted practically with no extra expense to the govern ment, except the Increased salary al lowance to carriers," said Mr. Hitch cock. .... "In my judgment i this additional cost will be'more than offset by an In creased revenue, thus insuring the maintenance and from time to time the extension of the rural delivery sys tem as a self-supporting brancn oi the postal service." Mr. Hitchcock has directed, also, that rural mall carriers, on the com pletion of twelve months service, be granted fifteen days leave with pay. This will require the additional expen diture of $80,000 a year In the pay ment of substitute carriers. COULD STOP DISASTERS Of TRAVELB RAILWAY Excessive Speed Cause of 75 or 80 Per Cent of Accidents to Trains. Washington, Sept. 2. Responsibil ity for the accident on the Chicago, Burlington and Qulncy railroad at Western Springs Ills, July 14, when 11 passengers and two employes were killed and 26 passengers and two em ployes Injured, was place today by the Interstate commerce commission on Flagman Woodworth. Chief Inspector Bclnnp's report to thrj 'commlslon says the accident was a rear end eolllsslon might have been prevented had the flagman exercised proper precautions In warning the on coming train. x Sharp criticism Is also made of the high rate of speed at which th train was running as the weathershrulueta was running particularly as ' the weather mas foggy and heavy. One of the ofliclals of the Hue. F. C. Ryee, Inspector of transportation, testified 75 or 80 percent of tho ratustrophes of the Inst few years. Another official minted out til ri t if tblH la true It In TIO wilhln the I'i, ,..! to l jiiiw cr r-iil th. ; ...-..,'. j ''-.; . To Sustain Hi3 Assertion that , He Never Knew of Stan darr Oil Contribution. CORTLEYOU ASSURED HIM THERE WAS-NONE Says Committee Dropped Di rect Charge Against Penrose to Investigate Senator's Counter Charge. . Oyster Bay, Sept. 2. Colonel Roos evelt has made public his letter to Senator Clapp, chairman of the senate committee investigating campaign contributions, in reply to the recent testimony of John D. Archbold and Senator Penrose regarding an alleged contribution of $100,000 by Mr, Arch bold to the republican campaign of 1904. The letter Is a document of approximately 18,000 words covering forty-four typewritten pages. About one-third of the letter is devoted to copies of correspondence by Colonel Roosevelt, while president, with James S. Sherman, now vice-president, Senator Bourne and others, and to the ' reply of President Roosevelt to the charge made by Alton B. Parker, in 1904, that the republican campaign was financed, in large measure, by the contributions of big corporations. The letter, in part, follows: .'The campaign against Mr. Penrose was a direct charge. This charge wns not merely that he took $25,000 from the Standard OH company, but that at or about the time of his taking It, while a member of a committee of the senate which was formed to Investi gate Industrial affairs In the United States, he was in constant com- .. munlcatton with Mr. Archbold on the subject and that he sub mitted to Mr. - Archbold for his .;. approval In advance a copy of the re--port -of the commission. If these state- v ments are true, of course Mr. Pen- ' rose is unfit to represent the people in the United States senate; and the testimony against him Is direct.- Ap parently, however, the committee Is Investigating not this charge against Mr.', Penrose which was sustained by direct evidence,' but Mr. Penrose's countercharge which was sustained by no ' evidence at all and only by the repetition of secondhand gossip. "As regards the statement of Mr. Penrose and Mr. Archbold that with my consent or knowledge Mr. Bliss ' asked -the Standard Oil people for $100,000, or other sum, -or received such sum from them, it Is an unquali fied falsehood. V "If any request for funds was mad from the Standard Oil company, or If any funds were received from tho Standard Oil company, by Mr. Bliss or any one else connected with the Na tional committee In 1904, It was not merely done without my knowledge, but was dono against my express di rection and prohibition and In s"lte of the fact that I was assured that ho such request has been made and that no such contribution , had been r Would be received." In support of this statement, Colonel Roosevelt Includes here his letters and telegram to George B. Cortelyou, tho republican national chairman, of Oc tober 26, 27 and 28. 1904, respectively. These letter", which were made public recently, called Mr. Cortelyou'g atten tion to a report that Standard pil In terests - had contributed $100,000 to the Roosevelt campaign and directed that the money b returned If tha re port were true. The telegram was ona asking If this had been. done and add ing that there should be no delay In . so doing. ' "Sulisequent to this telegram Mr. , Loeb, my private secretary, called Mr. Cortelyou up on tile telephone," tho letter continues, "and later I did so myself. He notified me first through Mr. Loeb and then directlji that no such contribution had been received or would be received. He ; tells me ho saw Mr. Bliss, showed him tha letters and telegram, and that Mr. Bliss then told him that no Standard Oil money had been . received and that none would be accepted. "Mr. Penrose waa a candidate for chairman of tho republican national committee In 1904 and It was reported to me that the members of the com mittee wished to choose him. Thbi I emphatically refused to allow. I knew but. little of Mr. Penrose at the time, but I was not willing to have any man whom I did not personally know and tn whose probity I did not have entire confidence as head of the commlttea. "Mr. Cortelyou was put on at my personal request. Hit ran the cam paign almost without suggestions from me. I communicated with him occa sionally by telephone, and generally In' writing." Several matters Irrelevant to tho committee's Inquiry are mentioned by Colonel Roosevelt as tha topics of these letters. He communicated also with Senator Penrose, Colonol Roose velt added. One letter from Colonel Roosevelt to Senator Penrose, dated the day after the 1004 election, read: , "Upon my word! Of all phenom enal returns, the Pennsylvnpla figure i are most phenomenal I congratulate you and heartily thank you." Colonel Roosevelt continues: "In hII my communications with blni l'"()re or fter election 1 npul(e of (onlrliiutlons but e. I'll I wit In a Icii 'T to h on of i I ..her " s, 1 'in I, In , (.', -I . i ;
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