The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-04-10
HARD ON TEDDY
Hartman Says He Asked Him To
Save the Republicans.
And That He Raised Money to Pre-
vent New York From Going DEM
ocratic in 1908.

A sensation was created in New
York. Tuesday by the publication o
a letter, written in December, 1905
and addressed to Mr.. Sidney Webste
of New York and signed "E. H. Har
riman.''
Sidney Webster is lawyer and
writer on political subjects. His wife
is sister Of Stuyvestant Fish, wht
lost the presidency of the Illinoi!
Central railroad few months agt
after antagonizing Mr.. Hartman
Following is portion. of the lette]
referring to his relations with pres
ident Roosevelt in the campaign Of
1904:
AS to my political instincts tc
which you refer in your letter O,
Dec. 13, I am quite sure I have none
and my being made at all prominent
in the political situation is entirely
due to President Roosevelt and be.
cause of my taking an active part in
the campaign during the autumn OF
1904, at his request, and his taking
advantage Of conditions then created
to further his own interests. If il
has been a predicated plot it could
not have been better started or car
ried out.
About week before the election
in the autumn Of 1904, when it look.
ed certain that the State ticket would
go Democratic and was doubtful as to
Roosevelt himself, he (the president)
sent me request to 90 to Washing
ton to confer upon the political con-
ditions In New York State. I com
piled and he told me he understood
the campaign could not be successful
ly carried on without sufficient mon
ey, and asked if would help them in
raising the necessary funds, as the
national committee, under control of
Chairman Cortelyou, had utterly fail
ed Of obtaining them, and there was
large amount due from them to the
New York State committee.
II explained to him that under
stood the difficulty here was mainly
caused by the upstate leaders being
unwilling to support Depew for re-
election as United States Senator,
that if he .(Depew) could be taken
care of in some other way thought
matters could be adjusted and the
different contending elements in the
party brought into alliance again.
We talked over what could be done
for Depew and, finally he agreed, if
found necessary, he would appoint
him as ambassador to Paris.
with full belief that he, the pres
ident, would keep this agreement l
came back to New York, sent for
Treasurer Bliss, who told me that
was their last hope, and that they
had exhausted every other resource.
In his presence called up an init
mate friend of Senator Depew, told
him that it was necessary in order to
carry New York State that 5000, 200
should be raised at once and If he
would help I would subscribe $780,
900. After a few words over the tel
ephone the gentleman said he would
let me know, which he did probably
in three or four hours, with the re-
suit that the whole amount, includ-
ing my subscription, had been raised
"The checks were given to Treas
urer Bliss, who took them to Chair
man Corte!you. If there was any
among them Of life insurance COM
panies or any other like organiza-
tions, of course, Cortelyou must have
informed the president. / do not
know who the subscribers were other
than the friend Of Depew, who was
an individual. This amount enabled
the New York State committee to
continue it's work, with the result
that at least $4,000 votes were turn
ed in the city of New York alone,
making difference of 100000
votes in the general result.
There are between 1900 and q
800 districts in Greater New York
and in campaign such as that the
expenditure of say, $50 in each dis
trict for campaign purposes not IN
cluding the watchers on election day,
would take more than 100000.
Some time in December, 1904. on
my way from Virginia to New York
+ etopped and had short talk with
the president. He then told me that
he did not think it necessary to ap-
point Depew as ambassador to Paris,
as agreed on, in fact favored him
for the senate. I had not expected
that he was the ono (sic) as to what
would be necessary, but he arrogated
that to himself, and I, of course,
could say nothing further: After
that I used what influence / could to
have Depew returned to the senate,
as considered there had been an i'm
piled obligation which should be liv-
ed up to.
.'Tnis is the way I was brought to
the surface in the political matters as
I had never before taken any active
part, and had only done what could
as private citizen might, SO you
see was brought forward by Roose-
Welt in an attempt to help him, at his
request, the same as was in the in
surance matter by Hyde and Ryan by
their request for my help.
yours sincerely.