The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-04-04
HARRlNIAN'S. ANGRY
REPLY 70 ROOSEVELT
Continued from First Page. J


wrote: In view of the trouble over
the state ticket in New York | should
much like to have few words, With
you. Do you think you can get Gown
here within a few days and take ell
Their lunc hor dinner with me-?
"On October IA he wrote: My
dear Mr.. HARTMANN suggestion
has come TO me in a roundabout way
that you don't think it wise to come
to see me in these closing weeks of
the campaign, but that you are re-
luctant to refuse, inasmuch as I have
asked you.
"A funeral in my family prevent
ed a prompt response to the presi-
dents repeated invitations, but, fin
ally, about October 20, | was able to
go to Washington and see him. There
is some difference of recollection as
to what transpired at that interview.
Fortunately the president himself
in his personal letter of November 80
throws some light upon what did acs
tually take place. He says;
If you remember when you were
down here you and | were SO inter
ested in certain of New York political
departments that | hardly, If at all.
touched on governmental matters
Again in the same letter. he says:
As matter of fact you will re-
member that when you did come To
see me you and | were both so en-
gagged in the New York political sit
uation that we talked of little else
THE invitation of October 10 babe
me to the White House to have a few
words with the president in view of
the trouble with the state ticket In
New York | had replied on Octo-
her IL:
am giving very large part of
my time toward correcting the troub-
lie here and intend to do so II any er-
fort on my part can accomplish It.
| will take occasion the first of next
week to run down to see you and
think that bp that time the condition
will he very much improved
Whether was seeking. his aid to
secure the adherence of the state of
New York to the state: ticket. or he
was seeking mine, is:proved >er.. dis
proved by this. correspaalenee.- and |
cheerfnlly submit to. the n!kblic If
the inferenGee 1aelearly. suggested by
the president lis. the .uGOper one. |
did not so understand II from. the in
or. from the interviews.
The president dwells at length on
the assertion that he did not ask me
to contribute for the presidential
nor for his personal ben
eft. don't deny this statement nor
am / at al inconsistent with the as
sctrions made in the Webster let
ter respecting the interview
Therein | distinctly said The
Washington for a conference on the
political conditions in New York |
replied and he told me he understood
that the campaign could not be sue
cessfnlly carried on without sufficient
money and asked me If | would help
them in raising the necessary fund
as the national committee under
Chairman Cortelyou. had utterly fail
ed in obtaining them and there WAS
Il large amount due them from the
New York state committees
IF that means anything whatoy
cr ii must mean that he was urging
me TO help the New York state COM
mittee and not the national commit
tee nor the presidential campaign,
except SO far as the success or the
state ticket would contribute 70 the
success of the national ticker.
What the condition of finances of
the New York state committee and
the national committee were was well
known to everyone. That the ma
tional committee did not owe the
state committee and that the state
was in financial straits,
was notorious | was not a political
| was asked to go to the
;ity of Washington in the interests of
he state ticket | could raise money
That | did help in this regard, that
did raise funds Immediately upon
my return from the interview with
he president is undeniable, and to
his fund | contributed $4,000. My
interview with the president covered
l wide range of subjects connected
with the New York state" campaign,
md | did not pretend to go over the
whole matter in the Webster letter.
THE presidents letter of October
4, and his coment thereon, are fiji
eresting. In that letter he suggest
ID that | might think there was some
LANCER in my visiting him during the T
losing weeks of the campaign and {
suggested that if thought so my Wis
t might be postponed until after the +
Election. when he would ask me 10
discuss some governmental matters
connected with the campaign Here
ire two distinct invitations to discuss
wo different subjects. | could see
no danger In visiting him to discuss
New York politics before the election
and therefore | went and discussed T