The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-05-18
EVENTS OCCURRING AT UA
THE NATIONS CAPITAL
An Interesting Letter From the Mirrors Correspond
ent at Washington Occurrances in Wash
ington From Democratic Point of
View.
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familiarly on the back and tells
them in heart to heart talk what
he wants to get before the people
always making them write the mat
ter in the third person and never
quote him.
He then is in q position to deny
anything that may come out that
is not pleasing TO him, which he
does with flourish of !rtmpets,
and thereby adds new members to
his Ananias Club. He can not and
does not fool a lot of the older cor
RESPONDENTS here. They have look
ed in his trunk and they know
hbn. But It is very flattering to
the young correspondents to have
the President Of the Uuit2l States
nat them on the back and call them
"old boy". and tel them what
they believe to be .he innermost
sercets of the Whto IGou5e. They
story, thus heading off the story
as it should have been told in
the interest of the truth.
Everybody sees the same story in
',the papers all over the country
and they believe it to be true, else
why should all the papers have
printed it simultaneously. The man
who could have told the truth about
the matter has no show. He does
not occupy the position of Presi-
dent of the United States, and if
he were TO come out with the truth
the people would not believe him.
SO, what's the use, as the sllunks
said to one another when they smelt
an automobile as it passed them on
the road.
Hero is little chapter OF the
Chicago and Alton railroad deal
that has been one of the leading
sensations of the country for some
time past that never has appeared
in print so that the people could
digest the truth. The administration
of Theodore Roosevelt has proceed
ed against Mr.. r. II. Hartman
on account of this Chicago and
Alton deal. Mr.. Roosevelt is posing
in the attitude of the people S
avenger and trying TO place Mr..
| Hartman IN the attitude of the
man who has been injuring them
Now, what are the facts anent
this so-cIlled deal?
1t will be recalled that the Al
ton readiustment took place during
| Mr.. Hartman 5 absence in Alas
ka. He has nevertheless been held
by public opinion chiefly responsible
for it, and hi 5 assocatcs in the
scheme, Messrs. Gould, Stilman
and Schitf have in a large meas
ure escaped the condemnation which
has been his portion. The idea
has prevailed that Mr.. Hartman
planned the deal before he left for
Alaska and that what took place
during his absence was simply the
carrying out Of his ideas.
Mr.. Hartman, to his credit, be
Il said has not sought to escape any
blame which attaches TO the transac-
ton by shifting the burden upon
the shoulders Of his associates. His
friends say, however, that upon
his return From Alaska he yas
in fact, displeased at what had
been done while he was away, feel
ING that n mistake had been made.
This, however, did not prevent
him from going ahead with his ac-
customed energy to make a success
of the transaction Complete sue
cess depended upon making a mar
ket for the bonds which had been
issued to the Hartman -Gould-Still-
man-Schiff syndicate at 65,
1t is sid Mr.. Hartman secur-
ed the passage by the State legisla.
ture of law extending the permis,
sible savings bank investment &c
these Alton bonds.
A fact of extraordinary interest
III view of recent developements is
that this law was signed by Gov.
Theodore Roosevelt. Thus the sigma.
ture Of Roosevelt completed tho
Alton deal by giving the Altor
bonds the prestige which attaches
TO savings bank investment. Vel
at this very time the essential
facts Of the Alton REIMBURSEMENT,
stock, watering and all, had beer
made public.
Seven years later as President OF
the United States Mr.. Roosevelt
believed il to be his duty to proceed
against Mr.. Hartman and condemn
this very deal which he himself, as
governor of New York. had helped
| to cOnsulmnate.
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