The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-04-09
JUDGE PARKER vINDICATED..
The Question at Issue Between Roose-
velt and Hartman Shows Use of
Corruption Fund.
James S. Mccarthy.

Washington, Ap1ul S.--Mr. Ii. II.
Hartmann insists that he made a bar
gain with President Roosevelt dur
ing The campaign i'm 1904 in accord
ance with which Senator Depew was
to be made Ambassador to France in
aeturn for the campaign contribu-
lions Of himself and his friends. Mr..
Roosevelt says that no such bargain
was made mnd that Mr.. Hartman
does not speak the truth. This is by
no means the first time the President
has impeached the veracity Of men
who have made statements displeas-
ing to him. The list of those whom
he has denounced as "liars' is long,
and, with few EXCEPTIONS, honorable.
At it's head stands the name Of
Alton B. Parker who was denounced
in unmeasured terms for his state
memt during the campaign Of 1904
that Mr.. Cortelyou, as chairman of
the Republican Campaign Commit
tee, was securing contributions from
corporations and important financial
Interests to insure the election Of Mr..
Roosevelt. The Hartman disclo-
sures throw a flood Of light on this
incident. When Judge Parker made
that statement he knew it was true,
but evidence Of it's truth could not
be supplied without the consent of
persons who feared the wrath of the
man in the White House and refus-
ed to allow the evidence to be made
public. Judge Parker was fully vim
Dictated, however, by the insurance
investigation, which proved the truth
of everything he has said. Now, the
Hartman disclosures furnish addi-
tional proof. Whatever may be
thought of the character of Mr.. Har-
riman, it is difficult to conceive that
he had any motive for departing
from the truth in his letter to Mr..
N'ebstel'-a letter written confiden-
italy to an intimate personal friend,
the publication of which was desir-
ed neither by Mr.. Hartman nor Mr..
Webster.
This letter shows that Mr.. Harri-
man and others who contributed to
the campaign fund in 1904 under
stood clearly that they we're bargain
in" with Mr.. Roosevelt and were OBJ
tanning he right to be consulted as
to policies and appointments. No
one has ever accused Edward H. Har-
riman of being a fool. 1t is incon-
ceivable that man who has risen
from poverty to great wealth by pit
ting his wits against the shrewdest
minds in Wall Street should be so
dull as to suppose that he had made a
bargain unless there was some very
substantial ground for the SUPPOSE
tion. Unless Mr.. Hartman was a
velitable dullard there were such
grounds, and the best thing that can
be said of Mr.. Roosevelt is that
he did mot keep the implied faith
with the man who believed he was
buying the right to be consulted as to
appointments and lpolicics by his
campaign contributions.
Aside from the question Of vcracity
raised by the publication Of the Har-
rimasM- Roosevelt correspondence, it
shows that the President and Mr..
Hartman were the hest of friends
as long as the President believed
that the Wall Street finnncier could
be Of any use in furthering his poll
tical ambitions. Before the campaign
of 1904 had really opened Mr.. 'Roose-
velt wrote a personal letter to Mr..
Hartman, who was then in Europe
saying: Gas soon as you come home
I shall want to see you. The fight
will doubtless be hot then. 1T has
been a real pleasure to see you this
year, That was the President s
tone and lie wanted the assistance of
Mr.. Hartman in the hot fight. 1t
was his tone later in the campaign
when he regretted that he had not
had the advantage of Mr.. Harri-
IMAM Is advice on one or two points in
ahis letter Of acceptance. 1t was his
None when he invited Mr.. Hartman
ISo come to Washington and take
klfther lunch or dinner at the White
fouse to talk over the trouble about
le state ticket in New York. Then,
bout three weeks before the elec-
bn, Mr.. Roosevelt wrote a letter
bat would seem, to an unprejudiced
End, to justify Mr.. Hartman in