The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-04-10

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ing weeks Of the campaign, but that
you are reluctant to refuse, inasmuch
as 1 have asked YOU
"a funeral in my family prevented
a prompt response to the presidents
repeated invitation, but finally about
Oct. 20 I was able 70 go to Washing
ton and see him.
There is some difference Of recol-
lection as to what rranspired at that
interview.
Fortunately, the president himself
in his 'stricly personal letter to me
Of Nov. 80 throws some light on what
did take place. He says:
"If you remember, when you were
down here both you and were so in
terested in certain Of the New York
political developments that 1 hardly,
if at all, touched on governmental
matters
again in the same letter hes ays:
CAS- a matter Of fact, as You will
remember, WREN you did come down
gagged to see me, you and We're both
so engaged in the New York political
situation that we talked of hetle
else
.Che invitation Of Oct 10 bade me
to the White House to have few
words with the president, in view Of
the trouble over the State ticket in
New York I had replied on Oct. u:
I am giving very large part OF my
time to correcting the trouble here,
and intend to do so if any effort on my
part can accomplish it. will take
occasion the first Of next week to run
down to see you, and think by that
time the conditions viii be very much
improved
whether I 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 or dis
proved by this correspondence, and I
cheerfully submit to the public
whether the inference clearly sug-
gested by the president is the proper
one. I did not so understand it from
the imitation, nor from the inter
view.
tThe president dwells at length on
the assertion that he did not ask me
to contribute for the presidential
campaign nor for his personal bene-
fit. I do not, deny this statement
| nor is it at all inconsistent with the
assertions I made in the Webster let
ter respecting the interview. Therein
I distinctly said: The president sent
me request to go to Washington to
confer upon the political conditions
in New York State. I complied, and
he told me ne understood the cam
paign could not be successfully car
ried on without sufficient moneys and
asked if I would help them in raising
the necessary funds, as the national
committee under Chairman Cortelyou
had utterly failed Of obtaining them
and there was large amount due
from them to the New York State
committee
'If that means anything whatever
it must be that he was urging me to
help the New York State committee,
and not the national committee in the
| presidential campaign, except so far
as the success Of the State ticket in
New York would contribute to the
national ticket.
THAT I did help in this regard,
that I did raise funds immediately
upon my return from the interview
with the president, is undeniable and
to this fund I contributed $4,000.
'.I am not responsible for what Mr..
Sherman may have said to the presi-
dent with reference to the converse
ton he had with me. All that 1 have
| to say is that did meet his urgent
requests that I contribute to his can'-
| paisn fund, and that the statements
alleged to have been attributed to me
by him were false. The president was
assured of this fact by mutual
friend who was present at the inter-
view"
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