The Washington herald., 1907-04-02

New York April 1.-The World. IN a
sensational article this morning. gives a
long letter written by f. II Hartman. in
which he describes a visit TO washington
al the urgent request of President Roose-
welt The alleged visit was made about
a week before the national election or
1901, when Mr.. Roosevelt was candidate
/ for President and Depew was known to
be candidate for reelection 10 the Sen
ate. The Republicans were alarmed at
the conditions existing in the State -
New York at that time. The article in
part is as follows:
Edward II. Hartman vino wrote a let
ter in the latter part Of December. 1856
this evening admitted its authorship. say
ing that when he wrote it he went further
thau now appears. The letter is addressed
to Sidney Webster. 245 East Seventeenth
street, New York II is in part as folloWs:
Dear Sir. ] am glad 10 see that you ars
IN town. and hope soon TO have an oppor-
tunity Of talking matters over with you
y had printed copies of the testimony
sent you. in hopes that you would. after
reading them. give me some idea Of where
] stand, for / confess that / feel some
what at sea ia the whole insurance matter
As 20 my political instinct to which
you refer in your letter Of December Is, /
am quite sure ] have none, by being
made az all prominent IN the political Sit
aation is entirely due to President Roose-
veit and my taking active part ia the
autumn campaign OF 1904 was at his ur-
gent request, and his taking advantage
{ al
own Interests If Il had been a premsdl-
tailed plot it could not have been better
started or carried out
Roosevelt sends for Him.
About a week before the election in the
autumn Of lSi when it looked certain
that the State ticket would 90 Demo
cratic and was doubtful AS to Roosevelt
himself. he lthe President sent me re-
quest to - 10 Washington to confer upon
the political condition III New York state.
L complied, ana he told me he understood
the campaign couldki519ieient 1z,s.oess,sss4fgllg
- oA Wild help them in raising Tire
Necessary funds, As the national commit
tee, under control OF Chairman CorteiVou.
had utterly failed Of obtaining them. and
there was d large amount due from them
I to the New York State committee.
% I explained 10 him that 7 understood
I the d.ffcuity here was mainly caused by
/ the upstate leaders being unwilling 10
support Depew for Reelection as United
/ States Senator; that If he tDepeBl could
I he taken care Of ia some other way. I
I thought matters could be adjusted and
/ the discontented elements in the party
brought into close alliance again. We
talked over what could be done for
/ Depew. and, finally. he agreed that il
4 foend necessary, he would appoint him
/ 10 Paris.
/ With full belief that he the President,
would keep this agreement. I came back
/ 10 New York. sent for Treasurer Bliss.
| who told me that I was their last hope.
/ and that they had exhausted every other
/ resource. IN his presence called up an
/ Intimate friend of Senator pepeN, told him
( Il was necessary ga order 10 carry New
/ York State that S3i000o should be raised
| at once. and If ne would helm ] woula
| subscribe S5Q.000. After a few words over
! the telephone the gentleman said he
would let me know which he did prob
ably in three or four hours, with the
/ result that the whole amount Including
/ my subscription. had been raised.
Swings Fully $4,000 Votes.
/ The checks were given 70 Treasurer
] oAta7t VIM tptA lttttii LN Atlai4tiidH LuE-
! telyou. IT there were any among them
Of life insurance companies. OF other like
/ organizations OF course Cortelyou must
/ have informed the President I do uot
know who the subscribers were. Other
I than the friend OF Depew. who was an
{ individual This amount enabled The
New York state Committee TO continue
/ its work with the result that at leas,
| 5000 votes were turned in the city OF New
1 York alone. making difference Of l09C80
votes in the general result
/ Some time iH December. 1919. on my
way from Virginia to New York. Z stop
ped and had q short taik with the Press
dent. Ie then told me that he did got
/ think il necessary to appoint Depew as
Ambassador To Paris, as agrced. tn fact
| favored him for the senate
This is the way was brought 10
/ the surface in the political matters as I
had never taken any active part. and had
only done what could as any private
citizen might. SO YOU see I was brought
| forward by Roosevelt in an attempt 10
/ help him, at his request. the same a.
/ was IN th insurance matter by HYDE and
/ Ryan by their request for MY help.
THE letter goes en- TO say that an of
Ryan's success in an his manipuIations
and deals. and the covering up Of his
| tracks is due TO the 'adroit mind of Elhu
Root, and tiiis present situation has been
brought about by combination Of cir
lcUmstances which has brought together
the Ryan. Root. Roosevelt element. Where
do I stand?