The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-06
MIR. RoosEvELTs FAILURE
To CenSure Chairman Committee fol
 Asking Hartman for Contribution.

To CenSure Chairman Committee for
 Asking Hartman for Contribution. Washington Special to New York Even-
 ing Post.
 The singular feature of the Presi- dents letter to MT. sherman, many peo.. pie in Washington are quick to point out, is his failure to censure the chair. man of the Republican Congressional Campaign Committee for. asking MT Hartman for a contribution to He- publican congressional campaign fund It had been commonly supposed that after the insurance disclosures and the revelation of MT. Harriman's partici- patton in those scandals, the Republi- can campaign managers would not im' mediately go to him seeking to fill their treasuries.
 the Presidents letter that MT. Sherman went to work to get money In the GUS S a.s %Sy bs by ePsf ing ures in high finance. It is evident that injuries he felt he had received. re- that MT: sherman, instead of accepting this refusal as final, hastened to the President with story of Mir. Harri- one mas aSd m tS sgs p shy MT Roosevelt. instead of scoring MT. Sher- man for going to Hartman for money, writes him a long letter bolstering up his reasons for acting as he did after which MT Hartman raised $200, 900.
 Politicians in Washington find the They think that. in view of MT Roose- velts position on the then pending bill prohibiting corporations from con. tributing to campaign funds, he should with the Republican Congressional Committee, and have expressed his de- side that no money be solicited fl om corporations or corporation managers
 The Presidents letter now made pub lie throws a flood of light on the methods employed by the Republi1an drawn that if Mr. Hartman was so- licited for money. other people in Wall Street who had been depended upon in the past were also urged to con- tribute.
 Points of Agreement.
 On some points the President and Hartman are in substantial agreement. Hartman did come here In October. 1904. to see the President about the New York political situation; there is no denial of the statement that he did contribute $50O00 of his own money. or that 8 total Of $250,00O was raised for use in New York State on the eve of the Presidential election.
 The one particular charge that the President resents is that he sent for Hartman and asked him to come fnan, cially to the relief of the national
 
 thing about New York politics knows that a week before the national cleo tion in 1904 the Republican National state G''''tRe Republican d5 Mf committee Co @ were greatly alarmed over the prospect of the Empire State going Democratic. rick would defeat Higgins for Governor, and it was assumed that if the Demc- cratic State ticket should be elected, the Republicans would lose the State ha na1 fnlr in politics up to his ears at that time. He was the packer of Odell, who was managing Higgns's campaign Tor Gov ernor It meant much for him to have his candidate for Governor succeed.
 Likely to Revive Discussion.
 The publication of the Hartman Webster letter and the Roosevelt -Sher- man letter. including extracts from letters that passed between the Presi- dent and Hartman, is likely to revive general discussion of the question IS to where the large campaign con much effect money really had on the election The incident may cause re- newal of the demand that the Repuoli. 7. can National Committee return all or the money it received from the insur,, ance anirs-money that belonged to the policvho,ders of these companies.
 Alton 3 Parker if one may judge ms feelings by h interview printed this morning, mus feel that vindication is finally comin- his way. It will be re- tdllCN IHdI on the eve or llle ElSSluSh tial election he charged that the Re publican National Committee was re- cciving large contributions from the captains of finance" President Roose- welt denounced him, and many persons have always believed that the denun- citation of the Democratic candidate by the, President lost Mir. Parker thous- ands of votes in every state.
 No attempt Is made to deny that MT. Hartman raised a sum between $2OO,- O00 and s25n 00O in the campaign of 1904, but it s declared authorltatively that the money was given to the New York state ommittee and not to the National Committee. This is dis- given to the New York State, Commit. tee of l9o4 to promote the election of Higgins was used also to promote the of comparative unimportance whether the money was actually disbursed through the State Committee or not improbabla that President RooSe-