The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-03-24


meeting. I called on the President, with
the Kansas delegation. to invite him to
visit Kansas. He refused 10 shake
hands with me. He was sharply criti-
cised for this, and wrote me a letter
that same evening. to call again the
reXt day. I called and found that his
only purpose was TO shake HANDS wi n
me in the presence Of others. in orde
that the criticism of his former actio-
might cease.
He was not sure of this. however,
! ana While II was apparent 10 me that
ms wrath was only SmOthered, he con-
/ unued, in outward appearance, to be
friendly. In the month of April, 1903, he
was at my home town, Abilene Kan.
II was the occasion Of his very extended
campaign tour for the Presidential nom
nation. / introduced him 10 an audience
OF fully 10000 people. He began his re
marks in these words.
e. 1 am glad to be at the home o. the
senior Senator Of Kansas, and am de-
lighted to meet and greet his neighbOrs
and friends. I want 10 say that no man
in this world has done more, and 1 had
almost said, as much, to place me where
am now, than your distinguished
Senator
Il knew that this statement was some
what exaggerated, that It was ROOse-
veltian.
A Worlds Fair Echo.
"In the following summer, tLare oc-
Cured an incident that caused him TO do
me a very great injustice. In the month
Of January of that year. he had writ
ten ME a letter, heartily commencing
a proposed exhibit at the Worlds Fair
known as the Jerusalem exhibit. It
was to be a reproduction Of a part OF
the walled city Of Jerusalem, present
ing its most salient features, showing
the life, customs. and scenes IN the Holy
City. Il was intended 10 be, as origi-
nally designed. Tie religious feature Of
the fair.
The letter was to be used IN creating
interest in the enterprise, as il plainly
shows on its face, II could not have been
written for any other purpose The IN
very large expenditure Of money. It
I had been enthusiastically indOrsed by
Gov. David r. Francis, and the other
I heads Of the Exposition Company, as
Well as by every minister Of every re-
llgiOuS denomination in the city Of St
Louis. The leading bankers Of St
Louis had Joined In a letter, highly
commencing the men ar the head of the
enterprise, as conservative, honest, and
CaDabie-men Of recognized financial re-
Z
wrote me the letter referred 10. I had no
interest whatever in the contemplated
exhibit, further than that of any citizen
who was interested in the success of the
Fair.
And. aside from the letters above,
fac-similes of which were sent TO me
and ] gave them 70 the President at the
/ time, / knew nothing about the project.
/ presented the letters TO Mr.. Roosevelt,
/ together with very fun and complete
letter from Mr.. Alex kOnta, president Of
the Jerusalem Company, telling just
why they wanted President ROOscVeJts
Endorsement. The President did not
| hesitate, but called I'm Mr.. COrteIyOu
and dictated TO him a letter. ] at once
sent II out TO Mr.. kOnta, and IL was
( then, in January, 1913. published in full
in all the papers in St Louis. and In
many Of the papers Throughout the
I country. Nnen the company got ready
10 OFFER its bonds and stocks TO the pub
/ nc, SIX months afterWard in an adver-
I tisemeut, IL was understood that all the
foregoing people had indOTsCd the prof.
ect, including President Roosevelt, His
letter. together with the letters above
referred 10, and others, were printed In
. a prospectus. showing the nature. pur-
/ pose and magnitude of the undertaking.
What a Journalist" Did.
Some duIetante journalistic fop down
East, representing some very proper
magazine 20 whom the advertisement
7 l.
and he. at once sent me a Iurid mes
sage. He rushed into printer had the
the papers to print for him-cr.ticisms
about me Just before this happened.
had taken the presidency OF the com
pany. My position was only TO be tenn
porary. pending the reorganization, and
to secure additional capital for the en-
terprise.
In a few weeks, IN accordance with
the original plan. I resigned as presi-
dent, sold my interest. and my COnneC-
ton with the company ceased. eNCept
that I bought some Of the bonds. for
which I paid par, just the same as any
other purchaser. and on which I lost
. per cent OF my investment along with
al other investors in these securities.
w hateVeT may be said about me I
never tried 70 defraud the Government
for the benefit of my clients Can nav
critics say as much. and tell tha trut
When / was elected 10 the senate I
gave UP two clients. OF my own free
viii. each then paying me = salary Of
5000 per year ! refused longer to
serve these clients. because thought