The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-03

CHICAGO, April "A sensation was
created here today by the publication
of letter written in December, 1905,
and addressed to Mr.. Sidney Webster of
New York and signed "E. II. Harri-
man.
Sidney Webster is a lawyer and
writer on political subjects. His wife
is sister, of Stuyvesant Fish, who lost
the presidency of the Illinois Central
railroad few months, ago after an
tagonizing Mr.. Hartman.
This is the letter:
Mr.. Sidney Webster No. ) East Sew
enteenth street. New York.
Dear sir: l am glad TO see that you are
in Town and hope soon 10 have op-
you,
I had printed copies OF the testimony
sent you, In hope that you would. after
reading them. give me some idea OF
where I stand. for 1 confess that l feel
somewhat at sea In the whole Insurance
matter. The trouble originated In allow
peoples affairs, and partly from desire
to help them. and at their request.
seem 10 be like the fellow who got III be-
tween the man and his wife In their
quarrel
No Political Instinct.
AS 10 my political Instincts. to which
you refer in your letter of December 1S.
I am quite sure l have none and my be-
ing made at all prominent In the political
situation Is entirely due 10 President
Roosevelt and because of my taking an
active part In the autumn OF 1904, at his
request, and his taking advantage of con-
ditions then created 10 further his own
interests. If It had been a DTemedltated
plot il could not have been better started
or carried out.
About week before the election in
the autumn of 1904 when it looked GER
tain that the State ticket would go Demo
cratic, and was doubtful as to Roosevelt
himself. he, the President, sent me
request TO go to Washington to confer
upon the political conditions In New York
State. / complied and he told me he un-
derstood the campaign could not he sue
cessfully carried on without suthcient
money and asked ii would help them In
raising the necessary funds as the Ma
lIonal committee had utterly failed OF
obtaining them, and there was a large
amount due from them 10 the New DIX
State committee,
] explained to him that | understood
the difficulty here was mainly caused by
the upstate leaders being unwilling to
support Depew for reelection as United
States Senator; that II he, Depew, could
be tken care Of In some other way !
thought matters could be adjusted and
the different contending elements in the
party brought into alliance again: We
talked over what could be done for Depew
and finally he agreed if found necessary
he would appoint him as Embassador TO
Paris,
With full belief that he. the President,
would keep this agreement. ! came back
To New York. sent for Treasurer Bliss.
who told me that | was their last nope
and that they had exhausted every other
resource In his presence ! called up
an intimate friend OF senator Depew,
told him that ii was necessary In order to
CARR New York State that $780, 900
should be raised al once, and If he would
help l would subscribe $4,000 After a
few words over the telephone, the gen
tleman said he would let me know, which
he did In three or four hours with the
result that the whole amount. including
my subscription. had been raised
The checks were given TO Treasurer
Bliss who took them To Chairman Cor
telyou, If there were any among them
OF life insurance companies of course
Cortelyou mus, have informed The Presi-
dent ] do not know who the subscribers
were other than the friends OF Depew
who was an individual This amount OF
money for the New York State committee
to continue It's work with. II Is 99ld tnat
at least 10. 900 votes were turned In the
city of New York alone, making diner
ence OF 100, 600 votes In the general re-
There are between ZOO and 2soo dis
tricts i'm Greater New York. and in a
campaign such as that; me expenditure
of say $50 i'm each district for cam
paign purposes. would take more ;hah
sometime In December. 1901 on my
way from Pennsylvania to New York |
stopped and had a short talk with The
President He told me then that he did
not think IL necessary 10 appoint Depew
as E.mba ssador 10 Paris, as agreed, In
fact favored him for the Senate. had
not expected that no was the one 10
say what would be necessary. but lie
arrogatod that himself and ]. of course.
could say nothing further After that |
used all the Influence | could to have De-
new returned 10 the Senate. as | con-
sidered there had been an implied ob-
CATION which should be lived up 10.
Puts 1t All on President.
This is the way | was brought 10 the
surface in the political matters as had
never before taken any active part and
had only done what | could as any pri-
vatc citizen might so you see 7 WAS
brought forward by Roosevelt In an at
tempt TO help him, at his request. the
Sumo az I was In the insurance matter
by Hyde and Ryan by heN renueat iar