Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-04-03
Replies to President Roosevelt's
Drubbing, Administered on
Tuesday
SAYS INJUSTICE HAS BEEN DONE.
Hartman Declares Webster Letter
Was Stolen and PubIished-o
From Correspondence to s,ubstanti-
alto His Previous charses--Was Not
a Political Manager.


New York. April Be. III. Hartman
late last night gave out the following
statement in response to the statement
made public by President Roosevelt al
Washington yesterday:
For many years have maintained
an intimate confidential correspondence
with my friend. Mr.. Sidney Webster
What / wrote him and what he wrote
me was. Of course, intended for our
eyes alone. In the course Of letter
which he wrote me in December OF
1895 he warned me against being
drawn into politics and questioned
whether / had any political party In
stinct united to what he was pleased to
call my business instinct. This drew
from me the reply to Mr.. Webster's In
quiry which, In substantially correct
form, has been stolen and published
This letter was written on Jan. 2. 1906
at time when no one could doubt q
cordially of my relations with the
president.
About ten days ago l was told that
a discharged stenographer was trying
to sell to some newspapers a reproduce
ton Of his notes of one OF my private
letters. could hardly believe that any
letters 50 obtained would be accepted
or published, yet made every effort
to prevent 1t. When I learned late yes
terday afternoon that a New York
newspaper had a transcript of these
notes, informed the publisher at once
OF the facts, and urged upon his at
tention the gross outrage that the pub
location of it under such circumstances
would involve. While deploring OF
course, that the sacredness of pri-
violated, cannot withdraw anything IN
the letter.
II have read the presidents state
ment. ! am most anxious to treat him
and his other utterances with the con-
sideration due to the high office which
he holds. Never the less, l feel bound
to call attention to certain things In
regard to which he does me injus-
tice.
In his letter to Mr.. Sherman he
clearly seeks to convey the impression
that the personal interview with him
in the fall of 1904 was of my seeking
and not of his"
Mr.. Hartman here quotes from let
tiers that passed between the president
and Hartman to show that Roosevelt
invited and urged him to meet him
Hartman says he did call on the pres
ident about Oct 20, and continues:
There is some difference of recol-
lection as to what transpired at that
interview.
Fortunately the president himself
in his Strictly personal letter to me
November 80. throws some light upon
what did take place. He says:
eff you remember when you were
down here. both you and l were so
interested in certain of the New York
political developments that / hardly
if at all, touched on governmental
matters
Again in the same letter he says:
LAS a matter of fact, as you will
remember when you did come down
to see me, you and / were both SO
enga ged in the New York political sit
uation that we talked over little else.
"rhe invitation of October 10 babe
me to the White house to have a few
words with the president lin view OF
the trouble over the state ticket in
New York had replied on October IL:
"I am giving a very large part OF
+bn 6ar
and intend to do SO if any effort on
my part can accomplish it. l will take
occasion the first of next week to rur
down to see you and I think by that
time conditions will be very much i'm
proved
whether 1 was seeking his aid to
secure the adherence Of that state OF
New York to the state. ticket or he was
seeking mine is proved or disproved by
his correspondence and I lcheerfully
submit to the public whether the in
ference clearly suggested by the pres
ident is the proper one. did not SO
understand it from the invitation, no1
from the interview.
"The president dwells at length on
an assertion that he did not ask me
for funds for the presidential cam
paign' nor for his personal benefit.
/ do not deny this statement nor is il
all inconsistent with the assertions
/ made in the Webster letter respect
ing the interview. Therein distinct
~ said:
"'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 under
stood the campaign could not be sue
cessfully carried on without sufficient
money. and asked if could help them
in raising the necessary funds, as the
national committee, under Chairman
Cortelyou, had utterly failed of OBJ
tanning the same, and. there was q
large amount due from them to the
New York state committee.
"If that means anything whatever II
must be that he wis urging me te