The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-04-05

campaign could not be successfully
carried on without sufficient money
and asked if l would help them in
raising the necessary funds, as the
national committee, under control of
Chairman Cortelyou, had utterly failed
OF obtaining them and there was a
large amount due from them to the,
New York state committee.
II explained to him that l under
stood the difficulty here raj mainly
caused by the up state leaders being
unwilling to support Depew for re-
election as United States senator;
that If he, Depew, could be taken care
of in some other way l thought that
the matter 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
ambassador to Paris.
Assisted in Raising 100000.
with full belief that he, the pres
ident, would keep this agreement I
came back to New York, sent for
Treasurer Bliss, who told me that l
was their last hope and that they had
exhausted every other resource. In
his presence I called up an intimate
friend of Senator Depew, told him
that it was necessary in order to carry
New York state that $780, 600 should
be raised at once and if he would help
I would subscribe $4,000. After a
few words over the telephone the gen
tleman said he would let me know,
which he did probably in three or four
hours, with the result that the whole
amount, including my subscription,
had been raised.
THE checks were given to Treas
urer Bliss, who took them to Chair
man Cortelyou. If there was any
among them of life insurance COM
panies or any other like organizations
of course Cortelyou must have in
formed the president. do not know
who the subscribers were other than
the friend of Depew, who was an in
dividual. This amount enabled the
New York state committee to continue
it's work, with the result that at least
of New York alone, making a differ
ence of 100, OC0 votes in the general
election.
Ryan-Root-Roosevelt Element.
This is the way l was brought to
the surface in political matters, as ]
had never before taken any active part
and had only done what | could as any
private citizen might, SO you see |
was brought forward by Roosevelt in
an attempt to help him, at his request,
the same as I was in the insurance
matter by Hyde and Ryan, by their
request for my help; and in the case
of Ryan l probably would have dropped
the matter after our first interview
had it not been for my desire to save
Belmont from taking a position fol
which he could have been criticised by
the public press. AS he was the one
Ryan desired me to influence from
opposing Morton for election as chair
man of the Equitable board, and Bel
mont afterward thanked me for taking
his part, as if he had voted against
Morton in view of his local t~raction
connections with MI. Ryan it would
have been misconstrued.
"Ryan's success in his many trac
ton deals, tobacco combinations
manipulation of the State Trust com
pany into the Morton Trust company.
the Shoe and Leather bank into the
Bank of Commerce-thus covering up
his tracks-has been done by the
adroit mind of Elihu Root and this
present situation has been brought
| about by a combination of circum'
stances which has brought together
the Ryan-Root-Roosevelt element.
"Where do I stand?"