Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-04-05
election in November of that year.

I y It was made evident that the presi-
 dent believes that Mr. Hartman and William K. Hearst acted together in
 the last governorship campaign in New
 York when Hearst was the Democrat ic candidate. He believes also that they are now working together in Cali fornia and that the Rockefellers are
 assisting them. He has not hesitated to say that Mir. Hartman worked
 against him when he was a candidate
 for the Republican nomination in 1904
 MT. Hartman, the president was in formed, wanted to bring about the
 nomination of the late Marcus A. Han
 na and had promised to deliver to Mir Hanna the delegates to the national convention from Iowa, Kansas, Ne
 braska, Colorado and California. The
 president, it was asserted, never gave
 Mir. Harriman'S claim any considera-
 tion as far as Iowa, Kansas and Ne,
 braska were concerned. but he knew there were two Republican ractions in
 Colorado and that there was trouble also in the party in California. and he was aware that Mir. Hartman would take advantage of these differences. On account of what he had learned in connection with these matters the president was aware that Mir. Harri- man bore him no love.
 There can be no doubt from what President Roosevelt told his callers that he regards the campaign for the Republican presidential nomination of 1908 as on, and on with rush. Mir. Hartman and those behind MT. liar riman know just where the president stands and that he knows where they stand. From now 1t will be bitter war fare between them. The presidents blood is up. and he glories in the chance of rcdhot battle. He man. tains that Hartman and Standard oil will lead the fight against any candi- date believed to be favored by Mir. Roosevelt. It is hinted that he has plenty of ammunition in store and does not overlook the probability that his opponents have ammunition also. There never was political situation more interesting.
 Mir. Hartman issued the following statement to members of the press rel ative to the controversy with the pres ident:
 II do not intend to continue this con- troversy. You gentlemen (meaning the reporters) must try to help me and not ask me to answer questions the answers of which are self evident.
 Everybody knows that the contest for the senatorship in 1904 was be- tween Messrs. Black and Depew, and there could not possibly have been any other candidate. There was no bar gain whereby money was to be raised in consideration of having Depew ap- pointed as ambassador to France or made United States senator. and my letter to Mir. Webster does not so state. That part of the agreement was for the purpose of harmonizing the Black and Depew forces if it became neces- sary"
 When asked about President Roose- velt's statement that he was planning In 1904 to enter the United States sen ate. Mir. Hartman said:
 "A precious lot of time I've got to be United States senator"
 When he was asked about the latest | report from Washington that $5.- 100000 fund had been created by capi- | talists to defeat all of the Rooseveltian policies he turned away with a show of | disgust. saying:
 T won't say a word about it."
 Frank W. Hill. the clerk named by | Mir. Hartman as the former employee whom he suspected of having sold the