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

OF b0N, ogcll 8 ICIIPl 10 me OF De-
ccmber 10, 1904.
Gas / am entirely willing that you
should show this letter to Mr.. Harri.
man. | shall begin by repeating what
you told me he said TO you on the
occasion last week when you went to
ask him for contribution TO the cam
paigu. You Informed me that he
then expressed great dissatisfaction
with me, and said, in effect, that so
long as ] was Mt the head of the
Republican party. or rs 1t Is dominated
by the policies which l advocate and
represent. he would not support it. and
was quite Indifferent whether Hearst
beat Hughes or not. whether the Demo
Gratis carried Congress or not He gave
as a reason for his personal dislike of
ME partly my determination to have
the railroads supervised, and partly the
alleged fact that after promising him
to appoint Depew as Embassador TO
France I failed to do ii, and ] under
stood YOU to say that he alleged that
| made this promise at a time when he
had come down 20 see me in Washing
ton. when | requested him to raise
$250,000 for the Republican Presi-
Dental campaign, which was then on.
$50 much for what Mr., Hartman
said about. me personally" says the
President. in concluding his first letter
to Mr.. sherman. Far more important
the President regards the additional
fclldFhS winch MT. sherman SHlu VII,
Hartman made to him when he asked
him if he thought it was well TO see
Hearstism and the like triumph
over the Republican party. You, -
says the President, Inform me that
he told you that he did not care in the
least, because those people, were crooks,
and he could buy them, and other
similar remarks. This the President
says, twas doubtless partly IN boast
ful ,cynicism and partly in burst
of bad TEMPER but it showed, in
the President 8 opinion, a cynicism and
deep-seated corruption which he de-
nounces In strong words.
The second letter to Mr. Sherman
simply contains an addenda to The first.
Gives Lie to Hartman.
And such statement is deliberate
and wlllful untruth-by rights it
shonld be characterized by an even
shorter and more ugly word. L never
requested MIR. Hartman TO raise a dol
lar for the Presidential campaign of
1904, On the contrary, our com
munlcatlons as regards the campaign
made against Mr.. Higgins for Governor
of New York, Mr.. Hartman being inn
mensely interested in the success OF Mr..
higgins, because he regarded the at
tack on Higgins as being really an at
tack, on him, Mr.. Hartman, and on
has friend; Gov Odell, and he was con
ecerned only In getting me to tell Mr..
Cortelyou TO aid Mr.. Higgins so far
as he could, which [ gladly did, He
also I think more than oncc) urged
me to promise to make Senator Depew
Embassador to France, giving me in
detail the reasons why this would help
Gov Odell, by pleasing certain big
financial interests. informed him that
/ did not believe it would be pos
sible for me to appoint Mr. Depew,
and furthermore, expressed my surprise
at his saying that the men repre-
senting the big financial interests of
New York wished that appointment
had written to me, asking that the
same place be given TO Mr.. Hyde, and
that as matter of fact, while | was
not prepared to announce any decision,
doubted whether | could appoint
either Mr.. Depew or Mr. Hyde to the
place. As soon as Mr.. Hartman heard
that MI Hyde was candidate and
had asked the names of his hackers,
he hastily said that he did not wish to
be understood as antagonizing Mr.
Hyde, and would be quite willing TO
support him, and though I understand
mat he stlil preferred Mr.. Depew, he
LETT me strongly under the impression
that he would be almost as well salts.
fed with Mr.. Hyde, and was much
dlscontented at my informing him
so positively, not once, but repeatedly.
that | did not think ! should be able TO
apDoint either.
' His and my letters now before me.
OF the fall of 1904, ran as follows;
Tells of the Correspondence.
On his return from spending the
summer in Europe, on September 90,
he wrote me stating that If | thought
IL BILE he would come to see me
a n INV ,,tl
september %, | answered his letter,
saying; At present there nothing for
me to see you about, though there we're
one or two points in my letter of ac-
ceptance which ! would have liked to
discuss with You before putting ii out.
''On October I wrote him:
In view of the trouble over the
State ticket in New York, I should like
70 have few words with YOU. Do YOU
think you can get down here within a
few days and take either lunch or din
ner with me7'
"The trouble I spoke of had refer.
ence to the bolt against Higgins-that
IS. In reality, against Mr., Hartman and
Mr. Hartman S friend, Governor Odell.
A reference 10 the files of the New
Y ork papers at that time will show that
IT was very extensive bolt against
Mr.. Higgins, on the ground that Cover
nor Odell had nominated him. and he
had in some matters favored Mr.. Harri.
man over much-neither ground in my
Judgment, being tenable Mr. Harri
mans backing of Governor Odell and
extreme willingness that he showed by
securing Higgins s election. was mat
ter OF common notorety and mentioned
IN all the papers; notably in the New
York Sun. On October -, Mr.. Har-
riman wrote me:
am giving a very large. part of
my time correcting the trouble here
ami intend to do so if any effort on my
part can be accomplished ] will take
occasion the first Of next week TO run
down 10 see you and think by that time
conditions will have improved
81 wrote Mr., Hartman the following
letter, which ] give in full:
Roosevelt to Hartman.
October /, 1904. My Dear Mr. Har-
riman-A suggestion has come 30 me in
a roundabout way that you do not think
uO6 Spo mo in fhaSo