The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-04-03

ble to appoint MT. James H. Hyde as minister to France. Large business interests have given to him splendid executive abilities and his as- sociation with so many prominent bus mess men would be fitting recognition of the effective work done by them in i the last campaign.
 Tn addition to this he has behind him, am sure, the approval of Sena- tor Platt and Senator Depew, and, so far as I can speak for the organization, I believe his appointment would be, without question, more satisfactory than any that could be made from New York at the present time.
 Personally, I should appreciate your favorable consideration of this suggestion almost beyond anything else you could do for me If you so de- sire I shall be glad to come to Wash ington and talk with you about 1t but I believe there are others who are close to you and who feel just as I do and I thought, therefore, that this let ter would be sufficient as showing the attitude of the organizations and my self personally upon this important ap pointment.'
 As you know, was obliged to re- fuse the request of the New York if nanciers and of the republican organ izations of the state and city, not deeming it proper to appoint MT. Hyde to the position he sought.
 "So much for what MT Hartman said about me personally. Far more important are the additional remarks he made to you, as you inform me, when you asked him if he thought 1t. was well to see Hearstism and the like triumphant over the republican party. You inform me that he told you that he did not care in the least, because those people were crooks and he could buy them; that whenever he wanted legislation from a state legislature he could buy it. that he "could buy con- gress," and that if necessary, The could buy the judiciary" This was doubt less said partly in boastful cynicism and partly in mere burst of bad tenn per because of his objection to the in- terstate commerce law and to my ac- tions as president But 1t shows a cynicism and deep seated corruption which makes the man uttering such sentiments, and boastlng. no matter how falsely of this power to perform such crimes, at least SIS undesirable a citizen as Debs, or Mover, or Haywood 1t is because we have capitalists cap able of uttering such sentiments and capable of acting on them that there is strength behind sinister agltators of the Hearst type The wealthy corrup- tlonist and the demagcg who excites, in the press or on the stump in office or out of office, class against class, and appeals to the basest passions of the human soul are fundamentally alike and are esqually enemies of the repub- lie. I was mortified. as was Root, when you told me to-day what Hartman had said to you As say, if you meet him you are entirely welcome to show him this letter although of course it must not be made public unless required by some reason of public policy, and then only after my consent has first been obtained.
 i Sincerely yours,
 Theodore Roosevelt" Hon. J. $. Sherman,
 St. James Building, 11SS Broadway, l New York.
 The.second letter to MT. Sherman Is as follows;
 The White House, ! Washington, Oct. 12, 1908. My dear MT. Sherman
 would like to make an addendum to my letter to you of the other day. Both MT. Cortelyou and MT. Bliss, as soon as they heard that Hyde's name had been suggested for ambassador, protested to me against the appoint i ment.
 Sincerely yours,
 Theodore Roosevelt. Hon. James s. Sherman,
 Chairman Republican Congressional