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

Again in the same letter, he says:
 [" As matter of fact, as you will re- member, when you did come down to see me, you and 1 were both so engag- ed in the New York political situation that we talked of little else.
 "Tha invitation of october 10 bade me to the White House to have few words with the president in view of the trouble over the state ticket in New York I had replied on october 12 I am giving q very large part of my time to correcting the troubles here, and in tend to do so if any effort on my part can accomplish it. I will take occasion the first of next week to run down to see you, and I think by that time the conditions will be very much improved
 Whether was seeking his aid to se- cure the adherence of the state of New York to the state ticket, or he was seeking mine, is proved or disproved by thls correspondence, and l cheerfully submit to the public whether the infer ence CLEARLY SUGGESTED BY THE PRESIDENT IS THE PROPER ONE. l did not so understand 1t from the invitation, nor from the interview.
 "The president dwells at length on the assertion that he did not ask me to contribute for the presidential cam paign, nor for his personal benefit I do not deny this statement, nor is 1t at all inconsistent with the assertions l made in the Webster letter respecting the interview Therein I distinctly IsaidA The president sent me request to go to Washington to confer upon the political conditions in New York state. I complied, and he told me he under stood the campaign could not be sue cessfully carried on withoot sufficient money, and asked If I would help them in raising the necessary funds, as the national committed, under Chairman Cortslyou, had utterly failed of obtain ling them and there was large amount due from them to the New York state committed
 Ut that means anything whatever il must be thathew s urging me to helr the New York state committee and not the national committee or the presden- !
 tial campaign, except 80 far as tht success of the state ticket in New York would contribute to the nationa ticket.
 What the conditions of the finances of the New York state committee ant of the national republican committet at that time was Is we'll known to every one That the national committee dlC owe the state committed and that thu state committee was In flnancia straits, Is notorious. 1 was not DO litical manager was asked to go t' Washington by the president In the in terests of the state ticket I could hell to raise money. That I did help in thi regard that I did raise funds imme dlately upon my return from the in terview with the president Is undenia ble and to this fund I contributed $50, 900 My interview with the presiden covered a wide range of subjects, con nected with the New York state cam paign and did not pretend to go owe the whole matter In the Webster letter
 "The presidents letter of October 14 ldnu Ills tDilillSNl liNLNohf e~ip iAANOtN4N Ing In that letter, he suggested tha II might think there was some dange
 In my visiting him during the closin weeks of, the campaign and suggeste Ithat if thought so, the visit be post
 poned until after election, when h
 would ask me to discuss certain gov , ernment matters not connected wit the campaign Here were two dlstlnc Invitations to discuss two different sub
 jects. I could sec no danger in visit : ina him to discuss New York polite
 before the election, and therefore wen , and discussed that subject alone; an after the election took up the othe subjects for consideration with him. : q tfIink if what concerned me as tn
 object of the visit had been the govern
 ments relation to the railroads, the in terview would certainly not have beel entirely confined to politics.
 q am not responsible for what MI 8 sherman may have said to the presi @ dent with reference to the converse 0 ton he had with me. All that l hay Q to say is that I did not meet his re e quest that contribute to his campaign I fund, and that the statements allege s to have been attributed to me by hiT t were false. The president was assure .