Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-04-05
AFTER AID FOR 0DELL
pResiosnTs VERSION OF HAIR
RIMAN-s CALL.
REPLY TO JUDGE PARKER
Mr.. Roosevelt Repeats His Statement
Of isc+ssys He kno~s Some
Contributions Were Re-
turned.

Washington. - President Rccse-
yels discussed with number OF
his callers Wednesday various fea-
tures Of the controversy between MI
Hartman and himself. growing out
of the publication Of the letters oe'
tween them. He desired not to Dc
Quoted in the matter, however.
To his friends the president mace
II plain that his version Of Mr. Far
riman's visit preceding the election OF
1904 was that Dir. Hartman wanted
assistance from the national Repuo-
licsn committee to help Chairman
Ode,l in the New York state campaign,
towards whose expenses he tHarrt
man, had raised 100000. The presi'
dent promised to communicate with
Messrs. Corteiyou and Bliss to see
what could he done He did in this
case. he declared. just what he had
done in other instances where sc mad
been appealed to to help in state cam
paigns.
To some of his visitors the president
referred to the statement made pubic
Tuesday night by Judge Alton q
Parker In Albany, in which he said
tina. il has never been denied that
$4,000 was turned over by the Eui
table. Mutual and New York Life In
su.ance companies to Mr. Cortelyou'
committee, and that congress has re
fused to make an investigation into
the corporate contributions OF 1914
or to pass law prohibiting such con
tributions in the future.
Refers to Reply Of 1904.
On this subject the president re
ferred to a statement which he made
on November 4, 1904, in which ne
said in part:
THAT contributions have been made
to the Republican committee, as con
tributions have been made to the Dem
ocratic committee, is not the question
at issue. Mr. Parker's assertion is II
effect that such contributions have
been made for improper motives, ei
Their in consequence Of threats or II
consequence of improper promises, al
rect or indirect on the part OF the re
cipients. But there is not one par
ticle OF truth in the statement etc.
Neither Mr.. Parker nor his support
ers, the president declared, have beer
able to traverse or question the state
ments made in that answer.
Refused Several Contributions.
The president said that to his OWL
knowledge about dozen contribu
tons offered by corporations had beer
declined by Chairman Cortelyou ant
that others had been accepted. A con
tribution by the American Tobacco
company, he said, had been returned
A prominent man made contribution
of $40, 1000 to the Republican campaign
fund. Subsequently this man hat
! made known his desire for an appoint
ment in the diplomatic service in thu
event that the president was selected
As soon as his motives were under
stood the national committee returned
his contribution. The president as
serted to his callers that none of tho
corporations that contributed to thu
campaign fund in 1904 had come tt
him for favors, either directly or indi
rectly. In this connection the presi
dent referred to the legislation en-
acted regarding corporations during
the last two years as disproving an!
imputations that immunity would b.
shown them for their contributions.