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even admitting that all Mr., Roosevelt
SAYS In his statement issued this af-
sternoon Is true. is: Where did YOU
get II, Mr.. CortelyoN?'
PRESIDENT DENIES
in EMPHATIC TERMS.
Characterizes Statement Of Harri.
man as d Deliberate and
Wilful Untrutl1.


Roosevelt to-day einphatically denied !
8 The statement contained in letter !
published this morning purporting to
4 have been written by II. III. Harri-
nan to Sidney Webster. of New York, !
An the latter part of Decerlber, 90b.
liz Mr. Harrim;ln's letter the statement
Is made that at the request OF Pres1-
3 dent Roosevelt, he tHarriman) assist
cd IN raising a fund of S250.0O0 to be
Used in carrying New York for the
& Republican party at the election OF
y 1904. This statement the President
characteristics as On deliberate and will
rul nntrutl,--hy riaht 1t SHOULD lie
characterized ny I'm even shorter anu
More ugly word, never requested
NIr. Hartman To raise dollar for the
presidential campaign OF 1904"
The : residents denial was contained
In n brief statement. and copies of
letters written to Representative Shcr-
man, of New York The letters are
Gated October Sth and October u, 1906,
respectively.
The President after furnishing the
letters to the press dictated the follow
lng statement:
Y After writing these letters to
Congressman Sherman, the Pres-
dent was assured that Mr.. Harr
@ man had not made the statements
which Mr.. Sherman credited him
with making. 1nasmuch as the
same statements appear III the
major part in the letter of Mr.
Hartman now published. the Presi. Il
dent deems it proper that the let
ters he sent to Congressman Sher-
man last October shallnow then,-
selves be made public
4asl 9a MI, q i, 4l,a prec;1art Said
In the first letter reference is made
to a conversation between Mr. llar-
liman and Mr. Sherman which was
repeated to the president in which
@ Mr. Hartman is said to have given
as a reason for his personal dislike
for President Roosevelt partly the lat
35 ter's determination to have the rail
roads supervised and partly the al
legged fact that after promising Mr.
Hartman to appoint Senator uepew
Ambassador to France, he Uhe Presi
dent> failed to do 1t, and" continue;
q the President, 4 understood YOU I.
l4 say that lie alleged that / made thu
F5 promise at a time when he had CONF
down to see nc in Washington. whcl
l requested him to raise S2500U0 TO
A8 the Republican, presidential cnmpaigl
which was then on IT appeared
Nrcm tile conversation reported to til
President that Mr.. Sherman had gon
to Mr. Hartman TO ask him for
contribution for the campaign. Th
President says that Hartman ais
(more than once he Thinks, urge
him to promise to make Ear. Depc,
ambassador because this would lcl
Governor Odell by pleasing certain bi
financial interests. The President sal
le&informed Mr.. Hartman that he I'll
not believe It would be possible
,s,sssint Mr. Depaw, and furthermol
stS expressed his surprise at his Qlarr
man's) saying that the men reprcsen
ing the big financial interests o: Ne
York wished the appointment mad
sinasniuch as a number OF them liz
written asking that the place be give
to Alr. Hyde AIR. Hartman, on iearl
ing that Mr.. Hyde was candiat
Z hastily said that lie did not wish
be understood as antagonizinsg him al
would be quite willing to support I'LL
The President says that although ]
understood that he tHarrmaD ST
preferred Mr.. Depew. he left a stror
@ impression that he would be almo
a5 as we'll satisfied With Hyde.
!. He Need Not Come.
3s Some correspondence Is tiiell give
between the President and MIR. llari
y man. from whciit appears that
October 10th the President said
Mr.. Hartman that i'll view OF t
trouble over the State ticket in Ne
York, he would like to have a fe
words will, him Later, on Octob
18th. lisa letter to Mr. Hartman,
which tile President says that n su
"a gestion had come to him in q roun
about wayNthat Mr.. Hartman did II
think 1t wise to come III tho closl
weeks or tlSar campaign. lho Ire
dent told -.lEai'fiinan II he thong
there was any danger Of his vi
causing trouble to give It up. HI
a.8 4 the President, In his letter to Mr. Sh'