Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-09-09
SILENT ALL ROUND,
Men Mixed Up In Hartman Cam
 .paign Fund Won't Talk.
MAGNATE RAISED s2eo,ooo.
After Visiting White House Railroad Potentate Undertook Task of Filling Republican Dough Bag-WalI Street Made to Contribute by Depew.

Potentate Undertook Task of Filling
 Republican Dough Bas-WalI Street
 Made to Contribute by Depew.
 New York, Sept. 9.-The disclosure by the World of the manner in which B. H. Hartman raised the fund of $260,0O0 at the personal solicitation of President Roosevelt in 1904 to save New York state for the Republicans, together with the list of names of the subscribers to it, has opened new avenue of conjecture as to what was done with the money during the clos ing hours of the campaign.
 The principals in the transaction Mir Hartman, Mir. Odell, MT. Cortel- you and MT. Bliss-would not throw any additional light on the matter. Mir. Cortelyou refused to discuss the matter. Mir. Odell, replying by tele- phone to an inquiry, absolutely declin- ed to say anything about it.
 The Contributors.
 luc eA-SONcIlluI lLe DUSS Ol tllC Republican machine strongly intimated that it was none of the public's busi- ness. He further declared that "there was nothing unusual or derogatory to the president, Mir Cortelyou or the state committee about it."
 MT. Bliss would not talk about his participation in the transaction, and Mr. Hartman could not be reached.
 The names of the subscribers to the fund and the amount given by each of them are as follows:
 Edward H. Hartman, $50,000; H. Nick. Twombly, representing the Van derbilt interests, $25,OOO; Chauncey M. Depew (personaD. $25,000; James Ha- zen Hyde, $250O0; the Equitable Life Assurance society. $10,O00; J. Pier pont Morgan, $1O,OOO; George w. Per kins (New York Life Insurance com pany). $10000; Standard Oil company (H. H. Rogers, John D. Archbold and William Rockefeller, $30,000; James Speyer and banking interests, $10.000; Cornelius N. Bliss (personaD, $1O,000; seven friends of Senator Depew. $5.- 900 each, $35,00O: sent to MT. Harri- man in smaller donations, $20,000; to- tai, $260,000.
 Turred Over to CorteIyou.
 This sum of money, exceeding by $60,OO0 the amount estimated by George B. Cortelyou, chairman of the Republican national committee, and B. B. Odell, Jr., chairman of the Re publican state committee, to be neces- sary to insure the election of Mir. Roosevelt as president and Mir. Hig gins as governor, was collected by Mir. Hartman and Senator Depew and turned over by MT. Hartman 10 Cor nelius N Bliss, treasurer of the Re publican national committee.
 Mir. Bliss gave his check for the full amount to Mir. Cortelyou. The latter retained $60,000 of it for his own uses fin the campaign and gave his check for the remaining $200,000 to MT. Odell.
 corteIyou Sets Ball Rolling.
 The genesis of the famous election fund is thus set forth by the World:
 Oct. g, 1904.-Chairman Cortelyou of the Republican national committee sent Charles H. Duell to State Chair man Odell to urge greater activity in the presidential campaign and to make known the apprehension of President Roosevelt that the Republicans would lose the state. Odell demanded an in- terview with Cortelyou. National Treasurer Bliss met the demand of Odell and Cortelyou for money with the statement that the national con- mittee had no funds. 0dell declared that money must be raised. Bliss re- piled that former friends of the party and corporations would not supply funds because of the uncertainty of the presidents attitude toward cor porate interests. Cortelyou proposed an appeal to E. H. Hartman for finan- cial help and asked Odell to make 1t.
 Oct. 24.-Odell had an interview with Hartman. The latter demanded that Cortelyou apply to him in person. Cor telyou went to Harriman's alice at 120 Broadway the same afteihioon. He added his request to that of 0dell that Hartman help the two committees to raise money. Hartman demanded some guarantee that the president would not continue his opposition to the reelection of Senator Depew and that he would not attack corporate in- terests. Cortelyou declined to give as- surances and suggested that Hartman apply directly to the president.
 Hartman Goes to Washington.
 Oct. 25.-OdeIl furnished Hartman with list of all the election districts in New York state, with reports as to Republican chances in each and an es- timate that more than S200.OOO would be required to carry out the sugges- tion of the president"
 Hartman was invited by President Roosevelt to come to Washington Har- rfman notified Bliss and odell he was going to Washington "at the personal invitation of the president"
 It Is not quite clear whether the in- terview between the president and Mir. Hartman was arranged by Mir CorteIyOu or solicited by Mr. Harri- man himself. MT. CortelyOu has never denied a statement made by Mir. liar riman that he went to Washington at the personal invitation of the prest dent. The president however. has de nied that he asked Mir Hartman to come at that particular time. but ad- mitted that he had extended a general invitation to Mir Hartman to come