Connecticut western news., 1907-09-12
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Men Mixed Up In Hartman Cam paign Fund Won't Talk.
MAGNATE RAISED $26O,OOO.
After Visiting White House Railroad Potentate Undertook Task of Filling Republican Dough Bas-Wali Street Made to Contribute by Depew.


 Republican Dough Bas-WaII Street
 Made to Contribute by Depew.
 New York, Sept. 1.-The disclosure by the World of the manner in which E. H. Hartman raised the fund of $26O, 1000 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 MT Hartman, MT. Odell, MT. Cortel- you and MT. Bliss-would not throw any additional light on the matter. Mir. Cortelyou refused to discuss the matter. MT. Odell, replying by tele- phone to an inquiry, absolutely declin- ed to say anything about 1t.
 The Contributors.
 The ex-governor and the boss of the 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, MT. Cortelyou or the state committee about it."
 MT. Bliss would not talk about his participation in the transaction, and MT. 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. Mex. Twombly representing the Van derbilt interests, $250OO; Chauncey M. Depew personaD, $25,00O; James Ha- zen Hyde, 25,0O0; the Equitable Life Assurance society, $1O,OOO; J. Pier pont Morgan, $1O,OOO; George w. Per kins (New York Life Insurance con- pany), $1O,O00; Standard Oil company (H. H. Rogers, John D. Archbold and William Rockefeller, $3OOOO; James Speyer and banking interests, $10,O00; Cornelius N. Bliss personaD, $1O,000; seven friends of Senator Depew, $5,- GOO each, $35, 5,00O; sent to MT. Harri- man in smaller donations, $20,000; to- tai, $26O,O0O.
 urNeo OVer 10 OofreIyou.
 This sum of money, exceeding by $6O,OOO 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 MT Roosevelt as president and MT. Hig- gins as governor, was collected by MT. Hartman and Senator Depew and turned over by Mir. Hartman to Cor nelius N. Bliss, treasurer of the Re publican national committee.
 MT. Bliss gave his check for the full amount to MT. Cortelyou. The latter retained $6O,OOO of it for his own uses in the campaign and gave his check for the remaining $2OO,OOO to MT. Odell.
 Corteyou Sets Ball Rolling.
 The genesis of the famous election fund is thus set forth by the World:
 Oct. 23, 19O4.-Chairman Cortelyou of the Republican national com mittee 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 com mittee had no funds. Odell 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 it.
 Oct. 24.-Odell had an interview with Hartman. The latter demanded that Cortelyou apply to him in person. Cor telyou went to Harriman's office at 120 Broadway the same afternoon. He added his request to that of Odell tha' 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.-Odell furnished HarrimaD with a list of all the election district's in New York state, with reports as t1 Republican chances in each and an es- timate that more than $2OO,OOO would be required to carry out the sugges tion of the president
 Hartman was invited by President Roosevelt to come to Washington. Har- riman 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 MT. Hartman was arranged by MT. Cortelyou or solicited by MT. Harri- xnan himself. MT. Cortelyou has never denied a statement made by MT. liar riman that he went to Washington at the personal invitation of the presi- dent The president, however, has de-