The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-04-05

ident touching, among other things, ON
the question of railroad matters and
what the president might have 10 saE
to congress on the subject of the inter
state commission The president said
he was unable to agree with Mr. HarIi-
mans views on the matter and left his
message to congress unchanged as re-
CARDS the interstate commerce law.
SO much for what Mr.. Hartman
said about me personally" says tie
president, in concluding his first letter
to Mr.. Sherman. Far more important,
the president regards the additional
remarks which Mr.. Sherman said Mr..
Hartman made To him when hi asked
him if he thought il was we'll to sec
"Hearstism and the like" triumph over
the republicans.
You" says the president, uniformed
me he did not care IN the least, because
those people were crooked and he could
buy them and other similar remarks
This the president says, was doubtless
partly III boastful cynicism III partly
in a burst of bad temper, but it showed
in the presidents opinion a cynicism
and deep seated corruption which he
~denOunCeS in strong words.
The second letter TO Mr.. Sherman
simply contains an addenda to tie first
Il feel particularly fortunate that |
have been attacked within the last few
days by 10Th ex-senator Burton onG
Nh. Hartmann said the president in a
! H0n VpfCaf1nn with aSpnCn-fnfiT-n IS
the press. following the giving out OF
the letters to Representative Sherman
regarding statements made in Mr..
Harriman's letters to Mr.. Webster.
New York, April "a sensation was
created today by the publication Of a
letter written in December, 1905, and
addressed to Mr.. Sidney Webster. of
New York state. / complied and
man"
Sidney Webster is a lawyer and a
writer on political subjects. His wife
is a sister Of ~Stuyvesant Fish. who lost
the presidency of the Illinois Central
railroad a few months after autaccniz-
ing Mr.. Hartman. Following is the
portion of the letter referring to his
relations with President Roosevelt in
the campaign Of 1904:
A 20 my political instincts TO which
you refer in your letter Of December
18th, am quite sure I have none anu
my being made at all prominent in the
political situation is entirely due to
President Roosevelt and because OF my |
taking an active part in the autumn Of |
1904, at his request, and his taking ad- !
vantage of conditions then created 10
further his W interests. II it had |
been a ~Dreraeditated plot it could not |
have been better started Or carried out. |
About a week before the election |
IN the autumn of 1904, when it looked
certain that the state would go demo-
cratic. and was doubtful as to Roose-
welt himself, he, the president. sent
me a request to go to Washington to
confer apo the political conditions in
New York state. / complied and
he told me he understood the campaign |
could not be successfully carried on
without sufficient money. and asked il
1 would help them in raising the neces~
sary funds. as the national committee.
under the control of Chairman Cortcl-
had utterly failed of obtaining
them, and there was a large amount due
from them to the New York state CON-
L explained to him that / understood
the difficulty here was mainly caused
by the upstate leaders being unwilling
10 support Depew for reelection as
States senator: that If he, De,
pew could be taken care Of in some
way | thought matters could be
adjusted and the different contending
in the party brought into al
lance again. We talked over what
could be done for for Depew and finally
ne agreed II. necessary. he would ap-
point him as ambassador to Paris.
With full belief that he, the Dresi-
lent, would keep this agreement.
came back to New York. SEM for
Treasurer Bliss, who told ME that 4
was their last hope, and that they had !
every other u In
his presence l called up an intimate :
-rlend of Senator Depew, told him that l
[ was necessary in order to carry New |
York state that $500, 900 be raised at
'nce, and If he would help | would sub |
'Cribe $4,000. After a few words over u
telephone the gentleman said he !
would let me know, which he did prob
bly, in three or four hours, with the b
that the whole amount. includ- I
ng my subscription was raised. C
The checks were given to Treasurer a
Bliss, who took them to Chairman Cor T
eivou- II there were any among them a
[ lie insurance companies, ~ other d
Ike organizations. of course, Cortelyou 6
1ust have informed the president. b
o not know who the subscribers were