Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-03
PRESIDENT AROUSED


NlouUnue0 from tlrsL EHke.l
could be done for Depew, and finally he
agreed ~ found necessary that he would
appoint him as ambassador to Paris.
Bliss Got checks.
With full belief that he the president,
would keep this agreement I came back to
New York, sent for Treasurer Bliss, who
told me that I was their last hope and that
they had exhausted every other resource.
In his presence / called up an intimate
friend Of Senator Depew, told him that Il
was necessary I'm order to carry New York
state that $4,000 should be raised at once
and II he would help would subscribe $780,
600. After a few words over the telephone
the gentleman said he would let me know,
which he did probably IN three or four
hours. with the result that the whole
amount including my subscription. had
been raised.
THE checks were given TO Treasurer
Bliss, who took them to Chairman Cor
telyou. II there were any among them Of
life insurance companies or any other like
organizations, Of course, Cortelyou must
have informed the president I do not
know who the subscribers were, other than
the friend Of Depew, who was an indl-
vidual This amount enabled the New York
committee to continue its work. with the
result that at least $1,000 votes were turned
In the city of New York alone, making
difference Of 10000 votes in the general
result
There are between 200 and $500 dis
tricts in New York, and a campaign such
as that of the expenditure Of say $50 in
each district for campaign purposes, not
including the watchers on election day
would take more than 10000.
Meeting with President.
Some tune in December, 1a0+, on my
way from Virginia to New York, l stopped
and had a short talk with the president
He told me then that he did not think 1t
necessary to appoint Depew as ambassador
to Paris as agreed, In fact, favored him
for the senate. l had not expected that
he was the one (slc) to what would be
necessary, but he arrogated that to him
self and I, of course could say nothing
further. After that 1 used what influence
could to have Depew returned to the
senate, as l considered there had been inn
piled obligation which should be lived
up to-
This is the way l was brought to the
surface in the political matters, as / had
never before taken any active part and
had only done what l could, as any private
citizen might, so you see 1 was brought
forward by Roosevelt in an attempt to
help him, at his request, the same as
was in the insurance matter by Hyde and
Ryan by their request for my help and, in
the case of Ryan, l probably would have
dropped the matter after our first interview
had it not been fer my desire to save Bel
mont from taking a position for which he
could have been criticised by the public
press, as he was the one Ryan desired me
to influence from opposing Morton for cleo
ton as chairman of the Equitable board,
and Belmont afterward thanked me for
taking his part, as, II he had voted against
Morton in view of his local traction con-
tentions with Mr.. Ryan, it would have been
misconstrued.
"Ryan's success in all his manipulations,
traction deals, tobacco combination.
manipulation of the State Trust company
into the Morton Trust company the Shoe
and Leather bank into the Bank Of Com
merce-thus covering his tracks-has been
done by the adroit mind of Elihu Root, and
this present situation has been brought
about by a combination of circumstances
which has brought together the Ryan
Root-Roosevelt element.
where do I stand?
yours sincerely, E. H. HARTMAN"
$50 much for what Mr.. Hartman said
about me personally says the 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 he
asked him If he thought it was well to see
"Hearstism and the like" triumphant over
the republican party. YOU" says the
president, inform me that he told you that
he did not care in the least, because those
people were crooks and he could buy
them" and other similar remarks This,
the president says, was doubtless partly in
Boosting cynicism and partly in a burst
Of bad temper, but 1t showed. in the pres
ident's opinion, cynicisin and deep seated
corruption which he denounces in strong
words.
The second letter TO Mr.. Sherman simply
contains an addenda TO the first.