Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-03
Millionaire Held Up as {
Purchaser OF Desired
Legislation.
BRINGS IN w. R. HEARS1
More Exceedingly SensatIona
Correspondence Made Pub
lie at Washington.

Washington, April 3.-One of tn.
most sensational features Of the Harri
man correspondence given out by Pres
ident Roosevelt yesterday was con
tanned in letter from the president
to Hon. J. S. Sherman of New Yorl,
The president in this letter quotes from
one Hartman wrote Sherman in which
Hartman refers to railroad matter
and what the president might have t.
say to congress concerning the inter
state commerce commission
Expressed Dislike.
In the letter to Sherman the presi
dent quoted Hartman as having eX
pressed dislike Tor him (the PRESIDENT
and as having declared that so long n
Roosevelt was head of the republican
party Hartman would not support tho
party, giving as the reason Roosevelt's
determination 10 have railroad sUpe:'
vision. The president says:
so much for what Mr.. Harrimar
said about me personally Far mo
important are the additional remarks
he made to you, as YOU inform me
"iIh gou ClohNu MN IL III tuOuSUt a.
was well to see Hearst and the like
triumphant over the republican party
Buys His Legislation.
You inform me he told you he di,
not care in the least, because those
people were crooks and he could bu
them; that whenever he wanted legis
lation from state he could buy d-
that he could buy congress and that i
necessary he could buy the judiciary.
This was doubtless partly in boas,
full cynicism and partly in a mere burs
of bad temper of his objection to tn,
Interstate commerce law and to my aC
tiOns as president But it shows tn
Cynicism and deep seated corruption
which make the man uttering sue
sentiment, and boasting. no matt
how falsely. of his power to perforl
such crime. to be at least as undesi,
able citizen as Debs or Meyer. .
Haywood.
Are Public Enemies.
1T is because we have capitalist
capable of uttering such sentiment
and capable of acting on them the
there is strength behind sinister ag
tators of the Hearst type The wealth
corruptionst and the demagOgue VIII
excites, in press or on stump. in .
flee or out Of Office, class against clas
and appeal to the basest passions ,
the human soul, are fundamental
alike and are equally enemies of tn
republic"
Airs the Letters
Washington, April 3.-In the first
several letters of his correspondent,
with Congressman Sherman made pu
lie yesterday by President Rooseve
in connection with his denial of Il
accusation that he had asked L.
Hartman to raise a fund of $3.50. .0l
for the republicans in the election
1906. reference is made to a cOnverS
tlOn between Hartman and ShermS
which was repeated to the presidcr
In this Hartman is said to have give
as a reason for his personal dislike
the president the latter's determinatiC
to have the railroads supervised al
the alleged fact that after promisil
Hartman to appoint Depew ambass
dor to France, the president had fail
to do so.
Promised ON Visit to Capital.
Continues the president. 81 und'
stand you to say, | made this promi
at the time when he had come dOS
TO see me in Washington, when !
quested him to raise $25OOO0 for t
republican presidential campai
which was then on"
1t appears from the conversation
peated to the president that Sherm
had gone to Hartman to ask him
contribution. The president sd
Hartman, also, More than once.
thinks) urged him to promise to ma
Depew ambassador because it wol
help Odell by pleasing certain
financial interests.
Surprised at Attitude.
The president informed Hartman
did not believe it would be possible
appoint Depew and furthermore
pressed his surprise at Harriman's S
ing the men representing the
finance interests of New York wisl
the appointment made inasmuch "a
number of them had written to
Hyde. Hartman, on learning H
was a candidate. hastily said he
wish TO be understood as antagoni:
and would be quite willing to supp
Hyde The president says that
though he understood Hartman .