The Washington herald., 1907-04-03

called lrim TO Washington and asked him
to raise sz5o,oo0 for the Republican cam
paign fund of 1904 and that the President
promised TO appoint Senator Depew Am
bassador TO France, some evidence is
eontained in 7Mr. Harriman's letter TO
Mr.. Webster and the Presidents commu-
nlcation to Mr. Sherman Mr. Hartman
said in his letter 10 Mr.. Webster that he
came TO Washington at the Presideufs $
request the week before the November
election of 1904. and that the alleged S250,-
600 matter and the alleged DepeW promise
We're discussed then. The letters Of the
President to Mr.. Hartman, included in
his letter TO Mr. Sherman, Indicate that
Mir. Hartman was not in Washington
between October 10, 1904 when the Presi-
dent wrote to Mr. Hartman. and Novem-
! Der 80 of that year.
Men In a position to know what hap
pened in New York in the national and
State. campaigns Of 1894 said yesterday
that if MIR. Hartman raised S250,G00 TO
help Mr.. ROOsevelts candidacy, il did not
go 10 the Republican National Committee,
except. perhaps. as a medium OF trans
hitting Il to the State committee having
direct charge OF Mr. Higgins campaign.
IL was asserted positively that tie money
did not go into the national campaign
fuRd.
WeIeomesI, the Chance.
1t IS believed from what was said IN
well-nformed quarters that President
Roosevelt was not entirely displeased
over the opportunity Of letting the coun-
try know what his relations with Mr.
Hartman were in the 1909 campaign Ap-
parently Mr Hartman knew some time
ago that the President had denied that
he had asked Hartman TO raise S250.0O0
or promised 10 appoint DepeW to an am
bassadorship. for the President was given
assurance. presumably in behalf of Mr.
Hartman, that Mr.. Hartman had not
made the statements which Mr.. Sherman
conveyed to Mr.. Roosevelt In view OF
this assurance. II for no other reason.
the President kept his own council on the
subject OF Mr. Hariman's reported ac-
cusations against him. but when he read
Mr. Harriman's letter 10 Mr.. Webster
yesterday morning. he decided to remain
silent no longer. This explanation OF his
reason for giving out the letter 10 Repre-
sentative Sherman was made at the
White House:
After writing these letters to Repre-
sentative Sherman. the President was as
sured that Mr. Hartman had NOT made
the statements which Mr.. Sherman cred
tied him with making. Inasmuch as the
same statements appear in the major part
in the letter OF Mr.. Hartman. now pub
lished. the President deems il proper that
the letters he sent TO Representative
sherman last October shall now them
selves be made public.
Text of Letters.
Representative Sherman is at Nassau,
Bahama Islands, with Speaker Cannon.
The letters and note from the President
TO Representative Sherman are as fol-
lows.
October s, 1904
My Dear Sherman: Since YOU left this
morning I succeeded in getting hold Of
the letters to which I referred, and 1
send a copy of Gov OdelIs letter TO me
OF December 10. 1904.
"As I am entirely willing that you
should show this letter 10 Mr.. E. H. Har-
riman. I shall begin by repeating what
You told me he said TO you on the occa-
sion last week when you went to ask
him for a contribution 10 the campaign.
You informed me that he then expressed
great dissatisfaction with me- and said.
Ia effect, that as long as / was at the
head of the Republican party, or it was
dominated by the politics which 1 adv0-
cate and represent, he would not support
it. and was quite Indifferent whether
Hearst beat Hughes or not; whether the
Democrats carried Congress or not.
He gave as q reason for his personal
dislike of me partly my determination 10
have the railroads supervised and partly
the alleged fact that after promising him
to appoint Depew Ambassador to France
1 failed TO do It: and I understood YOU 10
say that he alleged that I made this
promise at a time when he had come
down TO see me in Washington. when I
requested him TO raise $250,000 for the
Republican Presidential campaign, which
was then on
Is "DeIiberate Untruth."
Any such statement is deliberate and
wlllful untruth by rights it should be
characterized by an even shorter and
more ugly word. I never requested Mr..
Hartman to raise a dollar for the Pres
idential campaign of 1904 On the con-
trary, our communications, as regards
the campaign. related exclusively TO the
fight being made against Mr.. Higgins for
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