The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-04-12


was created Tuesday by the publica-
ton of letter written in December,
1906, and addressed to Mr.. Sidney
Webster of New York and signed Re.
II. Hartman"
In the letter Mr.. Hartman accused
the president of requesting his aid
In raising funds to carry the election
in New York in 1904, and in double
dealing regarding the appointment OF
Senator Depew as ambassador to
France
Washington, D. c., April 3.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt Tuesday emphatically
letter published Tuesday morning
purporting to have been written by
e. H. Hartman to Sidney Webster of
New York, in the latter part CT
December, 1905. In Mr.. Harriman's
letter the statement is made that at
the request of President Roosevelt.
he, Hartman, assisted IN raising
fund of $250000 to be used in carrying
New York for the republican party at
the election which was then approach
ing. This statement the president
characterizes as "a deliberate and
wilful untruth-by right it should be
characterized by an even shorter and
more ugly word. | never requested
Mr.. Hartman to raise a dollar for
the presidential campaign of 1904"
In the first letter reference is made
to a conversation between Mr.. Harri-
man and Mr.. Sherman which was
repeated to the president, in which
Mr.. Hartman is said to have given as
a reason for his personal dislike of
the president, partly the latter's de-
termination to have the railroads SUI
pervised and partly the alleged fact
that after promising Mr.. Hartman to
appoint Senator Depew ambassador
to France, he, the president, failed to
do it. 1t appears from the converse
ton repeated to the president that
Mr.. Sherman had gone to Mr.. Harri-
man to ask him for contribution
for the campaign. The president says
promise to make Mr.. Depew ambassa-
dor because this would help Gov
ernor OdeIl by pleasing certain big
financial interests. The presi lent
said he informed Mr.. Hartman that
he did not believe it would be posi-
BILE to appoint Mr.. Depew and further
more expressed his surprise at his
(Harriman's) saying that the men
representing the big financial inter-
ests of New York wished the appoint
ment made inasmuch as number Of
them had written asking that the
place be given to Mr.. Hyde. Mr..
Hartman on learning Mr.. Hyde was
a candidate hastily said that he did
not wish to be understood as antagon-
izing him.
New York, April Sc. H. Hartman
late Tuesday night gave out a state
ment in response to the statement
made public by President Roosevelt
at Washington Tuesday:
about ten days ago was told that
a discharged stenographer was try
Ing to sell to some newspaper re-
production from his notes of one of
my private letters. could hardly
believe that any matter so obtained
would be accepted or published, yet
made every effort to prevent it.
When l learned late Monday after
neon that a New York newspaper had
a transcript of these notes, | notified
the publisher at once of the facts and
urged upon his attention the gross
outrage that the publication of it I'M
der such circumstances would involve.
While deploring, of course, that the sa-
credness of a private correspondence
should thus be violated, cannot with
draw anything in the letter..
Washington, d. c., April At
was authoritatively declared at the
White house Wednesday that the
real reason for Mr.. e. H. Harriman's
interest in the election or the state
ticket in New York in 1904, reference
to which was made in the communica-
lions which passed between him ard
the president, YVES th7t he desired to
advance his. own ambitions. 1t is as
serted that Mr. Hartman wanted the
position of senator, now filled by De-
pew. and that this was the reasonS Why
he was anxious 10 have him appointed
ambassador to Paris The inferehces
from Mr.. Harriman's attitude, accord
ing to the statement made at the White
house, was that If Senator Depew
could be induced to go to Paris that
Gov. Higgins was prepared to appoint
him to the vacancy.
New York, April 5.-Frank w. Hill,
a stenographer. was arrested Thursday
night charged with shaving sold to
newspaper a personal letter of E. H.
Hartman. The warrant was sworn
to by Alexander Millar. secretary of
the Union Pacific railroad company OF
which Mr.. Hartman is president.