The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-03

| | taken has not been taken lightly. but after thinking over the matter and | looking at 1t from different stand | points. for at least two years and l after the most careful consultation | with Morton, Taft. Moody Knox and | Roott. as to the exact phraseology I | should use.
 | "I do not send you a copy simply l because I have given no one copy l not even the men above mentioned. l It is impossible if I give out the cop ies of any portion of my message to | prevent the message being known in l advance and the three press associa- l tions who now have the message are 1 under a heavy penalty not to disclose a word of it, before the appointed ! time.
 "Sncerely yours
 "On December 2nd. he wrote me, the following letter on the same sup j ject; ,oo.
 Dear MT. President:
 Thank you for your favor of the 30th.'
 Ut was natural for me to suppose that railroad matters would be ih l cluded in any discussion you and l might have before writing your mes sage. am of the opinion that an effective Interstate Commerce Commis- l sion could regulate the matter Of re- l bates and absolutely prevent the same without any additional power of any kind, and. as you say, Paul Mortoh Is more familiar with such matters than any one else in your cabinet, ana I believe he will agree with me in this' | Railroads Have Been Pushed. | "'During the enormous development | of the last four years the railroaus have found it very hard to keep pace l with .--e requirements imposed on | them and the so-called surplus earn l ings, as we'll as additional capital, have been devoted to providing addi- tional facilities and the bettering and l enlarging of their properties. so as to | give the increased and better service required of them. This work of bet | torment and enlargement must go on and is all important for the proper development of all sections of the | country There is little doubt that l during the next decade every single ] track railroad In the country will have to be double-tracked and provide en- | iarged terminal and other facilities and any move that will tend to crip- | ple them financially would be detrt- mental to all interests over the whole | country.
 | "Yours sincerely
 T was unable to agree with MT. | Harrimans views of the matter and left my message unchanged as regards | (The rough draft of this portion or the message was completed in October, | before the election.)
 q had always discussed with free dom all my proposed moves In the trust and labor matters with the rep resentatives of the big combinations | or big railroads, as well as with the leaders of the labor men, of the far | mers' organizations, the shippers or ganizations and the like-that is, had 1 as freely seen and communicated with MT. Hartman, MT. Morgan. MT. Hill and other railroad men as I had seen and communicated with MT Gompers, | Mir Keene, MT. Morrissey, Mir Morri- son and other labor leaders.
 MT. Hartman had, like most of the big railroad men, always written me | very strongly protesting against my proposed course as regards the super | vision and control over big combina- tions. especially over the big rail roads-in a letter of his of August 19, 1902. for instance, he expressed the fear that a panic would follow my pro- posed action.
 Tt will be seen that the above cor respondence is entirely incompatible with what MT. Hartman, now, as you inform me, alleges as to me having asked him to secure money or to sub scribe money for the presidential cam paign.
 "As for the Depew matter, he pro- feSsed throughout to be acting in the interest of Governor ODell, and though Governor ODell had been anxious that MT. Depew should be nominated as Ambassador to France at a time when he was supporting Governor Black for Senator he had changed his mind shortly after the last letter to me. above | quoted from Mir Hartman, and on De- | cember 10, wrote me the letter l enclose, which reads'in part as follows: My Dear MT. President
 "A great many of your friends here l in New York would be very much de- | lighted and pleased if you could find it | possible to appoint MT. James H. Hyde as Minister to France.
 | Large business interests have | given to him splendid executive ability. | and his association with So many prom | inent business men was befitting rec ognition of the effective work done by them in the last campaign.
 | |" Tn addition to this, he has behind him. am sure the approval of Senator Platt and Senator Depew, and so far as | l can speak for the organization, I be- l lieve his appointment would be with | out question more satisfactory than any one that could be made at the pres | ent time. Personally, I should appre- | ciate your favorable consideration of this suggestion almost beyond anything | elsa you could do for me. If you SO | desire, I shall be glad to come down to | Washington and talk with you about 1t, but I believe there are others who | are close to you and who feel just as I do and thought therefore that this letter would be sufficient in showing the attitude of the organization and myself personally upon this import ant appointment"
 Turned Hyde Down. | As you know, I was obliged to re- fuse the request of the New York finan- ciers and of the Republican organiza- tions Of the State and city, not deem ing it proper to appoint MT. Hyde to the position he sought.
 | 50 much for what MT. Hartman
 said about me personally. Far more
 important are the additional remarks he made tC yoU as you inform me when | you asked him if he thought it was well to see IIaarstism and the like
 triumphant over the Republican par ty. You inform me that he told you
 that he did not care in the least be-
 cause those people were crooks and he could buy thom; that whenever he
 wanted Legislation from a State Leg islature he could buy It. that he could
 buy Congress and that If necessary
 he could buy he judiciary.
 This was doubtless said partly in
 boastfulness aud partly in mere
 burst of bad temper of his objection to
 the interstate 7ommcrce law and to
 my actions as .residont. But it shows
 a cynicism anu deer seated corruption
 which make ne man uttering such hCa matter