The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-03
Never g; Requested Him II /
to Raise a Dollar for
1904 Campaign ]
ISSUES STATEMENT
AND PRINTS LETTERS
Was Urged BY Railroad Financier
to Appoint Depew as AM
bassador to France.
.AARRlMAN's LETTER
PRINTED YER PRO OTEsT
Declares He Used Every Effort
TO TO Prevent Private G Correspond
ence Being Printed, But
Quotes Letters from
President to Bear
Out Statements. ~
HARRIMAN'S LETTER gIi I3s.
PRINTED 0vER. PR OTEsT' &
BY WALTER IIDlyaRI, II,r1,I,sI -

~ sB1 WALTER EDWARD HARRIS.
WASHINGTON, D. c., April 2.-as
The question which is now agitatinrs
the national capital, which has set /
Wall Street by the ears, and which
is evidently interesting the whole
country to a degree not hitherto ol-
served ser during the Spectacular al min
lstration Of President Roosevelt IS
Did %. II. Hartman, the railroad W
| wizard, finance the Republican cam
.paign Of 100 n which resulted IN land
ing theodore q Roosevelt in the presi-S
dency den for another term by popular
majority greater than any ever obs
| tanned BY any 8cand idate inSth egworld?E
! Mr.. Hartman says heidi. 81 sSS5
MI Roosevelt, in statement
\ issued this afternoon, says the decla-
ration OF Mr.. Hartman is a sswilfulfs
and deliberate - but the public
i Knows the rest, SO often has Mis- s
4 re resident empl loyed5 the term since she hll
]Shas been in the White H House. I.
4 CORTELYOtI WON'T SAY,
/ secretary Cortelyo ougl tt know
Wheat ct her Mr.. NJ II rrlman ells5 theatrutl.
\ Alr.@ CortelyolliiWas chairman Of the
4 Republican National Committee in&
i l9O4 Mr.. Hartman says the money;
went to him.. Mr.. Cortel you wonst til
say. He was asked the direct ques-
ton this afternoon. He shook hts
head declining to utter a word ing]
4 reply Mr.. Hartman charges that he
undertook to raise the $2OO,O0GS +
needed to Swing, N ew y York, !, at sthcH
4 REQUEST Of Mr.. Roosevelt made Il,
the#White House. Mr.. Hartman de-
clares he did raise it. ssE;85
He gives the names of The men Ia /
Whom the money was paid - hair.s
man Cortelyou ar Treasurer Bliss.
Neither OF the latter two will say
anything Assuming that Mr.. ii arri-
4 man did lie concerning the personal
part which the President took in the
matter, it. Is beyond belief that Mr..
A slIHarriman would dare, and need lessly,s
4 |5to&bring In the names of two other
4 living men men OF such promine nence, With
1 out ground therefor
4 |WOULD SEEM NIINCREDIBLE.
But it seems incredible that a man
OF the prominence Of p. s.. H 4. Harri-
man, Who occupies at present a place
IN the public eye hardly second to-
4 that Of any save the Chief Executive
!; himself. would dare to put in black
i and white SO many and such iastound-
4 ing, such sensational statements as
the letter to Sidney Webster con-
tains. It is equally incredible thar
a man Of the international reputa-
4 tion as u lawyer, such as Mr.. Web
4 ster possesses, would lend his name
tola deliberate attempt!to sland or the
President OF the United States, all
though it may be possible that Mr.
Webster did not know Hartman lied
i in thefletter addressed to the former
4 b But not the least shocking feature
/ OF the entire matter, SO far as the Il
( general public is concerned Is the
statement made by President Roose-
yelt this afternoon that he was on
such intimate, and even affectionate,
terms with Mr.. Hartman during the
campaign OF 1904, aud within
month was denouncing him and his,
class as enemies to society Il y
MOST SIlNSATIO ONAL ALTA OK, 5
The attack upon Mr.. Rooseyeltswas{
the most sensational made upon any
President in the memory of men now
4 living. That Mr.. Hartman under
4 took at his request to raise the enor-
4 nous sum with which to carry New
York for the Republicans In 1904,,S
i Mr.. Roosevelt denies. He does not
deny that Hartman did raise the cor
ruption fund. Mr.. Cortelyou does
not deny 1t. Treasurer Bliss, ofSthes
Republican National Committee, does
4 not deny 1t.
1 George w. Perkins has been COM
PEELED to pay back the $4,000 of
insurance pollcyholders' money he
gave to the Republican campaign
fund. probably to the very fund Mr..
i Hartman says he squeezed out OF
4|Wall Street.
Few doubt that other contribu-s
4 tions OF insurance money Just as
large were made, but others havepnotg
\ made restitution,
Judge Parker charged that the
y great corporations We're contributing
tho money to elect President toose-
Welt. Mr., Roosevelt denicd II, and
4 Mr., Parker did not come back with
4 the proofs. His failure to do so cost
him probably q million votes 9aTha
5lproof came too late. hut ~ lis coming
all&tha Etima Ih "a m 4, arrant 0,t pStfOT1