Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-09-13
LIGHT ON THE BIG CAMPAIGN
FUND.
Roosevelt the "Main Guy" i'm its So
liCitatiOn.

New York. Sept. 9.-The last yes
tage OF mystery surrounding the ia
nous campaign fund raised by r.. H.
Hartman in 1904 to save the coun-
try TO Roosevelt. and to keep the
state from the Democrats. has been
cleared up by the New York World
The huge sum of $26O.OOO. and not
100000, as Secretary Cortelyou
claimed, was got together at the per
sonal solicitation Of President Roose-
welt, and came from the trusts. de-
spite the fact that on several occa-
sions he referred TO the man who
had made the charge as an unqual-
flied falsifier.
Here are the men and the amounts
they contributed Each reresents n
great trust, some Of them many:
Edward II. Hartman. $4,000.
II. Mex. Twomby, representing the
vanderbilt interests. $4,000
Chauncey NJ. Depew, $4,000.
James Hazen Hyde. $4,000.
The Equitable Life Assurance So
ciety, $4,000.
J. Pierpont Morgan. $4,000.
George w Perkins. New York
Life Insurance Company. $1,000.
II III. Aogers, Standard Oil. SO
600.
John D. Archbold, Standard Oil.
$4,000.
James S. speyer and banking in
terests, $4,000.
Cornelius n. Bliss. personal, slO.-
Seven friends of Senator Depew
$4,000 each. $4,000
Received in smaller donations bv
Mr.. Hartman, 100000.
Total, $26O.0OO
As soon as Mr.. Hartman had
collected the sum he turned it over
to Cornelius y. Bliss. treasurer of
the Republican National Committee.
Mr.. Bliss then wrote a check for the
full amount. and sent it to Mr.. Cor
telyou. He retained 100000 for his
personal uses in New York. and then
gave the remaining 100000 TO p
b. Odell. chairman of the Repubu-
can state Committee. II was I'M
derstood that the money was con-
tributed to insure the election of
Mr. Roosevelt as president and Mr..
Higgins as governor.
TWO practical MEN"
editorial in the New York World
In another column of today's is.
sue of the World is presented an au-
thoritative account Of the raising
and expenditure of the so-called
Hartman contribution to the Repub-
lican campaign fund of 1904.
Whether Mr. Hartman raised this
money at Mr.. Roosevelts request. as
he says, or whether Mr.. Hartman
statement Should be characterized
by an even shorter and uglier word.
as Mr. Roosevelt says the president
of the United States played a most
shocking part in the transaction. as
VIII be seen from the sequence Of
events
Mr. Harriman's visit to Mr. Roose.
Welt was the result OF conference
between George y. Cortelyou. Mr.
Roosevelts personally appointed
chairman Of the Republican Nation
al Committee. Cornelius y. Bliss
treasurer OF that committee. and
BENJAMIN % Odcll Jr.. Nr Harri-
man. personal and political friend.
then chairman Of the Republican
state Committee
SO matter who arranged the ln-
'erriew Mr Hartman visited Mr.
Roosevelt eleven days before the
election he took with him Mr.
Odells final canvass of the state
showing me situation I'm every coun-
~ The next day he returned TO
New YORK and began raising a $3.50
900 campaign fund Every dollar
OF it came from men who must have
known of 49, HarrImans interview
win the President Everyone Of
'hese men was seeing favor Of the
administration in one form or an
other
Eight DAYS before the election Nr
Bliss turned the money which Mr.
Hartman had collected over to Mr.
''r.elyou Mr Cortolyou after de-
Iuc'inE 100000 for the national.
committee gave tho remaining
100000 20 Nr Odcr for use fin Mr.
Hooseveits own state. which no. was
30 DESTROYS Of carrying by large
majority The campaign proper was
Oyer The educational service by
''I'n Secretary Root 10 bis Yale
address justified campaign oontribu.
IONS. had all been performed This