The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-03
idrrinlan Goes on
 Rooseuelt's List of Liars.

did not think I should be able to ap- point either.
 His and my letters now before me of the fall of 1904. run as follows:
 Wanted to See President.
 On his return from spending the summer in Europe on September 2o, he wrote me stating that if I thought 1t desirable he would come to see me at any time. either then or later, Che had been, as you remember, a delegate to the Republican National Conven- tion, having voted for my nominationl On September 23, l answered this let ter saying.
 At present there is nothing for ma to see you about, though there were one or two points in my letter of ac- ceptance which should have liked to discuss with you before putting it out
 'On October 10, I wrote him:
 " Tn view of the trouble over the State ticket in New York. I should much like to have q few words with you. Do you think you can get down here within a few days and take either lunch or dinner with me"
 The trouble I spoke of had refer ence to the bolt against Higgins--t is in reality against Mir. Hartman and Mir. Harriman's friend, Go vernon O'Del. A reference to the files of the New York papers at that time will show that there was a very extensive bolt against MT. Higgins on the ground that Governor O'Dell had nominated him and that he had, in some matters, fla vored MT. Hartman over much neither ground. in my judgment, being tenable. Mir Harriman's backing of Governor O'DeIl and extreme wiIlingess that he showed by securing Higgins election, was a matter of common notoriety and mentioned in all the papers; notably in The New York Sun. On October 12, MT. Hartman wrote my:
 T am giving very large part of my time to correcting the trouble here and intend to do so if any effort on my part accomplishing it.
 'I will take occasion the first of next week to run down to See you and think by that time the conditions will have improved.
 q wrote Mr. Harrima nthe follow ing letter. which I give in full: fl
 "'Personal.
 "October 14, 1904
 Are Practical Men. My dear MT. Harriman:-A sug- gestion has come to me in a round- about way that you do not think it wise to come on to see me in these closing weeks of the campaign, but that you are reluctant to refuse inas- much as I have asked you. Now, my dear sir, you and I are practical men and you are on the ground and know the conditions better than l do. If you think there Is any danger of your vis- it to me causing trouble, of if you think there is nothing special, I should be informed about, or no mat ter in which I could give aid, why of course give up the visit for the time being and then a few weeks hence be- fore I write my message, l shall get you to come down and discuss cer- tain government matters not con- nected with the campasn.
 with great regards,
 Sincerely yours,'
 You will see that this letter Is ab- solutely incompatible with any the ory that I was asking MT. Hartman to come down to see me in my own interest, or intended to make any re- quest of any kind, for help from him. On the contrary all I was concerned with in seeing him was to know if I could be of help in insuring the elec- tion of MT. Higgins-a man for whom I had the highest respect and who l believed would be, as in fact he has been. a most admirable governor. Moreover the following letter will show that Mir. Hartman did not have in his mind any idea of my asking him to collect money and that on the con- trary what he was concerned with in connection with my letter to him was