The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-10-01


sion to coarse and brutal exultation
over a fallen foe. it must be admitted
that the Nebraskan has given the pres
ident his quietus.
incidentally, he challenges Mr.. Taft
to say yea or nay to Mr.. Roosevelt's
campaign contributions, 80 the people
may know" His lkening of a federal
Offieeholder who makes his campaign
on trust money TO a juror who accepts
a bride was greatly to the point, and
when he said that the laws would not
be suspended even in the case of a
member of the cabinet, he left the pres
dent no opportunity for answer
Holy writ was never quoted to better
advantage than when Mr.. Bryan, after
calling attention TO the vast sums ex-
tracted from Mr.. Archbold for the
Standard Oil, and from Mr.. Hartman,
calls in the prophet Isaiah as a wit
ness that the OK knoweth its owner
and the ass his masters crib" 1t will
do Mr.. Roosevelt no particular amount
of good to produce letter in which he
ordered the Standard Oil money sent
back. The money wasn't returned.
Neither can he square himself with the
people Of the country by showing that
he called Mr.. Hartman an 'undesira-
BILE citizen" after personally requesting
the latter to raise a princely sum in
the last days of the campaign. At that
time he wanted to consult Mr. Harri-
man about his message to congress, at
least he Said so, and on Oct 4, 1904, ad-
dressed the railway magnate as fol-
lows:
Now. my dear sir. YOU and I are prac-
teal men. and you are on the ground and
know the conditions better than l do.
II you think there is any danger of your
visit 10 me causing trouble. or if you
think there is nothing special l should be
informed about or no matter in which |
could give aid. why. of course, give up
the visit for the time being and then a
few weeks hence, before l write my mes
sage. shall get you to come down TO
discuss certain government matters not
connected with the campaign.
There wasn't anything undesirable"
about Mr.. Hartman at that particular
time In confidential letter to Sidney
Webster, Mr.. Hartman told the story
of the slush fund raised at Roosevelt's
request, in these words:
About a week before the election in the
autumn of 1894 when il looked certain
that the state ticket would go Democratic
and was doubtful to Roosevelt him
self, he. the president. sent me a re-
quest to go TO Washington to confer upon
the political conditions in New York
state. | complied. and he told me he
understood the campaign could not be
successfully carried on without sufficient
money and asked if l could help them in
raising the necessary funds. as the ma
uOnal committee. under control of Chair
man CortelyOu, had utterly failed of OBJ
tanning them. and there was "A large
state committee. We talked over what
could be done for Depew. and finally he
agreed that If found necessary he would
appoint him as ambassador to Paris.
With full belief that he, the president,
would keep his agreement. | came back
to New York. sent sfor Treasurer Bliss,
who told me that | was their last hope.
and that they had exhausted every other
resource In his presence j called up an
intimate friend of Senator Depew. told
MIN that it was necessary in order to
carry New York state that 100000 should
be raised at once. and if he would help
would subscribe $4,000. After a few words
over the telephone the gentleman said
h. would let me know, which he did prob
ably in three OF four hours, with the re
suit hat the whole amount including my
subscription. had been raised.
The checks We're given to Treasurer
Bliss. who took them 10 Chairman Cortel-
Won If there were any among them OF
life insurance companies. or any other
like organizations. of course Cortelyou
must nave informed the president. | do
not know who the subscribers were other
than the friend of Depew. who was an
Individual This amount enabled the New
York state committee to continue its work.
with the result that at least $1,000 votes
were turned in the city of New York
alone making a difference Of 10000 votes
in the general result.
The fact that Hartman and the
Standard Oil were turned down." as
il would be expressed on the BOwery.
does not give Mr.. Roosevelt any claim
to righteousness. Their money was So
licited and expended in the corruption
of votes. and it i'll became the benefici-
airy to hale them before the courts.
This is a nasty mess, and the more it
is stirred by the Big Stick the worse
it smells.