The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-23
Demand Made On Roosevelt To
Correct Impression
DEMOCRATIC FUND is SMALL
Mack Denies That He Received $780,
900 From Previous Campaign Man.
ayers and Says Charges
Are Utterly False.

New York, September 22.-Norman E.
Mack, chairman of the democratic COM
mite. addressed telegram to President
Roosevelt today in which he denied state
ments fatty contained in a reported in
terview between Timothy L. Woodruff,
chairman of the republican state commit
tee, and President Roosevelt, which were
printed in a local paper this morning.
Chairman Mack's telegram is as follows
Y II notice in the New York Tribune OF
this morning that you are quoted by Tim
othy l.. Woodruff, chairman of the re-
publican state committee, in the following
interview, which Mr.. Woodruff gave out
from oyster Bay
=" Incidentally the President remarked
that he considered 1t significant that $780,,
600 had been found in the treasury of
the democratic party after Judge Parker
had declared throughout the last national
campaign that the party's treasury was
receiving nothing from corporations, and
further because it was announced at the
time of the election that the treasury was
empty The President said he thought it
looked queer that such a large sum of
money should turn up after Mr.. Haskell
was appointed treasurer of the dem
ocratic national committee
III you are quoted correctly no douDs
you have in mind the publication in the
New York American recently that l as
chairman of the democratic national COM
mlttee received 100000 from former Chair
man Taggart. which was said to be left
over from the 1904 campaign This al
the time was emphatically denied when
brought to my attention. desire TO say
to you now that there is not a word of
truth in this statement. | have not re-
ceived one cent from Chairman Taggart
or anyone else connected with the last
campaign, neither has any one connected
with the democratic national committee.
/ am wiring you this direct, l desire
to correct what seems to be an er-
roneous impression in your mind"
Chairman Mack said he hoped to re-
ceive reply from the President some
time today. His telegram to the Pres
fdent was directed to Oyster Bay.
After dispatching the telegram to Pres
ident Roosevelt Chairman Mack said;
1T is very evident from Mr.. Roosevelt $
statement that both Mr. Hitchcock and
Mr.. Taft have been deposed from their
positions and are no longer active factors
in the campaign Mr.. Roosevelt practi
cally repudiates both men. President
Roosevelt is running the campaign He
has not only assumed the Yace of his
candidate for the presidency but he has
also taken Mr. Hitchcock's place, is the
entire republican national committee, the
board of strategy, the advisory board
and has placed himself in every other
position where big stick methods pre-
vail"
Speaking to the report that the DEM
ocratic national committee had received
100000, Mr.. Mack said: II want to say
that the democratic national committee
has not received 100000 on or before or
after | took the office of chairman, nor
has Governor Haskell or any other mem-
ber of the national committee received
such a sum. Neither the Standard Oil
company nor its subsidiary companies or
officials has contributed one cent nor
have they been asked to contribute. Fur
thermore the national committee will not
receive one cent from the Standard OIL
company or any other corporation seek
ing privileges. The committee is gathering
it's funds in small quantities from the
mass of the people and no large sum
has been received from anyone"