New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-09-15
SIDE LIGHTS ON
[, H. HARTMAN,
Origin of Famous Saying by the
Late Financier.

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HE ONCE DANCED IN PUBLIC.
Would Not Talk Business at His Arden
1 Home and Offered lnsistent Inter-
viewer a Glass of Milk-One of Rail
road Mans Favorite Stories.
In the famous insurance investiga-
! ton in New York. it came out that
much of the money used by the late
| Edward II. Hartman in his railroad
| fights came from insurance companies.
James HaZen Hyde. vice president of
the Equitable Life Assurance society,
appeared to be somewhat flattered by
Mr.. Harriman's attentions. Later at a
directors meeting Mr.. Hyde made a
speech accusing Hartman and friends
Of trying. to kick him out and to get
control of the society and its 100000.
900 assets. 1t was then that, white
and speechless, Hartman sat back in
his chair and gave forth sounds which
those nearest to him said later APP
peared to boil out in one continuous
torrent. His resignation as trustee
of the society followed.
"Not Yet, but Soon."
Before the Armstrong committee he
told how on certain night he had
been kept at the Metropolitan club OIL
one pretense or another while the deal
for the control Of the Equitable society
was being put through. He said that
upon hearing that Thomas F. Ryan had
purchased control of the society he
went to the new owner and demanded
a half interest, which was refused. In
his testimony he explained that as far
as Ryan was concerned any effort he
(Harriman could make would be de-
voted to the destruction of an unwor-
thy object. When asked by Mr.. Hughes
whether he had taken any step to ac
complish this the answer came:
"Not yet, but soon.'
There was no installing the empha-
sis, and the words became classic in
Wall street history.
Hartman and OdeII.
Charles e. Hughes when conducting
the insurance investigation probed
deeply into the intimate friendship of
Mr.. Hartman and former Governor of
New York Benjamin B. Odell, and Mr.
Hartman got off a now familiar joke
'It has been charged Mr. Hughes
said, ''that through your relations with
Mr.. Odell you have political influence
What have you to say to that?''
''Well,' came the reply, 81 should
say that Governor Odell had political
influence because of his relations with
me-
When Hartman Danced
In Wall street there are atloat plen-
ty of anecdotes illustrating the per-
sonality of the man in later years
| Whenever the impenetrable reserve of
the fnancier is mentioned the story is
invariably told of the only time on
record when Hartman ever showed
any animation in public. 1t was in
the fall of 1908, when the great Lucin
cutoff, a pet project of Harriman's,
was completed at Salt Lake City.
On this occasion Mr. Hartman
danced. At the close of the ceremonies
Mr.. Hartman, who had been grave
and dignifed throughout, entered his
private car to leave the scene. The
band struck up Yankee Doodle A
faint smile dawned on the Hartman
features and began to spread. Pres
emily he began to balance gracefully,
and soon, in the midst Of circle of
prominent railroad officials, he was
doing the highland fling in the most
abandoned style. Suddenly the band
stopped playing, and Mr.. Hartman
gravely sat down.
! Gave Reporter Milk, Not News.
i At his home at Arden, N. Y, Mr.
Hartman would not discuss business
matters. He said to a reporter who
sought him there:
II left all my business vexations be-
hind in New York city. This Arden
to me is the Arden Of AS You Like
IT., retreat from the world S
worries. Here [ seek to free myself
from all business cares and worries,
and so far l have been successful
My guests here are made to under
| stand that they are most welcome if
they abstain from talking shop. And
so, my dear young man, you are most
welcome to my table, but not to a
financial interview. BY the way, do
you like milk? If you do 1 think you
might like a glass from one of my
dairies.''
One of Harriman's Stories.
In declaring that we must be care
full not to legislate too harshly against
the country's vested interests or the
prosperity of those interests and with
it the country's prosperity Mr.. Harri-
man illustrated his meaning with
story ''There was a schooIteac her.o
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