The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-18
Has Evidence to Show That For.
mer President Stood With
Special interests.
CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION
OF HARTMAN SHOWN UP
Shows That Roosevelt Feared
Result if Truth Was Known
Before Election.

| OLEAN, n. Y. Oct. l7.-Judpe Alton
b. Parker tonight began the Democratic
state campaign here with speech in
which he strenuously denied Colonel
Roosevelt S charge of an alliance be.
tween Tammany Hall and Wall street.
On the contrary, he said, the colonel s
charge raised strong presumption that
the Republican political organization
has established relations with Wall
street or some part of it He urged en-
actment of law providing for impris.
onment instead of mere fine in cases
of corporate contributions to campaign
funds.
letters of Mr. Roosevelt, William j..
Bryan and Edward H. Hartman to for
tlfy assertions that Mr., Roosevelt in
the campaign of 1904 solicited cam
paign funds; that Roosevelt knew "the
great financial interests, protected in
terests and others having Tavors to seek
contributed largely" and that at Mr..
Roosevelt S urgent request, Mr.. Harri-
man very shortly before election day
interested himself in securing S260,000
which was turned over by the Repub
llcan national committee to the Repub-
llcan state committee.
"neIo n4ouSy WeHC.
"Aren I You little curious7' Judge
Parker asked his hearers tonight. "what
they were to do with this quarter mil
lion dollars Just before election day?
The modern politician has been accus-
toned 10 make a rather practical use
of the funds accumulated Just before
election dav. Mr.. Hartman seemed to
understand what it was for, as we learn
from sentence in letter of his re-
ferring 10 that fund:
'' This amount enabled the New
York state committee TO continue its
work with the result that at least so
600 votes were turned in the city of
New York alone, making a difference of
100000 votes in the general result.
Replying TO letter Of Mr.. Bryan s,
Mr.. Roosevelt said: You have shown
by this letter that If this man Harri
man S contribution TO the campaign
fund of 1904 had been known before
the election, you and your supporters
would have endeavored to use the fact
of its having been made as an insin-
that | could not be trusted to deal out
exact Justice TO Mr. Hartman
Teddy Put OFF Prosecution.
"Mr. Roosevelt ~ continued Mr. Par
ker, wished the public to understand
partment of the federal government had
certain measure of regulation and CON
troll over the railroad dominated by one
OF Wall street IS leaders, Mr.. Hartman.
his action was not in the least affected
by it Mr.. Roosevelt, however. made
no move against either Mr.. Hartman or
his railroads for nearly two years
''It is very evident that Mr. Harri,
man expected at least some appreciation
for his compliance with the request TO
raise the large sum of money to help in
campaign and his failure to receive
what at least seemed TO have his due,
led him later to open his heart to a
member of his political family
Mr.. Parker then declared that the 20.
litical contributions bill passed by con
gress did not provide imprisonment as
penalty and that Imprisonment alone
would suffice TO check contributions out
of corporate treasures expecting to
gain by the investment.