Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-07
HEARD HARTMAN
DEMAND MONEY
IN Tn. 8 NAME
Morgan Wrote $4,000 Check
After Telephone Call, CIapp
Committee Is Told.

WASHINGTON, oct. hudson c.
WellWer newspaper reporter now
connected with the Munsey pubiica
lions, swore before the senate commit
tee investigating campaign funds that
Wayne MacVeagh told him that j. P.
Morgan, following request made by
the man in the white house through
+. II. Hartman. contributed $4,000 to
the Roosevelt campaign fund in 1904.
According to Weliver'e story, Mac
Veagh was in Morgans othces when
telephone call for the hnancler was re
ceiyed. Morgans secretary told him
that it was Hartman on the wire.
When he came back Morgan told Mac
Veagh, the witness said, that Hartman
had gone to Washington TO dine with
J the president
What do you suppose that man in
the white house wants?' Morgan re-
marked to MacVeagh, according to the
witness. Morgan then volunteered the
information that Roosevelt wanted
$4,000, and wrote a check for that
amount
Charles Edward Russell. Socialist
candidate for governor in New York,
who was an earlier witness, repeated
his version of the affair According to
his testimony. 100000 was the amount
demanded by Roosevelt. He named
Welliver as his informant, and the
newspaper mans testimony was called
for
Hartman Eager To Talk.
"l enjoyed this conversation with
MacVeagh over two years ago" said
Welliver, land therefore | do not recol-
lect the exact words of the story as told
to me by Mr.. MacVeagh.
But in the main it was as follows:
Mr.. MacVeagh said he was in the
office of J. p. Morgan in October, 1904,
when Morgan's secretary entered the
room and asked Mr.. Morgan to step to
the telephone As remember the con-
versation with Mr. MacVeagh, he said
Mr. Morgan was disposed to demur. AT
any rate. the secretary explained II
was a call from Hartman, who was
anxious to talk with Mr.. Morgan.
Mr. Morgan went TO the telephone,
and after few moments returned, ap-
parently displease with the result of
the conversation, Mr.. MacVeagh said
Morgan was more or less diSpleased and
said this; What do you suppose that
man in the white house wants? 1t seems
that Hartman has gone off to Wash
ington at the presidents invitation to
dine with him, and now the president
wants more money
$4,000 Amount Demanded.
Fifty thousand dollars was the
amount that Hartman had asked for,
according to Morgan. MacVeagh face
tousIy observed that the $4,000 would
not be a heavy drain on the Morgan
finances. Morgan replied that he
could stand the strain, and, as | recol-
lect MacVeagh's conversation, Morgan
then wrote check for $4,000 and sent
il to Mr.. Hartman"
Senator Clapp asked
Are you certain that MacNeagh used
= EIariman's name in the conversation %
Very certain
And that s5O.OOO-not s1oO,OOO-was
the sum asked?'
Yes"
Il understand that Mr.. Hartman
said that President Roosevelt had asked
him to ask Morgan to raise more mon
= ey." said senator Pomerene
Yes"
LaFoliette Spends $4,000,
j J. Hannah who managed the presi-
dentia campaign of Senator LaF'ol-
Iette, Of Wisconsin, testified before
the committee that Charles r,
Crane Of Chicago made seven con-
tributions to the senator's fund, total
ling s23ooO. Previous testimony had
been TO the effect that M. Crane gave