The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-08-29
LOEB IN DEFENSE
OF COL. ROOSEVELT: |:
Gives Version Of Contributions in
1904 Campaign. ~. j..
TELLS OF HARTMAN VISIT
Declares He Heard Finanoier Ask
Former President to Help Out
New York Ticket and no.
...,. guest Was Granted.

quest was dFantou'
New York, Aug. 27.-William Loeb,
Jr., collector Of the port OF View
York by appointment Of President
Taft, came out in vigorous defense
of Colonel Roosevelt against the at
tacks being made upon the ex-presi-
dent In the controversy raging over
the contributions to the Roosevelt
campaign fund Of 1904 by the Stand
ard Oh company and by e. H. Hsr'
| rfman. :' ". "
He says IT was he, and not Presi.
dent Roosevelt, whose secretary he
then was, to whom George B, Cortel-
you, as chairman Of the Republican
national committee. gave positive
assurance that the Standard Oil com
pany had made no contribution to the
campaign. ~ =
| e1 Tells Of Hartman Visit, -
Mr.. Loeb also makes the further
statement that instead Of Roosevelt
asking Hartman for assistance, the
latter, at the famous White House In
terview, had urged the president to
cause National Chairman Cortelyou
forthwith to give financial help to
the New York state committee In or.
der to save the state ticket.
y am making these statements
only in the interest Of truth" said
Collector Loeb. Il have not public
ly discussed either of these subjects
| before because had not thought II
necessary to do so. When I visited
Colonel Roosevelt at Sycamore Hill
last Sunday voluntarily offered to
give out for the fret time a correct
account Of both Incidents.
II was present through the entire
Interview e. H. Hartman had in the
White House with President Roose-
yelt on the eve of the election In
| 1904 I was his private secretary
and the president made It a practice
to have me present at every import.
ant political interview he had with
visitors. remember clearly the
spirit and result Of tho Hartman In.
terview on that occasion. F..
Asks Aid for Now YORK.
"Mr. Hartman assured the presi.
dent that he INT. RassevelD wac
certain to be elected but that the
state ticket In New York. headed by
Higgins, was In grave danger, and
that 1t was In the power Of Presi
dent Roosevelt alone to save II.
Mr.. Hartman complained that al
though he had more than once asked
National Chairman Cortelyou to trans.
fer to the New York state committee
a sum of money from his treasury te
meet the exigency Of the state stu
alton, Mr. Cortelyou had declined tc
do so and insisted that the president
should direct Mr.. Cortelyou imme
diately to hand over the money
where 1t was imperatively needed
The president told Mr.. Hartman he
would comply with his request. Be
fore Mr. Hartman arose to go the
president turned to me and told me
to call up Chairman Cortelyou on ths
long-distance telephone and. instruct
him to help the state committee out
This did and received the promise
from Mr.. Cortelyou that he would Dc
at once as President Roosevelt want
ed him to do. | do not now recollect
the amount Of money Mr.. Harrimar
asked for or what told Mr. Cortel
you was needed"
Tells Of OH Git.
Collector Loeb then took up the
Standard Oil contribution. 49,.
OF this matter" he said, my
memory is quite as clear and distinct
as to the other have just discussed
gram President Roosevelt had sent te
Chairman Cortelyou instructing him
to return forthwith to the Standard
OIL company any contribution chat
concern may have made to his cam
paign. The first letter recited a re
port then widely published by the
newspapers that the Standard OIL
company had made q big contribu
IItion. II was dated October IS, 1904
In this letter President Roosevelt
told Mr. Cortelyou that II the report
we're true he must see to 1t at once
that the money was sent back. The
other letter and the telegram were
TO the same effect. Two or three dayt
passed and no word on the subject
had come to the White House from
Chairman Cortelyou. The president
was growing more FESTIVE hourly
He told me to call up Chairman Cor
itelyou on the long-distance telephon.
and ask him II he had received tn.
letters and the telegram and II SC
what he had done about It, This J
did Mr. Cortelyou told me over the
telephone that he had just conferred
with Treaurer Bliss about the matte,
and had received positive assurances
from Mr.. Bliss that the Standard On!
company had not contributed a dolla,
10 the campaign fund.
IF called upon by the senate com
,mittee l shall very cheerfully respond
and tell all I know about both the
Hartman and the Standard OIL con.
,troversy." .-... -.4....,...