The Washington times., 1912-09-02

mittee wished to choose him. This
emphatically refused to allow. / knew
but little of Mr.. Penrose at the time,
but was not willing to have any man
| whom / did not personally know and
in whose probity I did not have entire
confidence as head OF the committee.
"Mr. Cortelyou was put on at my per-
sonal request He ran the campaign
almost without suggestions from me.
| communicated with him occasionally
by telephone, and generally in writ
"Thank You" To Penrose.
Several matters Irrelevant to the COM
mittee's inquiry are mentioned by
Colonel Roosevelt as the topics Of those
letters. He communicated also with
Senator Penrose. Colonel Roosevelt add
ed. One letter from Colonel Roosevelt
to Senator Penrtse, dated the day after
the 1904 election, read:
| Upon my word! or all phenomenal
returns, the Pennsylvania figures are
most phenomenal congratulate you
and heartily thank you Colonel
Roosevelt continues:
"In all my communications with
him before or after election I spoke
of contributions but once. This was
in a letter TO him of October 2S. 1904.
in response to a request of his that /
should retain the services of one OF
| his henchmen named Bum, Of the
Philadelphia postoffice, who had been
civil Service Commission because of
the collection Of political ssments
| from among his subordinates in the
postoffce. My letter ended as fol-
direct his removal suppose you
won't like this, and I am awfuny
sorry, but ! beg you to believe that
II it were feasible for me to act In
is only because I have no other alter
native y at ! must remove Bunn.
Here Colonel Roosevelt replies to
an all-sion in the recent Washing
charges in 1904 by introducing the
statement he issued on November 4,
1904. in reply to this charge that big
corporations had contributed literally
to the Republican campaign fund
through the solicitation of Mr.. Cor
telyou. Also. Colonel Roosevelt In
cludes the letter he wrote to James
S. sherman. now Vice President, on
ed at length the Roosevelt Hartman
controversy over the S260.000 contri-
button Of the late f. H. Hartman n
1904.
Letters to Hartman.
This letter, which was published
shortly after it was written, contained
correspondence between Messrs. Roose-
Welt and Hartman and characterized
Mr. Harriman's statement that Roose-
Welt requested him to raise $250000 as
"a deliberate and willful untruth-by
rights 1t should be characterized by an
even shorter and more ugly word" II
also included the letter written by Col
onel Roosevelt-then President-to Mr..
Hartman on October a. 1904. in which
Colonel Roosevelt said: Now, my dear
sir, you and / are practical men," as
we'll as several other letters bearing
closely on the issue. Colonel Roose-
velt's letter to Senator Clapp then con-
tinues as follows:
This letter was written in Mr.. Har-
r1man's lifetime. and neither was con-
tradicted then nor can be contradicted
now. Mr.. Loeb, my then private sec
retary, heard my conversation with
Mr.. Hartman never even discussed
with me giving anything to the ma
tional committee, and l never spoke to
him about II or requested dollar from
him Rs HE asked sRS %e to Wts
money for him and Mr.. Odell in their
State campaign. Mr.. Loeb heard him
make the request, and by my direction
and Mr.. Cortelyou over the telephone
as I did myself later.
Sent Warning to Dick.
"In my letters to Mr.. Cortelyou during
the campaign the only allusion that
can find to campaign contributions Is ir
one in which l tell him that I hav,
heard a rumor that Senator Dick o.
Ohio has been collecting money from
officeholders, and that II so, he must bt
warned to stop or he will get int
trouble.
Il communicated with Mr.. Bliss VerS
infrequently, and never made any al
lusion to contributions in any letter tina
l wrote him or any conversation haC
! with him. From Mr.. Bliss, as from Mr.
ment that no promise had been mad'
and no obligation entered into directly
or indirectly in connection with any
contribution that had been received o.
would be entered into in connection will
any contribution that might be received
In the future,
"I have never discussed the question
of contributions with Mr.. Perkins saw
, III connection with discussing the accu
! sations brought before your committee
have never directly, or indirectly
asked him for a contribution, and / die
, not, so far as / can remember, ask an!
human being for a contribution eithe
while l was running for President or 70
Vice President or during the recent pri
mary or since the recent primary.
! Mr. Archbold has alluded TO his visi
made a year or so after the election Il
l me in company with Mr.. Rogers. Mr.
Rogers and Mr.. Archbold made an ap