Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-10-01
MORE LIGHT ON
 CAMPAIC FUND Harriman's Secretary Tes- tlfles As To s25o,oo0 Contribution Raised
 In 1904.
Famous "You And l Are Practical Men" Letter And Others Read
 On The stand.

Wash ngten, Sept. 3G.-Abs iufelv subsJsntiating John b. Arcabald's statement, later specifically denied by Colone. Roosevelt. that k,. H. Harri- man, the railroad king, super intended the raising of the $250 ,o00 contribu ton to the Republican fund n 1901 I and had rs5nally contributed $50.- 90o Of this amount, C. C. TedetaofT formerly HaTiman's prlya-e sfcfe- tary, produced letters before he Sen- ate .~investigat ng committee today showing that Hartman had made the contribution as the result. So he de- [ clarel, Of a "delibera.e slap by President Roosevelt
 In letter to Sidney Webster. a New York lawyer, who of9en handled private business for Ar Hartman, ]! the latter stated that Roosevelt had planned to force him CHarrman4 10 make a eentl button 10 tie Republi- can fend under a promise that a fliend of the railroad magnate Gln- nameD bat believed to be Chauncy Depea would be taken care Of !n the foreign service"
 Hartman stated that he had con- tribut5d S50.000 himself and had so- flicited like amount from TWO friends and ethe'.. large sums fr9m other f. nanclal interests, he total fund be- ing sz50,00o.
 Tesethoff stated tGat he had 1 handled the checks for $50,00 but that tie other two did not bear the
 names of the donors but were sent through brokers eff ces.
 The testimony of Charles A. Pea body, president of the Mutual Life In- surance Company, Of New York, and , former counsel for F. H. Hartman, showed that one O. the $225,000 con- | tributions was H. Nick Tw0mbley,
 ,rother-in-law of the Vanderbilt and close personal friend of Depew. The ] her rema ns undiscovered,
 1 Among the letters which passed be- 1 tween Harl imam and President Roose- i velt ard wh ;ch were F d by the rall-
 read kings former secretary, was the 1 famous you and are practical
 men" document in which Roosevelt l informed Hartman that he thought
 his visit to the Wh te House might
 "endanger either and he had better
 postpone it until after the elect.on. 1 The letter bore mute but eloqueni i testimony of the close relations be- i tween the White House and the Har-
 riman offices. The railroad magnate
 advoc ated the appointment of naval
 off cer on the Pacific coast and re-
 commended an unnamed congressman for the second Roosevelt cablnet.
 The president acqu: :esced in the for-
 mer appointment. but differed With
 Hartman concerning the latter.
 Hartman also objected to the ap- pointment of E w. 'Fowler as govef-
 nor ,f Arizona territory, On the ' erouad that he was Santa Fe I'd
 road man. Roosevelt replied that ne
 was "unfortunately pledged to TOW Her but that he would wiring hls hecK l like a chicken if he discrlmlnated Ill l favor of the Santa Fe or any ot"er
 fine.
 The features of the morning ses- 5sion of the Investigating commit ee'
 were The forceful admissions by CtTh- 1 elius N. Bliss, Jr., that ms '''hei , l treasurer of the 1904 Republ can Ma
 tional Committee. had destroyed all I his books and records rather than ai- 7. low them to fall into alien hanas anu EWill am Libby's statement suos'"n-