The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-01-08
ROOSEVELT-HARR|MAN
DISPUTE REVIVED
New Version Which Depew, Odell
and CortelyOu May Con-
firm or Deny.
PR ONlISE THAT WASN'T KEPT
Hartman Is Made TO Say He Raised tho
S2G0.OO0 on Promise That Dcpew
BE Taken Care or

WAsnIHGIoN, Jan There have
berl 80 many versions of the Roosevelt.
Hartman episode concerning campaign
funds in the ma ional fight of 1904, which
haY" been accelerated by sthe recent
Roosevelt, Sheldon correspondence. tha,
no, Il fow New York state Republican
congressman have manifested an awak.
onod intcrcss in the subject There are
RrDuI Il. an congressman from tho EN-.
ri:o Sec. l. W., declared tonight, who
hoicvc hI- there are three persons who
can clnI" up tn" mystery before the mem.
oirs of the lac Edward II. Hartman are
printed ard these three are asserted TO
ho ex-senator ChaunCey NJ Depew. e1.
GDv BENJAMIN - Odell, Jr. and George
Il Cort"lvou. The additional remark
was mad" Tonight that these Repub-
hcar- of nationai repute will be able 10
confirm or uenv the version which follows;
Immediately after ex-tiov. Frank s
Black wa set as ide by Mr. Odell in De-
,erbnr. ,ani. as the candidate for United
Sta.c- Senator to succeed Mr.. Depew,
Mr Odell being the Governor and chair
man of The Republican State committee
and having precipiiated Black into the
contest and al the last moment being
co,nrclei by Mr.. Hartman to reject
Black AID sus ain Depew. Mr. Hartman
sent for the late Senator John Raines
ard ore or two others aud said to them:
Il find that my advice to Mr.. Odell u
rejec; Mr. Black for United States Senator
and stand by Mr. Depew has practically
ruined Mr. Odel as Republican State
leader. | find that the Republican State
organization acting on his advice. en-
gagged IN the canvass to elect Mr.. Black
United States Senator and that because
Mr. Odell on my advice at the last moment
changed from Black to Depew the Repub-
lCau State organization has decided n
dcthrone him as its leader. That is
great injustice to- Mr.. Odell. | want to
ask Won gentlemen if by any steps can
reha bihtatc Mr.. Odcll in the confidence OF
the State Organization"
My, Hlrriman's visitors. including.
Senator Raines, informed him that no
power on earth could rehabilitate Mr.
Odell a. State leader that by his course
in switching from Black to Depew, after
having interested the entire organization
in Black, he had lost the confidence Of the
leaders of the organization and that no
amount of money donated 10 the organlaa-
tiOn could in any way restore confidence
in Mr.. Odell Mr.. Hartman then said;
when President Roosevelt sent sorlme
To 90 to Washington he was in very
n rrvous state over his election. He asked
me If | could not raise funds 10 help on,
tie situation. learned on that visit that
the Republican national committee had
collected about 81 Oo0. 900. and that most
OF this money had been distributed among
other States, and that the President
at the last moment had become alarmed
over the situation in New York, ! told
the President Of my interest in Senator
DSpew, that | desired that he should
. b" taken care Of, and ! assumed IRON
what the President replied at that time
that he. i'll the event of his election, was
to appoint Mr.. Dcpew Ambnssndnr 70
France Anyway it was with that under
standing that ! returned to New York
city and raised the $500 900 in few hours
did it entirely over the telephone
called up the Nanderbits, the Equitable
people,. Mr. Bliss. my friends IN the
Standard Oil Company and in the tity
Bank, and tho fund was raised IN INA,
way. When | called up Nanderbilts they
ask ed me for whom this additional tino
wa to be subscribed, and ] told them
that in any event Mr.. Depew was 10 be
protected, They replied that they would
subscribe anything that would help MI,
Depew. With the s280, 900 in hand handN6
it 10 Mr., Bliss. He in turn gave Mr.. Odell
$500. 600 and handed 500 900 to Mr. Cortel'
you, who was prose cutting in the STATE
of New York an individual movemen'
in aid of the Republican party.
After election day in Novemoer'
1904, was informed that President Roose'
welt was not to appoint Mr.. Depew Am.
MIR. Odell had committed himself and
his friends in the Republican state or,
ganiZation to the candidacy Of Mr.. BiacH
for the United States Senate. was
greatly disappointed when learned
that the President was not TO appoIn'
Mr.. Depew. lnaSmuch as great par
of the fund had been given with the ull,
derstanding that Mr.. Depew was among
those especially to he taken care ot. the'e
! was no other course for me 10 take DIV
TO advise Mr., Odoll to withdraw his SsHy'
port from Mr. Black and To give II 10 UT
! Depcw. SO utterly was ! dlsappolhuu
because Mr., Dcpew was 10 fan ol 'hg
/ French Amhassadorship that ! o1er"u1
to return from my own pocket the s2do' W."
which had been contributed by my trlehuS
in the closing days of the IresldcII,i,, ID. "a.
fight for use in New York state Inc!
would not hear of such a transac,I.n
There was no other step for me 10 taNe
then than to give Mr.. Odcll the advice
! | did and which he followed. He Wis
/ tho victim of an episode quite a traEI
one SO far as he was concerned, ana
now desire 10 ask you, Senator Rams
and YOU gentlemen if something caunot
I've done of rehabilitate Mr., Od"l ~ no
/ confidence of the State organization A.,
/ Mr.. Hartman, according To r".H"p
/ information, was again informed ~
senator Raincs and tho others pr'S2l"
! that nothing under heaven could '"ta
/ biIitate Mr.. Odell in the confidence 0! tie
State organization.
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