Evening star., 1912-10-08

back immeditely after the election ana
have been "a standpatter ever since.
The senator said he gave $4,000 to b.
B. Odell for the New York state cam
paign early in the political fight of lS4.
Later, he said. Mr.. Twombley told MIN
that the state committee was short and
that Mr.. Hartman was raising fund OF
about S200OOO.
~ think 1 gave $4,000 to that fund. but
cannot find record of it, said Senator
Depew. Later. l came into New YORK
just before election aud Mr.. TWemblsy
told me that the funds We're some $4oWr
short, and that he was making up tAe
difference. He needed some $4,000 and
he assessed me that amount. l gave MIN
a check.
I'm the latter part of September Mr..
Twombley said he had a call from a
messenger from the state committee; and
said: They say you can't go back to the
Senate, but they have agreed that You
may be sent as ambassador to France. y
Mr.. Depew said he refused to consider
this, and persisted in the campaign, and
was reelected.
Roosevelt Expressed Surprise.
After his reelection, Senator Depew
said he was called to the White House
by President Roosevelt to discuss New
York appointments and took occasion to
thank the President for offering him the
ambassadorship to France. The President
expressed surprise Mr.. Depew said.
Il told him that 1 had been offered the
amba assadorShip IL l would withdraw
from the race for the Senate. He replied
that not only had he never made such an
offer. but that if I had withdrawn /
would not have gotten the ambassador
ship because he had another man in
view.
i've been joker all my life to the
detriment of business and politics" add
ed Senator Depew. but it seemed to me
heavily to a fund. the primary object Of
which was to keep me out Of the Senate,
was rather a serious joke on me-
The report was. as The Star printed the
story Saturday, that President Roosevelt
agreed to send Depew as ambassador to
to be filled by eX-Gov. Black if Harriman n
would raise the $4,000 needed for the
state campaign in New York.
Senator Depew said he had heard of
contributions of Mr.. Morgan and Mr..
Twombley only as the latter told him.
He heard nothing of contributions being
made by tie sugar. steel, tobacco. beef
or harvester interests. or by George W.
Perkins; and he heard of insurance con-
tributions only by hearsay.
Il remember" said the senator. 'tha
the chairman of our state committee told
Inc that Senator Platt had raised IL large
sum. Senator Platt did not want TO turn
the money over to the state committee.
but / finally persuaded him to do SO. The
sum was between 5000 and 800. O.000.' =
Senator Depew said that he knew moth
ing of the campaign FUNDS of 1905 and
1912. He said he made a contribution OF
$4oO to the Taft campaign fund at Chi
cago.
Senator Depew said he did not believe
the railroad corporations had contributed
In 1904 but that the big contributions
were made by the individual men in
terested in railroad and business affairs.
Wanted to Prevent New Conditions.
IF they believed a change of the gov
ernment would lead to policies that would
result in curtailment of business. re-
striction of commercial development, a
decline of transportation or reduction
Of earnings, they will contribute like pay
ing on an insurance policy for the gen
eral protection of the Interests in which
they are concerned.
WAS that the condition in 19D4?" asked
Senator Pomerene.
"Yes, I think it was"
Senator Pomerene asked if that were
not the time when industrial combinations
were being effected. and the business
world did not want a change of govern.
utent that would interfere with existing
conditions.
"That is undoubte edly So" said Senate,
Depew.
He declared no meeting of New York
| financial leaders had been held in 1904
to discuss tie campaign. Cornelius n
Bliss, the republican treasurer, occupied
a peculiar position in the financial world
he said. because he was ''vitally inter
ested in the tariff as a manufactures
of cotton goods. Mr.. Bliss was able to
go to financial and industrial leaders, he
said, and approach them upon the ground
of common interest.
Senator Depew said that the question OF
the Sherman antitrust law was little con.
sidercd at the time. so little had been
done under that law" he said, that
there was a general doubt that anything
could be done under it,
Was that n general doubt or was the
wish father of the thought asked Sen
ator Pomerene.
'.Oh that was q general doubt Law,
yers generally were OF the opinion thai
the law could not be enforced" answered
Senator Depew.
Senator Depew was excused and the
committee recessed until 1:50.