The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-10-01

that whilc have no candidate 70 urge vet
should very much rcgret tho appointment
OF Mr.. Fowler and sincerely trust that eome
other and. "a ] believe. tr orc suitable man
may no selected FOR the off'cr.
Committee to Fowler.
MIR Roosevelt epp ed on the following
dav:
MY DEAR Mn. HARTMAN before receiv-
ing your lettcr I Ind in way become com
mitted TO Fowler. lie was our candidate
for Congress and his nomination seemed TO
me 10 ha absolutely right. What in Nucncrd
mo most was Chief Justice Rents emphatic
Endorsement of him I may add that
the only protest received a1ains. Wells
was on the ground (which think Ia wholly
untrue, that hn is Sarta Fa man. what
is there against Fowler? Sincerely YOURS
Turororr ROOSEVELT
Mr.. Hartman answered as follows:
PERSONAL
DEAR Mn PrEstDESr: I thank you for
your letter OF the 2ath. My information
Is to the effect that Mr. Fowler Is a very
strong partisan OF the Santa Fo and Is prac-
tically dominated by Mr. Murphy Of that
line. This IL the general belief in Ari7onn
and have been told that IL was largely
responsible for Nr. Fowler's defeat nj tho
late election
Inevcr heard that Mr.. Wells. to whom you
also refer. was a Santa Fe man. lie has
the reputation OF being an ah," ard fair
man and his appointment would hc salts
factory To us I refer to Mr.. +. n. Wells
OF Prescott However. as | said before.
have no candidate ii urge. but trust YOU
vii not appoint Mr. Fowler. I would like
to talk 10 YOU II possible on phone
about this Yours sincerely.
e. II. HARRrMAN.
strouE Snntn re Man.
Then President Roosevelt sent char
acteristic answer which made the Senate
committee laugh. Here II is
Nv DrAE Mn. HARRIMAv--I have your
letter of 'he 30th As ! wrote YOU. | am
afraid am committed TO Fowler and ] do
not see very well how could get out of 1t.
IT, would he very unpleasant; for me. with
Morton in my Cabinet 10 say thot rejected
him merely because I had heard that he
vas "A strong Santa FL man unless there
was some specific ob bectiOn to him need
hardly tell YOU that il I appointed him ]
would ,wist his neck as II he was a chicken
tho moment ! found lie was showing one
particle OF favor TO the Santa +" or for
the matter Of thar TO the Southern Pacific
or any other railroad Just as would r. ist
il if found he was discriminating against
any railroad. How would It do for me to
write him this in practically these words:
Sincerely yours. THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
Mr.. Hartman kept az it. sending this
Personal" letter on February /:
DEAR Mr. PRrsIpENrT Thank You for
your letter of yesterday. Mr.. Morton ben G
in your Cabinet Is II seems TO me, a strong
reason for not appointing n partisan
Mr.. Fowlers defeat last autumn is evil
dence that there is little or no sentiment
for him IN Arizona. and ! believe Judge
Kents recommendation was Influenced By
Mr.. Murphy.
The Atchison. Topeka and Santa Fe COM
pany's property in Arizona is exempt from
taxation and that company is without the
same interest that We and other taxpayers
have
We have no candidate to suggest and
only wish a square deal. which we and
others will not get by Mr.. Fowler's appoint =
mcnt. Why not ask Gov. Brodie's opinion?