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not find II convenient, and that on &C.
tober President Roosevelt wrote:

'ODer frtblOeNt hCOSeNeit "Ioic'
There is no hurry about my seeing you.
for the only thing that could DO pressing
that Is the financial situations nor
| so at present. Any time you come
down this winter will DO.
A letter from Mr.. Hartman. December
q. 1903. indorsed w. c. Ralston as can
didate for naval officer al San Francisco.
President Roosevelt replied December 30
that there are one or two points IN ref
erence 10 the case which | snail Ike to
go over with you II you feel that you care
to come TO Washington"
| Mr.. Hartman replied January s, 1904
that the Ralston matter was not impor-
tant enough TO induce special trip 20
Washington. but that he might go later
! A letter from Mr. Hartman. June %.
! 1904. after the Republican convention that
nominated President Roosevelt, said In
part:
want TO assure you that I Vas only
/ too glad to have been able 10 take part
in the convention which recognized what
was your due, and ! believe every one
very heartily accorded It and Will az
/ heartily work for H.
! He added that he was going 20 Europe
| but shall be in close enough communica-
tiOn 10 exercise my influence. should II be
! necessary, before my return"
! After his return. he again wrote the
President, who replied. September q, 1901.
/ AT present there Is nothing for me to see
you about, though there were one or two
points in my letter OF acceptance which
should have liked TO discuss with you be-
! fore putting II out"
! For more than an hour Mr.. Tegethor
, read the correspondence into the record.
Contributions in 1904.
Did you ever hear Mr.. Hartman say
anything about campaign contributions in
1902 asked Senator Clapp.
/! Yes. In 1907. when he was Ill, just be-
( fore Christmas he called me up 10 his
house." answered Tegethoff. we talked
over the relations between him and Mr..
I Roosevelt then and In 1895. ] knew he
had visited Washington al the Presidents
solicitation and that as q result OF that
visit he had raised this money for the
campaign"
How mucn?'
Two hundred and fifty thousand dol
| lars, OF which $4,000 was his own con-
! lFIDuticT. nitH Nv All' tii'' tAHN IA Wv
raising the money"
did you know from whom he was
| raising it2' asked Senator Clapp.
NO. not exactly. Later. 7 had posses
! sion of the checks. which ! received"
The witness could not recollect the
names ~ the contributors or the amounts
contributed.
/ You were with Mr.. Hartman In 1904
Do you know 81 any contributions ne
made IN that year,
NO: none" said the witness.
Taking up the examination OF Mr.. Tege-
thod In connection with the letters, SEN
etor Paynter elected the fact that MI
Hartman visited the White House prior
10 the 1904 election to discuss New York
political matters" With the President.
Mr.. Tegethof then read into the record
from letter book Of the late railroad
man letter addressed to Sidney Web
ster. IN which Mr.. Hartman outlined the
circumstances Of raising the fund of
so5O0o This letter was dated January 2
1906. and was q long review OF Mr.. Harri-
mans activities In the 1904 campaign and
the subsequent relations OF Mr.. Hartman
and the President.
Discussing the $4,000 under oxamina-
ton by Senator Pomerene. Mr. Tegethoff
said that the individual contributors sent
through brokerage houses. checks to him.
He later turned them over to Mr.. HarTi-
man, who in turn gave them to Judge
| Lovett. now chairman Of the board or
directors Of the Southern Pacific Rail
| rod. Although the witness produced a
receipt for MI. Harriman's $4,000 contri-
button, he said he knew nothing OF any
receipts for the remainder OF the contrt-
button.
| Cortelyou Letter Given Out.
| Among the letters given the committee
WAS one from George b. Cortelyou, dated
July 20. 1901, and addressed TO "E. III.
Hammond, Union Pacific Railway. New
York" The letter was acknowledged by
Mr.. Harrimans secretary. who said he
supposed there had been mistake In the
address. This letter requested the rail-
road man to serve on the auxiliary COM
mittee Of the Republican National Com
mittee.
please consider this communication as
entirely personal" Il concluded, "as the
committee Is not 70 be publicly an
nounced"
Letters that passed between the Presi-
dent and Mr.. Hartman late In 1904 End
early In 1906 referred TO the Presidents
messages to Congress on railroad matters
and TO the appointment of a federal gov
lernor and chief justice In Arizona, whore
Mr.. Hartman objected to certain men.
A letter from Mr.. Hartman dated No.
vember 80, 1901. called the Presidents at
tention TO the fact that Mr.. Roosevelt
had written October IA that he would dis
cuss parts OF his message with Mr. Har-
riman at later time. Mr.. Hartman said
Ina had learned that other railroad men
knew what the President into nded to
recommend relating to railroads and that
ne WIS very "apprehensive'' about the
: matter.
81 sincerely believe II would be best
for ALI interests that no reference be mad'
% the subject" he added.
On the same day, after Mr.. Hartman
had talked over the telephone with Sec
ratarv Loeb, President Roosevelt wrot.
the railroad man. saying his mind wa
made up on the railroad question. III
l sa,d that when be wrote In October tina
u no wanted to discuss matters with Mr.
Hartman he had In mind the currenc!
9 question and had not thought OF dis
u cussing recommendations for railroa'
laoiaIa tim