The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-04


senator. do remember Senator
Bourne asked me TO see Mr.. Archhoid.
He brought Mr.. Archbold to lunch
once. also saw them at Oyster Bay
Ready 70 SEQ Anybody.
| While was president If any man.
trust magnate, labor leader, prize
fighter, lawyer or clergyman had any
business, and wanted to see me, / al
ways saw him and If saw anything
to be gained to the public service /
would send for him
| IT am elected president a year
hence and il Mr.. Rockefeller or any
one else wants to see me, | will send
for him to come
And more than that, IL have any
thing to ask Mr. Rockefeller, or Mr.
Gompers or Mr.. Mitchell, or ]. p.
Morgan, I'll send for them myself and
ask them about tiff it's for the pub
tlic service.
1t happens / didn't send for any
! representative of the Standard Oil
Co., hut there were plenty OF trust
magnates and railroad kings for whom
| | did send
/ Il remember sending for ]. Marvin
Hughitt when he wanted TO see me.
q sent for Jim Hill at the time of
a conservation congress, and he de-
livered an address in the white house.
! | think | sent for Morgan, certainly
saw him with reference to currency
/ Legislation
AT this moment some of the same
newspapers who are commenting on
| the supposed fact that / sent for
Mr.. Archbold are also commenting on
the fact that | sent for socialist to
/ help me draw up my platform The
socialist was one of eight or ten men
engaged in philanthropic work. He
warned me he was supporting Mr..
Debs. ! have seen a number of social
lists. | have always acted and always
shall act in the future, so that if
/ there is any man | want to see I'll
! send for him and talk it over if it is
in the interest of the public service.
John L. Sullivan, Battling Nelson.
Dr. Abbott could go indefinitely in
TO the list of those have sent for.
IF ever l find my virtue so frail
that it won't stand being brought in
to contact with labor leader or a
socialist Or any other man, I'll get out
of public life
You say you sent for John L. Sui
llivan? l thought you didn interview
Ihas-beens?'' asked Paynter smilingly
That makes no difference" said
IT r., emphaticaly, showing his teeth.
In Sullivans case he had a nephew
in the marine corps. That's why he
wanted to see me.
Nelson and Sullivan called on me
more than once, was glad to see
them There was some question of
public policy that they wanted to see
me about
! Here the colonel laughed heartily
! and the committee Uttered after him.
Now about the Hartman case, !"
assumed T. r. Il feel very, very GER
! tain that there ought not to be need
for one additional question after read
ling the letter by me to IT. Hartman. :
] Here the colonel put on his large
! tortoise-shell specs to read the let
ter sent to Senator Clapp, bearing on
the famous -oosevelt letter to the
railroad king which contained the
phrase: Now you and are practical
men,
This letter. the colonel explain
ed, has been taken by some men to
have some improper significance.
my effort was to secure the ideas
| of the practical men. | abhor the VIC
/ ious mani regard especially noxious
/ the man who is impractical because OF
| his ideals" While T. R. was giving
/ his dennition of practical men" the
senators didn't break in with single
question. T. R. glared at Pomerene
as he reviewed his political ideals.
THE word practical had reference
only to Harriman's reluctance TO
come to see me because he felt that
I my feelings might get hurt. It was
/ not a hint or suggestion as to my get
4 ting aid-or whether could give aid.
"That letter is incompatible with
any theory that / intended to ask
him for aid of any kind. 1t was
clear that | had nothing to ask from
him and that l could see him Just as
well after the election.
There is never reference TO my
getting aid from him in any way" T..
R. analysed all of the Hartman
Roosevelt letters, reading each In full
and pointing out words and phrases,
| explaining each.
! "Mr. Loeb told me the republican
campaign was running badly and that
/ Mr.. Hartman wished to see me- he
said at one point Il saw Mr., Harri-
man at Mr.. Harriman's request. made
through Mr.. Loeb. who was present
during all or most of the interview.
There was no possibility of any mis-
understanding between us.
/ Stupid Persons.
81 mention that because some per
sons say there was an understanding
between Mr.. Hartman and myself.