The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-05

! in addition.
The next meeting OF the board of
managers OF the association will be
/ held on October 18TH instead of the
/ regular meeting day which is October
+ sta. Miss Brooks. OF the national
association and secretary OF conNen-
tons, will be present and will make
! arrangements for the great biennial
! convention which will meet in Rich-
' nlond in April.
| question anything about Mir. Harri-
/ mans letters or visits.
! The witness then called attention 10
/ the letter Of October IA, 1904. writ
/ ten by himself TO Mr.. Hartman,
! which contained the phrase:
! You and / are practical men
F Anyone" said Roosevelt with an
4 emphatic slap of his knee, who CON
/ POUNDS practically with baseneSs IL
person whose moral status Is >"
warped that he could not recognize
I practically # he met &C. This let
/ Ter Was a clear statement that / mad
nothing OF Immediate interest to ser
| MIR. Hartman about. and that what
/ wanted to tell him might just as
/ we'll have been postponed until aiter
! the election. Mr. Loeb told me that
| Mr. Hartman wanted to see me
/
| Through Mr. Loeb / made an appoint
rnent with Mr.. Hartman at his own
t request. .
| "Mr Loeb was present during all
ar most Of the interview. There was
no misunderstanding during that
meeting. say this because | have
seen statements from well meaning,
| but rather fiabby individuals. tnat
| there was Il misunderstanding be-
| aud ynXSplf |
repeat, there was nothing of this kind.
kr Hartman stated that he had
| borne SO much Of the expense of the
state campaign that he could bear no
more, and that he had to have help.
! mfr. Loeb subsequently called up
either. Bliss or .CQrtelyou and told
| them Of this, and they took care or
it,
The witness then passed on to
discussion of Harriman's alleged
wish TO have Chauncey Depew ap-
! pointed Amba ssador to France. The
| former president said that as soon as
he told the railroad magnate that he
wanted to send James III. Hyde to
France the railroad magnate back
| ed water" and did not push the De-
| pew matter.
The efforts to get Senator Depew
appointed az a minister amused Col
! onel Roosevelt greatly. He, yanked
off his glasses and replaced them
with a heavy pair OF bone speetaeles.
/ Then looking over the committee, he
said Il offered him (Depew) Vene-
zuela. which he wouldn't take"
| The witness doubled over with
! laughter, in which the spectators
| Joined.
Asked No Favors.
| Continuing, Colonel Roosevelt said:
THE fund which is supposed to have
| been raised by Hartman was in real
| ity raised by Mr.. Bliss. Duell. Bliss
and Sheldon all stated that the fund
| was raised by Bliss to help Hartman
in his State campaign. Loeb was
present at my conversation with Har-
riman and heard all that passed be-
tween him and myself. There is not
one shred of truth in the Hartman
statement that | asked him to help
me He ayked me to help him in his
state campaign. / never asked Har-
riman directly or indirectly for one
cent for any campaign in which l
Was concerned.
During our conyerSation--the one
/ have Just referred to--Mr. Harri-
man told me that the Republican cam
paign people had plenty OF money. Y
told him that I knew nothing about
that. Then he made his request that
| should ask the national campaign
committee to give him money for the
State campaign. I asked Loeb to call
Cortelyou or Bliss and make the re-
quest, which he did
In this connection / would like to
call attention to the repeated mis-
statements OF what 1 say. ! never
made the statement that no corpora
tien contributed to the Republican
campaign fund in 1904, IL you will
turn to my published open statements
you Will find ] said there specifically
that contributions to the Republican
party, as contributions TO the Demo
cratic party, is not the Question at
issue"
I'm the statement of Alton b. Par
ker it was charged that the Repub
lican party obtained its contributions
by blaekmsii In my statemens
said; \
The question Of the use Of inn
proper threats or promises by re-
cipisnts of contributions Is at issue..
The denial is that any contribu
ton was obtained by any improper
promises or threats. ] got the as
surance of Loeb and Bliss before /
made a denial of this charge.
Throw Pcnrose Out.
Il call your attention to the facuI
that at the time it was legal for cor
TO call your attention to the testi
snogiy tas ken, by tire Legislative sn.ssir r.
ancc Investigating committee, given
by John c. Mccall, as td the con-
tributions made by his company 10
the Republican campaign fund. He
gives his reasons why he believed ii to !
be in the interests of his policy |
holders to act as he did.
Mccall testified that in 1904 my |
life was made weary by candidates
chasing me for money during the
campaign
Roosevelt referred again to Har- |
riman and Archbold ara said:
II wish to call your attention TO
the fact that ArchboId and Hartman |
testified that they got no improper |
consideration from the administra- |
ton Mr.. Archbold and Mr., Herri !
man alike complained not that the |
administration did what IL ought not |
to have done. but that the admins |
tration did not give them any
thing"
Then the colonel snapped;
That's true. / do not believe that |
either Cortelyou or Bliss tried to /
blacknlail the Standard oil company
or John y. Archbold | specifically |
instructed that no contributions be
received from this source and | place
no credence in the report that stand
ird Oh was blackmaiied In the least
particle" continued the colonel.