Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-10-04
CANDIDATE FOR HIGH HONOR ON PROGRESSIVE TICKET CITES LETTERS RUG
CHARGES BY CORPORATION ATTORNEYS AND STANDARD OIL men Which PLACE
THEM RATHER EMBARRASSING PMcANT CoRTELY0U WILL BEAR OUT THIS
ASSERTION He DECLARES
PENROSE OUGHT TO Be THROWN OUT
OF U. S SENATE He SAYS, FEARLESSLY

5 at Oyster Bay. The colonel spok
very slowly
While | was president he saiC
looking forward, "if any man, trus
magnate, socialist, lawyer or clergy
man had any business with me, an
: wanted to see me, | gladly saw him
And If | thought there was anythinl
: to be gained from the standpoint o
the public service in seeing any man
. then without waiting for him to ask
would send for him.
!, Colonel Roosevelt instanced hi
practice of that policy by saying dur
ing his administration he had sen
for James J. HILL the railroad mag
nate, Il think l sent for J. Pierpon
Morgan" said he. ''at least, l saw Mr.
Morgan in regard to currency ques
tons"
Now about the Hartman bust
ness said the colonel, Il feel thai
there ought not be need for any intel
ligent man to ask any question after
reading the letters | wrote at thai
time"
Here he took up his letters to Mr.
Hartman and defended the use of the
term practical men" in the much dis
cussed letter of October IA, 1906. He
/ said his effort was to get practical
men in politics.
When the use of the word 'prdc
! teal is taken to indicate some i'm
proper motive on the part of the
user, then l think there is some moral
weakness in the man who makes the
accusation" declared the colonel en-
phatically. Then he read the letter,
and declared that it was absolutely
incompatible with suggestion of
my getting aid from Mr.. Hartman in
any way"
On October 20. 1904, Colonel Roose-
welt said, Mr. Hartman had tele-
phoned to Secretary Loeb, who told
the president Mr. Hartman wanted to
see him about the New York state
campaign which was running badly
The colonel said he made an ap-
pointment through SECRETARY Loeb at
Harrimans request.
"Mr. Loeb was present throughout
almost all the interview There was
no possibility of any misunderstand-
ing. l mention that because I see
some well meaning, but flabby persons
have said there might have been
misunderstanding between Mr.. Harri-
man and myself"
Colonel Roosevelt said at the time
the Hartman contribution was made,
there was no doubt of the national
ticket carrying New York, but that
the state ticket was in difficulties"
"The entire conversation" he said,
was to the effect that the national
campaign was safe and that aid should
be given to the state campaign"
Il wish to call your attention to the
fact that Judge Duell and Mr.. Sheldon
both have testified that Mr.. Bliss stat
ed that the money was not raised by
Mr.. Hartman for the national cam
paign, but that it was raised by Mr. |
Bliss to help out Mr.. Hartman in the |
state campaign. Mr. Loeb was pres
ent during the interview between Mr..
and myself and heard every
word.
Mr. Hartman asked me to get Mr..
Cortelyou and Mr.. Bliss to help raise
funds for the New York state cam
Daign. l never asked Mr.. Hartman
directly or indirectly for dollar to
1elp in that campaign or any other"
Colonel Roosevelt then discussed
Judge Alton B. Parkers statement in
L9O4 and declared that repeated mis-
statement charged against him was
hat he had said corporations did not
contribute to his 1904 campaign.
81 never made the statement that
had not contributed to
he republican party" he said, en-
,hatically.
He said his recent letter to Chair.
nan Clapp and his open published
statement made it clear that he had
lever denied that corporations had
but denied specifically
hat corporations had been black
nailed" into contributing or assured
# some kind of favor" for contribut- .
ng.
Now, / wish to take up the testi-
nony of Mr.. Archbold and Senator
'enrose," said Colonel Roosevelt.
IT wish to call your attention to this
act in connection with the statements
t Mr.. Archbold as to Mr.. Hartman.
ZACH testified he got no improper con.
liberation from the administration.
fr. Archbold and Mr.. Hartman alike
omplain not that the administration
id what it ought not to have done.
(Contiaued on Page Four.)