Arizona republican., 1912-10-05
HARTMAN FUND
 USED IN NEW YORK
Denies That He Solicited Aid for the National Campaign From the Rail road Magnate or Knew Morgan Had Contributed
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Roosevelt occupied the witness chair three and ane half hours today before the senate Investigating committee, defending his administration, himself and his campaign associates against what he termed, infamous charges and "hearsy evidence" He appeared at his own request to answer the state ments made in August by John D. Archbold, that the Standard Oil com pany had given s100,000 to the repub- lican campaign fund of 1904 under the impression that Roosevelt knew of and approved the acceptance of these con tributions.
 Not only did Roosevelt deny this but put into the formal record for the committee a sweeping denial that he ever solicited funds from any one while president: that any money had been received by the 1904 campaign com mittee with any expectation or implied promise of favors from the admins tration: that excessive funds had been used in his 1904 and 1908 campaign or that money had ever been improperly used in his behalf so far as he knew.
 Reference to the Hartman fund of $40, 900 raised in 1904, Roosevelt de- clared the statements of J. P. Nor gan, George R. Sheldon and others fuI- ly corroborated his earlier statements that this fund was raised expressly for the New York state campaign and had not been solicited by him for his own support in his fight for reelection that year.
 There was not one word spoken by LIoY Y,iT, to any collection of funds for the na- tional campaign he said, referring to his interview with Hartman in Octo- Der, 1904. "On the contrary, the sug. gestion was from Hartman that in- asmuch as we have ample funds for the national campaign and as the na- tional campaign was safe, we could help him out in the state campaign"
 The sessions of the committee were picturesque throughout. Roosevelt ar rived in the committee room at ten minutes before the hour of opening, his entrance into the building was marked with cheers from the throng that surged through the corridors.
 Roosevelt was placed in a chair on a little square platform from which he looked down upon the table at which Senators Clapp, Oliver, Pomerene and Painter William Loeb, Jr., his for mer secretary, now the collector of customs for the port of New York, came with him and occupied a seat near him on the left. The former president turned repeatedly to ask Loeb for facts and records. At the end of his testimony Loeb himself took the stand to corroborate the state ments of Roosevelt.
 Expressions that brought laughter from the committee and spectators in terspersed the colonePs remarks throughout the day. Once he said: T have actually sent for, while president, trust magnates, labor leaders, social ists, John L. Sullivan and Battling Nelson" There was pause-'and pr. Lyman Abbott" This in response to questions as to the propriety Of send ing for E. H. Hartman in 1904 to dis cuss matters of legislation and cam paign affairs.
 If I am elected president" he add ed, Eff Rockefeller, or any one else
 wants to see me, I'll see him" Again, when Senator Pomerene asked if some corporations did not expect returns for their contributions. Roosevelt de- clared emphatically: "As a practical man of high ideals, who always en- deavored to put his ideals into prac- | tice. I think any man who would be- | lieve he would get any consideration from making any contribution to me, was either crook or fool" when | the crowded court room swept into a
 burst of applause, the witness turned around and cried: Stop that, please" Asked whether the so-called "coaf | trusts" contributed to his campaigns. | he replied My dear sir, after the | revelation made here I would not De 1 surprised at any one having contrib uted" He had said previously that ne 1 had no idea Morgan contributed to ms l 1904 campaign until the financier tes- 1 tified yesterday. The only reference | to the use of money in the progressive | campaign this year was brought In py | Roosevelt himself with denial that | Ormsbv McHarg had used funds lm- properly in securing the southern del- | egates at the demand of Charles U. | Hilles, republican.
 "I saw the different gentlemen who were interested in my campaign both at Chicago and before Chicago" he said,
 "and I explained with the utmost ex- (Continued on Page D..