The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-10-10
DECLARED COLONEL
SOUGHT s240,0O0?
Macveagh Declares H. Mex.
TWombIy Made Statement.
ALL STAND BY HARTMAN
Contributors, Witness Tells Senators,
Regarded Pledge of Southern Pa
eific Maenate as ON the Com
mon Interest"

Washington, Oct. 9.-Another chap
ter was added to the disputed story
of the so-called Hartman $240,000
contribution to the Republican cam
paign of 1904, when Wayne MacVeagh
OF Philadelphia, former attorney gen
eral, told the Clapp committee of a
telephone conversation of HI. NICK.
Twombley had with the late e. H.
Hartman in 1904.
Il remember calling On Mr.. Twom-
bley in the latter part of October,
1904" said Mr.. MacVeagh. while
we were conversing he was called to
the telephone by his clerk. His Of
fee is in the same building as Mr.
Morgan's, but in the upepr stories.
when Mr.. Twombley returned he
told me he had been talking to e. H.
Hartman; that Mr.. Hartman had
been called to Washington by Colonel
Roosevelt and had found the presi.
dent anxious for the raising of an ad
ditional fund for the campaign; that It
had resulted in Mr.. Hartman agree
ing to raise and give Mr.. Bliss $24O,.
900.
] "Mr. Twombley said that Mr.. Harrt
man had called him up and said he
expected him to give $4,000.
Morgan Also Would Give $4,000.
! "Mr. Twombley said to me Ned
Hartman was going to give $4,000;
that he had been asked to give $780,
900; and he said something that led
me to infer that Mr. Morgan would
give $4,000.
. HE said, of course, Mr. Hartman
had been acting in the common in
Iterest and that the contributions
would have to be made. recall that
he expressed the opinion that the
contributions would be practically a
waste; that Mr.. Roosevelt was sure
Of his election; but that Mr.. Harri.
man, who had been acting In the com
mon interest, could not be expected to
stand the entire contribution. He
added that OF course there's nothing
for me to do but meet his request /"
This was Mr.. MacVeagh's version
of a story told by Charles Edward
Russell. Socialist candidate for gov.
ernor Of New York and Judson c.
Welliver, newspaper man, to the eff
feet that J. P. Morgan had received
similar telephone call from the
White House. Mr.. MacVeagh admitted
having told Welliver about the Harri
man-Twombley conversation, but
knew of none in which Mr.. Morgan
was concerned.
Mr.. MacVeagh said that undoubted
ly was the incident to which Mr.. Rus.
sell and Mr. Welliver had alluded.
81 made no secret of it, said Mr.
MacVeagh, because 1t was thought
at that time to be a fine, patriotic
thing to give funds to a campaign"
Mr. MacVeagh also related a recent
conversation with Charles A. Pea
body, president of the Mutual Life
Insurance company.
Senator Depew Gave $4,000.
Former Senator Depew testified he
save $4,000 for the New York state
campaign. After his reelection to
the senate Mr.. Depew said he was
called to the White House by Presi-
dent Roosevelt to discuss New York
appointments, and took occasion to
thank the president for offering him
the ambassadorslfip to France. The
president expressed surprise.
81 told him that | had been offered
the Enthusiastically If | would with
draw from the race for the senate He
replied that not only had he never
made such an offer, but that II l had
withdrawn I would not have gotten
the ambassadorship because he had
another man in view"