The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-29
ROOSEVELT SAYS WHITMAN SOUGHT
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(Continued from Page 1.O same attitude [ did toward the or ganizatfon. Therefore [ wrote to MT. PIatt about a meeting between the two. He didn't want the organ ization to feel it was being sighted bu wanted MT. Low always to un- derstand that he was to do what he thought best. was President them
 ssHow did you finally happen to be nominated for Vice President in 1e0o2" An objection was sustain i ed.
 Did President Mckinley send you communication on that subject?% ssYes-''
 sDid you accept after receiving the message ?'' Another objection was sustained. Later he said
 T accepted sd as to gratify Presi- dent dcKinI ley.
 DO you remember hearing that any of the men named by MT. Wins contributed to your campaign fund in 19042'' Until after left the presidency T never heard the names of those men as having been con- tributors- I heard most of them the first time when they were read here.
 T knew some people had contrib uted but I didn't know how much knew of Henry Prick, George w. Per kins, Clifford Pinchot,s the widow of Senator Hanna and George Von l.. Meyer. also remember widow who contributed a dollar" ssS
 hat did you do in regard to the New Haven railroad and the Harvest CT iCoupary7'' .sAction was taken against the New Haven. An investi- gation was made of the Harvester Co., and it was reported to me that it was all right
 The colonel said he remembered an investigation had been made of the Dupont Powder Company.
 How about the Northern Paciflc?'' An objection was sustained.
 Was action brought during your Oil Company2'' The court upheld an other objection.
 'eWas any other action taken againSt any corporation in which Morgan or other gentlemen whose nanaes appear ed as contributors were interested during your administration ?'' An oD- lection was sustained.
 Nov, for the Tennessee Coal & Iron and the United States Steel Cor poration?' ?'' When the merger took place understood the Tennessee was so weak that the steel corporation didn't consider it a dangerous com petitor. The corporation controlled about so per cent. of the outpuz The Tennessee had Is per ent. of total output. Subsequently the output of the steel corporation shrunk to 54 per cent The action occurred during 1the height of the panic of 1907. The prime interest of every cit.ze1 was that some measure should E , taken to Irestore confidence. The night I re- cefved notice that next day Mir. Prick land MT. Gary of the steel corporation would come to see me. | had MT Trick and MT. Gary of the steel cor poration would come to see me I had received thousands of appeals to do 5something.'a
 The counsel for the plaintiff objected at that point. It was oyerruled and lthe Colonel continued:
 stI notified the attorney general to meet the two gentlemen He was in Baltimore and could not get there. I i then invited MT. Root MT. Gary said Tiff MT. Pierpont Morgan's Company took immediate control of the Tennes- I see the stock of the company would Immediately be advanced in value and that the result would be the end of the Iconpany.
 -.ldr. Gary told me the Morgan lCompany didn't want to 7uy the stock holdings.''
 T object" said MT Twins. .swe11, l do it openly replied MT. Bowers.
 'I am doing it as openly and as loud Iy as can with all the voice the Lord has left to me-" said Mr. Wins
 
 right to explain the matter as there might have ben some inference that 1 there was something wrong by con solidation of the two concerns.
 CT called in the newspaperme and told them of the action I would take 2 Colonel Roosevelt continued. The news was printed all over the country and the panic was stopped
 Since you became governor, how many letters have you written ?'' 'sf have written more than 150,000 letters. I have made over 40, 900 appointments I have signed 20.Q00 laws, carrying ap- propriations of several billion dollars. I have made thousands of speeches. l In reply to question. the colonel I then said:
 '.I always consulted MT. PIatt about | Iappointing judges disresardIed his Iadvice on judges, however. more than ] did on anything else. Some of the judgesfI appointed knew personally I On others I had the recommendation of men knew or bar associations. In appointments to supreme courts all ways knew the man or knew all about him"
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