New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-30

! | was bringing about meeting be
/ tween Mr.. Low and Mr.. Plat and Gov
ernor-elect Odcll My object was tina
Mr.. Low should have precisely the re
lations that had with the orgauiza
ton; that he should consult with him
making genuine effort If II was pos
sible to come TO an agreement fol-
common action, and he be the oiiicia
arbiter of the action taken. which &C
ton was TO be taken in the interest OF
/ the public as a whole. This was my
attitude and | wanted TO make IL easy
/ for him to take the same attitude.
"His Man" Not Derogatory.
Q.-I notice in this correspondence
Mr. Roosevelt that men are very fire.
quently referred 10 by their first
names, frequently by, apparently, nick
names, and persons whose names are
being considered for Offices being re
ferred 20 as his man" expressions OF
that kind. VIII you be kind enough &c
/ explain TO the jury about that?
The Court-What did you mean BY
the use of the expression, his man
Witness 1t was the ordinary termi'
nology employed by the men with
whom | was communicating, and
used it so that they would understand
what ! meant. just as | woul use q
Z Cow-puncher term in the Wes,
Q.--I don't think you have stated
what | meant by the suggestion yet
At would mean the men that Mr.
Platt. or whoever it was Of whom
was speaking, was asking me to ap-
point. For example, when Mr.. Plat
recommended TO me John Sabine Smith
for Surrogate, looked into him.
spoke Of him as Mr.. Platt's man. not
in any way derogatory to Mr.. Smith
although | did not appoint him, but
merely to identify him in talking to
Mr.. Plat.
Q-l want TO ask you what finally
led to your accepting the nomination
of the Republican Convention in 1900
for Vice President.
Mr.. WINS objected 70 this, and was
sustained by the court.
Odd President Mckinley send a
communication to you upon that sub
ject? A.-Yes, sir.
Odd you accept the Vice-Presi-
dency after receiving your message
Was your motive in accepting the Vice
Presidency, of giving up your own per
sonal wishes. for what you felt your
duty? A.-Yes, sir.
Didn't Know Contributors.
Q-Mr. Wins read TO you on your
croSs-eXamination large number of
alleged contributions that had been
made TO the National Republican cam
paign fund of 1904. VIII you tell me
whether, until your term of Office
ended as President, you had ever heard
the names OF any of those men as
havin, contributed at all TO that cam
p.ign fund, and, if so, please specify
. those whom you have heard of? A
Until ! left the Presidency ] never
heard the names of most of those that
were read the other day as having CON
tributed. ! doubt if | had heard the
names of most of them until they were
read off to me the other day; but
knew that certain men had contributed.
] do not know the sums. | know that
Mr. Frick had contributed. and Mr..
George Perkins had contributed, and
Mr. Clifford Pinchot had contributed;
that the widow of Senator anna had
contributed; that Mr.. George Meyer
had contributed. Then l know Of small
contributions that were made. There
woull be some particular reason that
attracted my attention. For instance,
a widow of a veteran in the Soldiers
nome sent NE 81. ItlutHlDtI Nlldl
more wildly than the big ones.
o. did not intend TO deal with
small contributions, ] meant contribu-
tons Of any magnitude, say, Sl,OOO
or over. Al believe have named all
the large contributions Of the kind you
indicate that | had heard about, but
there may be one or two others which
have now forgotten.
Proceedings Against Corporations.
Q.-Now, Mr.. Roosevelt, / would like
you to tell the jury what, IL anything,
you did while President of the United
States concerning the New York, New
Haven Hartford Railroad. A.-After
investigation / directed legal proceed
ings to be taken, and they were taken.
o. would like you to tell the jury
what you did concerning the Har-
vester Company Al had an .investi-
CATION of the Harvester Company made
by the Bureau Of Corporations, which
reported TO me that its conduct was
entirely proper.
Q-As to the du Point Powder Com
pany what, if anything, was done dug
ing your administration concerning
that corporation? A.-Since ! testified
the other day my memory has been re-
freshed about that. Proceedings were
under way against the du Pont Powder
Company by my order in 1907
Q-As 10 the United States Steel
what, if anything, was done during
your administration? Am investi-
CATION was started, but was not
finished until after | left the Presi-
| dency.
The court ruled out questions as TO
/ any action of the witness as to the
Northern Securities Company.
Q.-Was there cny action brought
durir your administration against the
Standard Oil Company? A. There
was.
Q-Was any action concerning any
of those corporations on which you
were questioned, or your inaction, IN
any way affected by anything whatso-
ever, except you were doing what YOU
believed to be your public duty? n
Absolutely not.
O. Now, as to the Tennessee Coal
and Iron and the United States Steel
trust will you tell the jury about
that matter? A.-When the merger
took place my understanding was that
the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company
was so weak that it was not com
pctitor the Steel Corporation seriously
considered
The court: What was in your mine
at the time the action was taken?
Witness: The action occurred az the
height of the panic of 1907 The Who'll,
financial structure Of the country wa.
tottcrlng and swaying. and think
am within bounds when | say that III,
prime necessity of almost any citizen
certainly as expressed in the press an,
by the public men who came TO me, wai
that some measure should be taken e
stop the panic. Appeals were coming
to me by the thousands TO take some
measure to stop the panic. 10 restor,
| confidence. 70 prevent the frightful dis