The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-05-07

BY Former President
Syracuse. y. Y. April e4-Hun-
dreds OF thousands OF dollars tossed
into the Republican campaign fund
/ OF 1904 by j. p Morgan. +. IL. Harri'
man. H. c. Frick. Jacob Sehin and
other Wall street leaders 10 eleet
! Roosevelt TO the presidency was adj
mitted on the witness stand by
/ Roosevelt
The former president gave no
credit to this feature OF the campaign.
however. for he said
My election was already assured.
4 The money was for the New York
state campaign"
The colonel said that J. p. Morgan.
E H. Hartman and several others
gave 10000 each to the Republican
/ fund
But made il plain that such con
I tributions should be made with no
obligation made or implied declared
Mr. Roosevelt
7 Alliances with Republican bosses TO
obtain the 1904 Republican nomina-
ton in 1904 at Chicago was emphatic
ally denied by Roosevelt
Il neved moved a little finger 10
get that nomination. except by my
public acts in Office" Colorel Roose-
welt testified.
Nam S Some Bosses.
/ Wins then asked Mr.. Roosevelt
about the various persons in the 1904
convention that he admitted were
/ bosses. They included Boise Penrose
OF Pennsylvania. W L. Ward OF New
York. Joseph G. Cannon OF Illinois,
\ Cox OF Ohio. Senator Foraker OF Ohio
and others
The inquiry then turned to the
I Clapp committee investigation OF cam
paign contributions.
These men gave their contribu-
tons voluntarily and with no prom
Use OF reward" said the colonel
Recommended Taft.
The colonel told OF his first public
statement in 1907 that he would not
be a candidate for reelection Also
he said he recommended William II.
Taft as his successor.
Did you not think you we're trying
TO influence the convention asked
! WINS.
NO: it was only my preference.
was the reply.
He admitted. though. that the
knowledge OF a presidents prefer
ence might have influence on dele
gates.
Devoted to Barnes.
The colonel also revealed 10 the
/ Jurors that Damon and Pythias and
David and Jonathan were no more
devoted to each others interests than
we're Theodore Roosevelt and William
Barnes before he discovered that Mr.
Barnes was a political Or Jekyll and
Mr. Hyde.
When Mr. Hyde got the upper hand
OF the combination Mr. Roosevelt and
Mr.. Barnes fell out. according TO the
colonel
Mr.. Roosevelt was interested in
Barnes because he was trying TO re-
form him. the former president stated
under cross-examination by William
" WINS. chief counsel for Mr. Barnes
in his $4,000 libel suit
He believed Barnes above the aver
age politician morally. he said and
he wanted TO make Barnes a useful
citizen He wanted to preserve DR..
JekyII. but Nj. HYDE absorbed him.
Rips Lid OF c. o. p. Politics.
Colonel Roosevelt was asked what
William j. Loeb. his secretary when
he was governor and president. told
him about the Balm report on condi.
tons in Albany.
HE told me the Investigation
showed not only crooked business in
printing. but other crooked business
OF the worst type" said Roosevelt.
Colonel Roosevelt said that Frank.
lin d. Roosevelt told him that VII.
liam Sheehan vas shelved and James
a. O'Gorman elected United States
senator by combination OF the
Barnes Republican senators and the
Murphy Tammany senators
Colonel Roosevelt ripped the lid OF
Republican affairs in New York. he
told OF conversations and produced
letters 10 show that the late Senator
Thomas c. Platt and Mr.. Barnes be
lieved in party bosses
lie also declared he considered Su
preme Court Justice Charles r
Hughes boss when he was governor
OF New York.