Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-24
"Here's the Way 1t Happened"


y 1t Happened"
White House stationery by Colonel
| Roosevelt to Mr.. Barnes telling him of
appointing him TO office.
Did you appoint Mr.. Hyde Barnes
or DR.. Jekyll Barnes?"
| Il wanted TO get the DR.. Jekyll out
OF him. The Treasury Department said
he had done his work we'll and deserved
rea prominent"
SO you tried to cut the l!eaments be-
tween these Siamese twins-Jekyll and
HYDE"
oh. no. was trying TO get one to
, absorb the other
READS FURTHER EXCERPTS
FROM ROOSENEL1"S BOOII
! Mr.. WINS then read several excerpts
from Colonel Roosevelt's autobiography
Among them was the following:
when reformers wanted to oppose
Mr.. Plat they put up some big business
man, or some man who bathcd every
/ day and did not steal. | know the silk
stockinYed reformers and the machine
too. The silk -stockinged rcformcrs can
not be trusted"
! Another contained the quotations: 1T
is easier to be n harmless dove than to
/ be wise serpent" The excerpt Wen.
on to sag in effect that he tried 10 get
Senator Plat to come 10 his Colonel
Roosevelts) way Of thinking
{ Another was: Performers of the tom
fool variety. seeing these open break
fast meetings between Senator Plat
and myself. and never following the Sc
quence Of events. would talk of my con-
| fcrenccs with the boss. not realizing
that ! was bending the Senator to my
I views, or. falling. telling him frankly
would fight him II | had to-"
! When the afternoon session opened
Mr.. WINS began questioning the wit
ness about the presidential campaign
OF 1904.
DO you know Mr.. cortelyou was
chairman of the Republican National
Committee"
He was. / chose him"
| Mr.. Roosevelt, was asked abou. the
! men who represented various States.
: Who represented Pennsylvania? Mr..
Wins asked
MIR. Penrose."
Was he a BOSE"
He was. I would not have him for
chairman. l put Mr.. Cortelyou in his
place"
You did not hesitate TO dictate who
should be chairman. did your"
Il wouldn't have Mr.. Penrose"
! COULD NOT REMEMBER
NAME OF NEW YORK MEMBER
The witness couldn't remember who
WAS the Ne" ! Ork member.
Wasn't he William H. Ward?"
That's right. William Ward" and
| the Colonel smiled
Was he boss or Westchester?"
He was boss OF Westchester. and a
good friend of mine," assentcd the Wit
ness. and the crowd laughed.
Colonel Roosevelt said he never
moved my little finger 20 secure the
nomination for President"
Il stood oh my record" he said
Were there any Federal oficeholders
delegates to the convention which nomi-
mated YOU for Prcsident?'
II don't know"
Did you issue any orders as presi-
dent about oficeholdcrs being dele
gates"
No"
Did YOU ever see the list of contribu-
tons to the campaign fundT
Il never saw IT,"
did the committee make a report p"
Yes. but l never saw It, II was i'm
material 10 me. | knew more abou, u
than the committee did"
Did YOU know Jacob II. Sch!n con.
tributed 10000"
NO. suppose he did"
did YOU know James Speycr con-
tributed SI5.00o?"
No"
Did YOU know George w. Perkins
contributed?"
II did not. but l would be surprised
II he did not"
did Mr.. Carnegie contribute 100000"
u suppose he did. ] should expect to
see Mr.. Carnesic's name there"
DO you know George Won L. Meyer
contributed s25.oOO?"
Was il that large didn't know It ="
NO DOUBT GOULD
CONTRIBUTED 100000
Colonel Roosevelt said he had no doubt
George Gould contributed 100000
Neither would he doubt that George Won
L. Meyer contributed an additional
10000
IF YOU found that the Hawaiian
Sugar Planters Association contributed
$4,000 would YOU doubt IT,"
NO. But I never heard Of any such
association"
''If YOU learned from the committees
official report that L. II. Hartman con-
tributed 100000 would you have any
doubt about it?"
Not If you so read. I have some
memory Of Mr.. Hartman contributing
to tho New York State campaign fund"
Don't you know that he contributed
to the national fund.-"
''If II so stated there, I accept 1t: hut
didn't know It,"
do you know what this means:
C. \. Bliss for p. r.. S10,000?"
"P. r." said the Colonel. apparently
surprised.
II don't think know what that
means"
Mr.. WINS read another item from the
report: &c. y, b. for r. r.. SIS. 900"
&C. n. b." replied Colonel Roosevelt.
means c. n. Bliss. but don't know
what r. r. means"
Cornelius y. Bliss was Republican
national treasurer I'm 1904.
Mr.. WINS read items of contributions