The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-12-26
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ALt0 q lew WOrQe@ oven the lelo'
phone. the gentleman said he would
let me know later, which. he did, Prob,
ably IN three or four hours, with the
result that the whole amount, includ-
ing my Subscription, had been raised.
The checks were given to Treasurer
Bliss, who took them to, Chairman
Courtelyou. II there were any among
them of life insurance companies or
other like organizations, Of course
CourtelyOu must have informed the
president. I do not know who the
subscribers were other than the friend
Of T)epsw, who was an individual.
This amount enabled the New York
state committee to continue It's work,
with the result that probably at least
$4,000 votes were turned in the city
Of New York alone, making a differ
ence Of 100, 900 votes in the general
result. !.
There are between 1900 and 3,300
districts in Greater New York, and in
. campaign such as that the expendi-
ture of, say, $50 in each district for
campaign purposes, including watch
ers on election day, would take more
than 100000. .
Some time In December, 1904, on
my way from Virginia to New York, I
stopped and had a short talk with the
president. He then told me he did not
think it necessary to appoint Depew
as ambassador to Paris, as agreed,
in fact, favored him for the senate. I
had not expected that he was the one
to determine as to what would be nec-
essary, but he arrogated that to him
self, and of course l could say nothing
further. After that l used what infiu-
ence l could to have Depew return to
the senate, as l considered that there
had been an implied obligation which
should be lived up to. n
THAT is the way l was brought to
the surface in the political matters, as
I had never before taken any active
part, and had only done what / could
as any other private citizen might, so
you see l was brought forward by
Roosevelt in an attempt to help him
at his request, the same as / was in
the insurance matter by Hyde and
Ryan, by their request for my help;
and in case of Ryan / would probably
have dropped the matter after ouI
first interview, had it not been for my
desire to save Belmont from taking a
position for which he would have been
criticized by the public press, as he
was the one whom Ryan desired me
to influence from opposing Morton for
election as Chairman Of the Equitable
Board, and Belmont a few days after
ward thanked me for doing it, as, If he
had voted against Morton, in view Of
his local traction contentious with
Ryan, It would have been miscon-
strued. nelG. lMtt ." f...HtEIe . .
"Ryan's success in all his manipula-
tons, traction deals, tobacco combina-
tions, ma~nipulations of the State Trust
company into the Morton Trust com
pany, Shoe & Leather bank, into the
Western National bank, and then again
into the Bank of Commerce, thus COW
ering up his tracks, have been done
by the adroit mind of Elihu Root, and
this present situation has been
brought about by the condition of cir
cumstances which has been brought
together (by) the Ryan, Root, Roose-
welt element. '."] 49,. ". '''.
Where do l stand? 5.N5l.3r "
yours sincerely, s1i5EAt
.-,.r. ~. "E. H. HARTMANN,