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not withdraw anything in the letter. ''1 have read the president's . stat ment. I am most anxious to treat hi: and his other utterances with consi( eration due to the high office whi< he holds iievertheless, & feel bour .to call attention to certain things i regard -to which he dbes me injustic Not.,of Harriman's- Seeking. 'In his letter to Mr. Sherman 1 clearly seeks to convey the impre sion that the personal interview wit him in the fall of 1904 was of m seeking and not his. He says: ' 'His (Harriman's, and my lettei now before me, in the fall of 190 run as follows: "On his return hion spending the summer in Europe, o Sept. 2, he wrote me stating that I thought it desirable he would con to see me at any time, then or late (He had been, as you remember, delegate to the Republican nation convention having voted for my non ination.)'" On Sept. 23 I answer< his letter, saying: "At present thei is nothing for me to see you abou though there were one or two poin in my letter of acceptance which would like to have discussed with yc before putting it out.' ''Let ine preseiit, the facts: 'On Jime 29. 1904, the presidei wrote me the following letter, whi< he does not include in the correspon( ence published today. It reached n in Europe. White House. Washington, June 29, 1904. (Personal.) My Dear Mr. Harriman: I thar you for your letter. As soon as yc come home, I shall want to. see yo The fight will doubtless to hot the It has been a real pleasure to see y< this year. Very truly yours, Theodore Roosevelt. ''In reply to this I wrote on r return from Europe the letter Sept. 20, the opening sentences < which he eliminated in his public tion: Now York, Sept. 20, 1904. Dear Mr. President: I was vei glad to receive your note of June 2 last, while I was in Europe. I a now getting matters that accumulat< during my absence somewhat cleare up and if you think it desirable wi go to see you at any time either no or later. It seems to me that the si uation could not be in better shap Yours sincerely, E. H. Harriman. "Then followed a series of invit tions from the White House, bol from the president .and his seeretar urging me to go to Washington. C Oct. 10, the presidellt wrote: '''In view of 1lie 1 rouble over t stale ticket in New York, I shoul Imuch like to have a few words wil you. Do you think you can get dow here within a few days and tal either unch or dinner with me?' ''On Oct. 14 he wrote: " My Dear Mr. lHrriman: A sui gestion has come to me ini a roun, about way that you (10 not think wise to conic to see me in these elo ing weeks of the campaign, but th, you are reluctant to refuse, inasmu< as I have asked you.' ''A funeral in my family p)revent< a p)romplt res5ponse5 to the presideCnt repea5ted invitation, hut finially aboi Oct. 20 I wvas able to go to Washin. toni and see him. ''There is some difference of reet lection as to what transpired at th in terv~iew. ''Fortunately, the pre~siden1t hit self in his 'strictly personal' letter me of Nov. 30 throws some light< what did take place. He says: '' 'If you remember, when y< were down here both you and I we so interested in certain of the Nc York political developments that hardly, if at all, touched on gover mental matters.' 'Again in the same let ter he say " As a matter of fact, as you w. 'emenmber, when you did come dov see me, you and I were both so e' iged in the New York- p)olitical si tion that we talked of little elst "The iRvitation of Oct. 10 ba< to thle White House to have a fe rds with tile president. 'In view trouble over the state ticket vYork.' I had replied on Oct. 1! mi giving a very large pairt of n e to correcting the trouble hel intend to do so if any effort< part can accomplish it. I wv occasion the flrst of next we~ mr down to see you, and I thi hat time the conditions will much improved.' hether I was seeking his .aid ~e the adherence of the state York to the state ticket or 1 eeking. mine is proved or di a by this correspondence, ai erfully submit to the -pub] er the inference clearly sugges the president is the pr oper Oir not so understand it from t1 tion, nor from the interview. The Oampaign Funds. e president dwells at length ilte aUssertiol that lie did not ask me st 3- to contribute 'for the presidential in n -oanpaign' nor for his 'personal benl I- efit.' I do not deny this statement, ur h nor is it at all inconsistent with the m; d assertions I made in the Webster let- ali U ter respecting the interview. Therein pV 3. I distinctly said: 'The president sent tit me a request to go to Washington to in e confer upoln the pli0tical Conditions li . in Now York state. I complied, and ti h he to,ld me he understood the cain- al y paign could not be seccessfully car- th ried on without sufficient moneys and jil asked if I would help them in rais- at ing the necessary funds, as the na- th Le tional committee under Chairman a Cortolyou had utterly failed of ob- ge taining them and there was a large amount due from them to the New e York state committee.' a ''If that means anything whatever e it it must be that he was urging me to tr help the New York State commit- ell d tee, and not the national committee , 'e in the presidential campaign, except t, so far as the success of the state ;s ticket in New York would contribute I to the national ticket. I ''liat I did help in this re-ard, I thai. F did raise funlilds iiiediatelv no u my return from the intlerviev it withi th( p resideit, is m11lniable and h to this fund I contributed $50,000. til "- ''I am not responsible for what Mr. he e Sjierman may have said to the presi- be dent with reference to the conversa- to tion lie hind with me. All that I have sa to say is that I (lid not niect, his us lirg 11 urgent requests that I contril)ute to D k statements alleged to have been at- co u tributed to me by him were false. The oh: . president was assured of this fact to 2. by a mutual friend who was present u at the interview.'" th as THE HARRIMAN LETTER. til I Co y Alleged to Have Written that he Did :o What he Did at the President's h.) Request, hi wl New York, April 2.-A sensation ai was created here to-day by the pub- he ' lication'of a letter written in Decem )' ber, 1905, and addressed to Mr. Sid X ney Webster, of New York, and sign ed "E. K. Harriman." d Sidney Webster is a lawyer and a v writer on political subjects. His wife t is a sister of Stuyvesant Fish, who lost. the presidency of the Illinois Central Railroad a few months ago, after antagonizing Mr. Harrima-n. Following is .the portion of the letter referring to his relations with Presi dent Roosevelt in the campaign of 1904: ''As to my political instincts to which you refer hi your lettelr of )e e eemiber 31, 1 am quite snre T havo 1 none, an(d my being made at all pro-1 h minent in the political situation is entirely due to President Roosevelt e and beeause of my taking, an active part in the autumn of 1904, at his r quest, and his taking advantage of conditions then created to furthier his own interests. If it had been a itpremeditated plot it eonld nott have Sbeen better started or carried out. == itWent to the White House. '' About a wveek be fore the electIlou 1in the auitiun of' .1904, whein it looked (crta in thait., thle state t icket would go Denmocra tic and was doubt f'ul as to Roosevelt himself, he, the Presi dent, sent me a request to go to IWas.hington to confer upon the poli I tical conditions in New Yor'k state. I comiplied and( lie told( me lie uinder stoo'd thie campaign could not be sue Scessf'ully carried on wvithbout suflicient money, and asked if I would help them in raising the niecek'sary fumds, as the national commit tee, under eon- s trol of Chairman Cort elyou, had ut- a vterly failed of obtaining them, and there was a large amo)unt duie fr'om them to the New Yxgk statecomtN tee.co itN I:' explained to himi that [ uinder 11 stoodl the ditliculty here was mainly SC 'n caused by the up1-state leaders being of y unwilling to support Depewv for re-p t.. elect ion as United St ates Seniator; M .that. if lie, DIepew, could lie t aken Is Ic care of ini some other way I t houg'hit w matters could be adjustedl and( the al >f different contenudinig eleme'nts in the in party brought into alliance again. >,: WeC talked over what could lbe done w< y,, for Depew, and finally he agr'eedl if ,trfound necessary lhe would appoint Vw mn him as ambassador to Paris. at 11 How Money was Raised, at k'' With full belief that hxe, the pies- P1 k ident, would keep this agreemexnt, I )O came back to New York, sent for Treasurer Bliss, w ho told me that I I to was their last hope, and that they 35 >f had exhausted every other resource. xc In his presence I called up an -inti s- mate friond of Senator Depew, told SI td him that it was necessary in order g ie to carry Newv York state that $200, t- 000 should lie reised at once, and if C. he wvould1 help I would subscribe $50, xe 000. A fter a few words over the tehe phione, t:he gentleman said lhe would let me know, which lie did probably mn in three or four hours, with the r It that the whole amount, including 0 7 snbscription, had been rais(d. ''T'le checks were given to Treas er Bliss, who took them to Chair- I im Cortelyou. If there were any iong them of life insurance com nies, or any other like organiza mls, of course Cortelyou must have formed the President. I do not ow who the subseribets were, other ai the friend of Depew, who was iiidividual. This amoit enabled D New York state committee to con me its work, Withi the result that least 50,000 votes were turned in o city of New York alone, making difference of 100,000 votes ill the nieral result. "''There are between 2,200 and 2, 0 districts in Greater New York, d in i campaign such ias that the peiditure of say $50 in each dis et for campaign pulposes, not in iding the watchers on election day, m1d take more than $100,000. Saw the President Again. "Sme time in December, 1904, on r way from Virgiia to New York, 'Alppe'd anld ha.d at shr-t talk witlt 1, Presidlt. le- hen oht ld Ie Olat did ill t1hinlk U e.1ar V 1 ap iinf tPiepvw ambahier to 1'aris :i._reed, in l't fa vmred lim for e Senite. T had niot ex)ected that was the oiio (sic) as to what would necessarv, but. he arrogated that himself, and T, of course, could iyothing further. After that I ed what infuenice I conld to have !pew returined to the Senate, as I nsidered there had beeni anl implied ligation which should be lived up 'This is the way I was brought to e surface in the political matters, I had never before taken any ac ,e part and had only done what I n1l as anl.y private citizen might; you see, I was brought forward Roosevelt in all attempt to help m, at. his request, the same as I is in the insuraiee matter by Hyde d Ryan by their reqnest for my Ip. 'Yours sillcrely, ''E. H. Uarriman.' Good to Eat That's why everyone likes JeII-o THE DAINTY DESSERT (Approved by Pure Food CommissIoners.) Easily Prepared.-Siniply add boiling water and let cool. Flavor: Lemon, Orange, Raspberry, Strawberry, Chocolate, Chorry, Peach. 10c. per package, enough for largo' family, at all grocers. ' -ustrated OAR4 Recipe Book _.__o_ free. Highest award at all Expositions. The Genesee Pure Food Co., Le Roy, N. Y. | Some of the goods car elling them at. So do dvertised. The first th uw White Goods and Wash Goods. We have the greatest bargainis of hlite Goods5 and1 Wash Goods of the 1ason, inlchliding India Linenis, Lawns all kinds, Pocahuontas Giinhams, -ganidies in all colors, P'ersiaiin Lans,, reales, Wh1ite Mill Goods, White ereeriizedl Waist Grouds, Suit ing, Sea lands1, 1 oonestics, i-lannei(lltsI andii tings, worth from i12 I - c. to 15g., at thme sensational bargalin price of c. per~ yardl. Brown D ress Linen, excellent quality, wrth 35c. niow~ at a bargain price of 23c. Helre's a line of b)randl new Mercerized( aist Goods and Suitings. Plaini colors d all the lead1inmg shamdes for Spring d a grand variety of beautiful fancy aid1s, stripes anid checks, worth 35c.] >w at a great biargain 22 I-2c. A great assortmnent of white andl colored ress Linen and Butcher Linen, worth. c. per yard, but will no0w sell for 23c. Drop Skirts. Ladies' handsome ruffled black Drop dIrts, also all of thme (different shades, ing at a sacrifice of 48c. to $2.98. TH E The 'UDGE PARKER FAVORS PUBLIC INVESTIGATION. toiterates His Charges Just Before the Presidential Election as to Campaign Contributions. Albany, N. Y., April 2.-Alton B. arkeri, leioeratic candidate for the wesideicy of1 the United States in 904, who was in the city today, dis ilayed the keenest interest in the let or of E. II. Harriman, published to lay, especially in regard to its rela ion to his own charges made in the 904 campaign, that the great 'or P1L Plo' Hrness I Barb v Field and Poi line of H Newberi nax oaJSp leThew the mnot be duplicated, and not wait until they are at comes gets the pick! New Shirt Waist. New Shirt Waist Patterns just in. [.atest Spring styles, elab)orately trim ned with fine Val Laces, Medlallions, uicks and hiandsoune 1tl:nbroidery die igns, which we wvill sell at bargainl >rices, from 48e to $i 98. Dther Numerous Bargains. White Red Spreads full dlouble sizes, ready for use, $i.4i8. Quilts anywhere from 75c. to $3.00. All kinds of Blankets going at a sac ifice price. Small Notions. All oft the newv and diflerenot styles in >lin anud fancy side nnid Back Cotnbs, lair Pins and Barettes from toe, to 50. Ladies' fine Gauze Vests, from 5e to 5e. Wec have int a new line of D)ress Silks ni Taffeta and China See all of the tew shades and patterns, checks, stripes md all of the new patternis anywhere romn 48c. to Si.oo. Wec also have a full line of diotted ttriped and flowered Muslins and( Organ lies from 5e. to 25e S M Paysinger Buildi porate itterests were are coitribu tors in financing the Republican cam paign. Tonight he issued the follow ing statem nt: "That $150,000 was turned over by the Equitable, Mutual and New York Life insurance companies to Cortelyou's committee has never been denied, of course. It was testified to under oath before a body who could have siinnioned Mr. Bliss mid Mr. Cortelyou to the witness stand if it had been denied. It is safe to deny Mr. Harriman's statement because there's not a committee before whom Mr. Bliss and Mr. Cortelyou and 9th w Get node and Wire, C1 Vire Nai, j1try Fencing ardware in ti ry Hard, [1Q9gBargi Grolesi of I Sthey will not last long ill gone and then say w4 Table Linen. 72 inches widle, all colors, regular price 35C. going for 24c. Men's Suits. WVe will continue to sell all our nice b)lack $io 00 Suits for $.1.69. All our dlark grey' pla(1id r.o Su its for $5.69. All of our (lark grey cheeks, $12 00 Suits for $6.98. All of our (lark grey strip)ed $i i.oo Suits for $6.98.$.4 All of our b)rownl $15 oo Suits for$74 All of our udark blue $io00 Suits for $4;.69. All of our dlark greent $ri 50 Suits for $5.9R. All of our navy blue $15.00 Suits for $7.98. Boys' Suits. WVe wvill also sell all our Boys' Suits as follows: $2 50 Suits for $r.98; $r.5o Suits for 98c; $2.co Suits for $1.24; $3.50 Suits for $2.98; $.00o Suits for $3.48. ng, New berrv.. S 3rs ctn he stummolied and eompolledi to testify. Congress has refused to> uiake an investigation of the corpor-. ite contributions of 1904 or pass a law prohibiting corporate contribu tions in the future. The moneys rais d by Mr. Harrimau and contributed by the life insurance companies, which aggiegated $350,000, was but a Irop in the bucket, as compared with the total contributions by railroads ind other great corporations. "The public importance of an in vestiga-tion at this time, therefore, laln not be overestimated.'' ars, Repaired it and and the best ie State. wae Co. at the prices we are a did not have what we Men's Odd Pants. Wer will sell our line of $5.oo Panuts for $3.98; $4 co Pants for $2 98; $3.50 Pants for $2.48; $2.5o Pants for $1.98; $2.oo Pants for $'r.39; $1.50 Panits for 98c; $r.25 PaniIts for 87c- $1.75 Pants for $1 23. WVe also have ab)oult 200 pairs Roy.' Panuts.' whichi we w.ill sell at cut p)rices from 23 to 48e pair. -Hats! Hats! Now is the tirne to get you a nice Felt I nt. WVe have cut. all of our Felt IIfats to the( core. Our fine $3 50 IInits for $2.48; our $2.50 Hats for $1.98; our $2.00 IInts for $1.48; our $1.-50 IHats for 98c. Shoes! Shoes! Shoes! WVe also carry one of the finc st lines of Shoes ini town. We will now sell our $2.50 Hoston Girt for $1.98; our $2.50 Princess for $r 98; our $2.25 Maids of Honor for $r.98.. In fact we will give you prices on all of our Shoes cut to the core. . 'C.