The times., 1899-07-09
MIR. eRosvENoR SAID IT.
He Was Correctly Reported i'm The
Times Interview.

A despatch last night from Ohio an
nounced the following
Former Secretary John Sherman, through
his former law partner, Henry Hedges, has
given out to the press a letter recently
received by him from the Hon. Charles II,
Grosvenor. in which Mr.. Grosvenor denies
the statements attributed to him in an
interview published in The Washington
Times on Sunday. July 2.
Mr.. Hedges has written Mr.. Grosvenor
saying that the long friendship between
Mr.. Sherman and Mr.. Grosvenor was suf-
ficient assurance that the latter gentleman
did not use the language attributed to
him.
The Interview which Representative
Grosvenor is trying TO explain away in his
letter to Mr.. Sherman appeared in last
Sundays Times Ii contained among other
things the following references 10 Mr..
Sherman and Senator Hanna, which have
been since widely quoted by newspapers
| throughout Ohio:
"Is Mr.. Sherman friendly to Mr. Hanna p was
| asked
mir. sherman?' echoed General Grosvsnor,
looking if he were wondering where he had
heard that name before. Mr. sherman? .why
| old man now. I have not talked with or seen
him for some time. The last time heard Of him
/ he was sick / hope he is better do not even
| know where he is now. do not know how
Sherman feels toward Mr.. Hanna
rs it triie that the Republican rank and file in
Ohio are hostile to Mr.. Hanna the ground that
| he is not a leader, hut bpss?' enquired the
| =e:o-tc= for The Times.
''Most emphatically. no." said General Gros-
venor. Hanna is leader in every sense OF the
word. He is Just much a leader to-day as he
| was when he headed the Ohio delegations which
again and again supported John Sherman for the
! Presidency. You may say for ME that II it had
| not been for Hanna's able leadership Sherman
would have struck bottom long ago in Ohio
/ politics"
| The reporter for The Times who inter-
| viewed Representative Grosvenor at the
| Corchran Hotel made the following written
statement last night in reply to the Ohio
| Congressman:
| Mr.. Charles H. Grosvenor was fairly
and accurately quoted In the interview.
He said precisely what the article states
| that he said in regard to Mr. Sherman.
Senator Foraker, Senator Hanna, and
| Colonel Dick.
| when he was through speaking Repre-
sentative Grosvenor evidently realized that
| he had talked too candidly, for he turned
to the Times man and said. with easy ia
miliarity, Now. I've talked pretty freely
with you and nope you ii treat me falrly.
! 1t is hardly right nowadays to publish an
| interview with public man unless you
| first let him see the article
| THE reporter for The Times thanked
| Representative Grosvenor for his courtesy
! in granting the interview and offered to
! submit a proof of the article on the fol-
| lowing day Saturday. July u. as the ar
/ ticle was to appear in the Sunday edition
of The Times.
II go West on the midnight train said
Representative Grosvenor. 'All / ask is
| that you treat me fairly
THE reporter for The Times thought
that he could best treat Mr.. Grosvenor
| fairly by reproducing the Ohio Congress-
mans exact words. The reporter did re-
| produce his exact words with absolute
| fidelity. The fact that the printed inter-
view corresponds precisely with the oral
report, read from the reporters notebook
TO the city editor of The Times only few
moments after the reporter came from Mr.
! Grosvenor's presence seems to be con-
vincing evidence that Mr.. Grosyenor was
| fairly. fully, and accurately quoted.
| And there the matter rests.