New-York tribune., 1903-02-02
MISS BARTONS REPLY.
Her Letter to the President ne
ourdiuo. the Red Cross Trouble.

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Replying to the recent letter OF Presluei''
Roosevelts secretary, George B. Corleiyou'
ouesting that public announcement pc
that the President of the United states anu "
Cabinet cannot serve as board of consun"-
+ior of the American National Red Cross MISS
Clara Barton. president of the society mas ao-
dressed a letter 10 President Roosevelt.
Mr.. Cortelyou's letter was dated January -
and on January Miss Barton sent the tollo"-
ing to Mr.. Cortelyou:
No. 40 East FTfty-eishtE-st New ot6; 1Ss
George p. Cortelyou. Secretary to the President;
Dear Mr. Corteyou: Your coInmQnCatloh caS oi Sbed
uary Forwarded to me from " sarckasoWIedgs the
same and say that. with the permission dta et at
whch s' can be released from engagemenss = EN- nss
here Meanwhile beg to STgre % 6f nun his te most hon
ored Cabinet; also that the aPpearancS ns .: H b no
means new. our entire letter paper having o,IJ 1oi
them for the last twenty years ana w tben, off
Not only no objection has been made during d dnat
time but frequent words OF af nf co9rtesy
part, with 10 other intention %npr WI prromptI5
qisID ann yeTy truly youTs CLARA BARTON.
Miss Barton's letter to the President follows:
40 East Fifty-efghth-st.. New-Yorss y 1sss
To the President of the United States. ,.,,.
Most Honored President: Having rec@1Teu n which
bIS ba rasarded AZ from yourself is perhaps
temerity to address even word 6eEono Ie that
generosity attends great p Power trust
ag CROSS Is z haSR Rs n een 4t the an
ternatonal treaty accepted through IN; tio ~
leemed pna hGs Ra this
parment act as c0unse0r & OF nnas We're reaured
Article " THE officers of this ASSOCIATION t sai.
consist Of president @ xrasd rs9 one from each state
Territory and the District of Columbia; rG Secre ef
consultation which shall consist of the following r
officers of the United states GovernnGetM en- M w
surgeon general, adjutant general and judge @ ad,
vocate general and such other onlcefs aS hld'
This provision was fully indorsed and accepted
oiher ofioers named in the constitution and
open ARA zee Of S99d faR on all apeT
issued by the organization from that time to me
PTesen consted and Cordial cooperation
sured the existing administrator. t .ngtusn y itS
Of all for both had the greater need of each. !, Mi
Cleveland our only % cnrds paIa never in
ttrrupted 1t would SEEM that IN continuing spese
time honored relations there existed no usurpat,6n ION
Of power the part Of the nod Snq
idea Of the nTT }o Such eh Of its members
we're new its records, and unacqua'nted Win It's
pecte these facts to you. Mr.; President as an
earnest that neither was usurpatlon praGuSeu nor f
the articles of the organization For twenty years
this Red Cross work, so small az mTs'a atH mt lis
srnme bIaze lighted the footsteps of relief for an
tire and direful contest of nations. and of which
none better than your honored self know the hard
ships or the needs, or can Dettet Juus5 Js5+ t1I irI
nerious or unjust i'll its demands or If It's presl-
dent assumed unwoned or unauthorized pIIWeg pI or or
creed of spols Great trials test characterstieS
,;i1ire arauiescence The foundation which all
onG eoyernment rests is faithful conformity to
iIS IN nn@uestioned obedience to its rulers:
Thus Mr.. President. if in the conttnung OF 5odr d
.,y,j hat of Cabinet
nisrtion of the Red Cross under its treaty
have an and rSr 6s Teqed Te to make
denial before the world of the privileges l nav, nave
snect shown the honored heads Of the nation, ana
% and dssp by exact and Will
ing conformity with. and obedience TO me com COM
mand by en,id tnS as have been able to make
order that MISUNDERSTANDING Oh your leld'ioii'
can ySp 1pon the ready acceptance of each ap.
pontment. the Endorsement ano anu fp scora ~
Years. and remembering more tendsriy tnan man an al
Iresent ITe administration in its begnning and SO
Silently and reverently the vacant place had s oee
spppea sH ee@rteS eS' Of YOUR high permission had been
overlooked For this error my honored PRESIDENT
I earnestly beg your gracious pardon: ,,,... -,
will With your permission, take the liberty OF
ptnnfts I4 3raasuTer William J. Flather, whose subse-
quent relations with me have been most corula
aI tnar wHT that these concessions. faithfully sub
mtted h may ynnhc Of the dsconnecton which you
Gaeire from the organization which have so long
bad The main to conduct have the honor 10 SUD
acrihe | mygelf your obedent countrywoman
sciip' ii'Ni' CLARA BARTON.
rbe Enclosure to which Miss Barton refers
reads:
Washington. d. C., December 26 1892.
Miss Clara Barton, President American heu OrosS'
Washington. d. Z. , ,....- -. .ho
Dear Madam Owing to increased duties at the
haDlt ind that | viii not be able to continue as
aae,,rar Of the American National Red Cross. and
bee to tender my resignation OF that ofce 10 take
aSect on January / 1903. Very respectfully yours,
eilec' VA '' = WILLIAM ]. FLATHER.
miss Bartons share of the foregoing corre-
spondence is not to be taken at quite the Vaiue
which she would like to put on IT. Until she
bas justified her abrupt revision of the bylaws
of the Red Cross, by which control is centred in
her hands even more completely than hereto
fore ana which Is the real occasion of dis
approval on the part of those who would ike
to see the work of the association competenty
conducted, the sarcasm which the fulsome
,,~ases of her letter TO the President are not