The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-10-22
LODGE MAKES A
WEAK DEFENSE
Attempt Made to Mill the Force
OF CuIbersOn's Speech.
PRIVATE ROOSEVELT LETTER
FINALLY UNEARTHED BY DEM
ocRATIC SENATORS.

Quincy, H., Oct 21.-Henry Cabot
Lodge tonight replied to the speech Of
Senator Culberson Of Texas in regard
to private letter written by Presi-
dent Roosevelt to Albert Shaw about
Panama. He said:
Nothing could show the desperate
and helpless condition Of tie Demo-
cratic campaign more strongly than
the publication under misleading head
lines Of the presidents letter TO DR..
Albert Shaw which was read at d puo-
nc meeting in New York last night
Dy Senator CulbersOn of Texas The
letter demonstrates. not that the pres
ident was guilty Of completely in the
Panama revolution, but that he had
absolutely refused TO do anything
which could by any possibility be TAX
en- as encoura cement to the projects
or the revolution.
Letter Was Private.
The letter, a private one. was writ
Ten Oct. 10. 1903. Tie revolution oc-
Cured Nov. =, and the letter, written
Tong before the revolution, in all the
ruthless of private confidence. demon
states that the president, no matter
what Els private wishes we're. could
not and did not take any part what
ever in fomenting or encouraging The
Instruction.
The effort is made to give the inn
preston that this letter Is something
new just dragged from dark recesses
10 throw light on a shadowy transac-
ton What are the facts?
Just after the revolution of Nov.
and tie opposition in the senate
charged that the administration was
guilty of fOmenting and encourag ing
the revolution. TheTeupOn the pFesl-
dent directed that this letter be given
: 10 the press and published. in order
10 show. as IT does show. that he lad
carefully and sCrupulously refrained
from fomenting Instruction, and the
letter was accordingly given out and
published just a year ago.
Could Not Ask For It.
Senator Culberson says that from
the correspondent on the Panama
matters sent to the senate this letter
was significantly withheld Mr.. Gull
berson knows as well as [ that the
senate has never asked or could ask
FOR a private letter Of the president.
and that no president has ever sent
or viii send into the senate copies
OF his private letters. and this letter
was private, personal and unofficial.
Moreover the letter was not withheld
AAblAl puBuCllN-
Two months or more after the rev.
olutiOn and when the debate upon the
Panama treaty was going on in The
senate an officer OF the senate told me
that the Democratic sena tors were
searching for a letter which they I'M
derstOod had been written 10 DIR.
Shaw, which had appeared somewhere.
and which, they understood, convicted
me president of completely in fOment-
ing the revolution. l replied that |
knew the letter they meant.
j went to the White House. got a
copy of this letter TO DR. Shaw and.
with full permission, took it TO the
senate and gave IT to Senator Cor
man. a day or two after Senator Cor
man asked me if 1 had any objection
70 his giving it to~Senator Culberson.
/ said not the least; that the letter
had been published and they could do
what they liked with it. The Panama
treaty went TO vote with that letter
10 DIT. Shaw in the possession of Demo-
cratic senators.