The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-08-29

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Des MoInes. la. Aug. %. Gov. A. b.
Cummins yesterday replied TO the letter
written to him by Secretary of the Treas
ury Les,le NJ. aw. who criticised Gov.
Cummins for misquotng the secretary In
"A speech before tho Chicago reciprocity
convention. The governor letter is rs
follows.
Il have the honor to acknowledge your
letter OF the 26th inst, in which YOU chal-
enge statement that | recently made
I'm ar address delivered before the ma
tlonal reciprocity conference at Chicago.
The statement Is ,s follows:
The secretary OF the treasury. In a
speech recently delivered in Des Mones
is reported as saving that the explanation
OF the refusal of the senate TO consider
the French treaty is that IL gives every
thing TO France and nothing 10 the United
States ! must 30 him the justice to be-
licve that ne never read the treaty. for
otherwise he has committed a grave Of
fence against the proprieties OF debate
"Thc quotation Is accurate. | made the
statement You say respecting It:
80 know that | did not say It or any
thing that could be 50 interpreted. but |
was not SO sure about the report The
occasion was an informal luncheon. and
the speech was impromptu. though not
/
KNOWING. therefore. that you would
not violate 'the proprieties OF debate by
quoting me without authority az having
made q specific statement. ] write To In
quiro whore you saw tho report Of my
speech as given In your Chicago address
| have not seen IT, ana ! wish TO cor
rect the record 80 soon as possible
FROM AN EDITORIAL.
IL am sincerely gratihcd to know that
YOU deny having made the statement. for
il was impossible for me- To reconcile II
with the truth; and / am not less graft
hcd To be given the opportunity 10 ad-
wise YOU OF my authority for imputing
the sentiment to you. You may be against
the French treaty and | may be for II.
but you can no more afford 10 mislead
the public concerning it's provisions than
| can afford 10 msrepresent the state
ments you make to Justify the inaction
OF the senate.
you are quite right in determining that
bot Uf IT'S hIvp- f1ad too tUrTg Hn tx
pcrionce IN tho trial OF cases TO believe
that any substantial victory can be won
either through any falschood or passive
suppression OF the truth. I. therefore.
promptly give you my authority for stat
ing that vou were reported ss saying In
your speech at DeS Moines that the sen
ate failed 10 approve tho French treaty
] because N gave FRANCE FNfI Alul0E anu
the United States nothing.
I'm the Des Noines Capital Of Saturday
May o. 1905 che day after your speech
here). you will find long editorial. en-
tilted Secretary shaw ~ deals wholly
with your speech OF tho day Sefore
quote that part Of Il upon which ! relied
In my address at Chicago:
" In his original way ne drove home
certain facts that VIII he remembered He
exposed the proposed French treaty IN
all its doformity. demonstrating that we
were Offering France a tremendous bar
gain and getting practically nothing In
return
FRIEND AND ALLY.
"If this be not sufficient basis for the
statement that | made ia chico 80 I have
yet TO learn the meaning OF the common
est words OF my mother tongue. Lafay-
cite Young. the editor OF the Des Molnes
CAPITAL. was present at the luncheon and
heard your speech.
"He Is your political friend and ally. lTo
IS in sympathy with your views lie is
himself "a speaker OF wonderful power and
knows what words mean. lie writes con-
stantly concerning the tgriff and reciproc-
ity and could not have been mistaken
with respect to the trend and conclusion
of your argument.
when he wrote in his vivid and strlk-
ing way that you exposed the proposed
French treaty iu all It's deformity. demon
strating that We were Offering France a
tremendous bargain and getting practi-
cally nothing in return. 10 was not possi-
bio FOR me 90 doubt that you had said
what h. had imputed 10 Nuu. / knox that
he could easily misunderstand me. but Il
is incredible that ne should misunder-
stand YOU.
Following YOUR example ! will hand =
cop, - my roply o. the newspapers at the
time mail this letter
with hish regard nm. yoIrs very
truly,
ALBERT y. CtMMINs"