The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-11
STOHER BACK AT ROOSEVELT,
GIVES PRESIDENTS LETTER ON
CtBINET CHANGES.
SAYS He HAS a Letter in which Archbishop
UreIan Tells OF President instructins
>tcrrr TO See the Pope Sorry Letter
rolling OT vatican Visit IL Lost

~r,Ncis>ArI, Dec. Io.--The Hon. Bellamy
storor gave ont the following statement
his afternoon in reply 70 President Roose-
vaF ; letter printed this morning:
,IvIetter to the President and his Cabinet
xss written for the cool. deliberate judg-
rept Of men vino should be kept informed
If the true facts in the conduct OF the adj
minlstratlon
1T was moi written for the public. nor
bqrredly given TO the press to anticipate
rubllc opinion, II stands when taken In
rIl As NV statement and should bs taken
A. an entirety. and as UGH { ask its calm
~rerI,ai
In ITSELF IL is an answer TO many things
the President has seen fit to say, but as new
matter has been put forward by Mr.. Rooss-
velt [ feel compelled to speak,
There vas no need Of violent and in
.ult,nc adiectives 10 show that the Presi-
don, dishlics me and did not wish me to
remain IN the service or to retire from il
IN any customary wav. While the past
has shown that few men can differ with
either tho wishes or the memory of Mr..
Roosevelt without AZ once becoming a
scoundrel and a liar I must make some
comments on what he has given ont at
The White House.
That anything war ever written to the
President by my wife TO the effect that MIR.
Choate and Gen. Porter were not proper
persons to be ambassadors is news 10 both
Of us. For both these distinguished men
We have. and have had. nothing but re-
spect and good will. personally and officially.
II would have been an honor to any ono to
lake any post ever filled by either of them
sitter they ceased to occupy il. And the
only feeling possible is one of rsgrst that
both of them have been lost 10 the public
,ervice since Mr.. Roosevelt was reelected
As to Mr.. Root. the press in 1901 was full
n statements that he might not he able 10
remain in the Cabinet on account of health
and would be succeeded by Gen, Porter.
which would leave Paris vacant.
Il give in full a letter of the President in
answer TO what he said was written by my
wife. I do this both because it is a letter
for him to be proud of, from its full apprecia-
ton Of eminent public men apart from any
reference TO myselr). and also to show that
my wife's letter 10 which this was an answer.
now spoken Of only with a sheer, was con-
s!dered differently by Mr.. Roosevelt at the
time It was received.
EXECUTIVE MANSION,
WASHINGTON. Oct. 4. 1901.
Ny. DEAR MARIA: You need never be
sfraid Of writing me or Of asking anything.
= Il is in my power to grant it l shall do so.
II for any reasons. whether political 10 the
narrow or in the larger sense. ] cannot
shall tell you so frankly. Personal rea sons
can never exist when l do not do anything
YOU say.
Belamy was wrong about its being need
los to write ma in order TO keep him in mind.
think of both of you all the time and have
gone over several times possible plans.
First. as to the Cabinet. II is very un-
likely now that | shall change any member
ol the present Cabinet. You have probably
sspn that I have asked them all TO stay. The
secretary OF War. Root. is one OF the very
,trongest men before the people in our whole
uartv. His Canton speech was the most
Elective delivered in the campaign last year
His advice is invaluable, not merely in refer
oncr 10 his Department but in reference to all
ranches of the service. As for his Depart
'nent itself. it Is at the present time the most
important in the entire Government. IL
would be q public calamity TO have him Leave
the Cabinet now. and | use the words public
calamity advisedly. He 10 a sick man and
hs condition gives me great uneasiness. not
because there is tho least fear OF his death
but lest he may have to give up his work
here. II he went out | should have to con-
|.rA.- .AtLg-- ,-haV.xAr I'M NhA nnaafinn of
getting the best man the entire country
Afforded 20 do the work necessary to be done.
l. may be that after carefully looking
over the matter I should conclude that Bel
amy was the best man for the purpose. IL
may be that I should have 20 conclude that
some one else, Of whom | have no thought
az present, would be the best man. and If so
should be in honor bound to take him and
not 70 consult any personal preference OF
mine IN a matter so vital to the country.
/ do not believe that Secretary Iona in
tends 10 leave the navy. For this Depart
nsnt ! am sure without further thought that
Bslismy would be admirable: but in flling any
vacancy In the Cabinet | would have to take
note OF all kinds OF considerations. should
count Bellamy's religion in his favor for a
Cabinet place. other things being equal,
should like to have a Catholic in the Cabinet.
am sure that in the Navy Department he
would do exceedingly we'll as Secretary. |
do not know whHther geographically he would
Ire the right man. For instance. l should like
much to get a Pacific Slope man into the
abinet, and particularly in the Navy De-
nsrt nenr and 7 do not wish to leave New Eng
and unrepresented. At present ] see no
Pacific Slope man who would be competent
% al the position. Moreover, II possible,
/ should like 10 get one or more members Of
The Cab!ns, who are in close touch with the
peopls. carrying weight when they explain
the policies. purposes and acts of my Adj
rnlniftration.
This is the one point in which the present
"aolnet is not as strong as it should be. do
nor believe that a finer, ADLER, more high
minded body OF pu blic servants was ever got
toSsther around a President. but there Ia M
one Of them. with the possible exception oi
b root who is 40 busy that he can hardly ever
speak, who can appear before the country
With the prestige Of a great political leader
tosxpiain and champion my Administration
III could az any time MI this want Shout d
most ardently desire to do 50. In other
words. for a Cabinet place the man should. IL
possible, be not only eminently NJ for the
administration Of his depa rtment. but also,
Hposstble a party leader NJ weight. and fur
thernore II is rarely that one ran nlls Cabinet
position with reference only To itself all sur