Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-12-14

during the past rev days Win quite
an edifying controversy between Pres
ident Roosevelt and Bellamy Storer,
the latter, until recently United States
minister to Austro- Hungary. The
main feature of the controversy is the
showing by Storer that Mr.. Roosevelt
said and did certain things looking to
the elevation Of Archbishop Ireland to
the cardinalate. and the point blank
denial of Roosevelt that he had ever
thought Of such a thing. The facts
developed seem to further confirm
pretty generally existing popular opin-
ion that Mr.. Roosevelt does not hesi-
tate to toy lightly with the truth when,
in his opinion, 1t suits his purpose TO
do so. and that Is whenever he de-
cides to turn about on almost any
proposition. It seems that Storer and
his wife were at one time very close
personal friends of the president.
They called the president Theodore,
and he called them by their first
names, Bellamy and Maria. Mrs. Sto-
rer did not hesitate to ask the presi-
dent for anything she wanted for her
husband or herself and the president
was formerly disposed to give her any
thing she asked for. After she and
Mr.. Storer had been sent to Austro-
Hungary for instance. she wrote
Dear Theodore" a fetching letter In
which she said how she would love 70
have Bellamy and herself designated
to represent the United States at the
wedding of the king Of Spain, and this
was granted. At another time she told
the president what splendid represen-
tatives she and her husband would
make in Paris and she also let the
president know that in her opinion
Bellamy would make most creditaole
secretary Of war in the cabinet. The
letters Of the president to Mrs. Storer
all carry the idea that he was not
inclined to disagree with her In any OF
these propositions and as matter o1
fact there Is every reason to believe
that had the opportunity presented
the president would have given Mrs
Storer everything she asked for. But
lately there came an end to 1t all and
this is how 1t came about. According
to Mr.. Storer, the president had de-
sire to influence the pope to raise
Archbishop Ireland to the cardinalate
Knowing that 1t would never do tc
take up such a matter officially, ne
told Mr.. Stofer what he wanted ano
Mr.. and Mrs. Storer went to work tc
bring 1t about AS the result OF indis'
cretions Of Mrs. Storer however, III
parading her pull and power with the
president and things generally, there
got out a lot Of embarrassing informa'
ton. For instance other wire pullers
among the Roman Catholics In Ne"
York and elsewhere, were working fol
another candidate and when they founc
out that the Storers were working fol
Archbishop Ireland, they began tc
make it warm for Theodore for inter
fering with church affairs. 1t was
then that Theodore got rid OF Storel
by writing a rebuking letter to Mrs
Storer through him. causing Storer's
resignation. In the letter Mrs. Storel
was accused Of being implicated in ar
intrigue having for its object a mar
riage between Prince Victor Napoleon
and a member Of the Orleanist family
of France. Storer to save his face
which was about all that was left to
save, prepared a pamphlet in which ne
| told the whole story. Ostensibly the
pamphlet was for private Distribution
only; but somehow, probably as was
intended, it got into the papers. and
the president had to reply. He ad'
dressed his reply to Secretary Root;
but saw that it got into the papers the
same night, and in it he denied any
responsibility whatever for any con-
nection with the Ireland intrigue, put
ting the whole thing at the door or q
meddlesome woman. Mrs. Storer Bu'
Mr.. Storer seems to have the best OF
the situation In all except that he ano
his wife are now forever out with
Dear Theodore" And although Dear
Theodore" has officially cleared his
skirts, a large part Of the public Is
still believing and will always believe
that he was as deeply concerned in the
intrigue that sought to influence the
action of the pope with reference tc
the cardinalate as was either Mr
Storer or his very ambitious wife.