The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-01
MRS. STORER
 DEFENDySELF Gives Out Leter Written by Roosevelt. coHHEDs BISHOP IRELAND
Written While Governor of State
 of New York,
Declares. That She Has Never Abused Any CsnAaesce--ssys she VIII
 Not Indulge h Recrimination .s Against Executlve.

vienna, March . 3l.--Mrs. Ballamy Storer, wife of the retiring American cision to maintain complete silence in regard to the controversy aroused over her husbands recall. h. the course of an interview today with the Asso- ciated Press. she said:
 After consultation and following the advice of many of our friends, par ticularly that of ithe Marquis de Re- yerseaux. the French Ambassador. have decided formally to deny that I ever abused a letter of President Roose- welt as has been asserted. The Presi- dent has never written me concerning Archbishop Ireland except in letter last December upon another subject.
 "Mr. Roosevelt. when Governor of New York. wrote me a letter in 1900 to which the report presumably al- .ludes. This letter was written to me so that I might show it to Cardinal Rampolia, then papal secretary of State. in order to convince the vatican of the friendly attitude of prominent Americans toward Archbishop Ire lands policy. It was all done to help our government in its relations with the Philippines. I sent Cardinal Ram polla copy of only half of the letter because the other half was purely per sonsI.
 | lndt It dii | WISH tO say oDput thO matter. Neither my husband nor my self is going to indulge in recrimina- tions against the President We will wait and see what the authorities at 1 Washington think right. to publish about the matter. If they publish their reasons for the recall of Mir. Storer. | we may have many proofs of the right being on our side.
 The letter of MT. Roosevelt. who was ne York datRd 1900, is. as follows:
 II have just received you- letter. | need not say what pleasure 1t would | be for me to do anything for Arch 1 bishop Ireiand. You know how high l asrssard Nave always felt for him. l He represents the type of Catholicism, 1 which in my opinion, mast prevail In | the United States If the Catholic Church | is to attain its full measure Of power | and usefulness with our people and l with our form of government. l T abolutely agree with what Judge Taft says to you in his letter of March l 20, with relation to that part of this
 problem which affects the Philippines.
 but the problem as a whole affects the | United States as a whole. reaction
 ary, or in any way anti-American
 spirit in ecclesiastical affairs would in
 America, in the long run, result in dis
 aster just as certainly as similar course in political affairs.
 "I may add that the bigoted oppo- | nents of Catholicism are those most | anxious to see triumph within the | ranks of Catholicism this reactionary
 spirit and the throwing out of men who | have shown broad liberalism and Amer | icanism in their policy
 | "Of course do not feel justified in
 interfering in any way, directly or in- | directly, in the matter at the Vatican. | but 1t is only fair in response to your | letter that I should write you fully
 and frankly of my great appreciation
 of Archbishop Ireland and of my firm
 conviction that the real future of the Catholic Church in America rests with | those who in the main work along his | lines.
 You may be interested to know of ] the large per centage of Catholics
 without exception men standing as
 high in capacity as in integrity. whom | I have placed on various important
 commissions in this state.
 50 much for that part of my letter | that is in direct answer to the main | part of yours I do not know whether l 1t will be of any assistance to you or
 not. but hope so. I need not tell you that 1t is a pleasure to write it, or to
 do anything else you desire me to do | if 1t Is in my power.
 | You must have very hard time In Madrid and I earnestly hope that the
 signal devotion to the good of the
 country which you and Bellamy have
 shown will result in its proper reward and in your being transferred in the
 not distant future to Rome or better still, Paris
 MT. Roosevelts letter then refers to his efforts to avoid the nomination for | the vice presidency and concludes, l lou Ra1IQnX yours, Theodore Roosevelt
 MT. Storer was much improved to- day His physicians have recommend | ed the Carlsbad cure. but MT. and Mrs. Storer have resolved not to leave
 Vienna before June.
 Many members of the aristocratic and diplomatic circles are paying
 visits to MT. and Mrs. Storer. Among the callers today were Princess Radzi- | will. Count von Kuefstein and NJ. Ghika. the Romanian Minister.