The Jersey City news., 1906-12-11

Declares Mr.. Roosevelt Himself Told
Archbishop Ireland That Envoys
Statement to Pope In Prelate's Be-
half Was Authorized-Denoun For
Differing With President, ne Says.
Cincinnati, Dec. 11.-For the first
time since Bellamy Storer was sum.
marily dismissed from his post in Aus.
tria-Hungary, Mrs Storer, who was
largely responsible for his dismissal as
well as for his appointment, consented
10 talk of the affair.
While she could not be induced to
saw much she cid say that the cours
of ction Mr. Storer has adopted meets
with her approval and that she be
heves she and her Husband uItimatelg
will be vindicated.
q have letter written By Mr.. Roose.
velt when he was vice president that
will help to show we are in the right
Ill this controversy" said Mrs. Storer
''The letter is dated June %, 1900, and
gives the reason for our transfer from
aFadrid to Vienna.
why tTGHSFSrf was FA4s>eos
"Tt is true 1 asked for the transfer,
but it was on account of the health
OF my son, Joseph Lcngworth Nichols,
who was suffering fEom a pulmon1zg
complaint and could not visit US in
Madrid because of the bad effect the
climate there had o. him. lie is now
taking the open air treatment at Sara
nae lake.
''In this letter Ir. Roosevelt says he
will urge the transfer, particularly be-
cause Of this fact.
"sfr. Storer has only done what any
one who calls himself a man would
do to shield his wife, and even Il Il
were not for me I think he owes il to
himself to be set right before the pub
lie
Further than TO say that [ believe
everything viii come out an right ]
cannot discuss this matter. Mr.. store1
viii make all the statements to the
press that are to be made"
Thinks ite Was Wronged.
Mr.. Storers demeanor in making his
reply to the president was that of one
greatly wronged. He made the state
ment seated at his desk in bis Office
and more than once thumped the desk
vigorously with clinched fist.
Mrs. Storer declined to give out the
letter in which, she says, the caHse for
their removal from Madrid. to Vienna
is stated, but she intimated that II
might be given out with number Of
others some time IN the future.
Mr.. Storer issued a 1oxnal statement.
in which he declares "there was no
need OF violent and insulting adiec-
tvs from the president, and that ''taa
past has shown that few men can dif-
fer with either the wishes or the mem
ory of Mr.. Roosevelt without at onca
becoming q 'scoundrel and a liar"
He incorporates in the statement
letter written By the president to Mrs
st5rer, addressed MY dear Maria" IN
answer to her letter urging MIR. Roose-
velt TO put Mr.. Storer in the cabinet OF
give him the anbassa6 ship ia
France, and points Gus thar sZle presi-
dents tone then was different from
the sneering attitude taken by the pres.
ident in his recent statement.
criticises seleotion of cahlret.
The PRESIDENT letter Is nluminativs
Of his methods in choosing bis cabinet
says Mr.. Storer. Ee speaks OF geo
graphical considerations entering inte
the presidents selections and quotes
the latter as follows:
"If possible I should ike &c get one
or more members Of the cabinet vztla
are in close touch with the people, car
rying weight when they explain the
policies, purposes and acts OF ny adj
ministration."
Again Mr.. Roosevelt says:
'There is no one Of them (the cabf
nett, with the possible exception OF
Root, who is so busy that he can hard
1y ever speak, who can appear before
the country with the prestige OF
great political leader to explain and
champion my administration.
Answering the presidents stigmatf
zation of himself as being untruthfui
Mr.. Storer says the president himself
told Archbishop Ireland that he Ndr,
Roosevelt) had authorized Mr. Stores
to make the statement to the pope IN
behalf of Mgr. Ireland and says he d
ready to produce the presidents OWE
letters in prOOf