The Washington herald., 1906-12-10

thai in any private conversation ] took an
opposite position from that which / was
thus repeatedly expressing in writing is
not only an untrUth. bat an absurd an
truth; for l would. Of course, not say pri-
vately TO any one the opposite of what
was repeatedly writing TO that same per
son. Mr. StoTer asserts that he and Mrs.
St9rer and various other people. after con-
versations with me, put down memoranda
as TO what they remembered l had said.
Calls Action DishonOrabIe.
If such action was taken, it was, Of
course. simply dishonorable. No one Of
them ever showed me any such memoran-
da, and it is nonsense to expect to bind
me by "a memorandum the existence Of
which was concealed from me. Tue Stor-
ers were my guests at the time when, as
they assert. they made these memoranda
Of private conversation with me. As a
matter Of fact, the statements they aliege
me to have made were not made, save In
so far as what they allege me to have said
agrees with what before and after. /
wrote TO them. In this connection, l call
your attention to the following statement
issued from the White House on NOvem-
Der 8, 1896, eleven days before the Storer
pamphlet was received by me. or that l
had any knowledge whatever Of it:
For many years It has been the invarable practice
never 10 attempt to quote a private conversation
with the President. 1t has been found that as g.
matter of fact the who quotes such a couycrsa-
ti0n usually misIuOtes IT, whether consciously or
uuc0nsc.0usly. and such an alleged conversation is
under no circumstances to b. hcd calling Tor
either explanation denial hy the President. The
President j. responsible only for shat be himself
says m pgblic; for what hc writes. for what he
explicitly authorizes the proper government officials
to state III his behalf.
Mrs. Storsr wrote me with great free
dom, and sometimes il was difficult 10
know quite how 10 answer her. Both
she and Mr. StOrer continually made at
tac6s upon all sorts Of people. especially
dignitaTies of her own church. At one
time she wrote me with great bitterness
against the Protestant missionaries who
were being sent TO the Philippines, at
the same time requesting me 10 cham
piOn Archbishop Ireland because he had
been loyal TO the United States during
The war with Spain. which she asserted
was not true as 10 another Catholic
archbishop whom she named. While
was always reluctant to write in a way
that would hurt the feelings Of either Of
the Storers. on this occasion I thought
sition was and accordingly replied as
follows:
Resented All Interference.
MAY u 1901
Ny Dear Mrs Storcr: Yar letter Of the 9Th has
inst come 70 hand also that Of the 6tb. ana
yeE rery fond of y1u and that is The reason yow
/ letters put me iu a quandar. You want me 10
do all kinds Of things that 1 cannot possibly do.
and 10. "a r.f
which ] do not vaut t5 contradict and set II
makes me feel hypocriticai # seem 10 scIussce
iu them Y0u must remember that there are many
other people who feel about their religion Just as
you feel about TCUrs They can no more under
stand lDgf turning Catholic than son caH under
stand Catholics turning Protestant Some of the
best people 7 have ever met were Prd-es-aufs who
had originally been Catholics ] cannot STOP and
cannot urge The stopping n. mi7siouarics going
anywhere they choose. emUAatlCally feel, a-
have always ted yaH. that the chance 0f lettering
The llinolc inhabitants Cf the rroIi- islands lies
ty bringing them uH % the highest standard *
American Catholicism. Tie worst thing that clull
happen both for them and tbs Catholic Charch
would BE- for the Catholic tlur-l fo champion she
mia 4-l-les that have undoubtedly been Committed.
rot CIIy iy laE. hTt ty clerical shEd-bs leaders
On The PHILIPPINES and elsewhere. One incident.
N.lcu actually cannot rHt on IaTlr came tu ms
personal kUCT.edge iu connection with @ higl
Catholic vtcle-iastIr iu Cuba. which gas af q char
I
E That the whole hierarchy in Jle island uesi. 2
drastic renovation N0R ! very earnestly ai,a that
Archbishop ireland. and those al0 are most ad-
FauCad among cur Catholic f.ria~ts-flen i.sa tla
/ pauist Fathers. for iustaEce-slould D. given a
free hand U these islands. and slogii hy adfsuce
Iu syar way. BHr sou must remember hew
I lampeTed Z ann iH writing from tHe fact ihat ]
I do not Ike to see aHE uae admit for moment The
right of iarain uateutate t1 interfere iH Amer
ican public policy For instance SOU speak of Che
Pope being aHFrg wItH Archbishop Ireland FOR not
stopping the Uar with Spain As FAR as I ana
uau-srlei. would resent as an impertiu-ucs srv
European. whether Pore. Kaiser. CzSr. or Trssi-
/ dent daring t3 be augy with any American be-
cause II Dis action rr nuuaciioE regards aur
question between Amar.-s and an outside nation
Sc Ireteu,iau RI this kind sl1uil BE- admitted fn
one m1msGt. E ANY man. clerical or lay, bishop,
archbishop priest Fr civilian. was fu ans was
guilty 0t reasonable practices with Spain dU-iuE
lur Var. he zho1ld ja SHOT hanged aBd it is ar
Outrage Justice that le sl.HiG D. large ETt
+ ] cannot write iu a was thar VIII seem 90 defend
O. man far NOT aVtr-lEE uar with spain Tor cam
/ not recognize for single moment she right of ans
European t1 sd much as think that there is need
/ cf defense o- excuse in sHca ease.
As son bu.s, ] always treat Catholic and
[ Protestant exactly alike. as 90 jew or Gentle
/ Irish. or any other Kind Ci usuu-aEe. Ans dis
elimination for oT against o. man because Cf Odd.
creed nativity strikes nae as an Iuiamy. AlJI
like Bishop keaue. bike tire late Father Cassclv
/ BIKE Father BefeTd. the parish priest # my G4u
town q oyster bay. and ike scores of ether priest.
! whom ! could name are entitled to rgeeiye from
me the same measure # afectICnlte respect and
loyal support that I have given So men ike Phillips
I Brooks. like 1Ir DeyiHe. and like so very mauy
/ other Protestant Cllr-ucu whom / could name
NGre0rer. ms dear Mrs Sturgr. whatever I could
/ do Tor y08 and Bellamy. would be- done but I SIM
ply do rot see hos can do anything IN this par
tlcIlJr matter
with real rsutt. yerr sincerely YOURS.
"THEODOBE ROOSEVELT.