The Washington herald., 1906-12-09

/ dum quotes the President as saying:
/ 4 do most sincerely hope that Arch
bishop Ireland may be made a cardinal
at the next cOnsistOry. Nothing could
help me more in connection with the
church here and in the Philippines. ]
have done everything and said everything
which il is possible for me to say and do
In the matter. 1 certainly said enough 20
/ Cardinal Satoln without mentioning the
cardinals hat which, OF course, ] could
| not do) 20 show my wishes and desires
should the Pope see fit TO crafty them.
Ireland Almost Got appointment.
Mr.. Storer says he was informed that
Cardinal SatolH at once reported to the
Pope the Presidents conversation with
him.
Mr.. Storer resigned in 1906 as Ambassa-
dor TO Vienna, and Immediately was re-
appointed. Nothing was done at Rome
respecting the appointment Of any Amer
ican TO the Office of cardinal, and toward
the end OF 1895 Il was reported there that
this was because the President had
caused it to be known there that he now
favored the appointment Of Archbishop
Farley.
Mrs. Storer wrote to the President on
November 30. 1905. calling his attention
10 the report which she had heard from
Princess Alexandrine Windisch GraetZ.
The princess said that the Pope had de-
cidcd 10 appoint Archbishop Ireland.
Everything seemed settled, when Cardinal
Merry Del Val. who was personally not
friendly to Archbishop Ireland. announced
that the President had asked for the
elevation of two archbishops. therefore
eOuld not care very much about either
Mrs. StOrCr asked the President 20
cable her about the matter in order that
she nigh. take the message directly TO
Rome and put it in the Pope's hand. Mrs.
tSt9rer wrote to Judge Taft a confidential
letter Of the same import. While Mrs
Storer's epistle was on It's way she re-
ceived a letter from the President, which
is quoted to show that the President
could have been feeling no dissatisfaction
with Mr. Storer's official conduct.
The response to Mrs StCrer's letter
came from the President in the form Of
two letters, 10 which Mr.. Storer invites
careful attention, as they became the
basis Of the Presidents action in remov-
ing him from his post.
Thought Plain Language Necessary.
They came under the same envelope
marked strictly personal" The first Of
these letters follows:
White House.
Washington, Dec Il, 1906
Ny Dear BeIIamy: l am very
sorry to have to write as J DO in the
incl0sed letter to Mrs Storer, which
! shall ask YOU 10 read and then hand
10 her. I have been most reluctant
10 write as I herein write; / am
deeply attached to both Of you; but II
ls evident that / cannot longer delay
using the plainest kind Of language,
for il is evident that such plain Ian
suange is necessary to prevent the
American government from being put
in 4 false and wholly improper posi-
ton. THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
Mr.. Storer does not quote ,.Ie second
letter which was addressed to Mrs. Storer.
although he uses it as an appendix he
says.
i cannot trust myself to express fully
. the feeling Of indignation with which I
read the letter of Mrs. Storer. Though
was in the public service, I felt and
still feel that I had lost none Of the
rights which a man has TO Judge Of the
proDriety Of letters addressed TO his wife.
and 10 resent an improper COmmunica-
5ion
Il did not then know what have
since learned. that the letter was not
even written for my wife's eyes or mine
alone, but had been shown to others
before it was sent. and thus used TO
make q case against a lady. a trusting
friend, who could not be heard in her
own defense.
My wife was deliberately accused Of
having quoted isolated sentences from
the Presidents letters to convince other
persons that he was doing ex city what
as he h. h.l
in writing that ne would not DO This
charge Of shameful conduct was based
on no evidence which could even have
misled the writer into a hasty judgment
but was in answer 20 letter. which,
whether approved or not, at least fur
nishes no such evidence either in itself
or in lis Enclosures
Friendship Was Outraged.
The tone OF long suffering and Of out
ragged patience. the careful omission Of
az mention Of anything that the writer
had himself done and authorized to be
done in the matters complained of. tie
quotation from the letters written at the
time OF my errand 10 the Pope. without
any of the facts and circumstances re
lated above which would give those let
ters their true character or show that
they were an angry complaint because
what he had directed 10 be done had be-
come known-these things, with the abu-
sive personal characterization Of my wife
and the assumed Indignation with what
had been, in fact permitted and encour-
aged where not expressly directed. SEEM
ed TO me to put the letter outside the
limit Of anything justifabIe even in a
stranger.
What a sense of outraged friendship
1t aroused in Us can perhaps be under
stood by any one who has read even
The sman part of the private correspond
ence given above"
Further on. Mr.. Storer SAYS: We have
neither of us ever represented to any
person, by word or letter. that the Pres
ideHt requested anything from the Vat.-
can, or put him in the attitude Of cx-
eTt!ng pressure or a preference Tor one
candidate rather than another. or OF do
Ing or saying anything officially or as if
with the government behind him, and
the statement that Mrs. Storer has writ
ten letters conveying a wrong impression
Of his attitude is a wholly incorrect char
acterization of letters which the Prcsi-
dent had never seen.
I'VE have repeated to prelates Of the
church. including the Pope, expressions
Of the President, hut only expressions Of
the precise character which he admits
in this letter he was in the habit of
making to many persons, and We have
always done this with fun regard for
the distinction which the President points
oat between private wishes and official
requests
Instructions Were Explicit.
we repeated those expressions because
they were used to us with the unmis-
taxable purpose that we should repeat
them. and at least in one instance with