Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-12-18

ican diplomat becomes undiplomatic
when he mixes church and state.
Church Versus State.
What troublous proposition for cen
turtles was that of church versus state!
There were wars and massacres. Rev
olutions resulted. In both Catholic
and Protestant countries the state
church worked inexpressible woe.
After the invention Of printing and
the diffusion Of knowledge there grew
UP a diversity Of religious beliefs. A
small company Of those who could
not worship at home according to their
belief crossed the ocean and landed
upon a "rockbound coast" Their de-
scendants founded and established the
American republic. In the constitution
Of the republic they wrote clause
forever interdicting any state med
ding with the church = any church.
The constitution still stands, and many
Of US think It Is q pretty good thing
as 1t stands. It follows quite natural
~ that the president Of the United
States cannot stand for any such
representations as the Storers aver that
be made to them.
Some delicious titbits Of state Sc
crets have been uncanned by this con-
troversy for the public to roll under
Its tongue. This II always 80 when
there Is a woman in the case. Mrs.
storer Indignantly denies an alleged
Interview In which she was made to
declare that through her influence with
President Mckinley the appointment
as assistant secretary Of the navy vas
given to Mr.. Roosevelt, this advance.
ment eventually leading to the presi.
dency. Consequently we cannot look
upon Mrs. Storer 40 president maker.
But In one Of the Roosevelt letters to
"My Dear Maria," written early in his
first term, we find some highly inter
esting confessions Of the presidents
opinions Of the cabinet officers left
over by Mr.. Mckinley and accepted
by Mr.. Roosevelt. In European coun-
tries 1t is the practice not to publish
such correspondence until long after
the death Of all the parties concerned,
when 1t comes out in bulky books en-
titled "Memoirs Of such-and-Such a
Court"
Remarkable influence Exercised.
After al ID said and done and for
gotten about, the fact must remain that
the able daughter Of Joseph Long
worth has exercised . remarkable in
duence over the minds Of two presi-
dents Of the United States. The letters
Of President Roosevelt to her and the
undisputed friendly admiration OF Mr..
Mckinley prove this. This revelation
Is something new In American politics
and Ia interesting to that extent. Wo-
man cannot vote except In Colorado
and Utah, but she can influence. Along
this topic our highly esteemed British
contemporary the Pail Mall Gazette
expresses some readable opinions.
which an ungallant New York paper
reprints under the caption "Petticoats
In Politics" The Gazette says that the
core and kernel Of the controversy be-
tween the president and Bellamy Sto-
rer, not forgetting Mrs. Storer, appears
to be whether Mr.. Roosevelt author
lied the ambassador to do his best
with the pope to obtain the red hat for
Archbishop Ireland. That, Of course, is
the way 1t looks to man up tree or
on the ground In America. But our
Pail Mall contemporary continues:
'sThere is. however, the further Ques-
ton of what the French would call
'l'ingerence feminine and Its influence
upon the behavior Of the ambassador.
Unless Roosevelt has taken an alto
gether unbiased view Of the conduct
Of Nine. vAmbassadrice we must con-
fess that the case 10 one which might
fairly be quoted in justification Of Her
bert Bismarck's rather brutal mo moro
petticoats in politics. For the present
however, we will only mwmur, with
Mr.. Turveydrop, Woman, lovely wo-
man, what sex you are!"
From all Of which we must assume
that the story Of the Storers, while
painful to very estimable lady and
gentleman from Cincinnati, adds to the
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