Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1906-12-10


op Ireland Gas cardinaD an in the
|spring of 1899 he commissioned
Bishop O'Gorman to say to the pope
that that appointment would be con-
president, as we'll as an honor to the
country. And this the bishop did,
speaking in the presidents name, In
an audience with the pope.
This statement of Mr., Storer dis
tcrts what was evidently an express
son of deep personal regard and re-
spect for an individual. into what is
In substance a request for his ad-
vancement as a member of an eccle-
siastical organization. The late pres
ldent never made such a request nor
furthered the efforts of anyone to
bring about such an appointment
ncr would he permit any official of
his administration to do so. He was
s@rupulously particular in this re-
gard and he made .no compromise
with his conviction on the subject.
Speaking from personal knowl-
edge of President Mckinley's atti-
tude concerning Archbishop Ireland.
7 wish to say that he had the highest
regard for the archbishop and be-
church, he was fall of sympathy with
American ideals and that because of
this he was able to render .immeas-
uruble service both to his church and
to his country. But, if Bishop
C'Gorman made any such represent
tation as that alluded to by Mrs.
Storer, he did so under an absolute
misrepresentation. have repeatedly
heard President Mckinley state that
in all such matters he could not di-
vorce himself from his position as
president and that he could not UNI
der any circumstances interfere or
attempt to interfere with the action
Of any religious organization here or
abroad, looking to the preferment Of
any of its members.
IN following this course he was
true to the fundamental principles of
the American government as you
nave been.
I, what I have said regarding the
particular quotation above referred
to. applies to any other particular
reference to the late president in this
pamphlet.
Very sincerely yours,
GEORGE b. CORTELYoL-'
Roosevelt Never Got the Letters.
"As for Mr.. Storer's assertion that
authorized him to make such
statement as he says he was author
lied to make to the pope, it Is I'M
true. I gave him no such authoriza-
ton. Mr.. Storer proceeds to say that
he once wrote me a letter giving full
account of his visit to the vatican,
and Of the message he personally
gave the pope. I carefully searched
the files in my Office and failed to
find any such letter from him, and
,leither I nor my secretary. Mr.. Loeb.
who receives and examines all. my
correspondence, have any remem-
brance of having ever received such
letter, and had 1t been received
he could not fail to remember it, /
never received from him any letter
giving any such account of his visit
to the vatican and his conversation
with the pope, as he now says he
sent me; this is evident from the
letters which he gives as written by
me to him December 81 and Deem
her 80 in which, as you will see,
specifically state that I did not know
whether or not he had even called
~ the vatican and that he might
vately, statement wholly incompati-
BILE with my having received such q
letter as that which he says he sent
In, answer to this letter he never
traversed or in any way alluded to
this statement Of mine, which he
:cnuld hardly have failed to do had
he already written me such q letter
as he now describes.
ION December 10 / had written
him in regard to verbal request
made to me by an ecclesiastical
friend that should write letter for
Archbishop Ireland:
81 told him, of course, that I
could not interfere in such matter
as it was none Of my business who
was made cardinal: but personally ]
had very strong friendship and ad-
m.ration for the archbishop and that
Individually it would please me
As much as 1t had pleased me when
DIR. Satterlee was made archbishop OF
Washington: but that 1 could no more
interfere in one case than the other:
in short, that my feeling for the
archbishop was due to my respect fol-
him as useful and honorable mar
such feeling as have had fol-
Philip Brooks and for many other
iclergymen of various denominations