Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-10
Declares He 0beyed Explicit In
structions in Acting as He
Did About Promotion.
HAD AUDIENCE WITH Plus K
Says President Said He Would
View With Satisfaction Ireland's
Election to Cardinalate.
Practically Calls Roosevelt a Tyrant,
Claiming Government Is Gem
tered in Ono Man.

Cincinnati. Dec. l0.--Belamy Storer,
former ambassador to Austria Hum
gary today replied briefly 10 the states
ments contained in President Roose-
velt's letter TO Secy. Of State Root,
which was given TO the press last night,
insisting on the position he had here
| tofore taken and reiteratng the state
ments made by him In the statement
! to the members OF the foreign relations
committees OF congress, made public
last week
Mr.. storer today said;
THE ANANIAs CLUB,
Il seem TO have been elected a MEM
Der OF the Ananias club. like all
others who have come into dispute
with President Roosevelt | am now
to be classed with Senators Chandler,
Tillman. AMI Bailey, and with others
who have questioned some act or word
of the president Like every other
American gentleman who has a wife
to protect, undertook to defend her
name from insinuations and charges OF
falsehood'
Mr.. Storer then reiterated much that
appeared In his first statement which
he claims was intended for private cir
culation, and added that he has four
letters bearing on the controversy as
to the promotion OF Archbishop Ireland.
| all OF which, he asserts, tend TO bear
| out his contention that II obeyed the
explicit Instructions Of Mr. Roosevelt in
| acting as did with regard 10 the pro-
| motion"
Continuing, Mr.. Storer said
WHAT IRELAND SAID.
Archbishop Ireland told me also
| that the president ON several occasions
| in conversations with him took the
| credit for the election ne now re-
| pudiates."
MIR. Storer continued
''The crux of the whole matter
which led to my removal was the ac-
ton taken by Mrs. Storer and myself
with regard 10 the promotion OF Arch
bishop John Ireland Of 81, Paul,
to cardinalatc. In my letter 10 the
president and cabinet | cited letters
written by Roosevelt to me speaking
In the highest terms of Monsignor Ire
land and expressing the personal wish
that the country might profit by his
promotion to the cardinalate. Dec =,
1903. l had nm audience with Pope
Puix X at which / transmitted vei'-
hal note. the basis of which had been
given mo by President Roosevelt. 1
was particularly careful In its propar-
alton and after TRANSFERRING 1t into
English | translated 1t into French
and conveyed Il to the pope.
The communication was as fol-
lows:
COMMUNICATION TO POPE.
f" He said 10. me. and authorized 10
say to your holiness that the arch
bishop OF ST. Paul is his personal
friend, and that he possessed his whole
confidence as u prelate and as q citi-
zen, that he earnestly desired Monsig-
nor Ireland all the honors in his
church, and that he would view with
The greatest pleasure and satisfaction
his elevation TO the rank of cardinal
Now as to the charge that | acted
without warrant IN this matter, | have
only to cite the fact that Archbishop
Ireland In conversation with me told
me that President Roosevelt mad told
him of all | had done and instead OF
critclslng me for my actions seemed to .
take great credit to himself
Everything was all right until sec
I ton OF New York church men began to
agitate the elevation OF another archr
| bishop other than Mopsignor Ireland
/ They pointed out 10 Roosevelt that the
| New York prelate had at least as much
| claim to the red hat as the archbishop
of ct. Paul. This resulted In much per-
! turbation at tho White House and let
ters were sent TO me by Roosevelt
| pointing out that what might be very
| appropriate as to the opinion of pri-
| yate citizen would come with a very
! bad grace as president OF the United
| States
VIEWS NOT OFFICIAL.
Every one with grain OF senss
/ knows that There has never been a
I question az TO that. | knew In the en-
| tire transaction that | was not pre-
senting the officials views OF the presl-
| dent. This separation OF the official
! and personal sides Of the matter Is
| not unique Mckinley did the Same
/ thing He favored the elevation OF
( MonsiguOr Ireland but he did not do
so as the president OF the United States.
| Roosevelt favored the elevation OF tho
archbishop but he did not do so under
! the great seal OF the United States.
| All that was perfectly clear and there
I was no chance for miscanstruction.
ION my word. | thNght was obey
/ ing the personal request OF Theodore
/ Roosevelt when / presented his oral
| note TO Pope Plus y.
Il caused all the correspondence IN
/ the case To be compiled into a pamphlet
under legal advice and had It printed
I In Boston soon after | reached home
! wish 10 state that each Of II was sent
/ out with q personal letter requesting
I personal consideration. The result was
! that the main part OF the pamphlet
was sent broadcast from Washington
I 10 various news channels
REASONS FOR PAMPHLET.
"My reasons Tor publishing the pamph-
/ let was twofold. In the flrst place. Ike
any American husband. II was my
I duty to defend the name ~ my wife
from lmputatons Of alleged wrong
/ doing; IN the second place !; was ohil-
! gatory upon me 90 defend myself and
/ not allow the American nation to
think that I weakly accepted the action
| of the president IN removing Inc.
MIR. Roosevelt Is a man OF great ca
| pabllity. He Is impulsive and head
| strong. He Is active but his point "
view is subject 70 change like that of
every other man. He demands that