The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-11
STORER COMES BACK HARD
 AT PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT I

great political leader to explain and champion my administration.
 If I could at any time fill this want, l should most ardently desire to do so. In other words, for a cabinet place the man should, If possible, be not only en- inently fit for the administration of his department but also if possible, party leader rof weight, and further more, 1t is rarely that one can i'll cabinet position with reference only to itself-all surrounding conditions must be taken into account.
 Now as to foreign affairs, my inqui- ries speedily develop the fact that Catholic just at present would not be a man whom 1t would be wise to send to Germany. For wholly different req sons 1t would be unwise to send him to Italg. T had not thought of or known either Of these facts when I advocated Bellamy's going to Italy As soon as I made inquiry as to the effect both here and abroad of appointments to Ger many and Italy. found what the facts were, In no other court would the question of Catholicism cause any seri- ous trouble; but have not the slight est idea whether any man intends at present to leave his position.
 Of Porter, In France, I hear nothing but the strongest praise. He seems to have done peculiarly well. It would be an injustice of a fragrant kind to turn him out at the present time. It is, of course, always possible that I may make shift, and If in doing so France should become vacant, should offer 1t to Bellamy at once unless 1t happened that I was able to offer him cabinet position, but as things are just at this time, I do not see the Likelihood of such condition arising I have written with the minutest detail, for I want you to understand exactly how the things now stand.
 Faithfully yours,
 Theodore Roosevelt.
 The President says. he assertion that I authorized him to make such a statement as he says he was author ized to make to the Pops, Is untrue. gave him no such authorization"
 He omits to note that he himself told Archbishop Ireland that he had done so, and the letter af tAe latter to me, which I had quoted. I have ready to submit with other letters of what the President told Archbishop Ireland relative to his message through me to the Pope.
 ''FIe says, and is supported by Mir Loeb, that he never received my letter reporting in detail my visit to the Vat ican.
 That letter was written and mailed at Meran. within the Austrian frontier. at my first momeut of stop long enough to write after leaving Rome The date is the 4th or 9th of December, 1903 and the letter is the one referred to by me in my own letter to the Pres ident of January 10. 1904, where say As wrote you exactly what I did and said' you may judge whether I over stepped
 Tt is a pity the letter in question cannot be found.
 As To ResigBation.
 ''The President charges Tne with 'dIs- ingenuousness' in the matter of rny resignation fin January, 1904. the ono which was refused by him. and says that my resignation was based on an- other reason entirely than my going to the Vatican to convey his message. and his treatment of tue matter after ward.
 He had in the strongest terms, al- ready forbidden me to refer to that matter, and already forbidden me to quote him again in reference to 1t. It was. therefore, quite proper and nat uraf not to speak of it, but simply to leave 1t to him to accept my resigna- tion on any ground he chose, or on no ground at all, if he saw fit.
 'eThe Hurst incident, in which in prin- ciple was right, I felt I had been wrong in detail, and was not afraid to say so; afforded me a perfect opportu- nifty to tender my resignation without aBdn trouphnB Ihe FFesluentS suScep- abilities regarding his message to Rome. If the word Vatican was not mentioned in my letter of resignation, the facts were in existence within the knowledge of the President all the same.
 Tt was five months only before the renominating convention and was de- sirous of avoiding any possible em- barrassment to Mir. Roosevelt in any way. This now becomes particular perfidy' on my part in the view and language of the President of the Unit ed States.
 "As I have already said, my original letter is really an answer to everything else that is contained in the Presidents communication to the press. ask de- liberate judgment on it in reply to what he has seen fit to charge upon me and mine"