New-York tribune., 1906-12-10

Senator Hanna, which the thaf he be rtvs, ne in
formation in order to answer you setre.sry @ nsy
feels. OF course e1eeeohSia @ manner to any outsider
and feels that there should be some oiGias reo1ks
EsS SsSfs5' fo YOU Sa instead GnE RsL''
hardly think y,6e y0n oeu'9 You say. for instance,
about the dismissal Hurst II 90 96O W the man
re hsf eGanInS o, hS with common servant. have
si adoa ass5 oi sns ns sh
II may BE- nons Of of your y;Nirs3ra business nor Minis
o9S n cops a1~ this amounts to bitter attack upon
the administration. Of which you are part par as You
make S stsss S9d Of e whom
serving Il these asfy hfTes yUG %sff In WTns to shs
Senator ba in such fashion As it happens they are
nto m6rs Carefully this have reports be-
fore me from Ambassador McC9rTniek ana ~. rom =
man in whose Judgment the department has abse-
lutte confidence No other action was possible IN
VIZ know sa%y that says not hut n
sSrey. on Thinking over The mattel you will sss
6s uBsn Tna such S but e
the effect II To lsS6er y6 that in reerence to
affecting the Catholic Church events have con-
usye she that s c.ap sq OF ang ded OF
word in Rome or elsewhere which & wo9id on seem 10 20
-FOUR p0s9Sn 9ae ron o hs repoPt ep In the
newspapers about your calling at the Vatican has has
hof hof ca,Ivou may merely have seen cardinal
privateybut the unpessant tax over 1ne adS
while you are in your present position
nether Of us us in his public relations s to act
Catholic Protestant, Jew or Gentile. ana we
but SO o. to carry ourselves as to show that we are
doing what is right shall ask you not TO aHGte
with any affair Of the Catholic Church. and your
sfT rnunG nG FOR 70 'aSs e Seef that as an
Ambassador striving TO interfere IN tne srtTs
yours y6 rs' THEODORE ROOSEVELT
In response to this Mr.. Storer wrote me let
ter rendering his resignation. not as he asserts,
because of anything in connection With his visit
to the Vatican, but solely because Of his conduct
in the Hurst matter.
In this letter. in answer to mine Of December
30 he makes absolutely allusiOn whatever
to what said in that letter as to his call at the
Vatican; this letter Of mine shows that had
then never heard from him that he called at
the Vatican and his absolute silence at the
time shows that what ne says now the sub
ject is a pure afterthought. He never in any
way dissented from the statements l made IN
these three letters of December 10, q and 80;
and In this letter Of January 49, in which he
rendered his resignation. his whole concern was
over his conduct in the Hurst affair.
His letter runs IN part as follows Cali the
omitted parts referring also exclusively to the
Hurst matter):
January 1s, 1904
letter Of December - that made an error OF
date The letter wrote Hanna as aso tne tas
February %. 1903, instead Of in January, az In:
your second second letter Of December go
My writing any letter in the terms did was In
eexcusable. and that I admit fully and with the
would clear me in Mt HAYS eyes. viii you 6and
him the inclosed note Of personal apology? But
beg you will do this not as you think wise. as
by personal repentance Therefore. give or burn
this note, you deem best. Not 20 justify my
TO explain the affair. I must call attention to the
difference of procedure in this consular case 20
what had supposed was precedent. :. All
this is excuse for public officer writing as did
If in weighing the matter II seems as II I by
my own act, have lost the conddence of the secre-
treat me as you would any other public ofncer for
the good Of the service. Without the confidence OF
your own sake, should wish that my leaving the
IN the spTng or e eaT As Siso GnS
would be better TO have it known after June. In
Which should Wish to postpone until the ain Of
the the campaign is on thank M you my dear Theo-
doubt your absolute loyalty IN friendship TO me
fai'n'"iIH BEk%AMr kfuAIs sroRER.
There could be no fuller confession OF wrong
doing or more absolute throwing himself upon
the mercy of his superior. 1t this letter
which 7 answered, saying, he has himself
quoted, that would treat the incident as closed
and would not accept his resignation, and that
was sure that John Hav felt as did with pc
culiar perfdy Mr. Storer now seeks to turn this
act Of cordial, and think may add generous,
friendship on my part into an attack upon me.
by treating my refusal to accept his resignation
as an Endorsement OF his position in the matter
OF the Vatican, to which there was absolutely no
allUsion whatever Of any kind or sort in his
letter OF resignation. This bare recital of facts
Is In Itself the severest possible condemnation
OF Mr.. Storer's disingenuousness.
Very truly yours,
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
The Hon. Elfhu Root, Secretary of State.
President Roosevelt requested The Associated
Press tonight to say that no hint or intima-
ton OF the Bellamy Storer pamphlet containing
the correspondence between the President and
Mr.. and Mrs. storer was given out at the White
House.
The former ambassador. tho President stated.
not only sent his "open letter to members OF
the Cabinet. but to at least dozen members of
the Senate and House. He added that Mr..
Storer had desire to keep the contents OF the
pamphlet a secret, and that undoubtedly IL was
his desire that the letter find its wav into print