Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-12-10
or, indeed, in any WAY in
the affairs of any church.
Tha 1 IL /. Passed

promotion, or, indeed, in any WAY In
the affairs of any church.
The Lie is Passed.
This was all the position took in all
private conversations, and the asser-
ton that in any private conversation l
took an opposite position is not only an
untruth, but AN absurd untruth. Mr..
Storer asserts that ne and Mrs. Storer
ard various other people, after CONVEX
sations with me, put down memoranda
as to what they remembered what
had said. II such action was taken, IL
was, Of course, simply dishononaole'
The Storers were my guests at the time
when, as they assert, they made THESE
memoranda Of private conversation
with me. AS matter Of fact, the
statements they allege me to have
made were not made. save insofar as
what they allege me to have said
agreed with what wrote to them.
Mrs. Storer wrote me with great
freedom, and sometimes it was difficult
to know quite how to answer. Both
she and Mr.. Storer made attacks upon
all sorts of people, especially disn:tar-
les of her own church AT one time
she wrote me with great bitterness
against the Protestant missionaries
who were being sent to the Philip.
pines. at the same time requesting me
to champion Archbishop Ireland be-
cause he had been loyal to the United
States during the war with Spain,
which she asserted was not true as to
another Catholic archbishop, whom she
named. While was always reluctant
to write in way that would hurt the
feelings of either Of the Storers. on this
occasion I thought it necessary to
write just what my position was: and
according replied as follows,
Here is given the letter to Mrs. Storer
an outline of which was given in these
dispatches Saturday.
Wanted Husband Promoted.
As soon as 1 became president I
began to receive letters from Mrs.
Storer asking for the promotion of Mr..
Storer, and letters from both of them
complaining that the work in Madrid
was uncongenial and complaining also
Of the character and standing of vari-
Gus persons in the public service. On
Sept. %, 1901, eight days after Presi-
dent McKinley's death, Mrs. Storer
wrote me, urging that should appoint
Mr.. Storer to the cabinet, the letter
running: please give him either the
navy OR war. . / play that Bellamy,
who SO richly deserves it, shall have a
chance for honorable service at home
to his country" When explained that
I did not intend to make any changes
in the cabinet, she wrote me on Octo-
Der II, suggesting the embassies at
London and Paris as fit places for her
husband, and stating that Mr.. Choate
and General Porter We're not proper
persons to be ambassadors.
In view of the intense indignation of
Mr. and Mrs. Storer at his being re-
moved from the office nov, there is a
certain element Of the comic in their
Choate or Mr.. Porter for the purpose
Of giving Mr.. Storer a new position.
received many letters of this general
tenor, enumerating their hardships and
services and enemies. AS Mr.. Storer
in his pamphlet quotes letter of Mo-
vember "a, from me, marked personal,
in which I told his wife that he should
be made special ambassador at the
marriage Of the king Of Spain, alleging
that this was fresh mark of my APP
prevail Of his conduct, may mention
that the letter containing this state
ment on my part was in answer to one
from Mrs. Storer in which she begged
for the appointment of her husband,
her letter running in part as follows
please, please send US to Madrid as
special ENJOYS to the wedding. 1t
would be very appropriate, and would
love it, It is hard to find exact words
in which to criticize Mr.. Storer's ef-
forts to twist the meaning of my
granting request in such style.
The Verbal Request.
There remains for me to discuss but
one matter, and that is Mr.. Storer's as
sertion that altho in my letters / per-
sistently refused to ask the pope to
promote Archbishop Ireland to be IA car
dfnal. nevertheless gave him a YER
bal message commissioning him to
make the request, on my behalf, of the
pope. Mr.. Storer also asserts that
President Mckinley took similar
course, commissioning a gentleman
whom he named to ask the appointment
of Archbishop Ireland as cardinal, "as
a personal favor to him." the president
and as IAN honor to the country" This
is the direct contrary of what Presi-
dent Mckinley told me was his attitude
in the matter.
President Roosevelt here gives let
ter from Mr.. Cortelyou, who was then
President McKinley's private secretary,
substantiating this claim. The letter is
dated December 1, 1906.