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quested to read this letter and hand II
to her. IL is difficult to stlgmatize
merely as folly the proposition thar
Under these conditions the presidents
letter required no answer.
1T is never pleasant to have TO dis
cuss personal affairs or 10 quote or eX.
plain from personal correspondence.
which Is one reason why II Is held 70
be peculiarly ungentlemanly thing
to publish private correspondence. But
as Mr.. Storer IN his extraordinary
pamphlet prints various letters writ,
ten by himself, by me and by Mrs
Storer, shall set forth briefly the
facts Of the case, giving certain letters
which are necessary in order 20 I'm
derstand clearly those which he prints.
II first met the Storers while | was
civil service commissioner, and he had
come to Washington rs a congress
man. They were then kind and friend.
ly In their relations with me and my
family. | retained a lively recollec.
ton Of this kind and friendly attitude
and because of the affection II in
spired | submitted TO conduct from
Mr.. and Mrs Storer TO which | would
have submitted from no other ambas
sador and his wife, and did not re
sent their actions until II became eyi
dent that they were likely to damage
American interests. Mrs. Storer In.
sisted to me often that their change
of creed had proved n deadly blow to
her husbands career and they were
suffering for conscience's sake. I ac-
cepted this statement as true, and II
gave me Il certain chivalric feeling
that ! ought TO do what could to help
them and be as patient as possible
with them.
Under President Mckinley Mr.
Storer was made minister first to Bel
GUM and then to Spain. About the
time of my accession to the vice presi-
dency l wrote at President McKinleys
request to Mr.. or Mrs. Storer that the
president desired me TO say that Mr.
Storer was ultimately to be made an
ambassador. Mr.. and Mrs. Storer
were greatly interested in securing the
promotion of Archbishop Ireland TO be
a cardinal | had and have sincere
respect and admiration for Archbishop
Ireland, respect and admiration
which have often publicly expressed.
The letters from me to Mr.. and Mrs.
Storer quoted in Mr.. Storer's pam
phlet give with precision my views
both upon Archbishop Ireland and up
on the possibility or. propriety of my
taking In his behalf the steps which
the Storers asked, and | can add moth,
ing to what these letters themselves
show. When they first wrote to me on
the subject l was governor of New
York.
Not being president myself and not
having thought out with clearness the
exact situation, / asked President Nc
Kinley whether he could properly do
anything to help Archbishop Ireland
He responded that 1t was not Il mat
ter with which he could with propriety
interfere, although he expressed him
self as having the same high opinion
of the archbishop that had. | had a
further conversation with the presi-
dent on the subject, either just before
or just after my election as vice presi-
dent, In which he stated what he felt
was the proper positioh-a position
with which | absolutely agreed.
Following this conversation, in my
letter to Mrs. Storer of Nov. %, 1900,
quoted by Mr.. Storer in his pamphlet.
l stated with absolute clearness N.Y.
position and why it was out of the
question for the president TO try TO get
any archbishop made cardinal, and all
the letters quoted by Mr.. Storer as
having been subsequently written by
me to him or to his wife take precisely
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