The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-10

Pope see At to crafty them
l am informed that Cardinal Satolli at
once reported TO the Pope the Presidents
conversation with him, as the President
evidently intended him to do.
Immediately after the election of Novem-
Der, 1904, I wrote to the President making
formal tender of my resignation, as Is usually
done by Ambassadors and Ministers on the
eve Of a change in administration, in order
that the new President may DO free to make
a new appointment if he wishes. To this
l received the following reply:
The President TO Mr. storer.
WHITE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 0, 1905.
DEAR BELLAMY: l accept your resignation
and shall reappoint you as Ambassador to
unless. on talking II over with John
Hay. II seems best simply not TO accept the
resignation.
Whether I can later transfer you elsewhere
or not l do not know. II l am not able to. it
may be that l shall want after. say. three years
to put In Charles y. Francis. ex-Minister to
Greece-son OF Francis who was Minister to
Vienna for a year. He was q good man In
the diplomatic service. He has a great senti-
mental desire to succeed his father in Austria
and did substantial work in this last campaign.
i MAY not want 10 10 Jnlt, Dub - 10 pObslDl5
that 1 should like to. With best wishes.
faithfully yours, THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
l never received any other answer than
this 20 my letter Of resignation, which re-
NAMED Enacted on, and l continued az
Ambassador without reappointment. At
any time thereafter my letter could have
been acted on and my place vacated by a
simple communication to me accepting
the resignation, for nothing more was
needed from me to put my place at the i'm
mediate disposal Of the Government.
Nothing was lone at Rome respecting
the appointment OF any American to the
office Of Cardinal, not withstanding earlier
intimations that Archbishop Ireland was
to be appointed, and toward the End OF
lsOSs1 was reported in Rome that this was
becaAse the President had caused il to be
known there that he now favored he APP
pointment Of Archbishop Farley. This
rlmor was hardly credible. but, as it was
currently circulated and believed in Rome,
IL seemed to call for notice. Accordingly,
Mrs. Storer wrote to the President on
November 20, 1905, the following letter, call
ing his attention to the report:
Mrs. stOrer 10 the President.
AMERICAN EMBASSY.
VIENNA, Nov. 20. 1895.
DEAR THEODORE. | want to write to You
in confidence of something which | have heard
from Rom Princess AleXandrine Win
disch-GraetZ has told me.
She knew the Pope very well in Venice when
he was Patriarch aud has seen him often since
ae the Vatican. About eighteen months ago
the Pope told her that he intended TO appoint
Archbishop Ireland Cardinal. He said: II
studidto la causd sdrd fdttO" (I have studied
the question. H. shall be done, The Pope
went on to say that there would be no consis-
tory that year and perhaps not before the
end of 1905. but that Archbishop Ireland's
appointment was a certainty because the Pope
believed II would please the American nom
Catholics and the American President.
Everything seemed settled. when Cardinal
Merry del Val who IL personally not friendly
10 Archbishop Ireland because OF the Arch
bishops patriotism during our war with
SPAIN announced that The President OF the
United states has asked for the elevation of
iro ArchbishOps. therefore he cannot care
very much about either.
PHn.BrN WENT TO THE POPE?
1t is said that a Mr.. Philbin went 10 Roms
with u request from you that Archbishop
Farley should be raised 10 the Cardinalate.
This has wiped out Archbishop Ireland
without promoting the Archbishop OF New
York. The diocese OF New York represents
las it did in the lifetime OF Archbishop
Corriganl the foreign and reactiOnary spirit
which IL hurtful to our country and hos
tile 10 our schools and instit ution3. | can
no believe that you have asked for the
recognition of this Element and that Arch
bishop Ircland's great work should reap no
harves. OF future Influence would be a mis-
fortune to the American Republic. II This
assert ion be- not true | bog of YOU TO set 1t
right. 1 could take a cable from you TO Rome
myself and put Il directly into the Pope's
hand without Cardinal Merry del Val's knowl-
edge or Interference. You can trust me
really. Please do not be angry with me for
writing 10 YOU about this. You know that
YOU can trust me We are Of one mind al
though Of different creeds. Always laffeo-
iionately yours,
MARIA LoNGwORTH SToRER.
A few DAYS later Mrs. Storer wrote TO
Judge Taft a confidential letter OF the same
import as the above, Of which, however,
l nave no copy. In hat letter we're en-
closed copies of three letters which Mrs.
Storer had received, one from the Princess
A~lexandrine Windsor GraetZ, one from
Cardinal Merry del Val and one from
Archbishop Keane. As later these en-
closures were made the subject OF comment
by the President, | attach copies Of the first
two. CSee Nos. 1 and ? appended.) have
no copy Of Archbishop Kedne's letter.
Il p e that the letter of Mrs. Storer 20
Judge Taft vas shown not only TO the
President, but TO Mr.. Root, who had then
become Secretary Of State. Mr.. Root, I
may point out, was probably ignorant of
what had been previously done by me and
Others in Church matters during the secre-
taryship Of bis predecessor, Mr.. Hay.
While Mrs. Storer's letter was on its way
she received a letter from the President
which, though it has no immediate bearing
upon the matters now under discussion, |
will quote as showing that the President
could then have been feeling nc dissatis-
faction with my official conduct, but was
proposing to give me fresh marks Of his APP
proval:
The President TO Mrs. stOrer.
The WHITE HOUSE,.
Personal. WAsBINGroN. Nov. %. 1905.
DEAR MARIA-Al right: in Pie event OF the
marriage Of the King Of Spain. Bellamy shall
be made special Ambassador. shall see
that the State Department gives nothing to