Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1906-12-20
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
AND BELLAMY STORER
OLD RECORDS THROW INTEREST
ING LIGHTS ON ROOSEVELT
sToRER CONTROVERSY.
Special to the Herald.

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Special to the Herald.
Washington, Dec. 20.-A search o.
the records and old newspaper files tC
find something bearing on the state
ment of Bellamy Storer-which was
fatty contradicted by Mr.. Cortelyou-
to the effect that the late President
Mckinley had used his influence in
an endeavor to secure the red hat for
Archbishop Ireland has brought to
light many forgotten facts in relation
to the now famous controversy.
1t would appear that neither Presi-
dent Roosevelt nor the late President
Mckinley was the first to become in
volved in controversy in regard to
alleged efforts to have the st. Paul
prelate elevated to the cardinalate.
In leading daily papers of August 6,
1892. appeared the following:
Chicago, Aug. Ga special from
before the Minneapolis convention,
pressure was brought to bear upon
President Harrison to get him to write
letter to the pope, asking that Arch
bishop Ireland be made a cardinal. He
refused. A few days before the con-
vention further strong pressure re-
suited in a letter being written by
Secretary of State Blaine, authorized
by President Harrison, saying his APP
pointment as a cardinal would not only
please American Catholics, but would
be personally pleasing to President
Harrison. This statement comes from
Father Phelan, editor of the Western |
Waterman"
Two days later a reporter of the
New York Herald called on President
Harrison at Loop Lake. He reported:
Il again asked the president this
afternoon for statement regarding
the letter he is alleged to have written
to the pope regarding the comforting
of cardinalate upon Archbishop Ire
land l do not wish to talk upon that
subject said the president, and the
Herald should not ask me-"
In regard to Archbishop Ireland's
efforts with President Mckinley to ap-
point Bellamy Storer United States
minister to Rome, after the presidents
refusal to make Storer assistant secre-
tary of state, there appeared in the
Cincinnati Post, just ten years ago this
week, the following item:
Archbishop ireland of St Paul,
Mimi, has been to see President-elect
Mckinley in behalf of BeGamy storer
of Cincinnati.
Archbishop Ireland will be remem-
bered as having issued a long state
ment during the recent campaign, in
which he declared for Mckinley for
president After the election the arch
bishop congratulated Mckinley by
wire, and received from the president
elect an acknowledgment, in which the
archbishop was thanked for the SER {
vices he had rendered Mckinley in the =,
campaign.
This was followed soon afterward l
by visit of Bethany Storer and Thorn
as McDougall TO Canton, where a long
conference was held with the presi- e,
dent-elect, and the announcement was
then made that Storer was slated for :
the French mission. A few days later \
Archbishop Ireland was a guest at the
Storer mansion, on Grandin Road, and
following this was the announcement c
that Storer had been converted to
Catholicism.
Saturday afternoon Archbishop Ire. ,
land arrived in Chicago from st. Paul. \
and had long interview with Presi- !,
dent-elect Mckinley. Saturday even :
ing Storer received telegram from :,
Archbishop Ireland, which read as fol- a
lows:
Chicago, Dec. 19.-Long, pleasant
and encouraging interview. VIII write G
fully from St Paul
Archbishop Ireland then returned q
to st. Paul, and ex-Congressman storer Il
is awaiting letter from him. h
Owing to the efforts being made !.
by Storer, it is now thought that he is Il
aiming higher than the French mis- p,
sion, and that he either wants 10 go 4
TO the court Of St James or seeks a Il
cabinet position. At all events, It is n
considered certain that Storer and =,
Thomas McDougall were not able to ;,
get the assurance from Mckinley that
Storer would receive the Office he
sought Otherwise he would not have
found it necessary to send Archbishop >
Ireland to Chicago to see the presi- al
dent-elect" 81