Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1906-12-11

written by Roosevelt to me speak
ing in the highest terms of Monsignor |
ireland and expressing the personal !
wish that the country might profit !
b5' his promotion to tire cnrdinaiate !,
December -. 1903, nau ar audi
ence with pune Plus y. a! which l
transmitted a verha. note the basis +,
OF which had beer. given me by Pres ,
ldent Roosevelt. ! "a' particularly I
careful in it's preparation and after
transcribing it into English. 1 trans
lated it into French and conveyed 1t
Ito the pope. The communication
was as follows:
"'He said to me, and authorized
me to say to your holiness, that the
archbishop of st. Paul is his personal
friend and that he possessed his
whole confidence as prelate and as
a citizen; that he earnestly desired
Signor ireland all the honors in his
church, and that he would view with
the greatest pleasure and satisfaction
his elevation to the rank of cardinal
..Now as to the charge that acted
without warrant in this matter. be-
lieve it only necessary to cite the fact
THAT Archbishop Ireland in CONVEX
Isation with me told me that Presi-
dent Roosevelt had told him OF all
II had done and instead of criticizing
me for my actions, seemed to take
great credit to himself.
Everything was all right until
Isection of New York churchmen be-
1gan to agitate the elevation OF anoth-
Ter archbishop other than Monsignor
ireland They pointed out to Roose-
Ivelt that the New York prelate had
lat least as much claim to the red hat
! as the archbishop Of st. Paul. This
J resulted in much perturbation at the
. white House and letters were sent
to me by Roosevelt pointing out that
what might be very appropriate as to
the opinion Of a private citizen would
! come with very bad grace as presi-
dent Of the United States.
His Private Opinion Only.
Everyone with grain of sense
knows that there has never been q
. Iquestion as to that. I know In the
entire transaction that I was not pre-
senting the official views of the presf-
dent. This separation Of the official
, lend personal sides of the matter is
, mot unique. Mckinley did the same
!, lining. He favored the elevation OF
] lMonsignor Ireland, but he did not dc
. so as the president Of the United
. Estates. Roosevelt favored the eleva-
I ton of the archbishop but he did not
/ do SO under the great seal Of the
: limited States. All that was perfect
= lly clear and there was no chance fol
d lmisconstruction.
e ION my word, I thought I was
/ LOBBYING the personal request Of
" Theodore Roosevelt when I presented
his oral note to Pope Plus X.
II caused all the correspondence IL
1.-THE case to be compiled into a pamph
n let under legal advice and had j
h lprinted in Boston soon after reached
= home. wish to state that each
] loopy Of it was sent out with a person
tal letter requesting personal consid
lcration. The result was that tn
II main part Of the pamphlet was sen
d broadcast from Washington to vari
to GUS news channels.
" my reasons for publishing tn
At pamphlet were two fold. In the frs
ID lplace, like any American husband,
to was my duty to defend the name O
my wife from imputations of allege
r. wronk-doing; in the second place
t. was obligatory upon me to defen
ne myself and not allow the America
I'd lnetion to think that / weakly accept
In ed the action of the president In re
er moving me.
tn Mr.. Roosevelt is a man OF gres
t. capability. He Is impulsive an
In lheadstrong. He is active, but h
OF point of view is subject to chang
like that Of every other man. H
ID, demands that things move his wa
+ and objects if they do not.
Executive Holds the Whip.
III What has become of the govern
-. ment we had seven years ago? Wh'
50 the trend OF our national affairs
- The government Is centered in OF
~ man. AS long as that man 10 capabl
Nv, honest and patriotic all may be we
M, but suppose he was not and the san
q, amount of power was given into h
IN hands? What would be the result
10, Personally. l have no notion VIII
al the ultimate outcome Of this dispu
TIN win be. / have been looking ov
ire heaps of correspondence since I ha'
ak teen at home but am not ready
TO this time to take 1t up"
pd1 Mr.. Storer showed letter fro
all VICE President Roosevelt July !
1900, in which the reason for Il
In transfer Of the Storers from Madr
I I 1t, Vienna was made clear. Nj
lot iStorer had requested the change b
err icouse Of the health of her son, WI
ig- was suffering from pulmonary col
the plant and could not visit her on a
ing tcount of the climate of Madrid.
at he letter, Vice President Roosev
ter states that he would urge the traT
ex- fer particularly because of this IA