Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-10
STORER SAYS THAT
NEW YORK CLIQUE
CAUSED TROUBLE.
Churchmen Agitated the Eleva-
ton of Another Archbishop
Than Mgr. Ireland.
DENIAL OF THE PRESIDENT
Roosevelt Declares That Storer I'm
portuned Him for Promotion
With Much Insistence.
DID NOT INTRIGUE FOR PRELATE
Assertions Of the Former Ambassador
Il in Toto Are Absolutely Refuted
by Roosevelt-The Intimacies
l. Of the Persons Involved
Shown.
DID NOT INTRIGUE FOB PRELATE

The President last night made
public his reply to the charges made
against him by Bellamy Storer,
who was summarily dismissed from
his post as ambassador from the
! United States to Austria-Hungary,
and the latter is out with another
brief statement today. in which he
announces that the President has
elected him member of the "An-
anias Club" At the White House
it is asserted that the matter will
be allowed to rest, and that for the
present no further statements will
be made. The President, however,
may confer further with the foreign
relations committee.
CINCINNATI, Ohio, December 1o.-Be1-
lamy Storer former ambassador from the
United States to Austria Hungary, today
replied briefly to the statements contained
in President Roosevelt's letter to Secretary
OF State Root, which was given to the press
last night, insisting on the position he had
heretofore taken reiterating the statements
made by him In the statement to the mem
bers of the foreign relations committees Of
Congress, made public last week.
Mr.. Storer today said:
ct seem to have been elected a member Of
the .Ananias Cub like all others who
have come into dispute with President
Roosevelt. 1 am now to be classed with
Senator's Chandler, Tillman. Bailey and
with others who have questioned some act
or word Of the President Like every other
American gentleman who has a wife to pro-
tect, / undertook to defend her name from
insinuations and charges of falsehood"
Mr.. Storer then reiterated much that ap-
peared in his first statement, intended for
private circulation he claims, and added
that he has four letters bearing on the con-
troversy as to the promotion of Archbishop
ireland, all of which he claims tend to bear
out his contention that he obeyed the ex-
plicit Instructions of President Roosevelt
In acting as he did with regard to the pro-
motion
Crux Of the Matter.
THE crux of the whole matter which led
to my removal was the action taken by
Mrs. Storer and myself with regard to the
promotion of Archbishop John Ireland of
st. Paul to the cardinalate. In my letter
to the President and cabinet l cite letters
written by Roosevelt to me speaking in
the highest terms of Mgr. Ireland and ex-
pressing the personal wish that the coun-
try might profit by his promotion to the
cardinalate. December 2. 1908, had an
audience with Pope Piux x at which
transmitted verbal note the basis of
which had been given me by President
Roosevelt. 1 was particularly careful in
its preparation. and after transcribing it
= into English 1 translated it into French
and conveyed 1t to the pope.
Told the President.
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 DOS
sessed his whole confidence prelate and
as citizen; that he earnestly desired for
Monsignor Ireland all the honors of the
church, and that he would view with the
greatest pleasure and satisfaction the ele-
walton to the rank of cardinal of Monsgnor
Ireland
Now. a to the charge that acted with
out warrant in this matter. 1 have only to
cite the fact that Archbishop Ireland in
conversation with me told me that Presl-
dent Roosevelt had told him of all 1 had
done, and instead of criticizing me for nv
actions, seemed to take great credit to him.
. self."
Cause of the Trouble
Everything was all right until section
of New York churchmen began to agitate
the elevation OF another archbishop than
Mgr. Ireland. They pointed out to Roose-
welt that the New York prelate had at least
as much claim to the red hat as the arch
bishop of ST. Paul. This resulted in much
perturbation at the White House. and let
tiers were sent to me by Roosevelt point
Ing out that what might be very appropr-
ate as the opinion of a private citizen would
come with a very bad grace as President
of the United States
Every one with grain of sense knows
that. There has never been question as
to that / knew in the entire transaction
that / was not presenting the official views
of the President. This separation of the
official and personal sides of the matter is
not unique. Mckinley did the same thing.
He favored the elevation of Mgr. Ireland
but he did not do as President of the
United States. Roosevelt favored the eleva-