The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-11
PIANiNG DOWN
THE PRESIDENT
BelIarny Storer ReiterateS the
Charge Concerning Activity
in Behalf of Ireland.
CLEAR CASE OF BUTTING IN
DIPLOMAT DITcHED WHEN 1T BE-
CAME NECESSARY.

CAME NECESSARY.
Cincinnati. o., Dec. 1O.-Bellamy
Storer, former ambassador TO Austria
Hungary, today replied briefly to the
statements contained i'm President
ROosevelts letter to Secretary of State
Root. which was given to the press
last night. insisting on the position he
had heretofore taken, and reiterating
the statements made by him in the
statement to the members of the for
eign relations committees of congress.
made public last week
Mr.. Storer today said:
Il seem to have been elected mem
her 0f the 'Ananias club like all others
who have come into dispute with Pres
ident Roosevelt. | am now to be
Ciassed with Senators Chandler. Till
man and Bailey, and with others who
have questioned some act or word of
the president, Like every other Amer
lean gentleman who has wife to pro-
tect, l undertook to defend her name
from destinations and charges of false
hood
Has More Ammunition.
Mr.. StOrer then reiterated much that
appeared in his first statement which
he claims was intended for private cir
CulatiOn. and added that he has four
letters bearing on the controversy as
10 the promotion of Archbishop Ire
land, all of which he asserts tend to
bear out his contention that Il obeyed
the explicit instructions Of Mr.. Roose-
Welt in acting as 1 did with regard to
the promotion"
Continuing Mr.. Storer said:
A rob T,rD1
that the president on several occa-
siOns in conversations with him took
the credit for the action he now repu-
dates
Mr.. Storer continued:
The cruX of the whole matter which
led to my removal was the action taken
by Mrs. StOrer and myself with regard
10 the promotion of Archbishop John
ireland of st. Paul TO the cardinalate.
In my letter TO the president and cab |
met ] cited letters written by Roose- /
Welt TO me speaking in the highest /
terms of Monsignor Ireland and ex- 4
pressing the personal wish that the |
country might profit by his promotion |
to the cardinalate.
Visit to Pope Plus X.
Dec ., 1903, had an audience with |
Pope Plus y, at which 1 transmitted a /
verbal note the basis of which had |
1 was particularly careful in it's prep |
aration, and after transcribing 1t into |
English 1 translated il into French |
and conveyed it TO the pope.
THE communication was as follows: /
He said TO me- and authorized me /
10 say to your holiness that the arch
bishop of st. Paul is his personal |
friend, and that he possessed his whole |
confidence as a prelate and as q citi- |
zen, that he earnestly desired Mon /
signOr ireland all the honors in lis /
church. and that he would view with
the greatest pleasure and satisfaction
his elevation to the rank of cardinal
Roosevelt Took the Credit.
Now. as to the charge that l acted
without warrant i'm this matter. I have
only to cite the fact that Archbishop
Ireland, in conversation with me, told
me that President Roosevelt had told
him Of all I had done and instead of
Criticising me for my actions. seemed |
to take great credit to himself
Everything was all right until a
section of New York churchmen began
TO agitate the elevation of another
archbishop other than MonsignOr Ire
land. They pointed out to Roosevelt
Vthat the New York prelate had At lee ST
Nas much claim to the red hat as the
archbishop of ST. Paul. This resulted
in much perturbation at the White
House sand 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 president of
the United States.
Distinction Drawn.
Every one with a grain of sense
knows that. There has never been a
question as 10 that. I knew in the en-
I
ing the official views of the president.
This separation Of the official and per-
sonal sides of the matter is not unique.
Mckinley did the same thing. He IA
VOred the elevation of Monsignor Ire
land. but he did not 90 so as the pres
ident of the United States. Roosevelt
favored the elevation of the archbish-
op, but did not do so under the great
seal of the United States. All that
vas perfectly clear, and there was no
chance for misconstruction.
"On my Wcrd, l thought I was obey
ing the personal request of Theodore
Roosevelt when L presented his oral
note to Pope Plus Y.
Storer's Pamphlet.
Il caused all the correspondence in
the case TO be compiled into a pamphlet
under legal advice. and had it printed
in Boston soon after 1 reached home.
I wish to state that each copy of it
was sent out with personal letter re-
questing personal consideration The
result was that the main part of the
pamphlet was sent broadcast from
Washington to various news channels
My reasons for publishing the ,
pamphlet was two-fOld. In the first
place, like any American husband. il
was my duty to defend the name of my
Sssife from imputations of alleged
wrong-doing; i'm the second place. If
wac obligatory upon me to defend nv !
self and not allow the American nation
10 think that 1 weakly accepted the ac-
ton of the president in removing me.
Mr. Roosevelt is a man of great
capability He is impuisive and head
strong He is active but his point of ;
view is subject TO change like that of
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