Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-12-11
SSTORER IS HOT
Beay St0rer ReerateS Assertions Made in First Letter
to President Roosevelt Repeatedly Took Credit
for the Action He Now Regulates

Al Cincinnati, Dec. 11.-Bellamy Storer,
|former ambassador to Austria-Hun-
gary, has replied briefly to the state
|ments contained In President Roose-
1veltss letter to Secretary Of State Root,
which was given to the press Sunday
might. Mr.. Storer insists on the posi-
ltton he has heretofore taken and reit-
crates the assertions made by him IN.
the statement to the members of the
foreign relations committee OF con-
gress, made public last week. Mr..
lgtorer said: i u q
!, .I seem to have been elected q mem
her Of the sAnnanias club like all 9th
.lers who have come into dispute with
deD. Rooseys' am now be
Chased with Senators Chandler, Till
man, Bailey and with others who
have questioned some act or word of
the president. Like every other Amer
lean gentleman who has a wife to pro-
ltect undertook to protect her name
from insinuations and charges of
ifelsehood" "fs9>%s 49, E !. -:
=, Mr.. Storer then reiterated much
that appeared in his first statement in.
tended for private circulation, he
claims, and added that he has four
letters bearing on the controversy as
ito the promotion of Archbishop Ire.
land, all of which he claims tend to
bear out his contention that II obeyed
the exploit instructions Of Mr.. Roose-
welt In acting as did with regard to
the promotion" Continuing, Mr.. Storer
said: ..'e. T.. r u r.. 3. r..
Archbishop ireland told me also
that the president on several occa-
sions in conversation with him took
the credit for the action he now repu-
dates" a t,' %3stS - 81 !
Continuing his remarks Mr.. storer
said: + . ...S.. TWO G -.
y Declares Roosevelt ssIdestepped.
III '"The crux Of the whole matter which
lied to my removal was the action
taken by Mrs. Storer and myself with
regard to the promotion of Arch
bishop John Ireland OF st. Paul to the
oardinalate. In my letter to the pres
sident and cabinet I cite letters writ
ten by Roosevelt to me speaking in
the highest terms Of Mgr. Ireland and
expressing the personal wish that the
country might profit by his promotion
ITO the cardinalate. On Dec. 2, 1903,
III had an audience with Pope Plus X.,
lat which transmitted a verbal note,
the basis OF which had been given me
by President Roosevelt. 4 was par
ticularly careful in its preparation and
after TRANSPORTING 1t into English 7
translated 1t into French and con-
veyed 1t to the pope. a. The communi-
cation 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 q prelate and as q
citizen: that he earnestly desired for
Mgr. Ireland all the h0nors Of the
church ard that he would view with
che greatest pleasure and satisfaction.
the elevation to the rank Of cardinal
of Mgr. Ireland. :
Now as to the charge that acted
without warrant In this matter have
only to cite the fact that Archbishop
ireland Ia conversation with me told
me- that President Roosevelt had told
MIN OF all had done and instead Of
oriticising me for my actions seemed
to take greet credit to himself.
everything was all right until q
SECTION Of New York churchmen began
Id agitste the elevation Of another
archbishop than Mgr. Ireland. They
pointed out to Roosevelt that the New
york prelafe had at least as much
cIaim to the red hat as the arch
bishop Oh ST. Paul. This resulted In
naacll perturbation at the White House
and letters were sent to me by Hoose-
yalt pointing out that what might be
yarx approprlate as the opinion of a