Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1906-12-19
The CeredO Advance.
Il. II. McDOCGAE,
BDIroR AND PEoPRIFroR
Wednesday, Dee. -. 1905.
A Woman in The Case.

OF all the unfortunate political
personal miNups that have occurred
recently, the Roosevelt Storer Incl
dent Is the limit. The situation II
briefly this: Bcllamy Storer, recent |
" Ambassador to Vienna, was re-
moved 10y President Roosevelt las
August and las printed and clrculat
Cd amon0 the members of the Cab |
net and the me mheTs of the foreign
relations 'mmittee of the Hous'
and Senate pamphlet pu'rorure t
give cori,sl ondence exchanged b
tween him and Mrs Storer and
President Roosevelt, leading up To
Mr.. Storer's dismissal from the
diplomatic service. 1t is not con.
sldered good form to give out pri-
Na,c correspondence without per.
mission of the person to whom il j.
directed, still less is Il customary to
thus drag the President of the
United States into public cont,o.
versy. Mr.. Storer did both Of thes.
thirgs and forced President Roose.
welt TO issue from the w hite House
statement branding the Storer
publication az willfully false and
misleading.
Back OF the whole matter lies the
story OF a woman = ambition. This
story is well known in political cir.
cles and had already caused the
President much annoyance. The
only wonder has been that the rea
son for Mr. Siorer's removal remain
ed so long a public mystery and
that it was not sooner given to the
press. Mrs. Storer has for long
time had an ambition TO shine in the
social end OF the diplomatic spec
trum- The post which Mr. Storer
originally occupied in Madrid was
not exalted enough to suit her taste.
At her request Mr.. Storer was
transferred to Rome, and while
there, acting upon the theory that il
would further her own aspirations,
Mrs. Storer induced her husband To-
apply to the Pope for the elevation
of Arch Bishop ireland TO a Card
inalate IN America. In 80 doing he
used the Presidents name in pre-
ferring the request This was the
point upon which Mr.. Roosevelt
originally protested. He said that
while he had the greatest admiration
for Archbishop Ireland, he could
not as President of the United
States allow his name to be used in
making such request. The re-
quest was made nevertheless, and
after a considerable period of cor
respondence, Ambassador Storer
left his post in Vienna, where he
had subsequently, been transferred,
and went to Egypt, declining to
answer any of the Presidents letters
and taking no notice of official com.
munlcatlons from the State Depart
ment. Following a long term of
absence from bis post, he was sum
marily removed The Storers came
back 20 his country and the Ex-
Ambassador has just given out a
portion of the correspondence be
tween himself and the President,
which the President bluntly charac-
terises as false and misleading In
many essential particulars.
The whole incident is unfortu-
nate and puts Mr.. Roosevelt in the
position Of being forced to reply 10
an accusation winch he would much
rather have left unanswered. il
shows at the same time the danger
of an American woman mixing IN
political affairs, aud is not apt
TO help Mr. Storer in the campaign
of reinstatement IN public esteem
which be mad mapped out for him
self
W have official assurance that
the 1lesb2S the instruction in