The Washington herald., 1908-02-10

In long letter written to William Dud-
ley FouIkes Of Richmond, Ind, President
Roosevelt avoids the use Of the shorter
and uglier word In denouncing the wide
spread statements that he has made use
Of his power Of appointment to further the
Presidential candidacy Of Secretary Taft.
This letter, which was made public last
night, together with one from Mr.. Foulke.
which called for the Presidents detailed
defense Of himself, is document Of COM
paratively mild rhetorical expression;
much milder. in fact. than a previous let
ter on the same subject TO Mr.. FouIke.
Apparently the original letter was re-
garded by the Presidents advisers. as not
entirely suitable for the perusal Of the
country, at a time when there was a dis
position TO consider the language Of his
recent special message as unnecessarily
Incorporate
On January 81, The Washington Herald
printed d statement in which it was said
that the President had written a letter 70
close friend in Indiana, supposed to be
William Dudley Foulke, denying that he
had misused Federal patronage in Mr..
Taft's behalf. and characterizing his
charge as an unqualified Iie"' In the re-
written or revised letter 10 Mr.. Foulke
dated February :, the longer and prettier
| expression on that charge, "both false
and malicious" is used.
Foraker May Reply.
| Senator Foraker declined last night -
comment on thar part OF the President
statement which dealt with the Prezi-
dents appointments in Ohio. He said
that he preferred to read the entire LET
/ ter carefully before determining whether
he would make d response. Il was said
by close friends OF Senator Foraker that
lii he answered the President il would
be IN speech on the floor Of the Senate
| at an early day.
| Senator Burnham. OF New HamnSbira
! laughed when he was shown that portion
/ OF the Presidents letter referring IN the
appointment Of a pension agent at Con
cord and declined 20 make any state.
ment other than that the history Of the
| New Hampshire case was we'll known
and he had nothing to add TO that
history
The Presidents explanation OF the al
/ legations that Federal officers are very
actively engaged in furtAering the DUR
| pose Of afr. Roosevelt TO name his own
successor, and that appointments to Fed
eral offices have been made with thar
end in view. is not likely to put an end
/ 10 the discussion OF these allegations.
as the President comedies in his letter
10 Mr. Foulke. The part taken by Fed
eral officers in the Florida Republican
convention, the certainty that their con
duct viii be repeated by Federal officers
IN other Republican conventions. and the
transfer of Frank H. Hitchcock from
the Post-ofice Department to the tempo
rary service Of Mr.. Taft's campaign
management, have created ali impression
too deep among public men-RepubIicans
and Democrats alil5e-to make it possible
to side track the agitation on the subject
! 4
NAL by Mr.. Roosevelt
One Explanation Surprises,
Some surprise is expressed in Washing
ton over the Presidents explanation OF
his reasons for selecting those Ohio post
masters whose nominations were rejected
by the Senate The understanding has
been that some of the men nominated
were indorsed originally by the Ohio
Senators but their appointment was re-
fused at first on the ground that the in
Cumbents Of the offices for which they
were recommended had given satisfactory
service and that it was not until these
men had become active IN the interest Of
Mr.. Tafts candidacy that they were
named to the Senate. The understanding
of the New Hampshire pension agents
case was that the two Senators from New
Hampshire had been unable TO agree upon
a man for the office. and had named two
men. each indorsed by one Senator and
one Representative. On that point there
is no divergence in the legislative and
the Executive accounts of the transac-
tion. But the understanding in the Senate
was that the New Hampshire delegation
told the President that either man recon
mended would be acceptable 10 the entirs
delegation. No mention Of any such
statement to him is contained in the
Presidents letters. His explanation was
that the State delegation failed TO agree
on a man for the pension agency and he
sought advice from others 1t was Win
ston Churchill who named the man rec
commended by the President.
The President was kind to Vice Presi-
dent Fairbanks in his letter 10 Mr.. FOulke.
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