The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-09-27
CORNERS TEDDY.
Mrs Bellany Storer Shows Him Up in a
Bad Light BY Publishing
THE. IRELAND LETTERS

THE IRELAND LETTERS D.
These Letters, Which are Now Pub
lished for the First Time, Raises
a Direct Question Of Veracity Be.
tween Roosevelt aud the Archbi-
shop and Mr.. and Mrs. storer.
AS told in the press dispatches,
Mrs.: Rellamy Storer, "My Dear Ma
ria.n has written a letter to the
Springfield Republican from France
in which she reviews in detail the
famous Cardinals hat episode, which
made such stir four or five years
ago:
The storers have been friends OF
the Roosevelts for years. Mr.. Stor-
er, a man Of mediocre aballty, was
3 Congressman when MT. Roosevelt
was :: police commissioner Of New
York, and it now appears from Mrs.
Storer's account Of the matter that
It was Mr.. Storer who secured for
Mr.. Roosevelt, at the latter's urgent
solicitation, the appointment as as
sfstant Secretary Of the Navy under
President Mckinley. .
when Mr.. Roosevelt went to
Washington as Vice President Mrs.
Storer sets forth that he accepted
their house in Washington at half
the rental Mr.. Olney had paid for IL,
Mr.. Roosevelt explaining I'VE are
so fond of you that we don't mlna
being under obligations to you.
Naturally, therefore, when Mr.
Roosevelt succeeded to the Presiden-
cy the Storers, who were then in
Spain, to which country Mr.. Storer
had been sent as ambassador, felt
that their star was in the ascendan-
CIV. Mrs. Storer quotes in full tW"
letters from Archbishop ireland 10
ahov the substantial basis upon
which their hope rested. Mr.. Roose-
yelt, It will be recalled, sneered at
the storers for having aspired to the
court Of st. James or to Berlin. Here
is what Archbishop Ireland wrote
Mr. Storer two months after MT.
Roosevelt became President: Il s.
st. Paul, November S,19O1.3;;
Ny Dear Friend: I have had
two most pleasant meetings with
the President at the White House.
He is decidedly your friend, and
resolved to give you the best there
is. "Even," said he, 'if Berlin
comes first, and Bellamy wished it
for a little while, pending Choate's
retention Of London, would give
Z It to him and change him shortly
afterward to London. Let him
trust me-" With kind regards to
Mrs. Storer, am very sincerely,
John Ireland.
Mr. Storer did not get either OF
the posts he sought. Instead, he
was transferred to Vienna. Mrs.
Storer alleges that In September,
1903, she and her husband spent
day with Mr. Roosevelt at Oyster
Bay, while on visit to America, and
that Mr.. Roosevelt at that time re-
, uuested Mr.. Storer to go to Rome
and urge the new Pope to make
4 Archbishop Ireland a cardinal. MT.
Roosevelt has denied emphatically
that he ever did anything of the
sort. In the light CT his denial the
following letter from Archbishop
Ireland Is of interest:
st. Paul, October %, 1901.
NY dear Mrs. Storer:-
was in Washington last week
and, of course, saw the President,
I spoke with him of Paris and re-
moved from his mind all suspi-
cion that a Catholic would be
there persona non grata" as en-
bassador. He promised me that
the next ambassador to Paris
would be iMr. Storer and further
more expressed the belief that
General Porter would soon retire.
The President also told me that
he had commissioned Mr.. Storer
to speak TO him viva voce at the
Vatican He seemed rather proud
of having done so. Give my love
to Bellany, and believe me, very
sincerely, John Ireland.
Here IS another letter from the
Archbishop to Mrs. Storer, written
month later than that just quoted:
st. Paul, November %, 1901.
MY dear Mrs. Storer:-
The President said to me: "Mr.
Storer has told you what said to
him about you, Archbishop"
"Well." I replied, II do not re-
member" about his going to
Rome?" the President then ask
ed. said mo" "Well," he said,
''I told him I would not write a
letter to the Pope, asking for hon
ors for you; but I said that he
could go to Rome and say-viva
voce-to the Pope, how much I
wish you to be cardinal, and how
protoPu1 nersone1ly would be to