The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-09-22
Wife of Dismissed AmbaSSa-
dor Says He Was Named
Envoy to Pope.
LETTERS OF IRELAND
GIVEN AS EVIDENCE
Tell How Executive Planned to
Urge Archbishop for
CaTdlnalate.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. sept The
Republican this morning printed a letter
from Mrs BelIamy StOTeT reviewing
The controversy between the StOrers and
former President Roosevelt, concerning
= the author cation OF BeIIamy Storer 10
ask Pope Plus. as a special favor 10
then President Roosevelt. 10 elevate
Archbishop Ireland to the cardinalate-
Ia this letter OF Mrs Storer, written
IN France, September 6, several letters
Of the archbishop hitherto unpublished
are quoted to show that at several in
terviews at the White House between
the archbishop and the President, the
latter acknowledged that he had COM
mfssicned Storer TO act as his special
envoy at the Vatican in behalf OF Arch
bishop Ireland
Archbishop's Letters
The first letter OF the archbishop IS
dated November 3. 1901. and Is addressed
TO BeUamy Storer- The next is dated
October ., 1903, and is written 10 Mrs.
Storer- in this letter he is quoted as
saying the President had informed him
he had commissioned StOrer TO speak
for him viva voce at the Vatican 4
month later the prelate wrote another
letter, in which he quoted he said the
exact words Of the President, as follows
Mr. Storer has told YOU what said
10 him about you, archbishop
well - replied, 4 do not renern-
about this going 10 Romeo" the
President then asked
/ said No"
s.yV,sII ~ ne said L told him I would
not write a letter TO the Pope asking Tor
honors for YOU but / said he could 90 10
Rome and say viva vOce TO the Pope,
how much I wish YOU TO be cardinal and
how grateful, personally, I would De q
him for giving you that honor am
most sincerely clear in my memory as
10 every word
Another letter IS quoted which Is al
leEed TO have been written by RooSeNel'
10 Mr. StOrer shortly after the PreSl-
DENTAL election of 1896. in which he is
said TO have requested StoreT 20 see
President Mckinley IN his behalf and 20
urge him TO appoint him Assistant sec
retary Of the Navy This letter lol-
lows
Roosevelt Asks Aid
..Dear. Beuamy- 1 have been think
tDg. over that business, and nov viii you
let me write perfectly frankly
II Won care 10 say anything for me, Ole
fellow, / think you could say II better
good deal If I were away 50 unless YOU
think 10 the contrary or uLLSSS LAG4S a
some. reason for q change, 1 believe thal
il would be best for me 10 come ano
dine w.th you, and then you see Nc
Efnlev bv Yourself II YOU care 10 do 50
at an which 1 earnestly hope you VIII
Give my best love 10 Mrs StOreF
Painfully YOURS.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
..P- 81 hope you won't think this
fmDertfnent. ] should rather have you
sneak in NY behalf than any one lT
the United StateS-and 7 think YOU
could DO mOSt good but ] rather hate
TO go there with you, for, Somehovy, u
does not seem TO me that II would be
a good thing for You 10 speak for me
before me. l. r.
BeTlauy StOreT-S res gn2TiOn as am
basSadCr TO AuStTia-Hungary was Tor
warded TO Washington March : 1906, al
the request Of the State Department
and was accepted
shortly IL developed that serious diff
ferences had arisen between the smbas-
sacOr and the President from the fail
ure Of the former TO answer a cOmmun1
cation which inCIosed letter request
ing Mrs StoTeT. wife Of the ambassa-
dor. TO give her written promise not &C
interfere in vatican politics