The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-09-28
SHOWS UP TEDDY
AN ISSUE OF vERACITY RAISED
BY MRS. 3. STORER-
She Challenges Roosevelt's Truthful
ness in the Archbishop Ireland
Controversy.

The resignation o. Beslamy Storer.
az ambassador 20 AUStria-HunGary
was transmitted 20 Washington on
March :. 1905. and was accepted.
His resignation was requested ny the
State Department. and il later de-
re:ooed that serious difficulty had
arisen between President Roosevelt
and The ambassador. primarily De-
.ause the latter had failed 70 answer
4 communication from the President.
The communication enclosed let
Ter TO Mrs S,orer. calling upon hei
10 sive written promise MOI 20 in
;ercere in Vatican politics.
The point a. issue was that Mrs.
S,orer had used the official position
OF her husband TO forward the ap-
poiatment OF Archbishop Ireland to
the car6;nala,e The Stovers respond
ed 10 the action Of the State Depart
ment by giving out for publication
letters from Col Roosevelt when ne
vas Governor o. New York. in which
be expressed high appreciation OF
Archbishop Ireland Mrs. S;oTer in
explaining this letter said it had been
written TO her SO she nigh: show II
| 70 the Papal secretary in order 20
| cony.nce the Vatican Of the friendly
feelings Of Americans toward Arch
bishop Ireland's policy.
Following the sending Of letter
BY Mr. Storer 10 President Roose-
Welt, member OF the cabinet and OF
the Senate committee on foreign re-
slat:ons. the Presiden, gave out the
correspondent between him aud Am
| oassador and Mrs Storer IN which
he said tAa, NJ. Sto-er's refusal to
answer his letters and the publica-
,ion o, various private letters justi-
| sed that ambassadors removal. and
that he (the Presi6enD. had stated
win absolute c,earness his position
and the reason it was out Of the
| question for him. as President. 70
Try to get any archbishop made q
cardinal.
| Now. after four years OF silence.
Mrs. Beilany Slorer comes back al
Roosevelt. by writing letter which
was published Thursday in the
Springfield Republican. This letter
was written from France on Ssptem.
Der S. and in It Mrs. Storer reviews
1.-THE controversy OF her husband and
herself with Roosevelt. concerning
1.-THE former Presidents alleged au.
eao-ization os the former ambassa
tdor to Austr!a-Nungary to visit Pope
Plus Y. and ask him as q persona
favor TO the President Of the Uutec
States 20 make Archbishop Ireland 0,
St Paul. cardinal.
Letters written By the archb!sh
iop IL 1908 and 1904 hitherto IN
DC ublished are quoted by Mrs Store:
TO show that at repeated interview!
in the White House te.ween :he
archbishop and the President Col
Roosevelt acknowledged that he hat
commanded Mr. Storer to act as hi.
personal envoy at the Vitican in be-
half OF the archbishop. Col. Roose
velc has hitherto publicly denied thai
Mr.. Storer was ever authorized tc
represent him IN this manner. and
the Ireland letters now published b,
Mrs. Storer have the effect Of making
much sharper the issue OF veracit!
between the S,orers and the e1-Pres'
ident.
| Mrs. StoreE's letters to The Re
publican also seeks 70 prove OF the
testimony Of Archbishop Ireland tha;
President Roosevelt promised &c
make Mr. STorer United States am
5assador. either at Paris or London
and there is included still anothe!
jie,,er alleged TO have been written
by Col. Roosevelt to Mr.. Storer jus;
after the Presidential election In
lSs6. IL which Mr.. Roosevelt
asked Mt. Storer TO seeestnfe.;
| asked An mbaSSador Store-. to see
Presiden.-elec Mckinley and urge
him to appoint Col. Roosevelt as
Secretary OF the Navy. This las,
letter seems to refute a recent as
ser,ion that Col. Roosevelt neve.
sought a public Office except when
/ he Souch: a Presidential nomination