The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-22
IRELAND TO mrs. STORER
SOME LETTERS THAT BELLE
WV. ROOSEVELrS ASSERTIONS.
Told the Archh,.hop That Bethany stOrer
woalu ne His Envoy To the Pope
Begged Mr. stOrer To Have MckiR-
lev Give Him the Assistant Navy job.

SPRIN0TIELD. Mass. Sept 2i.-Ih
Springfield R'pUblicdn will print to-mor-
row communication from Mrs. Bellamy
Storer. written in France on September
A IN which she reviews the controversy
between President Roosevelt and herself
aud BalamY Sturer. while the latter was
Ambassador toA ustria -Hungaryand when.
a. her husband maintained. the President
asked Storer 10 intsrCsd. with the Pop"
tn make Archbishop ireland nf -. Paul
Cardinal
Mrs Storrr quotes IN her letter cor
re-pond-nc" hitherto unpublished he
tween the Archbishop and Mr. Stor"r
which RAISED In 1893 and - Sh" does
this To- show that at repeated interviews
between the Archbishop and President
Roosevelt AZ the White House the PresI-
dent acknowledged that he had COM
nlssion-d Nr Stor"r TO act as his personal
AnbasSaior to the Pop"
Mrs S,nr.r includes also a letter she
r.c-iy.-i from Mr. Roosevelt lust after
III. Presidential election IN 1899 IN which
the then Polio. commissioner 81 New York
/ asked his aunt to sea President Mckinley
and ask ham 20 appoint Roosevelt "a the
' place 81 Assistant Secretary Of the Navy
D
"a Mr. Storsr on February ,. IS,i reads as
follows
! Your Two Ietters were read and burned
. However Won need have no anxiety
| wha'-o~vsr about the whole ahar which
Vas 'hs chief subject matter Of those letters
rho Prs~iden' had no occasion TO
feel ruried IN the least. but YOU know hts
inpulsveness when | saw him he NJ his
own accord told mo Of his writing 20 YOU
and asked IN" how publicity Nas given to
' tho matter
! SAID the SCripps- McRae Agency had
merely made a guess a. to Mr. Storer :
coming To Rome. and thai the few IN
, favorable ,onm~n's that followed amount 81
to really nothing Ne Gained down
completely, remarked that he had every
I ,onHd"n"e m YOU and hoped that he out
come oi rouT MISSION would b" Vhai all
desired
A letter from Archbishop Ireland 20
Mrs Storer. dated October -. said
Ma 10 Washington last week and. ~
/ course -sv The Pre-ldent | spoke with
him - Paris and removed from his mind
all suspicion that a catholic would be there
persona non rra'a A. Ambassador
Ne promised mo that tho newt Ambassador
to Paris would h- Mr. S'orer and further
, more expressed The belief hat Gen Porter
would soon retire II" Presiden' also
, told me- that 10 had commissioned Mr.
Storer 10 speak FOR HIM viva voc~ ~ the
vatican ~" seemed rather proud ~ having
done
Mr. Roo-evelt's letter 10 Mr. Stor~r
dated November l.. 1904 concerning the
desired appointment as Assistant Score
+ 'ary Il the Navy. was ~ follow-
! pF,r RFriANY have he~n think
,ng over that business and nov viii Won
d let mo write perfectly frankly n
| Won care 10 say anything FOR mo. old fellov
B I think Won could say n better a good deal
d n were away 80. unless Won thinA 10 the
! contrary. or unless Their" 10 som. reason
| for change 7 believe thA' y vouli hs h.st
! FOR mo 20 com" and dine With YOU and
then YOU soc MCKINLEY nv yourself n Won
care to do - ~ all. which | earnestly hone
/ Won "a ill Giye my bes' love 10 Mrs S'orer.
PAINFULLY YOURS IHFOpoEF H"osTyFLT
= hope Won wont think this I'M
pertinent should rather hav" YOU speak
~, behalf than any one IN tho 7 nued
states and I think Won could 10 mos'
good but 7 rather hat" to go there with
Vol for somehow o. docs not Seem 20 me
that n would he good thing for YOU 10
speak for me- before IN" Y