Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-15
COLONEL RALL|EST0
SUPPORT Or
LUU6t Il
DECLARES SENATOR GOOD
AND FAITHFUL SERVANT.
Shocked to Think Butler Amea
Would Invent Outrageous
FalSehood Against Public
Man of Rigid Integrity,
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fBy Morning Journal Special Leased wircI
Boston. Jan. l4.--Former President
Theodore Roosevelt took a leap into
the Massachusetts senatorial contest
tonight when in a telegram address,
ed to Joseph Walker. speaker OF the
Massachusetts house of representa-
tlves. he vigorously championed the
cause OF Senator Henry Cabot Lodge
and charged Congressman Builder
Ames with deliberately misrepresent- :
ing facts. The telegram sent from
oyster Bay was called forth by the
publication today Of an alleged state
ment by Congressman Ames, who Ia
active in opposition to the candidacy
OF Senator Lodge for reelection.
II reads as follows: I
STORY told by Butler Ames report
ed I'm newspapers as TO the alleged
conversation between me, Lodge and
Newberry about purchase Of colllers
Is "A deliberate and outrageous false
hood. l never made any such remark
and no such conversation ever took
place.
During the twenty-six years 1
have known Senator Lodge he has act
ed on all occasions and especially on
every occasion when he had dealt
with public matters or matters hav-
Ing any connection with the govern-
ment's behalf. not merely with abso-
lutte honesty. but the honest and most
delicate sense OF propriety. | never
had any talk with him about these
colliera az ALL
ut Is shocking to think that Mr.
Ames should invent such an outrage
GUS falsehood about public man OF
such a rigid integrity and probity. u
falsehood for which there In not even
the smallest foundation in fact"
CONGRESSMAN Ames was quoted MS
saying that Mr.. Roosevelt when
president. reprimanded Senator Henry
Cabot Lodge In the presence OF form-
er Assistant Secretary OF the Navy
Trueman L. NeNbepps 4 for an allesaa
attempt to force the purchase of two
colliers by the navy department. at q
cost OF s1,500,000.
According TO the published state
ment credited to Congressman Ames
President Roosevelt, after listening
10 Assistant Secretary Newberry's ex-
PLANTATION, turned to Senator Lodge
and snid:
cabot, ! told you not TO monkey
with these things. Secretary Newber-
ry is absolutely right"
Mr.. ,Ames said that his information
as to The conversation came from Mr..
Newberry.
After learning Of Mr.. Roosevelt's
comment tonight, Congressman Ames
said;
Il am neither surprised nor dis
turbed at my initiation in the celc-
brated club. | have invented nothing
and have not knowingly overstated or
misstated the fact. The fact that
should be initiated into the club be-
fore pains were taken to get an ac-
curate statement from me was to be
expected.
II have given to the press this afa
ternoon what l believe to be a true
statement OF the facts In connection
with those golfers. / was to some
extent incorrectly quoted in tho
morning papers.
The latest statement TO which Mr..
Ames referred TO, denies that he ever
mentioned the particular words "cal-
ing down" or called down" In ref
erence 10 Mr.. Roosevelt's conversation
with Senator Lodge. Otherwise the
statement does not differ essentially
from his previous one.