The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-01-16
AMES ISSUES
STATEMENT
In Reply to Col. ROoseyelt'S
Telegram Placing
HIN In THE ANANIAS CLUB
Latter Declares That Denial of Ames
Charges Should Have Been Made
by Senator Lodge in United
States Senate.
HIM IN THE ANANIAS CLUB

Boston, Jan. Congressman Butler
Ames issued reply last night to former
President Roosevelt, who Saturday night
made vigorous denial Of certain state
ments attributed to Mr. Ames regarding
The recent connection OF Senator Henry
Cabot Lodge with an effort to sell some
Golfers TO the navy department.
| Congressman Ames IN his statement
says he expected denial OF the CONVEX.
sation between himself and Senator
Lodge and the secretary of the navy.
He continues
Il was authortatiyelY informed that
you did use the words ! have credited
YOU with; but whether you did or not
is OF minor Importance and this partie-
tllar part Of the controversy may be
safely left to some fl)ure time,
Has il occurred to you that the denial
OF those charges or explanation thereof
should have been made BY Senator Lodge
himself and on the floor OF the Senate
for the fair name OF Massachusetts. if
not for his owny
Has ii occurred to you that the time
and place for YOU to have come TO Sem
ator Lodges rescue was even before YOU
came to speak in his behalf at the Arena
in Boston Just before election2
Has it occurred to you, or to Senator
Lodge that to thus rush TO his defense
in the press on the day before the eau
Gus in the Legislature on the senatorial
election in this state. was to lay your
self open to the charge, in the minds Of
some uncharitablc people at least, of
trying to suppress full information in
the natter"
Col Roosevelt took leap into the
Massachusetts senatorial contest SatuF
day night ia a telegram addressed to
Joseph Walker, speaker Of the Massa
chusetts House of Representatives Wig
0rously ehampioning the cause OF Sem
ator Henry Cabot Lodge and charging
Congressman Butler Ames with deliber-
ately incorporating facts. The tele-
gram which was sent from Oyster Bay.
was called forth by the publication sat
urday Of an alleged statement by Com
gresham Ames, who is active in oppo.
sition to the candidacy Of Senator Lodge
Tor reelection. 1t read as follows:
STORY told by Butler Ames, reported
ia newspapers, as 70 the alleged con
yersation between me, Lodge aud New
berry about purchase OF golfers is Al
deliberate aud outrageous falsebood. ]
never made any such remarks and no
such conversation ever took place. Dur
ing the rs years ] have known Senator
Lodge, he has acted ON all occasions and
especially on every occasion when he has
dealt with public matters or matters
having any connection with the govern
ments behalf, not merely with absolute
honesty, but the highest and most deli !
cate sense OF propriety ! never had any
talk with him about these colliers at all.
1t is shocking to think that Mr. Ames
should invent such an outrageous false
hood about a public man OF such rigid /
and probity, a falsehood for
which there is not even the smallest !
in fact
Congressman Ames was quoted as say |
ing that Mr Roosevelt when president, /
reprimanded Senator Henry Cabot Lodge I
In the presence OF former Assistant Sec /
rotary Of the Navy Truman H. Newberry /
for alleged attempt to force the pur. /
chase Of two golfers by the navy de- /
AZ q cost Of 81 100000 Ac. I
eording to the published statement cred
tied to Congressman Ames President I
Roosevelt, after listening to Assistant
Secretary Newberry's explanation then
turned to Senator Lodge and said
Cabot, | told you not to monkey with .
these things Secretary Newherry is alb
,oIutely right. Mr. Ames said his in
formation rs to the conversation came
from Mr. Newberry.