Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-31
THE DEMOCRATIC ROW.
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point ct the time of our interview
was, as you aptly put it, one simply
'or fact and of business and whef
You stated the fact to be that my
support was hurting your candidacy
and that you were experiencing diff
Guilty in finding way TO counterac'
its harmful. effect, the only thing
possible for me to do, in simple fair
ness to You no less than in consider
alton of my own self-respect, was to
relieve you of your embarrassment
so far as it lay within my power to
do So, by eeasing to advocate your
nomination. That / think, was FUZZY
understood between us at the time,
and, acting accordingly, / took down
your name from the head OF the
Weekly's editorial page some days be-
fore your letter was written. That
seems to be all there is to ii.
whatever little hurt / may have
felt as a consequence of the unexpecv-
ed peremptoriness of your attitude
toward me is, of course, wholly elm
mated by your gracious words.
"very truly yours,
GEORGE HARVEY
Governor Wilson replied under date
of Jan. II. as follows;
MY Dear Col Harvey:
Generous and cordial as was your letter
written in reply to my note from the Uni
versity Club, it has left me uneasy, be-
cause in it's perfect frankness it shows
that did hurt you by what / so tact
lessly said at the Knickerbocker Club.
am very much ashamed of myself. for
there is nothing | am more ashamed of
than hurting a true friend, however un-
intentional the hurt may have been. I
wanted very much to see you in Wash
ington but was absolutely captured By
callers every minute / was in my rooms
and when / was not there was fulfilling
public engagements. / saw you at
dinner, but could not get at you, and
after the dinner was surrounded and pre-
vented from getting at you. l am in
town, today to speak, this evening and
came in early in the hope of catching
you at your office.
For I owe it to you and to my own
thought and feeling to tell you how
grateful 1 am for all your generous
praise and support of me mo one mas
described me more nearly as would like
to believe myself to be than you have),
how I have admired you for the indepen-
denee and unhesitating courage and indi-
yiduality of your course, and how far
was from desiring that you should cease
your support of me in the weekly You
win think me very stupid-but did NOT
think of that as the result of my blunt
answer to your question | thought oniy
of the means of convincing people of the
real independence of the weekly's posi-
tion. You will remember that that was
what we discussed. And now that | nave
unintentionally put you in false ann
embarrassing position you heap coals
of fire on my head by continuing to give
out interviews favorable to my Candida
cv All that / can say is that you have
nroved yourself very big and that I wish
I might have an early opportunity to tell
Won face 10 face how l really feel about
it all.
With warm regard.
Cordially and faithfully yours,
WOODROW WILSON.
II is noted in the foregoing that
mention of the Knickerbocker instead
of the Manhattan Club is obviously
slip of the pen.
Colonel Harvey's reply was as FOL
lows:
January 16, 1912.
NV Dear Governor Wilson:
Thank you sincerely for your most
handsome letter can only repeat
what / said before-that there is no
particle of personal rancor or resent
ment left in me. And l beg you to
believe that have not said one WORD
TO anybody of criticism of you
I have to print word of explana-
ton to the Weekly's readers. but 1t
will be the briefest possible.
Very truly yours,
GEORGE HARVEY.
Colonel Harvey's letter enclosed
copy of the announcement which he
printed in Harpers Weekly.