The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1912-05-01

III
son and Crawford and some others
believe we are going to line up gooG
many of the regular republicans or
the side of what consider decency
and honesty in politics.
lit has leaked out that l have beer
taking some interest in the matter, anG
fear that it has not helped the sit
uation generally because of that
strong feeling of clubdom in the sen
ate and that resentment against out
side interference which nobody who is
not intimately acquainted with the
situation can understand the weight
Of
81 was talking with. Borah this
morning. | have consulted good deal
with him on the subject and he and
|agree that it would be unwise either
|for you or for me to come out now
AGAINST Lorimer and in favor of his
being ousted; that it would enable
Those who are determined to keep him
in, especially among the democrats,
Bailey and others, to use an argu-
ment against outside interference that
would hold a number OF democrats
land would deprive us OF the strength
we should get by quiet presentation
of the full facts on the floor of the
senate from the senate itself. Root
is going to make a speech. So is
Burton, and believe that Lodge will
do the same thing. Now, nothing
would have stronger weight than the
speeches from them; whereas it eth
err you or | come out with an attack
it would enable the friends of Lori
mer to shift the subject from the
tainted character of his seat to the
independence of the senate in acting
as the Judge of the qualifications OF
it's own members.
"I suggest, therefore, that if you
have an article on this suject you
hold it until after the issues are more
plainly made by the speeches on the
floor of the body in which the contest
| is to be won. l want to win. So DO
you. This is my excuse for writing
you.
"'Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, the Out
look, 2S7 Fourth avenue, New York.
n. Y.
"'P. S.-Of course l may be misin-
formed as to your purpose in this mat
ter. Since debating the above | have
Il had the telephone conversation with
you, but l let it 60
Learned Article Was Implanted.
"By the telephone conversation and
by subsequent correspondence with
Roosevelt, which l do not publish but
which | am ready to publish II de-
sired by him, l learned that no SUCH
article was contemplated, but that he
would assist in the matter in other
ways.
Il would not use this letter OF mine
tif I had not been forced to do so in
self defense. l hope that my strong
expression of opinion in this letter,
formed without hearing argument, may
work no unfair prejudice in cause
that remains undecided. l feared that
the case was going to the committee
and | wished to challenge senators to
read the record.
81 make this letter public only to
show that of all people IN the world
Theodore Roosevelt otss ITO nave
known, and did snow. that WAS not
partisan of Lorirher. did nosssympa'
thize with him, and was perhaps the
last man of whom such a thing could
be said. l have never given Mr..
Roosevelt or any one else the sllghtest
reason to suppose that l had changed
my attitude.
! Roosevelt Approved Reciprocity.
50. MI. Roosevelt now seeks to
take advantage of the supposed feel
ing among the farmers of the country
against the reciprocity agreement with
Canada, which l made and induced
congress to adopt, but which Canada
finally rejected.
81 would not object to this as le-
ultimate argument in political con-
troversy against me and in his favor
Iif the fact were not that | consulted
| him ten days before made the agree
ment, explained to him in full its prob
able terms, stated tie arguments pro
and con, especially the effect OF it on
Horticultural products, and asked nm
| to confer with his colleagues OF the
Outlook as to it's wisdom and public
benefit and let me know mis- and their
judgment.
"He replied approving the agree
ment in the most enthusiastic terms
and complimenting me for having
brought it forward.
Quotes Letter to Roosevelt.
81 submit below our correspondence
on the subject of reciprocity:
"'The White House, Washington,
Jan. 10, 1911-My Dear Theodore: Just
at present | am in the midst OF recl-
procity matters, and it would crafty
me a great deal to talk over with you
this issue. have, as you have known,
always been low tariff and downward
revision man, and the reason why |
favored the last tariff bill and praised
lit as the best one we had ever had
was: That the consideration OF it on
Its passage and the efforts OF those
who defended it afterwards to show
that it was a downward revision were
all concession by the republican
party that downward revision was
necessary, and that the rule upheld
by Shaw and Cannon and other stand
patters of the orthodox type that no
tariff could be too high, because what
you needed was a Chinese wall, had
been departed from.