The Washington herald., 1912-01-31

LETTERS In FULL
Correspondence Shows No Personal
Affront Was Meant and that
Governor Was Grateful.

New York, Jan. S0.-The New Tork
Evening Post has sought, for the sake
Of justice to all concerned, to secure the
publication OF the correspondence be
tween Gov. woodrow Wilson and Col
George Harvey. In that sense it applied
70 them both. Neither wished 10 be put
in the position Of giving out private let
ters, but both assented to the publica'
tion with the distinct understanding that
the initiative came from the Evenins
Post.
The FIRST letter addressed to Col Har'
vey by Gov. Wilson is as follows:
University Club,
Fifth avenue and Fifty-fourth street
CPersOnaL)
December z. 1911
Ny Dear Colonel: Every day am
confirmed IN the Judgment that my
mind is a one-track road, and can
run only one train OF thought at a
time. A long time after the inter,
at the Manhattan Club, Il came over
me that when Cat the close Of the
interview you asked me that ques-
ton about the Weekly. ! answered
q il simply as a matter Of fact and OF
business. and said never word OF
my sincere gratitude to you for all
your generous support, or OF my nope
that Il might be continued Forgive
me and forget my manners. Faith
fully yours. orr,,,, ,,,-,,so~,
Col. Harvey's Reply.
In reply Col Harvey wrote TO Gov.
Wilson as follows:
Nv Dear GOV. Wilson: Replying
to your note from the University
Club / think IL should go without
saying that no purely personal issue
could arise between you and me.
Whatever anybody else may surmise.
you surely must know that, In trying
to arouse and further your political
aspirations during the last few years
have been actuated solely by the
belief that l was rendering a distinct
public service.
The real point at the time Of our in
terview was, as you aptly put II, one
simply "of fact and OF business" and
when you stated the fact TO be that
my support was hurting your candi-
dacy, and that you were experiencing
difficulty in finding way TO counter
act its harmful effect, the only thing
possible for me to do, In simple fair
ness to you no less than in consid-
Grafton OF my own self-respect, was TO
relieve you Of your embarrassment. so
far as Il lay within my power TO do
so, by ceasing'to advocate your nomi-
That, I think, was fully understood
between us at the time, and acting
accordingly, I took down your name
from the head OF the Weekly's edi-
torial page some DAYS before your
letter was written. That seems TO be
all there Is OF II.
Whatever little hurt may have
felt as a consequence OF the unex-
pected peremtoriness OF your atti-
tude toward me is, of course, wholly
eliminated by your gracious words.
EsEE GEEoRsB Esfy HISgE1 EEHEf
Letter from Wilson.
Gov. Wilson replied. under date Of
January II, as follows:
My dear Col. Harvey-Generous and
cordial as was your letter written in
reply to my note from the University
Club, Il has left me uneasy, because,
In its perfect frankness II shows that
I did hurt you by what so tactlessly
said at the Knickerbocker Club.
am very much ashamed OF myself,
for there is nothing am more
ashamed OF than hurting true
friend. however unintentional the hurt
may have been. / wanted very much
to see you IN Washington. but was
absolutely captured by callers every
minute was I'm my rooms, and when
was not there, was fulfilling public
engagements. I saw You at the din
ner, but could not get at you, and
after the dinner was surrounded and
prevented from getting at you. / am
in town to-day, to speak this evening.
and came In early In the hope OF
catching you at your office.
For I owe II TO you and to my own
thought and feeling TO tell you how
grateful i am for all your generous
praise and support OF me (no one
has described me more nearly. as
would like TO believe myself to be
than you have), how have admired
you for the independence and unhesi-
tating courage and individuality of
your course and how far was from
desiring that you should cease your
support Of me in the Weekly. You
will think me very stupid. but did
not think of that as the result Of
my blunt answer 10 your question
I thought only OF the means OF con-
vincing people OF the real independ-
ence OF the Weekly's position. You
will remember that that was what
we discussed And now that ] have
unintentionally put you IN a false
and embarrassing position you heap
Goals Of fire on my head by con-
tinuing TO give out interviews favor
able to my candidacy. All that
can say Is that you have proved
yourself very big, and that I wish
might have an early opportunity TO
tell you face to face how / really
feel about II all. With warm regard,
Cordially and faithfnlly yours
No Personal Rancor.
It is noted in the foregoing that men,
don Of the Knickerbocker instead OF
he Manhattan club Is obviously a slip