The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1912-02-03
NEW YORK PAPER
PRINTS WILSON
LETTERS
"FoRGET NY MANNERS ASKS
JERsEYMAN IN FIRST EPisTLE
TO COLONEL HARVEY.

New York. Feb 2.-The New York
Evening Post has sought, for the sake
of Justice to all concerned, to secure
the publication of the correspondence
between Governor Wilson and Colonel
Harvey. In that sense 1t applied to
them both. Neither wished TO be put
in the position OF giving out private
letters, but both assented to the pup
licarion with the distinct understand
ing that the initiative came from the
Evening Post. The first letter ad-
dressed to Colonel Harvey by Governor
Wilson is as follows:
University Club.
Fifth Avenue and Saith Street.
December 81. 1911.
(Personal)
My Dear Colonel-Every day | am
confirmed in the judgment that my
mind In a one track road and can run
only one train Of thought at time
A long time after that interview with
you and Marse Henry at the Manhat-
tan club 1t came over me that when
| (at the close of the interview you
asked me that question about the
weekly, ] answered 1t simply as q
matter of fact. and Of business. and
said never word of my SINGER,
gratitude to you for all your generous
support. or Of my hope that 1t might
be continued. Forgive me and forge
my manners. Faithfully yours.
WOODROW WILSON.
II In reply Colonel Harvey wrote Il
Governor Wilson, as follows:
NV Dear Governor Wilson
Replying to your note from the Uni
versity club, / think 1t should go with
out saying that no purely persona
issue could arise between you and me
Whatever anybody else may surmise
you surely must know that, in tryinl
to arouse and further your politica
aspirations during the past few year
| II have been actuated solely by the be
lief that ] was rendering distinc
public service. The = al y ut at tn
time of our interview was, as You apt
ly put 1t, one simply of fact and O
business, "and when you stated TN
fact to be that my support was hurt
ing your candidacy and that you ar
experiencing difficulty in finding
way to counteract its harmful effeo
the only thing possible for me to do
;. In simple fairness to you, no less tina
In consideration of my own self
respect was to relieve you Of you
III embarrassment so far as II lay with
In my power to do so by ceasing
advocate your nomination. That,
think. was fully understood betwee
us at the time and, acting according
lily, ! took down your name from II
III head of the Weeklys editorial pal
II some days before your letter Wi
written. That seems to be all theI
Is OF 1t. Whatever little hurt ] ma
have felt as consequence of the III
expected peremptoriness OF your a
Iltitude toward me Is. OF course, Who'll
|elimlnated by your gracious word
Very truly yours,
II GEORGE HARVEY.
Governor Wilson replied under da
Of January H. as follows.
My Dear Colonel Harvey
Generous and cordial as was yo
letter written in reply to my note fro
the University club 1t has left me u
easy, because In its perfect frankne
1t shows that did hurt you by wh
50 tactlessly said at the Knicke
booker club, ] am very much asham
OF myself, for there Is nothing I q
more ashamed Of than hurting tr
friend, however unintentional the hi
may have been, ! wanted very mn
TO see you in Washington, but was q
solutely captured by callers. eve
minute ! was In my rooms, and wil
was not there was fulfilling puh
engagements. I sawsyou at the dim
but could not get at you. and ar