The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-02-03

New York. Jan. 3o.-The New
York Evening Post has sought. f3r
the sake Of justice to all concerned.
to secure the publication of the cor
respondence between Gov. Wilson and
Col. Harvey. In that sense it applied
to them both.
Neither wished to be put in the po-
sition OF giving out private letters,
but both assented to the publication
with the distinct understanding that
the initiative came from The Even
ing Post.
The first letter. dated December
21, addressed to Col. Harvey by Gov.
Wilson, is as follows:
MY Dear Colonel: Every day L
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 that inter-
view with you and Marse Henry as
the Manhattan club it came over me
that when, at the close of the inter-
view you asked me that question
about The Weekly, l answered 1t
simply as a matter of fact and of
business, and said never a word Of
my sincere gratitude to you for all
your generous support. or of my
hope that it might be continued. For
give me and forget my manners.
Faithfully yours,
woodrow Wilson"
In reply Col, Harvey wrote to Gov.
Wilson as follows:
my Dear. Governor Wilson; Re-
plying to your note. / think 1t should
60 without saying that no purely per-
sonal issue could arise between you
and me. Whatever anybody else
NAV surmise, you surely must know
that. in trying to arouse and further
your political aspirations during the
mast few years, 1 have been actuated
SOLELY by the belief that / was rend-
-ering a distinct public service.
THE real point at the ii Of our
interview was, as YOU apt put it'
one simply of fact and Of usiness.
and when you stated the Z to DO
that my support was hu. ..as your
candidacy and that you were expert
encing dificulty in finding way to
counteract its harmful effect. the only
thing possible for me to do. In simple
fairness TO you no less than in con-
sideration OF my own seif-respecI
was to relieve you Of your embarrass-
ment so far as it lay within my pow
er to do so, by ceasing to advocate
your nomination.
"That, l think. was fully under
stood between us at the time, ana
acting accordingly i I, ok down your
name from the head Of The Weekly's
editorial page some days before your
letter was written. That seems to be
all there Is Of it.
whatever little hurt / may save
felt as a consequence Of the unex-
pected peremptoriousness Of your at
titude toward me Is OF course wholly
eliminated by your gracious words.
Very truly. yours.
George Harvey"
Gov. Wilson replied under date of
January IL as follows;
MY Dear Col. Harvey Generous
and cordial as was your letter written
in reply to my note, it has left me
uneasy, because, in its perfect frank
ness. il shows that / did hurt you
by what / so tactlessly said. am
very much ashamed Of myself. for
there is nothing l am more ashamed
OF than hurting a true friend. howev-
or unintentional the hurt may have
been. 1 wanted very much to see
YOU in washington. but was absolute
ly captured by callers every minute
1 was in my rooms. and when was
not there. was fulfilling public en-
gagements. ! saw you at the dinhei'
but could not get at you. ana a1ter
tho dinner was surrounded and pre-
vented from getting at you. am III
town today, to speak this evening"
and came in early in the nope OF
catching you at your Office.
For / owe it 10 you ana To my
own thought and feeling to tell you
how grateful ! am for all your gen.
erous praise and support of me 'ho
one has described me more nearly
as would like to believe mySeH 10
10 than Won haVe), how j have al