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ROOSEVELT WOULD
CORRECT REPORTS
Which He Said Appeared in the Auto
biography of Senator Platt"-The
Correspondence AS to the
Same Made Public.

| IHe AuboulOSldphy VI f90h'ooi a i"'b'
were given out here to-day Colonel
Roosevelt wrote the author on Deem
Der 10 last, us follows:
81 have been interested in reading the
Autobiography of Senator Platt' which
you sent. | have no question that the
senator meant to relate things accurate
ly, and have no quarrel whatever with
the statements he makes about my con-
duct as governor But among the err
roneous assertions are the following;
"The statement as to the nomina-
tion for the vice presidency are CHROME.
Gus. For instance, after the senator told
me that | could not be renominated as
governor, | said Very well, we will fight
told him | should absolutely refuse
to accept the nomination as vice presi-
dent and that if the New York delega-
ton tried to force it upon me, | should
get up and say that Senator Platt had
announced that ! should be refused a
denomination for governor and would
! have to be nominated for vice presl-
! dent and that | should then and there
announce that | would not take the nom
nation for the vice presidency and would
be candidate for the nomination of
governor.
The senator evidently did not believe
that | would do this, but when | got
down stairs, / announced my intention
to a dozen OF the delegates stating
what Senator Platt had said. lmme-
dately there was great connection, a
message was sent up to Senator Platt
and two minutes later | was summoned
to his room, where he explained that ]
should not be renominated as governor,
that no further effort would be made
by the New York delegation to put me
in nomination for the vice presidency
and that no opposition would be made
to my nomination as governor.
Accordingly the effect ceased and the
New York delegation put Woodruff in
nomination. Later it developed that
the convention, as whole, was bound to
have me, and Senator Hanna, who had
violently opposed my nomination. made
up his mind that the feeling was so
strong that he could not afford to an
tagonize it. After considerable hesita-
ton then concluded to accept. In other
words, while | did not intend to permit
myself to be forced into the vice.presi-
dency, in order to get me out OF the
governorship, | did not feel at liberty
to refuse the nomination when il became
evident that the earnest desire of the
Republicans as whole was to have
me take the position for the benefit
Of the party
Again, the statement about my com
ing to Senator Platt for his Endorsement
as secretary of the navy are absolutely
without foundation. j never went to
Senator Platt TO ask his approval of the
application The whole story about my
calling upon him on March IL or on any
other day, whether with John Jacob
Astor or anybody else, is pure inven-
ton As soon as | saw the book,
wrote to Aston and have now received
bis letter dated December IA. In il he
says that at the outbreak of the Spanish
war / introduced him to the secretary
of war and to several members of Con-
gress, among them may or may not have
been Senator Platt, but that ] never
at that time or previously saw Senator
Platt with him about my appointment
as assistant secretary of the navy.
at is rather singular that Senator
Platt should have imagined such an in
terview and it shows how much his mind
was failing when the "reminiscences were
written. Let me repeat that the account
as given by Senator Platt of this inter
view, is absolutely and wholly without
foundation, and that neither while
was with Aston, nor with any one else
did / ever have any such conversation
with him or make such a call upon him
as is therein related.
by the way, the whole statement
about contributions is equally without
| foundation, | never called upon Senator
Platt with Governor Odel on any such
errand nor had any such conversation
with Senator Platt.
81 do not desire to have this letter
published because it is not worth while
going into the public press on such a
matter, but / think it best that you
should know the facts in the case.
Sincerely yours,
Theodore Roosevelt"
Mr.. Lang wrote to Albert II. Howe, for
seventeen years secretary to the senator,
stating the Roosevelt denial and asking
for a statement. Mr.. Howe's letter is
in hand as follows:
II have read your autobiog-
TdDnltdi sktttD Oi NtudlpI idlI .
life and particularly that por-
ton of the addenda relating
to the application of Colonel Roosevelt
to the assistant secretaryship of the
navy and in response to your specific
inquiry | have TO say that the story as
you have told it accords with the facts.
Colonel Aston did accompany Colonel
Roosevelt to Senator Platt's parlor for
the purpose of soliciting the latter's
Endorsement of Colonel Roosevelt for
that position. The circumstances are
most clearly impressed upon my mind"
Later Mr. Lang asked the privilege of
publishing Colonel Roosevelt's letter, TO
which Colonel Roosevelt replied, under
date of December 81. l9l0:-
! II desire that my letter should not be
published at present simply because it
is not worth while TO get into a public
controversy As ! told you, I have a
letter from Colonel Astor stating that
he never saw Senator Platt about my
being assistant secretary of the navy.
None of the incidents to which | referred
in my first letter, are related accurate
" or truthfully by Senator Platt, but
/ think his mind was failing and do not
accuse him of intentional untruth."
The campaign contribution" story, to
which Mr.. Roosevelt took exception was
not that reciting how +. II. Hartman at
his solicitation raised $24O,OO0 in 1904
to save his election as president and that
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