Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-30
WILSON AND HARVEY
NOTES MADE PUBLIC
NEW YORK EVENING POST sc.
CURES CORRESPONDENTS WITH
PERmlssioN TO PueLlsH.
LETTERS SHOW POLITE EFFORT
OF BOTH TO SHOULDER BLAME
Governor Apologies For Hardness Of
Speech and Colonel Politely Complies
With Request to Discontinue Editor.
ial support-Mi.sivss Show Tender
Friendship Of Men.

Friendship Of Men.
New York, Jan. 30.-The New
Evening Post has. sought, for II = &e
of justice to all concerned, to are
tho publication OF the corresy : .nce
between Governor Wilson an' : lonel
Harvey in that sense 1t apple them
both. Neither wished to be In the
position Of giving out private letters
but both assented to the publication
with the. distinct understanding that
the Initiative came from the Evening
Post.
The first letter addressed to Colonel
Harvey by Governor Wilson is as fol-
lows:
"Universlty Club, Fifth avenue and
Fifty-First street. Dec. 81. 1911. FER
sonal. My Dear Colonel: Every day !
am confirmed in the judgment that my
mind is q 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 it came over me that wheii
(at the close of the interview you
asked me that question about the
weekly answered 1t simply as mat
ter. of. fact and OF business and said
naver a word OF. my sincere gratitude
to YOU for all your generous support
or of my hope that it might be contin-
uo,,s Forgive me and forget my man
ners.
BEAUTIFULLY yours,
"wOODROW WILSON"
In reply Colonel Harvey wrote 10
Governor Wilson as follows;
my Dear Governor Wilson: Reply
ing to your note from the University
Club think it should 90 without say
ing that no purely personal issue coulo
arise between you and me. WnateVef
anybody else may surmise you surely
must know that IN trying to arouse ant'
further your political aspirations dur
ing the past few years l nave peen
actuated solely by the belief that was
rendering a distinctly public service.
..The real point at the time OF our In
teryiew was as you aptly PUT IT 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 it's harmful effect the only thing
possible for me to do, In simple fair
ness to YOU. no less than in considera-
tion Of my own self-respect. was to re-
lieye YOU Of your embarrassment so Tar
as It Law within my power to do so by
easing to advocate your nomination.
"That, i think, was fully understood
between us at the time, and acting ac'
cordingly took down your name from
the head OF the weekly's editorial page
several days before your letter wa:
written. That seems to be all there l!
OF 1t.
"Whateyer little hurt I may have
felt as consequence OF the unexpected
peremptoTiness OF your attitude toward
me is, of. course, wholly eliminated by
your gracious words.
VERY truly yours.
GEORGE HARVEY"
Wilson Depiorss Taetlessness.
Governor Wilson replied under date
of Jan. IL, as follows:
"My Dear Colonel Harvey: Generou!
and cordial as was your letter writer
sity Club, it has left me uneasy because
in its perfect frankness it shows tha
I did hurt YOU by what I so tactlesslJ
said at the Knickerbocker Club. I an
very much ashamed OF myself FOR there
is nothing Lam more ashamed OF thar
hurting Il true friend. however. unin'
tentional the hurt may have been.
wanted very much to see you In Wash
ington but was absolutely captured b,
callers every minute was In my rooms
and when was not there was fulffllini
public engagements. ! saw you at tht
dinner but could not get at you. ant
after the dinner was surrounded ant
prevented from getting at you. am ir
town today to- speak this evening anc
came in early in the hope OF catching
you at your office.
.For owe 1t to you and to my owr
thought and feeling to tell you how
grateful am for all your generou.
praise and support Of me, (no one has
described me more nearly as I woult
like to believe myself to be than yot
have), how have admired you for the
independ ence and unhesitating courage
and individuality, OF your course. ant
how far / was from desiring that yot
should cease your support Of me IL
the weekly. You will think me yer,
stupid that did not think OF that Al
the result Of my blunt answer to youl
question. + thought only of the means
OF convincing people Of the real inde'
pendence Of the weekly's position. Yor
will remember that that was what We
discussed, and now that I have unin'
tentionaily put you in a false and EN-.
.barraslsng position you heap Goals o.
'hre on my head by continuing to CIV.
out interviews favorable to my candi'
dacy. All that ], can say is that yor
have proved yourself very big and tha
I wish that might have an early op.
por.unity to teil-you face to face how
I really feel about 1t all.
with warn, regards. cordially ant
faithfully yours.
..WoODROw WILSON,"
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