Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-18
DUELL ASSERTS
WHITMAN KNEW
OF ALL HIS ACTS
Declares District Attorney Saw
Letter of Doubt" and
Approved 1t.

NEW IOAht July II
Duell. jr., who for many months hal
been using his good Offices with Col
onel Roosevelt and other Bull Moose
leaders with a view to obtain tn,
Progressive nomination for Governol
for District Attorney Charles S
Whitman. last night made a state,
ment In which he declared that h,
had acted with "Whitman's desire
and knowledge" -
Mr.. Whitman on Thursdayeeyenin
denied that he had authorized Mr.
DUEL to present the &C S. W." let
ter draft in which was embodied an
attack on William Barnes by name
to Colonel Roosevelt as representing
his (Whitman's) views. This asser-
ton Mr. Duell fatty contradieted in
his statement last night.
The Duell statement also disputes
Mr. Whitmans declaration that he
never knew there was such thing
as the Whitman Nom Partisan
League. Mr.. Duell says that the &C
S. W." letter was a draft of reply
in effect dictated by Mr.. Whitman
which 1t was intended should be sent
TO number of Nom Partisan League
leaders who had written Mr.. Whit
man ga III ccSiik QOuDl dC " Ills at
titude on the question of bosses In
general and on Mr.. Barnes in par
ticular This letter from the Non
Partisan League leaders, according To
Mr.. Duell had been framed by Mr..
Whitman with a view to afford him
an opportunity to make open declara-
ton of disapproval of the political
bosses and all their works.
Regarding the letter of doubt" Mr.
Duell said in his statement that Mr..
Whitman told me precisely what he
wanted to say" Mr.. DUEL embodied
this i'm the &C. S. w" draft, he says.
Mr. DUEL says he showed Mr.. Whit
man the draft and Informed him that
he had sent a copy of it for Colonel
Roosevelts perusual, which copy he
had initiated for purposes of identi-
fication.
II read the letter to Mr.. Whitman;
then he read it himself" the state
ment goes on to say. He gave ii
his unqualified approval, and ex-
n ressed his intention of signing it,
IL he could be assured that Mr.. Roose-
va 1t would support him, or at least
we 'uld not attack him."
AIR. Duell also tells of personal talks
bet. ween Mr.. Whitman and Chairman
Bar mes at Mr.. Whitman's home.
His says that Mr. Whitman first
brod ght up the question of Mr.
Rooa evelt's backing. He speaks o.
many talks with Mr.. Whitman and OF
more than sixty telephone converse
TONS this to meet what TO Mr.. Duel
seems to be Reputation of him by the
man he protested to be helping.
When, Colonel Roosevelt returned
from d rail, according to Mr. Duell
'he toltl me that Mr.. Whitman mus
show his courage and good faith by
saying ,apenly what he said privately
and optsnly attack Mr.. Barnes and
Mr.. Murphy; that if Mr.. Whitman
would genuinely come out as a mora
force and lead the anti-machine fight
this fall IN good faith, against both
bosses by name he, Mr.. Roosevelt
would SUPP ,ort him loyalty"
A little later, says Mr.. Duell, Mr.
Whitman proposed to put Mr.. Barnes
out of business at the Saratoga Re-
publican con vention on August Is OIL
force a omhlation from him by stay
ing away from that convention and
a. bipartisan Whitman
League mass meeting at Syracuse
which was to nominate Mr.. Whitman
a few days earlier.
NEWPORT, July 18.-Charles S.
Whitman at Ilis summer home here
last night contradieted in every es-
sential particular the story told by
H. Duell, jr., of the nego-
tiations for the Progressive indorse-
ment of Mr.. Whitman's candidacy.
! Mr.. Whitman said that Mr.. Duell's
narrative was false. as well as wildly
He stood by his pre-
vious denials that he wrote or saw
the draft of the letter of doubt
which Mr. DuelI sent to Colonel
Roosevelt as the draft of letter
which Mr.. Whitman was to write de-
Mr.. Barnes and Mr.. Muir
ply.
IF you will read Mr.. DuelPs state
ment carefully" Mr. Whitman said,
you will find that he admits that
he signed my initials to a letter I
had never seen and sent it to Col
onel Roosevelt while ! was out of
the State. That admission itself
ought to- throw hisvcase out of court.
| cannot say too strongly that l
never saw that draft or any other
draft of any letter attacking Mr..
Barnes or Mr.. Murphy; that ] never
SNftl WI. Oufll " WlNtC odIh q
draft and that I didn't know any
mig about it.
1.-The thing is preposterous. If |
wamted to write such a letter and
sign such a letter l would do it my
self. Mr. DUEL does not write my
letters. / think have made my posi-
ton clear. / have talked with Mr..
Duell half a dozen times or more.
He came here to Newport unlimited
and stayed two days, asserting that
he came from Colonel Roosevelt"
Mr.. Whitman said that be couldn't
devote his time to answering wild
statements. He said he had talked
with Mr.. Duell as he had with a
hundred other persons about estab-
fishing good government for the State
by the proper sort of candidates for
office
LAS to the idea that / would let
a boy like Duell write and sign such
a letter as he says he wrote and
signed it is untrue, but 1t seems to
me too preposterous to need contro-