Evening star., 1914-07-24
Sends Personal Letter.


In personal letter to the President
accompanying the formal request Mr..
Jones said:
"I cannot let the matter go without
a personal word. which I deemed in
appropriate to be inserted in that let
ter. I confess that the opportunity to
be associated with you. even in a
minor way, in the actual creative work
of government, took strong hold OF
my Imagination. 1t served to overbear
doubts Of the wisdom OF my undertak-
ing the task presented. growing mainly
out Of considerations of health I
doubt whether I could have stood the
work long. but I was prepared to de-
vote the last ounce of strength there
was in me to the work which your
proposal seemed to bring to me.
prepohderant feeling is that Of pro-
found relief. I had come to feel was
in some way the occasion for getting
you into inextricable difficulties. am
sure that my withdrawal is wise
Prizes the Confidence.
ct hardly dare trust myself to say
how deeply 7 prize the confidence you
have shown in me and your endeavors
to carry the matter through. It will
always be a matter of real and deep
pride to me.
With light apparently ahead in
Mexico, and with achievements already
accomplished which even the most
sangu1ne could not have anticipated a
year and half ago. you can afford
to face minor irritations with entire
equanimity. If from now on you are
to be beset with controversy and diff
hculties you can, in my opinion, rely
with entire confidence upon the fact
that your past achievements rank
among the highest achievements of
the holders of your great Office"
President Makes Reply.
President Wilson's reply:
"My Dear Friend: Your letter Of the
10th Of July brings to me, think, more
kinds Of regret than any other letter l
ever received; regret. first OF ALL that
the country should lose the invaluable
services of such a man as and all fair
minded men who knew you at all know
you to be; regret that ! should have
perience in which you were treated with
gross and manifest injustice; regret that
such circumstances should seem even
for the moment to be associated with ap-
government of the United States repre-
senting a generous, fair and honorable
people; regret that the organization Of a
great banking system should be SO en-
barraSSed and obStructed.
Ready to Stand by Friends
''You need not think that anything in
the present circumstances has embar-
assed me in the least. It causes me not
the slightest embarrassment, / have no
moment of hesitation or tagging en-
thusiasm in standing by men whom 1
honor and believe in. 1t gives me moth
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by them at any time and to any extent.
You may leave my feelings (my feelings
for myself out Of the reckoning.
The aspect of this matter which
sequence is that the choice of members
of the federal reserve board of the new
banking system should have been made
an occasion Of partisan alignment and ac-
ton. The adverse report on your nom
ination. to which you justly refer as
unfair and untrue. is. of course. not to
be charged to the feeling or action Of
the Senate of the United States or to
anything for which that great body as
whole can be held responsible.
Report Not Representative.
"Tha report is signed only by the
minority members of the committee and
by two members Of the majority who
have usually acted with them. There is
no reason to believe that either in its
temper or in it's conclusions that report
represents the attitude of the Senate
itself. l wish most heartily that the
Inauguration of the new national bank
ing system, system conceived and Ell
acted with no element of partisanship i'll
its objects Or provisions, might have
been free from this unfortunate and
ominous incident.
Il believe that the Judgment and desire
of the whole country cry out for new
temper in affairs. The time has come
when Determinations against particular
classes of men should be absolutely laid
aside and discarded as unworthy of the
counsels of a great people The effort
for genuine social justice, for peace, the
peace which Is founded in common un
derstandings. and for prosperity. the
prosperity of cooperation and mutual
trust and confidence, should be a united
effort without partisan prejudice or class
antagonism. 1t is only of such just and
noble elements that the welfare of
great country can be compounded. We
have breathed already too long the air
of suspicion and distrust. The progress
of reform is not retarded by generosity
and fairness.
Hopes for Better Things.
"Your action in requesting that your