New Britain herald., 1914-07-24

| invaluable services of such a man as l and all fair minded men who know You at all know you to be; regret that I should have brought upon you so unpleasant an experience in which you were treated with gross and man. fest injustice; regret that such cir cumstances should seem even for the moment to be associated with appoint ment to high office under the great government of the United States, rep resenting a generous, fair and hon. orable people; regret that the organi- zation of great banking system should be. so embarrassed and ob- structed.
 You need not think that anything in the present circumstances has embar- rassed me in the least. It causes me not the slightest embarrassment. I have no moment of hesitation or flag ging enthusiasm in standing by men whom I honor and believe in It gives me nothing but pleasure and ex- hilaration to stand 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 seems to me of gravest concern and consequence is that the choice of members of the federal reserve board of the new banking system should have been made an occasion of par tisan alignment and action.
 The adverse report oin your nomina- tion, to which you justly refer as un- fair 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 a whole can be held responsible.
 Fixes the Responsibility.
 The 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 it's temper or in it's conclu- sions that report represents the atti- tude of the senate itself. I wish most heartily that the inauguration of the new national banking system, a sys- tenn conceived and enacted with no element of partisanship in it's pro- visions. might have been free from this unfortunate and ominous inci- dent.
 I believe that the Judgment and de- sire of the whole country cry out for a new temper in affairs. The time has come when discrimination against particular, classes of men should be absolutely laid aside and discarded as unworthy of the counsels of great people.
 The effort for genuine social jus tice, for peace, the peace which is founded in common understanding, and for prosperity. the prosperity of cooperation and mutual confidence, should be unit without partisan pre- judice or class antagonism.
 It is only of such just and noble elements that the welfare of great country can be composed. We have breathed already too long the air of suspicion and distrust. The progress of reform is not retarded by gener- osity and fairness.
 President Honors Him.
 Your action in requesting that your name be withdrawn displays your usual sensitive regard for considera tions other than your own personal and sincerely as I regret It I cannot but honor you for the action you have taken.
 I have no right to ask, much less /! to urge, that you continue to allow 1 yourself to be made the football of l the sort of contest which has sprung | up over this nomination |
 Tt is matter of genuine sorrow | to me that a man like you should be ] excluded from the public service upon great occasion. But neither of us is for these extraordinary We must both accept them 1 cannot ask you to undergo more than you have undergone. can only hope that better. cooler, wiser counsels may presently pre- vail
 Moreover, a great program of and constructive legislation is upon the eve of completion, and am sure that you would not wish, as do not wish, anything of personal