Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-04-19
REED REsENTs
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who. when rejected by the heroine,
rushed from the house, mounted
several horses and rode away in
! every direction.
Statements such as the one
! quoted from Mr.. Meriwcther appear
| to be intended to create the impress
| sion that Mr.. Reed and / have held
| the same principles and advocated
the same policies, and that he is en-
| titled to and may be assumed to have
| my endorsement, as q candidate for
reelection to the Senate. This is far
| from being the case. For those who
| have closely observed Mr.. Reeds
| career in Washington he has shown
| himself incapable of sustained allie
| glance to any person or any cause.
He has repeatedly forfeited any
| claim to my confidence that he may
! ever have been supposed to have and
I shall never willingly consent to any
further association with him.
| II beg that YOU will do me the
! courtesy to publish this letter.
| VERY truly yours,
WOODROW WILSON"
/ 4 letter and statement given to q
4 Washington representative Of the
Ginbe-Democrat, by Senator Reed is
printed as follows:
II did have n difference with the
President, entirely good natured.
over the Federal Reserve Bank bill.
! The kernel of that controversy was
I that the President insisted that the
! bill. which had originated in and
4 been passed by the House, should be
! reported out Of the Senate committee
! and passed very speedily without
I giving an opportunity for hearings
/ insisted that hearings should be
granted and they were granted. As
2 result Of the hearings. tho bill was
amended hundreds of times.
ut was after these hearings and
with reference to them that the
| President wrote me the following let
ter"
! Senator Reed here produced a
printed circular ending with a pho
/ tOgraphic copy of the Presidents let
f; ter which read:
white House, Washington. oct
%. 1913.
| MY dear Senator:
! Il hesitate to ask YOU to break in
upon what must be one of the busiest
weeks YOU have had by requesting
YOU TO come to tile White House in
order that l may say what is per-
fcctly possible for me to say il let
ter. l want to thank YOU very
warmly and sincerely for your state
mcnt made through q New York
newspaper. ! have felt all along the
sincere honesty and independence Of
Judgment you were exercising in this
whole matter and YOU may be sure
, that there has never been in my
mind any criticism except an occas-
iOn2l difference Of Judgment. /
think that things are now shaping
/ themselves admirably. and | am
quite willing to admit that the pro
Cesses upon which YOU have insisted
lave contributed to that result. /,
feel that | can count on YOU from
this time out to play leading part
in bringing this whole matter to, a !
satisfactory issue, and | want YOU to |.
know what satisfaction it gives me |
to feel that / can do this.
"Cordially and faithfully yours.
WOODROW WILSON"
"P. S. Pray call upon me at any |
time that you would like to confer
about any feature Of the matter
w w"
Mcriwether today repeated his
statement and added that he also
had seen a letter from William Ct.
McAdoo, son-in-law Of Wilson. writ
ten when McAdoo was secretary of
the treasury. commencing Senator
Reeds work on the Federal reserve
bill