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have been able 70 satisfy those
1 can reach-b but there are thous-
ands. of course. whom we cannot
veaci--I have NOT vet been ahia
| e. devise way to meet the
Harvey asked: ..Ts there any
ching I can do except. OF course.
70 stop advocating your non1irla;
tion?''
Inheeded Sarcasm.
Governor wilson answered: 4
think not. At least can't think
Of anything :,
Colonel Harvey said: Then 4
win simply sing low.
Wilson made no reply. An EN-
i barrassed pause followed. which
/ Colonel Watterson broke with:
Yes, that Is the only thing to do.
The power of Wilson Is very great
for myself. too siall not say
word Tor the present.
long pause IL must have beer
/ lot Gofern0r wilson said Good
| bye. gentlemen.
The two insulted E0l0neIs. 4Iarvey
and Wattereon. nodded responses
" " exit
Wilson evidently felt nothing I'M.
portant had been said. and went
from the club to the home Of
Colonel House, where. after discuss
ing other things, casually. he mem
toned what he had said to Colonel
Harvey.
But Colonel Harvey was wounded
| to the heart. Perhaps no small
part OF the pain OF The wound came
4 - FEW =
afterward. either with Wilson s
knowledge or at least without his
effective attempt to stop 1t. the
episode was used by the press
agents of the Wilson presidential
campaign. end Wilson was repre-
scented. in a highly virtuous at
titude. spurning the help Of a re.
dictionary. friend. There again II is
difficult to assess blame. II there
Is blame, inteIligently
Letters To Harvey.
Later he wrote Z letter to Col
oneI Harvey. which was published
two years afterward in the New
York Evening Post with Mr.. VIII
sons consent, in which he spoke
'pf his one-track mind and observed
4 u
thought at q time. He added:
"A long time after that inter.
| view, when you asked me that ques-
/ ton about the Weekly and / an
swered it simply as a matter of fact,
and business, remembered that
said never a word Of my sincere
| gratitude to you for all your gem
erous support OF my hope that IL
may be continued-forgiye me and
forget my manners"
/ Colonel Harvey waited two weeks.
and answered that he had been
pouring devotion upon Wilson out
of kind heart and "belief that
/ / was rendering a distinct public
service" Il is evident that Harvey
was cut deeply, for he closed his
letter thus:
"The real point at the time of
your interview was, as you aptly
put 1t, one simply OF fact and busl-
ness And when you stated the
fact to be that my support was
hurting your candidacy. the only
possible thing for me to do in sim
pie fairness to you. no less than
In consideration OF my own self
respect, was to relieve you Of your
embarrassment by ceasing to advo
cate your nomination What
ever little hurt / may have felt, as
Ia consequence of the unexpected
iperemptoriness Of your attitude to
ward. me. is. of course, wholly
eliminated by your gracious words.
The poigns Mt sarcasm Of that last
sentence, thrust in and twisted by
the words "of course is one Of thu
classics in the history Of broker
friendships. A week later. Wilson
wrote to Colonel Harvey a letter
also widely published with Wilson
consent, which indicated that the
sarcasm did not reach him. EndinE
his letter ne writes:
"All that / can say is that yoI
have proved yourself very big, anC
that l wish / might have an earl,
opportunity TO tell you face to face
how I really feel about it,"
What the public got of the Wilson
} Harvey episode was the slop-ove
from the quarrel and there can b,
E no doubt that the political use o
!, the episode marked a distinct ad
3 vance in the Wilson candidacy TO
!. the presidency.
= Colonel House.
!. Early in May. 1914, three month
before war actually opened in Eu
rope, the President sent Colone
7 House on a semi-official GRAND Il
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