Evening star., 1932-10-17


times get exasperated by them.
But with the enormous majority OF
men you have to remember that there
must necessarily be a large alloy Of
self-interest in their work. 1t does
not follow by any means that there is
no element of distinterestednesS, but
both qualities have to be taken into
account, while there is in yet others
only that element of disinterestedness
which would be represented by what
chemists call trace" But these, too,
have their uses, and must on occasions
be emraoyed even Though it is well
known that in some shape or way they
expect to be paid.
THE same objections that are made
to Hitchcock Drank H. Hitchcock
with you were made to Cortelyou
George B. Cortelyou. Secretary of the
Treasury with me, although. of course.
by the time my nomination was reached
objections had lost much of their
force. Men told me had no business
to put forward a devoted adherent of
Mckinley (William Mckinley, late Pres
ident), close friend Of Mark Hanna,
and to slight my own devoted adher-
entS. For example, when I first con-
tinued Cortelyou as Secretary, plenty of
my friends in New York not only dwelt
upOIl lIiy uIlHLSOOiii, Dut ALoiiluoIso tAAo1
was ungrateful to Loeb (WIlliam
Loeb, who was my secretary as Vice
President, in passing him by for Cortel-
you. Loeb never took this view, and
therefore he is Secretary now. think
your decision about Hitchcock Gas
chairman of the National Committee)
wise, and I am struck by your telling
me that Crane Omitted States Senator
w. Murray Crane of Massachusetts,
has reached, as Ward (William l.. Ward,
New York national comm!tteeman) had
already reached, the conclusion that no
other appointment was now possible.
Both Crane and Ward were against the
appointment originally, and their de-
cision can be accteped as representing g
simply the recognition by small men of
the best course to be pursued unoer the
actual circumstances.
"I am very sorry that Hitchcock
should not have behaved with more
consideration than by your letter ne
seems to have shown, and am ntt.e
surprised. I am less surprised in Vorys'
(Arthur I. Vorys, Taft leader in Ohlo)
case. simply because have had some
rough experiments with Vorys IN the
mast. He-assisted, however, am
bound to say, by others, including ; SO
admirable a man as Col. Nelson lWN-
liam R. Nelson, then editor OF ran,
sas City Star)-unwittingly last ran a.
did all he could to shake my Ieso.uL
tion. and he made one curious remark
oho,,t Won of which will tell you when
we meet He has been a devoted worker
for vol1 hut he Is not big man.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
"OYSTER BAY, N. Y
TIL
"I think the inclosed editorial from
tho New York Times of today is very
GOOD It is not altogether compllmeni.. !.
farv of me! But it seems to me tnat II
is fhe kind of editorial that Will &c
good. Look at it and see II at any raCe
narts of it cannot be circulated.
think Sheldon George r. Sneioon
Now York banker) is the best selectloh
(as treasurer of the National Commit
tee) that could be made. He was the
treasurer of the Hughes campaign. ne
assisted Mr.. Bliss Cornelius N. Bliss OF
New York, former National Commttee
treasurer) in my campaign. Inc lacl
that Bliss recommended MIN was
strongly in his favor. 1t would nave
been a great mistake to have taken Ger.
tain of the men with whom Wall street
would have been especially satisfied. II
| is no mistake to have taken Sheldon. ]
think your statement about the. pub
licitv of the contributions admirable in
every way.
Ever yours.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
"OYsTER BAY. N. Y.
July II, 1908"
Dear Will:
Il have your letter of the 9th. have
already written you about the Sheldon
matter. It was eminently all right.
cannot understand Perkins George w
! Perkins, member of j. P. Morgan &
| Coz objection to him. There was q
great fuss made to me that a Wal