The Nebraska Independent
StORER CASE IS REVIVED
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Dismissed Ambassador to Austria
... Prints President's Letters in Self
Defenst President Retorts
; Cincinnati Bellamy Storer, former
ambasador to Austria-Hungary, has
replied briefly to the statements con
tained in President Roosevelt's letter
to Secretary of State Root, which was
given to the press, insisting on . the
position ho had heretofore taken and
. reiterating-the statements ; made by
'him in the statement to the members
of the foreign relations committee of
congress, made public last week.
Mr. Storer said: - "I seem to have
Wen elected a member of the-'Anan
las club, like all others who have
come into dispute with President
Roosevelt. I am now to be classed
! with Senators Chandler, , Tillman and
Bailey and with others who have ques-
' tioned some act or word of the' presi
dent Like every other American gen
tleman who has a wife to protect, I
undertook- to defend her name from in
sinuations and charges of falsehood."
' Mr. Storer, then reiterated much
that appeared in his first statement,
which he claims ? was intended for
private circulation and added that he
has four let:ers bearing on the contro
versy as to the promotion of Arch
bishop Ireland, all of which, he as
serts, tend to bear out his contention
, that "I obeyed" the explicit instruc
tions of Mr. Roosevelt in- acting as
' I did with' regard to the promotion."
Continuing Mr. Storer said: "Arch
: 'bishop Ireland told me also, that the
'president, on several occasions in con
versation with ' him, took the credit
for the action he now repudiated. The
crux of the whole matter which led
to my removal was the action taken
bv Mrs. Storer and myself with regard
1 to tho promotion of Archbishop John
Ireland of SL Paul to the cardlnaiate.
In. my letter to the president and cab
inet I cited letters written by Roose
velt to me speaking in the highest
terms of Monsignor Ireland and ex
pressing the personal wish that the
-country might profit by his promotion
to the cardinalate. December 2, 1903,
I had an audience with Pope Piux X
at which I transmitted a verbal note,
the basis of which had been given
me bv President Roosevelt. I was par
ticularly careful in its preparation and
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after transcribing it into English I
translated itlntb French and convey
ed it to the pope.
"The communication was as follows:
'He said to me and author! ed m 3 to
say to your holiness that the arch
bishop of St. Paul is hi3 personal
friend and that he possessed his whole
confidence as a prelate and as a citi
zen; that he earnestly desired Mon
signor Ireland all the honors of the
church; and that he would view with
the greatest pleasure and satisfaction
his elevation to the ra.nk of cardinal.'
"Now as to the charge tffat.I acted
without warrant in this matter. I hive
only to cile the fact that Archbishop
Ireland in conversation" with me told
me that President Roosovelt had told
him of all I had dene and instead of
criticising me for my actions, seemed
to take great credit to himself
"Everything was all right until a
section of New York churchmen be
gan to agitate the elevation of another
archbishop than Monsignor Ireland
Thev. pointed out to Roosevelt that
the New York prelate had at least as
much claim to the red hat as the
archbishop of St. Paul. Thi3 resulted
n much perturbation at the White
House and letters were tent to me by
Roosevelt pointing out that what
might be very appropriate a3 the opin
ion of a private citizen would come
with a very bad grace as the president
of the -United States!
Every one with a grain of sense
knows that. There has never been a
question as to that. I knew in the en--
tire transaction that I was not present
ing the official views of the president.
This separation of the official and per
sonal sides of the matter is not unique.
McKinley did the same thing. -He fa
vored the eleveation of Monsignor Ire-'
land but he did not do so as the pres
ident of the United States. .Roosevelt
favored the elevation of the archbishop
but he did not do so under the great
seal of the United States. All that
was perfectly clear and there was no
chance for misconstruction.- -
"On my word, I thought I . was obey
ing-the personal request of Theodore
Roosevelt when I presented his oral
nnto tr Pnno PillR.
"I caused all the correspondence in
the case to be compiled into a pamph
let under '. legal advice and had it
printed in Boston soon after I reached
home. I wish to state that every copy
of it was sent out with a personal let
ter requesting personal consideration
The result was that the main part
of the pamphlet was sent broadcast
from Washington to various news
channels.
"Mv reasons for publishing the
pamphlet was two-fold. In the first
-place, like any American husband, it
was my duty to defend the name of
my "wife from imputations of alleged
wrongdoing; in the second place it
was obligatory upon me to defend my
self and not allow the American na
tion to think that I weakly accepted
the action of the president in remov
ing me
"Mr. Roosevelt is a man of great
canabilitv. He is impulsive and head
strong. He is active but his point of
view is 'subject to change like that
of any other man. He demands that
things move his way and objects if
they do not
"What has become of the govern
ment we had seven years ago? What
is the trend our national affairs are
taking? The government is centered
in one man. As long as that man is
capable, honest and patriotic all may
be well, but suppose he was not and
the same amount of power was given
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Ms
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into his hands. ' What would be the
result?
"Personally I have no notion what
the ultimate outcome of this dispute
will be. I have been looking over
heaps of correspondence since I have
been at home, but am not ready at
this time to take it up." -
Mrs. Storer showed a letter from
Vice President Roosevelt July 13, 1900,
in which the reason for the transfer
of the SLorers from Madrid to Vienna
was made clear. Mrs. Storer had re-
auested the transfer because of the
health of her son, who was suffering
from a pulmonary complaint and could7
not visit her on account of the ciii
mate of Madrid. In the letter Vice
President Roosevelt states that he
would urge the transfer particularly
because of this fact.
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Senator Admits Getting $15,000 From
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Austin, Tevas Senator Bailey ad
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Pierce of the Waters-Pierce Oil com
pany to the amount of some $15,000
as charged by Attorney General Dav
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Senator Bailey said he made several
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Attorney General Davidson to furnish
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railroad yards, the body being badly
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remains and said they were those of
hpr uncle. Then came the death no
tice, and Wenzel's rage. When the
police were called to tho undertaking
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