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THE MORNI5G CJREGONIAN." MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 190G. S IS TO BE A DICKIE Appears in Harvard Square at Sun-Up Clad in Outfit for August Afternoon. HIS LUNCH IS A WONDER Mot Huttcrmilk With Sweetened Oys ters Are Devoured in a Public Cafe While a Laughing Crowd Looks On. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.. Dec 9. (Special.) "You can't lose him," is the way they are talking In Harvard about Theodore Roosevelt. Jr., the gritty son of the President, who Is playing the role of a Spartan during the process of his Initia tion Into the '-Dickie" Society. Like a soldier, he Is tackling and getting away with the various stunts required of him. It takes a week to become properly Inducted Into the mysteries of this most secret of all secret fraternal organiza tions at Harvard, and the candidate has live more days to go, his Initiation having commenced Saturday. Guarded by a student named Harring ton, who carrier the distinction of a "high Dickie," young Roosevelt appeared in Harvard Square Just after the sun came up. Although the ground was frozen and the residents were muffled to the necks, the novice was airily clad In a gray Summer suit blue flannel shirt, white canvas shoes and was -bareheaded. It was an Ideal outfit for a nice August afternoon. There was much startled gaping at the President's son, familiar as they are with Harvard secret society methods. launch was taken in a Harvard Square cafe, and it was a wonder for an epicure. Teddy had a feast of mustard pickles, hot butter milk, fresh oysters taken raw with ma 4le syrup, and squash pie as dessert. He stowed away this conglomeration while a laughing crowd looked on, and when he had finished the gastronomic feat he was given a finger bowl in which was benzine instead of water. The next role was as newsboy. Roose velt put off his sophomoric dignity long enough to grab a big bundle of morning papers and carry one to the homes of his fellow-members of the Dickie Club. In large letters there were painted across each paper the words, "Fool Roosevelt." It is one of the customs that the novice shall wear the title fool. After delivering the papers, Roosevelt retired to seclusion, but visited the the ater district in Boston last night and at tended a performance at one of the high class houses. Here he was required to make himself prominent, and he had Ht tle rest. Every few minutes a Dickie would approach him and ask for a cigar ette, or a glass of ginger pop, or a "Teddy bear," and if the hapless candidate did not at once produce the required article he was compelled to explain audibly why he had neglected to provide himself with a full stock of the "little necessities of life." Each day this week Roosevelt will be compelled to perform all sorts of weird "stunts ' for the edification of the Dickies and the public at large. STANDING OF THE BAY CITY Hank Clearings, Kcal Estate Sales and Export Trade Show Well. SAX FRANCISCO, Doc. 9. In response to inquiries as to commercial conditions In this city the Chamber of Commerce lias issued a bulletin which shows that the total hank clearings for the year ending October 31 wero $l,578.74ti.760. For the corresponding period last year they were l,407,;i3,3T0. Tho total for October, IflfW, is the largest for any month In the history of the city, being $LO.!S0,7D3. Sales of real estate were $:9.74!),S.-8. During the first six months of 1906, 2190 mortgages were recorded, representing a value of $lR,7fi,931. During the same period there were 1739 releases,' represent ing JKUOS.9. The total exports for nine months end ing September 30 were $31,731,094: Imports, 33,762,D15. FOSTER WILL SURRENDER Indicted at Salt Lake for Coal Land Conspiracy. SALT IiAKE CITY, Dec. 9. William D. Foster, private secretary to Robert For rester, who was indicted last Friday on the charge of conspiring to obtain coal land from tho Government by fraud, re turned to tho city tonight from Davis Comity and sent word to the Federal au thorities that he would appear, accept service of the warratit and give bond to morrow., He said that he was in Davis County when he heard of the action taken against hint and came homo at once. Mr. Forrester, geologist for the L'tah Fuel Company, will now bo the only man Indicted upon whom service has not been obtained. The officers and his friends and associates declare they do not know where he is. SALE OF MEXICAN MINE New York and rarls Syndicate Buys Las Cliishas for Millions. EL PASO. Tex.. Dec. 9. News was re ceived toilay of the consummation of the sale of tho two most famous gold and silver mining properties in the State of Sonora. Las Chishas, a famous producer, has been sold to a New York and Paris syndicate for 6.000.000 pesos ($3,000,000 gold.) This Is sr.id to be the largest price ever paid for a mine In Northern Mexico. The Badicanora mines, in the same dis trict, one of the most famous of the An tiguas group, has been sold to Dr. F. O. Pease, of Chicago, and his associates. The price paid is not known here. AMATEUR AT HOLD-UP. Chicago Reporter Selected Kansas Town and Is Quickly Caught. GREAT BEND, Kan., Dec. 9. The name of the man who held up the j. V. Rrink iiuui Company Batik yesterday is Joseph S. Kearns. His home is in Chicago, where he had lately been a news reporter. Kearn broke down today and asked that his uncle, Joseph G. Orr, a lawyer, of Son tli Bend, Ind., bo telegraphed. Kearns says that for several years he has been working in Chicago. He has worked for Mandcl Bros, as a stoekkeeper and the Wells-Fargo Express Company an a driver of a money wagon. He said that PRESIDENT SON he had read of the recent bank robberies over the country, and that he came here direct from Chicago to do the job. SHINAMURA IN COMMAND Three Japanese Cruisers Are Coming to the Pacific Coast. VICTORIA, B. C, Dec. 9. The steamer Kaga Maru brought news that Admiral Shinamura will probably command the Japanese squadron, consisting of the cruisers Matsushima, Itsukushima and Hashidare. which will leave Japan next month for Honolulu, San Francisco and the Puget Sound. The vessels will be commanded respectively by Captain Nawa, Nomaguichl and Tamagata. $ Reports are current that Rear-Admiral Tomerka. president of the Yetajima Naval Colft-ge, may also accompany the fleet. COLOMA A MEXACE AT SEA Derelict Bark Is in Direct Path or Shipping. VICTORIA,' B. C. Dec. 9. The steamer Kaga Maru arrived in port from Japan today with a cargo valued at over $4,000, 000. including silk worth $3,000,000, on board. She met the abandoned derelict Coloma directly in her path 22 miles from where the crew was taken off on Friday, off Cape Beale. The derelict, almost submerged, is in the direct path of shipping and is a serious menace to navigation. TEN DAYS' TIME TO REFUND Tennessee Commissioner Gives Ulti matum to Insurance Companies. NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 9. State Com missioner of Insurance R. K. Folk today sent telegrams to the Mutual Life and New York Life Insurance Companies giv ing them ten days iD which to refund certain amounts of policy-holders' money. The Mutual, he charges, has used several thousand dollars as compensation and ex-i penses for agents to electioneer for the administration ticket, and cites - the evi dence. The New York Life officials are given ten days -in which to cover its treasury money spent for printing and circulating 800 administration ballots. NOT EVEN A SMALL BONE (Continued from First Pase.) are 23 "leaders" and all but three have either revolted or are preparing to do so. Borough President Coler, who is an anti Hearst man, is busy tiring the Hearst men out of positions in his office, and there is a report afloat that Register Boulton, the only borough official . who has stood by Hearst through thick and thin is preparing to desert him. No More League for Him. "No jnore league for me," declared Henry Hasklns, leader of the Tenth Dis trict yesterday. "We have been knifed by party traitors, deceived by our friends, ignored by Hearst and laughed at by the men we have elected to office. I'm going to become a Socialist. They never have lights about patronage because they never have any to give out." Whether or not tho Independence League will be able to survive the long, cold Winter that is in prospect is a problem that has not yet been satisfac torily solved. One thing Is clear: The "Lincoln Republicans" and the "Jefferson Democrats" who rallied at the call of Hearst last month! will not bo forced to draw pay from the state for their patri otic efforts at the polls. Governor Higgins will" fill the places in his gift with "sterling Republicans," while his Democratic colleagues will pick out "sterling Democrats." And there will be great joy in' political circles except In those of the Independence League. THE DAY'S DEATH RECORD Captain "Billy" Williamson. NBW ORLEANS. Dec. 9. Captain "Bil ly" Williamson, the famous aged turfman, died at the St. Charles Hotel at 8 o'clock tonight. Captain Williamson was successively a clerk In the California Legislative body, a Major in the Walker expedition to Nica ragua, and a staff officer of the Confed erate army, with the rank of Captain. He was one of the aids of General Jones M. Withers at the battle of Shiloh. After the close of the Civil War, Cap tain Williamson began his active turf ca reer. He owned several racehorses, which attained a National reputation; he was noted for placing big bets, and, although generally prosperous, old turfmen remem ebr when he was reduced almost to pen ury. Captain Williamson was born in Richmond, Va., and was about 84 years old. Sylvia Gerrish. NBW YORK, Dec. 9. Sylvia Gerrish, once a popular actress, died on Satur day night in her home at Morris Heights of heart affection. J. 1. Murray, V. S. X., Retired. ANNAPOLIS. Md., Dec. 9. Pay Direc tor James D. Murray, U. S. N.. retired, died tonight at his home in this city aged 77 years. Ferdinand Brunctlere. PARIS. Dec. 9. Ferdinand Brunetiere, the academician and writer, is dead, aged 57 years. Are unlike all other pills. No purging or pain. Act specially on the liver and bile.- Carter's Little Liver Fills. One pill u dose. I ?'v 1 A i i . T I & 3V J . f ' j I IE ' V ,V '1 I S .. it Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., WHY- STORER LOST AMBASSADORSHIP (Continued from First Page.) versation with me. As a matter of fact. thestatements they allege me to have made were not made, save in so far as what they allege me to have said before and after I wrote to them. "Before this, in this connection, I call your attention to the following statement issued from the White House November 9, 1906, 11 days before the Storers pamphlet was received by me or I had any knowledge whatever of it: " 'For many years. It has been the in variable practice never to attempt to quote a private conversation with the President. It has been found that as a matter of fact the man who quotes such a conversation usually misquotes it, whether consciously or unconscldus ly; and such an alleged conversation is under no circumstances to be held as calling for either explanation or denial by the President. The President is responsible for what he himself says in public; for what he writes or for what he explicitly authorizes the prop er Government officials to state in his behalf.' Mrs. Storer Writes Freely. "Mrs. Storer wrote me. with great freedom and sometimes it was difficult to know quite how to answer her. Both Bhe and Mr. Storer continually made attacks upon all sorts of people, especially dignitaries of, her own church. At one time she wrote me with great bitterness against the Protestant missionaries who were be ing sent to the Philippines, at the same time requesting; me to champion Arch bishop Ireland, because he had been loyal to the United States during the war with Spain, which she asserted was not true as to another Catholic archbishop, whom she named. "While I was always reluctant to write in a way that would hurt the feelings of either of the Storers, on this occasion I thought it necessary to write just what my position was, and accordingly I replied as follows: "'May 17, 1900: My Dear Mrs. Stor er Your letter of the 4th has just come to hand, also of the 6th. I am very, very fond of you, and that is the reason that your letters put me in ,a quandary. You want me to do all kinds of things that I cannot pos sibly do and that I ought not do, and you say thinss. which 1 do not want to contradict, and yet (it makes me feel very hypocritical if I seem to ac quiesce in them. Change of Iteligious Faith. " 'You must remember that there are many other people who feel about their religion just as you feel about yours. They can no more understand your turning Catholic than you can under stand Catholics turning Protestant. Some of the best people I have ever met were Protestants who had origi nally been Catholics. " 'I cannot stop and I cannot urge the stopping: of missionaries going anywhere they choose. I emphatically feel, as I have always told you, that the chance for bettering the Catholic iniiabitants of the tropic island lies, by bringing them to the standard of American Catholicism. The worst thing that could happen both for them and to the Catholic Church would be for the Catholic Church to champion the iniquities that have undoubtedly been committed, not only by lay but by clerical would-be leaders in the Philippines and elsewhere. " 'One incident which I actually cannot put on paper came to my per sonal knowledgo in connection with a Catholic ecclesiastic in Cuba, which was of a. character so revolting and bestial that it made one feel that the whole hicravchy in the Island needed drastic renovation. i " 'Now I very earnestly wish that Archbishop Ireland, and those who arc most advanced among the Catholic priests men like the Paulist Fathers, for instance should be given a free hand in the islands and should be ad vanced in every way, ... but you must remember how hampered I am in writing', from the fact that I do not like to see anyone admit for a moment the right of a foreign poten tate to Interfere In American public policy. For instance, you speak of the Pope being angry with Archbishop Ireland for not stopping the war with Spain. " 'As far as I am concerned, I would resent as an impertinence any Europ can, whether Tope, Kaiser, Czar or Prince, daring to be angry with any American because of his action or in action, as regards any question be tween America, and outside Nations. No pretension of this kind should be ad mitted for one moment. If any man, clerical ur lay, bishop or archbishop, priest or civilian, was in any way guilty of treasonable practices with Spain during our war, he should be shot ori hung, and it is an outrage on justice that he should be at . large. " 'But I cannot write in .a way that will seem to defend a man for not avoiding war with Spain, for I can not recognize for a single moment tho right of any European so much as to think that there is need of defense or excuse in such a case. " 'As you know I always treat Catholic and Protestant exactly alike, as I do Jew or Gentile, af I do the men of native American, German. Irish or any other kind of parentage. Any discrimina tion for or against a man because of his creed or nativity strikes me as an infamy. Men like Bishop Keane, like the late Father Casselly, like Father Bet ford, the parish priest of my own town. Oyster Bay, and like scores of other priests whom I could name, are entitled to receive the same measure of affec tionate respect and loyal support that T have given men like Phillips Brooks, like Mr. Devine and like so very many other Protestant clergymen whom I could name. Moreover, my dear Mrs. Storer, whatever I could do for you and Bellamy would be done, but 'I simply do not see how I can do anything in this particular matter With great respect, very sincere ly yours. " 'THEODORE ROOSEVELT." Asks Promotion for Mr. Storer. "As soon as I became President I be gan to receive letters' from Mrs. Storer asking for the promotion of Mr. Storer, and letters from both of them complain ing that the work in Madrid was uncon genial and complaining also of the char acter and standing of various people in the public service. "September 22. 1901, eight days after President McKlnley's death. Mrs. Storer wrote me urging that I should appoint Mr. Storer. to the Cabinet and specifying as a desirable place the War Department, of which you were the head, the letter running, 'Please give him either the Navy or War. I pray that Bellamy, who so richly deserves it. shall have a chance for honorable service at home to his country." When I explained that I did not intend to remove anyone or make any changes in the Cabinet at the time, she wrote me on October 17 suggesting the Embassy at London or Paris as tit places for her husband, and stating that Mr. Choate and General Porter were not proper persons to be Ambassadors.' "In view of the intense indignation of Mr. and Mrs. Storer at his being re moved from office now, there is a certain element of the comic in their attempt thus to get me to remove either you or Mr. Choate or Mr. .'Porter for the pur pose of giving Mr. Storer either a Cabinet position or the Embassy in England or France. I received many letters of the general tenor of those mentioned, enum erating their hardships and services and enemies. " : Begged to Be Sent as Envoys. As Mr. Storer In his pamphlet quoted a letter of November 24 from me, marked personal, in which I told his wife that he should toe made special Ambassador at the marriage of the King of Spain, alleging that his was a fresh mark of my approval of his conduct, I may men tion that the letter containing this state ment on my part was In answer to one from Mrs. Storer in which she begged for the appointment of her husband, her letter running in part as follows: " 'Please, please send us to Madrid as special envoys to the wedding. It would be very appropriate, and I would love it. "It is hard to find the exact words in which to criticise Mr. Storer's effort to twist the meaning of my granting such a request couched In such a style. "There remains for me to discuss but one matter, and that Is Mr. Storer's as sertion in his pamphlet that although in my letters I persistently refused to ask the Pope to promote Archbishop Ireland to be a Cardinal. I nevertheless gave him a verbal message, commissioning him to make the request on my behalf of the Pope. Mr. Storer also asserts that Presi dent McKinley took a similar course, commissioning a gentlemen whom he named, to ask the appointment of Arch bishop Ireland, as Cardinal, 'as a per sonal favor to him,' the President, and as 'an honor to the country.' McKlnley's Words Distorted. "This is the direct Contrary of what President McKinley told me was his at titude in the matter, and Mr. Cortelyou, who was then his private secretary, writes me as follows: " 'Office of the Postmaster-General. Washington, Dec. 1, 1905: My dear Mr. President: In the pamphlet letter of Bellamy Storer to the President and the members of his Cabinet, November, 1906, are several statements referring to the late President McKinley, among them the following: " "President McKinley heartily fur thered the efforts made by Air. Roosevelt, myself and others to promote the ap pointment of Archbishop Ireland (as Cardinal) and in the Spring of 1S99 he commissioned Bishop O'Gorman to say to the Pope that that appointment would be considered a personal favor to him, the President, as well as an honor to the country. And this the Bishop did, speak ing in the President's name, in a personal audience with the Pope." " 'This statement of Mr. Storer distorts what was evidently an expression of deep personal regard and respect for an in dividual, into what is in substance a re quest for his advancement as a member of an ecclesiastical organization. The late President never made such a request nor "furthered the efforts of anyone to bring about such an appointment." nor would he permit any official of his ad ministration to do so. He was scrupu lously particular In this regard and he made no compromise with his convictions on the subject. - High Kegard for Ireland. " 'Speaking from personal knowledge of President McKinley's attitude concerning Archbishop Ireland, I wish to say that he had the highest regard for the arch bishop and believed that, while devoted to his church, he was In full sympathy with American ideals and that because of this he was able to render Immeasurable service both to his church and to hi4 country. But, if Bishop O'Gorman made any such representation as that alluded to by Mrs. Storer, he did so under an absolute misapprehension. " 'I have repeatedly heard President McKinley state that in all such matters he could not divorce himself from his position as President and that he would not under any circumstances Interfere or attempt to interfere with the action of any religious organization here or abroad, looking to the preferment of any of its members. " 'hi following this course, he was true to fundamental principles of the Ameri can Government as you have been. "What I have said regarding the particular quotation above referred to, 'applies to any other similar reference to the late President in this pamphlet. Very sincere ly yours. "' 'GEORGE B. CORTELYOU.' Statement Is Vntrtic. "As for Mr. Storer's assertion that I authorized him to make such a statement as he says he was authorized to make to the pope, it is untrue. I gave hint no such authorization. , Mr. Storer proceeds to say that he once wrote mo a letter, giving full account of his visit to the Vatican, and of the mes sage be personally gave the pope. A careful search of the files in my office fails to show any such letter from him. and neither I nor my secretary, Mr. Loeb, who receives and examines all ray cor respondence, has any resemblance of ever receiving such a letter; and had It been received, we could not fail to re member it. . "I never received from him any letter giving any such account of his visit to the Vatican and his conversation with the pope, as he now .says he sent me: and this is evident from the letters which he gives as written by me to him Decem ber 27 and December 30, in which, as you will .see, I specifically state that I did not know whether or not he had even called at the Vatican, and that he might 'merely have seen some cardinal pri vately,' a statement wholly incompatible with my having received such a letter as that which he says he sent. In answer to this letter, he never traversed or In any way alluded to this statement, of mine, which ho could hardly have failed to do had he already written me such a letter as ho now describes. Xo Business AVitli Cardinalatc. "On December 19 1 had written lilm in regard to a verbal request made to me by an ecclesiastical friend that I should write a letter for Archbishop Ireland: j " 'I told him. of course, that I could not interfere in such a matter, as it was none of my business who was made cardinal; that personally I had a very strong friendship and admira tion for the archbishop, and that indi vidually it would please me greatly to see him made cardinal, just as it pleased me when Dr. Satterlee was made Archbishop of Washington; but that I could no more interfere in one ease than tho other in short that my feeling for the archbishop was due to my respect fob him as a useful and honorable man just such a feeling as I have had for Phillip Brooks and for many other clergymen of various de nominations, but that I could not as President, in any way try to help any clergyman of any denomination to high j rank in that denomination.' "I say that I never received such a letter as that which Mr. Storer alleged he wrote me. I may add that I am by no means certain he ever sent me such a letter, my doubt being due to the facts I am about to set forth, which show that when he now attempts to describe the letters he sent me Storer's memory be comes marvelously treacherous. "On pages 23 to 27 of his pamphlet Mr. Storer writes as follows (he having first stated that from my letters he gathered ' that I had resolved to repudiate all au thority .for his action and to appear ignorant of it): " 'Shortly after writing this I received another letter from the President. I quote the portions referring to this mat ter: " ' "Let me repeat to you that in refer ence to matters affecting the Catholic Church events have alsolutely (and con clusively) shown that while you are Am bassador you must keep absolutely clear of any deed or word in Rome or else where which would seem to differentiate your position from that of other Am bassadors. The mere act of a report In j Good Merchandise the newspapers about your calling at the Vatican had a very unfortunate effect. I dare say you did not call. You may merely have seen some cardinal privately, but the unpleasant talk over the affair emphasizes the need of extreme circum spection while you are in your present position. Asks N'ot to Be Quoted. " ' "While I am President and you are an Ambassador, neither of us in his pub lic relations Is to act as Catholic or Protestant, Jew or Gentile, and we have to be careful not merely to do what Is rifrht. but to so carry ourselves as to show that we are doing what is riRht. I shall ask you not to quote me to any person in any shape or any way in con nection with any affair of the Catholic Church and yourself not to take action of any kind which will give ground for believing that you as an American Am bassador are striving to interfere in tho affairs of the church." " 'This letter, with its virtual assertion that my visit to the Vatican was not only unauthorized, but was so contrary to what could have been expected, that the President hardly then believed that It had occurred, was unintelligible except on the theory that he had resolved to repudi ate all authority for my action and to ap pear ignorant of it. and was now writing a letter which would be serviceable if needed later as evidence to supp'ort that position. In fact, tills was the use to which the letter was afterward actually put by him In quoting it to persons not informed of the facts, as will appear later. Itesignation Is Not Accepted. " 'I felt that the only tiling for me to do in this situation was to tender my res ignation at once, and that I immediately did, accompanying it by a letter to the President, of which I regret to say that I can find no copy. To this I received the following reply: ' 'White House, Washington, Jan. 5, 1904. Dear Bellamy: I have your letter. It is absolutely all right. We will treat the incident as closed. Nothing would persuade me to accept your resignation, old fellow, and I am sure John Hay feels as I do.- Wher. I see you I shall explain, as I do not like to do so on paper, both how full had been the steps taken by Hay in investigating the matter, and the use that was made against me of your letter. I shall give Hay your note, faithfully yours, THEODORE ROOSEVELT.' " 'With this the Incident closed. I had followed exactly the President's request In seeing Pope Plus X. I had reported to him In detail my interview; I had put It squarely to him that I had done nothing beyond what he had asked me to do. and he had thereupon left the subject, not dis avowing his authority nor dissenting from any statement. I accordingly accepted a sincere the cordial expressions witli which he refused to accept my resigna tion, as it was apparent that his irrita tion had been caused, not by my acts, but by publicity which had unfortunately been given to things which he wished to have done, but wished to be kept secret. Shows Storer's Statement False. "Fortunately I have the original of the letter of which Mr. Storer says he kept no copy, and it shows that Mr. Storer's statement is false. This letter was in answer to a letter of mine which he quotes in part, but which in its entirety is as follows: " 'The White House. Washington. D. C, Dec. 30, 1903. My Dear Bellamy (personal):- In my last letter to you I wrote you as to a report I heard about your writing a letter concern ing the dismissal of Hurst. Tills came to mo from an outside source, and I did not credit it. Since then Secretary Hay has sent me over a letter (of Only Quality Considered, Our Prices Buy Your Xmas Presents Here Today And Save Money at Our "Early Bird" Sales Every year we urge again the time-worn advice that you do your Christmas shopping early. The plan has every advantage and no disadvantages at all. You avoid the worst of the crowds ; you get a chance to make exchanges if you wish ; you have more leisure, and you have assortments that have not been picked over by a hundred or a thousand people before you. It's an advantage to us as well as to you, and for that reason we will do our share toward making the plan attractive. 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Secretary Hay feels, of course, exceedingly in dignant over your having written in such a manner to any outsider, and feels that there should be some official rebuke. Because of our personal re lations I write in this way to you instead. " 'I hardly think you could have thought exactly what you were writ ing.' You say, for instance, about the dismissal of Hurst: "I do know the manner of his removal, in a way I should be ashamed to employ with a common servant. ... I have never known, if what I hear is the case, of a more sudden or unexpected action of any administration. ... It may be none of your business, nor mine, but 1 know you do not like injus tice." Attack on the Administration. " 'Of course, this amounts to a bitter attack upon the administration, of which you are a part. You make charges of a grave nature against the Secretry of State and the President under whom you are serving. If these charges were true, that would not, in my opinion, justlfy you In writing to the Senator in xueh fashion. As It happens, they are abso lutely without foundation. No case was gone Into more carefully than this. I have reports before me from Ambassador McCormick and from a special and trusted agent of the department a man In whose judgment the department has absolute confidence. No other action was possible in view of those reports. " 'I know, my dear Bellamy, that, you have not intended to do anything dis loyal or improper, but surely, on think ing over the matter, you will see that there should be but one possible construc tion to be put upon such a letter from you. Think of the effect of your letter If It were made public. Warned to Keep Clear of Church. " Let mc repeat to you, that in refer ence to matters affecting the Catholic Church, events have conclusively shown that while you are Ambassador you must keep absolutely clear of any deed or word in Rome or elsewhere which would seem to differentiate your position from that of other Ambassadors. The mere fact of the report in the newspapers about your calling at the Vatican has had a very unfortunate effect. I dare pay you did not call, you may merely have seen some cardinal privately; but the un pleasant -talk over the affair emphasized the need of extreme circumspection while you are In your present position. " 'While I am president and you are Ambassador, neither of us in his public relations is to act as Catholic or Protest ant, Jew or Gentile: and we have to be careful, not merely to do what is right, but so to carry ourselves as to show that we are doing what is right. I shall ask you not to quote me to any person In any shape or way in connection with any affair of the Catholic Church, and yourself not to take action of any kind which will give ground for the belief that you, as an American Ambassador, arc striving to interfere in the affairs of the church. With love to Maria, faithfully yours, THEODORE ROOSEVELT.' Reason for Itesignation. "In response to this Mr. Storer wrote me a letter tendering his resignation, not, as he asserts, because of anything in connection with his visit to the Vat ican, btit solely because of his conduct in the Hurst matter. In this letter. In answer to mine of December 30, he makes absolutely no allusion whatever to what I said in . that Are Always the Lowest J letter as to his call at the "Vatican: this letter of mine shows that I had then never heard from him that he called at the Vatican: and his ab solute silence at the time shows that what he says now on the subject is a pure afterthought. He never In any way dissented from the statements "i made in these three letters of Decem ber 10, 27 and 30; and In this letter of January IS, In which he tendered his resignation, his whole concern was over his conduct in the Hurst affair. His letter runs in part as follows (all the matter omitted referring also exclu sively to the Hurst matter): "'January 16, 1004. My dear Theo dore: I find In answering your letter of December that I made an error of date. The letter I wrote lianna, as also the writing to yourself on the Consul-General matter, was after 22nd February, 1903, instead of In January, as I inadvertently stated. Since then I have received your second letter of 30th December. Storer Expresses His Itcgrers. "'My writing any letter In the terms I did was inexcusable, and that I admit fully and with the deepest re gret. If in your judgment it would clear me In Mr. Hay's eyes, will you hand him tho Inclosed note of personal apology. But I beg you will do this or not as you think wise, ns I must not appear to try tp escape official cen sure by personal repentance. There fore, give or burn this note, as you derm best. "'Not to justify my writing at all. or in using tho language I did but to explain the affair. I must call atten tion to the difference of procedure in this consular case as to what I had supposed was a precedent. . . . All this is no excuse for a public officer writing as I did outside of the depart ment. If In weighing the matter it seems as if I by my own act have lost the confidence of the Secretary cf State, you must, without regard to me, treat me as you would any other pub lic officer for the good of the service. Without the confidence of the depart ment the work cannot go on. " 'For your sake, I should wish that my leaving the service might be made to appear a voluntary one, in the Spring or early Summer'. Also. I think it would be better to have it known after June. In spite of everything, it might make politi cal gossip, which I should wish to post pone until the din of tho campaign is on. I thank you. my dear Theodore, loy ally and sincerely for your letter. I never doubt your absolute loyalty in friendship to mo and mine. Faithfully yours, " 'BELLAMY STORER." I'inal Act of Pcrridy. "There could be no fuller confession of wrongdoing or more absolute throwing himself upon the mercy of his superior. It was this letter which I answered, say ing, as he has himself quoted, that I would treat the incident as closed and would not accept his resignation, and that I was sure that John Hay felt as I did. With peculiar pcrHdy Mr. Storer now seeks to turn this act of cordial, and I think I may add, generous friendship on my part, into an attack upon mc by treating my refusal to accept his resig nation as an Indorsement of his position in the matter of the Vatican, to which there was absolutely no allusion what ever of any kind or sort in his letter of resignation. "This bare recital of facts is in Itself the severest possible condemnation of Mr. Storer's disingenuousness. Very truly yours, "THEODORE ROOSEVELT. "Hon. Klihu Root, Secretary of State."