Woodrow Wilson as I Know HimTumulty, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick)
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Woodrow Wilson as I Know Him
Tumulty, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick)
Presidents -- United States -- Biography; Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
Every day I am confirmed in the judgment that my mind is a one-track
road and can run only one train of thought at a time! A long time
after that interview with you and Marse Henry at the Manhattan Club it
came over me that when (at the close of the interview) you asked me
that question about the Weekly I answered it simply as a matter of
fact and of business, and said never a word of my sincere gratitude to
you for all your generous support, or of my hope that it might be
continued. Forgive me, and forget my manners!
Faithfully, yours,
WOODROW WILSON.
To which letter Colonel Harvey sent the following reply:
(Personal)
Franklin Square
New York, January 4, 1912.
MY DEAR WILSON:
Replying to your note from the University Club, I think it should get
without saying that no purely personal issue could arise between you
and me. Whatever anybody else may surmise, you surely must know that
in trying to arouse and further your political aspirations during the
past few years I have been actuated solely by the belief that I was
rendering a distinct public service.
The real point at the time of our interview was, as you aptly put it,
one simply "of fact and of business," and when you stated the fact to
be that my support was hurting your candidacy, and that you were
experiencing difficulty in finding a way to counteract its harmful
effect, the only thing possible for me to do, in simple fairness to
you, no less than in consideration of my own self-respect, was to
relieve you of your embarrassment so far as it lay within my power to
do so, by ceasing to advocate your nomination. That, I think, was
fully understood between us at the time, and, acting accordingly, I
took down your name from the head of the Weekly's editorial page
some days before your letter was written. That seems to be all there
is to it. Whatever little hurt I may have felt as a consequence of the
unexpected peremptoriness of your attitude toward me is, of course,
wholly eliminated by your gracious words.
Very truly yours,
GEORGE HARVEY.
To Colonel Harvey's letter Governor Wilson replied as follows:
(Personal)
Hotel Astor
New York, January 11, 1912.
MY DEAR COL. HARVEY:
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