Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1906-12-12 | Page 7 | Beginning of Roosevelt

BEGINNING OF ROOSEVELT Mrs Bellamy Storer Claims She Se See Secured Secured cured Naval Position From Prom I President McKinley Chicago Dec IL lLA iLA A dispatch to I the from Cincinnati says My husband and I created President l Roosevelt said Mrs Bellamy Storer last night to a representative of or the tho Commercial Tribune President Roosevelt owes much to tJ today t day to Mr Ir Storer and myself sha she con continued It was through my influence that Mr Ir Roosevelt was made maie assistant secretary of the navy and it came earn about in this way Mr Storer and I went to Canton to pay President and Mrs McKinley a J visit I told the president hat that I was not there to ask for anything for my myself myself self but that It would be a u great per personal personal personal favor If he ho would make Mr loIt Roosevelt assistant secretary of tha th navy naY He at first opposed Y it by say saying sa saIng ing lug that Mr Roosevelt was too much of C a n fighter but eventually lie he granted lay tny request Cincinnati Dec 11 Remarkable statements were credited to Mrs 1118 Bel Bellamy Bellamy Bellamy lamy Storer Ston ii It an interview which was wa published here today among them a statement that she and her husband had bad created President Roosevelt Mrs Storer today said that while she had seen set a newspaper woman last night and had said some of the things credited to her the report as pub published p published b gave an entirely different com coin complexion complexion tf said and that un undue undue Undue due prominence had been given to certain certain tain tam incidents related during the inter interview Interview Interview view While unable to deny den that an interview had been given she said that so incorrect and garbled a report had been published that It did give Sive her views or statements and she sho did not want it to be considered as coming from her Beyond this she refused d to discuss th thA matter maUer I