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Show I WHITNEY MAKES STATEMENT. None of Committee Thinks President Was Misquoted. BOSTON, Nov. 15. Henry M Whitney, i sldent of the Boston Chamber of Com-t Com-t roc und Democratic candidate for eutenant-Governor of Massachusetts In ie recent eleotlon, issued a statement tonight to-night In reference to President Roose- it's remarks to the committee of boot, hoe and leather manufacturers who vis-led vis-led the White House today. President Roosevelt told the committee that he Oiild not discuss the question freelj and i"rrnally, saying that a year nco Henri S'hItney called on him with referem ii tarllY matters and later misquoted w hat the President had sa Id After reading the Washington dlspafc tl, .v r Whitney prr pared a statement In Which he denied thai lie had wilfully misrepresented mis-represented the President or Intentionally violated any conld"iui . The sl ilenvnt follows Mr. Whitney's Statement. Andrew t; Webster, ' M Hall and ' constituting a sub-cmmlltee ..f the hamhST of Commerce commit f on- hun.ind n reciprocal trale. visited Washington lost winter for a conference with the President touching especially the matter of the Hay-Bond Hay-Bond treaty i. as chairman of the committee, commit-tee, made an argument In favor of tho treaty and In tho argument made reference to tho advantage of reclprx'l treaties with Canada. Wo underst.v ,. tho President to ex-pi.-w himseir hs unfavorable t" the Hay-Bond treaty, hut deelroua of seeing and favoring also to fullest possible extent freedom of trade with tnada Was Public Matter. I wa not aware that Ihls was to be regarded re-garded in the nature of a confidential com niimlcatlon : quite the contrary, as we were there, as we staled 10 ho President, os a oiinmlttee of the rtiamber of rommeree committee com-mittee of one hundred, sent to consult with the President and to report the tcsult of tliat conference to the full committee which w a.i equivalent to giving It to the publtl Reported to Committee. While we may havo misunderstood the President, I do not see how we COUld havo done so. I absolutel) deny any 'wilful" and Intentional" misrepresentation of the President's Pres-ident's nttltiide, and 1 have no recollection of what he refers to as tho "context" Which was calculated lo modify the views he cx-presssd cx-presssd The committee at the time of our icturn from Waj-hington. and the President's nltltude, hs we understood It, haa been subject sub-ject for congratulation among our people from the time "f our visit lo Washlnston until un-til the pre.-- nt. It v. u- thrrrforu. nothing T ow. and I did not rO(ard m- conference to it in my campaign a new matter T regret extremely that the President should consider that i hawe misrepresented bin attitude at-titude and especially thai ho should feel that I havo Intentionally done so, which I tvor Is not true. Sends Statement to Otheis. Copies of this statement were sent to Mr Hall i Mr Webster, who accompanied accom-panied Mr. Whitney to the White House Sh Whltncj requested them t examine the slatemi nt carefully and inform Mr. Whitney if it corresponded with their ret oil. i t ion of the matter Mr Webstei replied an follows. "I have read your letter regarding 'the Interview In-terview with the President last winter. My noollcctlon of what was ssld at thai time Is substantially as you base written I .111 not understand that It .as a confidential Interview. In-terview. Mr. Hall. In his letter, said Hall Indorses It. I have ju'-t received rour letter concerning our conversation with the President last winter. win-ter. My recollection ail see vith yours. I had no conception that the Interview was it nsldc-rod confidential by any erne |