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Show V ME HI OR I WUMMILSOl- I : WATTERSOH CASE H ? . H " WASHINGTON, Jan 26. M Interest In tho controversy be- H twoon Woodrow Wilson, Geo. HJ 4- Harvey and Col. Henry Wat- H teraon concerning Mr. Wilson's Hj aspirations for tho Democratic H presidential nomination -was H revived tonight when Col. Wat- H J - terson gave out correspond- B I ' -f enco that had passed between j himself and Senator B. R. Till- -4- H man of South Carolina yeater- H 1 day and today. 1 4. .- -- H I Tho correspondence indicated that H i tho break between Col. Harvey and H I Col. Wnttcrson, on tho one baud and H ! i Mr. WilBon On tho othor, was duo to H I Col. Watterson's appeal Tor financial i ald'cThomas F. Ryan of Now York. H Watterson's First Letter. H " . Tho correspondence follows: H Washington, D. C, Jan. 25, 1912. H My Dear Sir: Referring to tho so- H callod"Harvoy-Watterson Incident.' I H ; And you quotod by tho nowspapors H of this morning to the offoct that 'I H had given Honry Wattcrson oredit for H moro tense than to try to foist off H a story Uko this with tho material H lactB concealed.' That man who makes H a public statement with the 'material B. I faots concealed,' Is llttlo other than Hp a eooundrel. I have the right, there H fore, to demand of you upon what warrant of authority you make this aorious accusation of me, and tonsk a reply through my friend, the Hon. SwagRV Shorloy. of Kentucky ( "With great respect " (Signed) HEXRY WATTBRSpN" "Hon. B R. Tillman, U. S. Senate, Washington. Tillman Replies. " Washington, D C, Jan 2G. 1512. "My Dear Sir. In your note of Jan 26, handed mc by the Hon. Swagar Sherloy, you call my attention to an iutorvlow which I had given out in reforence to tho Harvoy-Watteraon-Wlleon incident In which I say '1 had given Honry Watterson credit for more Gensc than to try to foist off a story like this with the material facts concealed.' "You demand to know 'upon what warrant of authority you make this sorloUs accusation against me.' "In your statement to the press, you descrlbo in detail tho rupture botweon Gov. Wilson and Col. Harvey, Har-vey, but said nothing as to what caused it. All tho leading papers In tho country seem to know that Gov Wilson severed relations with Col. Harvoy, and you as a leading newspaper news-paper man, and solf confessed expert groomor of presidential candidates, must havo known it at the time your statomont was published. 1 very properly prop-erly concluded that you knew tho reasons rea-sons for tho rupture, and when you mado public tho manner in which it occurred, without giving tho causes, you wore unquestionably concealing the material facts. "Very respectfull yours, "B. R TILLMAN," "Col. Henry Watterson, Washington, Washing-ton, D. C" Watterson's Answer. "Washington, D. C, Jan. 26, 1912. "My Dear Sir: I have never pre-tondod pre-tondod to bo a groomer of presidential presi-dential candidates, expert or otherwise, other-wise, but 1 desire your good opinion and wrote with that as well as tho truth of this matter In mind. i am wun you, senator, in wisning a Democrat and not n psoudo-Repub-llcan for our presidential nominee. It was moro from a sense of party Justice than of Justice between man and man that I mado tho statement to "which upon, a total misapprehension misapprehen-sion of tho facts you tako exception "t have been aware for nearly a week that recognized spokesmen for Gov. Wilson were Industriously circulating cir-culating tho Btory that the real reason rea-son why Gov Wilson broke with Col. Harvoy was that Col. Harvoy tried to bring Mr. Thomas F. Ryan to support sup-port the governor's campaign. But until you gave credence to the story, it could not be investigated with any roBponsibllo authority. Its origin was raystorlous, its circulation surreptitious surrepti-tious Consequently, thoro has been, up to thiB time, nothing cither to deny or recognize. "Now, Senator, I know of my own knowledge, that story Is a lie made out of the whole cloth. If any person per-son vonturos to question this assertion, asser-tion, I havo In my possession proof conclusive which I hold mysolf ready to "place before your honest and truth scoklng mind. "I do not accuse Gov. Wilson of or-iKinatinc or-iKinatinc or clrculatlntr this invention manufactured to make a hero out of him at tho expense of the friend who has most effectually served him. I do not assume that ho is awaro of the dastardly work being done by his alleged agents, but the fact remains re-mains that Governor Wilson knows as well as I do, that the story is false. H may, or may not, feel thnt he owea any obligation to Col. Harvey. Har-vey. That is a matter of which he must bo the Judge. But I do insist that he owes It to hi3 own honor to repudiate that story and to disavow those who are striving to inject the calumny into tho public mind. "At Gov. Wilson's instance. I had undcrtakeu to assist his accredited 1 managers in raising the considerable Sum of money needful to tho proso-cution proso-cution of his" campuign and in this my 'efforts wqre not wholly unfruitful. As the business proceeded the name or Thomas F. Ryan not unnaturally enrao Into my mind. Ho Is a Democrat Demo-crat Ho is a Virginian. Ho is my friend Knowing him to bo a disinterested disin-terested man, having no axo to grind, I hoped that I might Indnco him to help out what I bolievod a worthy cause Governor Wilson's munagors woro delighted with the suggestion. Col. Harvoy had nothing whatever to do with it and at far aB I am aware, know nothing whatever about it, "Throughout this unhappy affair, I have beon unwilling witness to Its conscquoncee somewhat of an innocent inno-cent bystander having been up to tho hour of tho Harvoy incident, a sincere believer In Gov Wilson Ho 1e a man of ability. In Bome ways ho might prove a candidate of availability, but I fear that if ho becomes our prcbl-dent, prcbl-dent, wo might discover, all too late, that he possesses personal peculiarities, peculiar-ities, which would prove disastrous. "Wo want a man of broad mind, as well as polished intellect, of heart grateful, and kind, no less than daring. dar-ing. "I remain with great respect, your obedient sorvant, "HBXRY WATTERSON." "Hon. B. R. Tillman." Wlloon Refuses to Talk. NEW YORK, Jan. 2C Gov. Wood-tow Wood-tow Wilson on his departure for Boston made the following statoraent tonight In rerorence to the Wattor-son-THIman correspondence, given out in Washington' "So far as I am concerned, the statement that Col. Wattorson was requested to assist In raising money in my behalf, is absolutely without foundation Noithor I, nor any one authorized to represent me, ever made any Buch request of him." |