I hope that hereafter you and I will better understand one another; in
any event that the single disagreeable episode will vanish and never
be thought of more. In Paris last winter I went over the whole matter
with Mr. McCombs and we quite settled and blotted out our end of it. I
very much regret the use of any rude word--too much the characteristic
of our rough-and-tumble political combats--and can truly say that I
have not only earnestly wished the success of your administration but
have sought to find points of agreement, not of disagreement.

I am writing as an old man--old enough to be your father--who has the
claim upon your consideration that all his life he has pursued the
ends you yourself have aimed at, if at times too zealously and
exactingly, yet without self-seeking or rancor.

Your friend,
HENRY WATTERSON.

The President's acknowledgment of this letter is as follows:

September 28, 1914.

MY DEAR COLONEL WATTERSON:

Your kind letter has gratified me very deeply. You may be sure that
any feeling I may have had has long since disappeared and that I feel
only gratified that you should again and again have come to my support
in the columns of the _Courier-Journal_. The whole thing was a great
misunderstanding.

Sincerely yours,