The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-22
Mentioning Particularly the Refusal of the
Austrian Government to Receive Mr..
JonaS-The Case Of Mr.. Kelley
The Civil-Service Law Standing in the
Path of Democratic Reform"
An Ex-Preacher Earning Living by Black
Mailing Timid Otfice-Seekers-Mr. Dick
ensOn and the Michigan Patronage.
FOREIGN APPOINTMENTS.
An Administration Organ Points Out Som
of the Presidents Blunders.

An Administration Organ Points Out some
of the Presidents Blunders.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, June 2l.-The Sunday Capital
a stanch supporter of the administration,
which, in its zeal to praise frequently slobbers
over Cleveland and his Cabinet, comes out fiat
footed, to-day, against several recent consular
and diplomatic appointments. Commenting
upon the refusal of the Austrian government to
receive Charles Jonas, Of Racine, Wis, as consul
to Prague, the Capital says:
1--WE are glad to know that the Austrian gov
ernment has taken this action. That govern
ment has right to complain of the men who
have recently been selected to represent the
United States there. We are puzzled by the
occasional failure of the appointing power to
perceive what is fit, proper and desirable in an
American governmental representative in for
elgn land A remarkable number of natural
lied citizens have been commissioned as diplo-
matte and consular agents abroad, more than
by any previous administration. These are the
men who should never be selected, no matter
how good or worthy citizens of the United
States they may have proved themselves to be.
1t is the highest ambition of every citizen of q
foreign land who comes to live in the United
States, to return to his own country, either
as visitor, or, if possible as a duly accredited
agent of the United States. 1t was this feeling
that made Raine, the German publisher of
general. He is man who in his newspaper,
has doubtless denounced the existing regime in
Germany thousand times; If he has done so
once. His appointment cannot possibly be agree
able to the German government We observe
that French Jew has been picked out as
consul at Bordeaux, and now Judge Stallo,
German by birth and by habit of
mind, is sent to represent the United States at
Rome, where the State Department has already
been baked in its effort to locate one appointee
who had distinguished himself by his attacks on
the government Of united Italy. These appoint
ments ere all bad. They not only do this coun-
try no good, but positive harm. No other gov
ernment but that of the United States ever
ventures to send out as its diplomatic consular
representatives men who are not natives and to
the manner born. It is time for the United
States government to pause in line of policy
which tends to bring us into disrepute in the
eyes of other nations. We hope to see the day
when this rule will be adopted and carried out"
THE CASE OF KELLEY.
A gentleman connected with italian lega-
tion here says: "It is not likely that the Aus
trian government will receive Mr.. Kelley as
Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States.
The potentates of Europe are family of broth
ers. If you insult one, you insult all. The
United States government never made worse
diplomatic move than the appointment of Kelley
as Austrian minister after the refusal of the
in statecraft should have known better"
''Will the Austrian government give reasons
for refusing to receive him2"
Certainly not. When Grant refused to re-
ceive the Russian minister Catacazy, no reasons
were assigned. 1t is enough to know that he is
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