New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-23
TIE HOUR and THE MAN.


We confess that we do not expect him to upset
all his own plans in order to meet our views on
the subject And yet we would like, in BASH
ful, dGdent way perhaps, but with confidence
born of the Justice of our cause, To offer one
single, simple suggestion. Weare aware that In
doing this we are contributing in no small de-
gree to the growing prestige OF the Democratic
party; that we are Offering counsel which II
followed will place that party on the high road
to continued ami permanent success. But we
desire it To be understood that in matter OF
such c1avity as the one now under conSidera-
ton we Use above party and all partisan con-
siderations, looking only TO the good OF the
country.
Sneaker Carlisle hardly needs to be informed
that we have arrived at a very important juno
ture in the history of our relations with foreign
Powers 1t would be no great eXaEgrratlon to
call it a crisis. Not that actual war impcnds,
or indeed that any foreign Power - openly
hostile to u.s. But the cold truth is that-as
Henry WattcIson frequently rem arkS concern
ing the Randall wing OF the Dcmocrlcy-"they
don't treat us right" We do not say that there
!. any immediate danger or that our relations
with any foreign Government are at this mo-
looking up To us so much as they ought. Their
manner toward us i, not only lacking in defer
encc, but borders on Indifference. We stand
toward them in very much the same relation
that Daniel holds to the lions in the world
famous panorama known rs "Danlel In The
Lions Den" In that great work, 1t VIII be re-
mcmbcrcd, the artist has represented Daniel in
a contcmplatiye attitude with his wcil-hnown
cotton umbrella under his arm. 1t will be OBJ
served at once" says the orator who accom-
panic. the unrolling, that Daniel doeNn /
/" care n dam (spclt without an ~ for the lions,
and a little closer inspection discloscs that the
lions don't care tiDkcr's dam pronounced
Z" TO be not profanc by The Ncr York SH) for
" him"
INCORPORATING the illustration-th II IS
very consoling to our National pride to reflect
that we can stand in the presence OF the lions
with the air of utter indifference described ~
not caring "a dam we are still subjected To
the modification of knowing that the indiilcr-
cuce of the lions 10 MS surpa,scs our indiiicr-
encc To them by so much rs = tinkcrs dam cX
cccds an ordinary dam. This is very CALLING.
If cxcitrs the indignation of all true patriots.
There is no doubt that public sentiment de-
State Department, We are panied to say, has
proved unequal to the emergency. Secretary
Bavard lacks what the statesmen in Tim
Canpbelrs district call "sand." He doesn't rise
unaud. AS it were. lool; the crowned heads in the
eve. Here nov is Kelley, a very cStmabe cit
zen of "Vergecnycr,n who has been fired in
succession at two European Courts and came
bounding back rs though he were an india
rubber ball returning from. the side of a barn.
Kelley is really good cdsHs bcii. But have
we made any war Oh his account? Not a war.
We haven't even "spruntcd up" And here is
Kelley going round the country lecturIng at n
time when the lccturing business is all played
ont. and nobody attends lecturcs-when he
ought TO have armies and nayic5 behind HIM to
compcl foreign nations to recognize him. Con-
slider Pcndlct0n likewise. The current rumOr
is that the Kaiser ncglcctS him and that the social
position of the PendletOn family isn't by any
means what it used to be in Cincinnati Then
there's Samuel Cox. 1t has been represented on
excellent authority that on two or three recent
occasions when Samuel Cox has SAID thugs to the
Sultan which never would have been permitted
to 90 into The Congressional Rccord without
narcnthcsized along continued laughtcr)'-
even if Samuel had been obliged to sit up al
night holding club over the comprehensive
Sultan has simply raised his foreiingcr and said
- Cbcstnut." and Samuel Cox has written home
that his mission is a failure it is Turkey that
refuses to be stuffed with chestnuts." Still
no war.
Take the case of IIanna-Baylis w. Hanna,
of Indiana. There's a man calculated by nature
and education to impress any nation with the
greatness of this Republic. Mr.. Bayard's first
notion about Hanna was TO try him on Persia,
but Hanna said in his oii-hand, Indiana way,
" Oh, see here, Tom, Civ me something easier"
and the Secretary sent him to the Argentine
Rcpublic. Hanna has only been there long
enough to make one remark, which was In l0l-
mans own vein, concerning the extravaganza Of
the Government and now there's fuss about
Hanna The authorities down there say Hanna
is too plain spoken, and want to swap him of.
This. of course is in violation of the Monroe
Doctrine. bat still there is no war. Then
there's Governor Hubbard, of Texas now
representing this country at Japan. When the
Nlikado asked him if he had seen much of the
country, he answered with Texan frankness
that it had been .tood-d hot to travel" And
complaint is made that the language was I'M
diplomatic. Sill no war;
Speaker Carlisle needs to remember in max
ing his appointments of the Committee on
Foreign Affairs that we must have a chairman
of that committee who will make foreign ha-
tons tremble at the mention of his name Who
that man is there is no question. The man who
pointed pcnholder at James 6. Blaine with
such terrible effect that the Democratic press of
the whole country trembled and shivered should
DO chairman of the Committee Oh Foreign