St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-23
WHY THEY RESIGN.
Some Inside History Of the Destinations Of
Lawton, Kelley and Winchester, the
Poker Player.
The President Will Not Express an 0pin.
ion on the Minnesota Plan--In-
terview Denied.
U. s. Treasurer Wyman Resigns and a
New York Banker Appointed
in His Place.
Secretary Whitney on Coercing Fed
eral Employes--A Virginia Col
lector Refuses to Resign.
why the Missions are Declined.

Why the Missions are Declined.
Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, April 2a.-The three ap-
pointees selected by Secretary Bayard to go
abroad have resigned. Lawton resigns be-
cause it is an open question whether or not
he is citizen of the United States, as he
rests under political disabilities imposed by
fourteenth amendment to the constitution.
The attorney general decided him to be a
citizen. If he accepted the trust it was
Self-evident that political capital would be
made by Republicans when the question of
his confirmation comes up next winter, so
to relieve the secretary of state OF al en-
barrassment of his own making Mr.. Law
ton has consented to remain at home. The
friends of Ex-senator j. B. Gordon of
Georgia are urging him for the place and
his prospect OF appointment is quite flatter-
ing. Mr.. Kelley of Virginia declines the
Italian mission. because he is more than
apprehensive that he would be refused exc
quatur should he present himself at
KING HUMBERT's REALM.
At one time he publicly made use of Ian
guage against the Italian government. I'm
fortunately for him, the newspapers have
long memories, and when his appointment
was announced these criticisms were re-
vived. Kelley was to have been banqueted in
Richmond, his home Those who managed the
complimentary" farewell used without
authority the name of the Italian vice con-
sui at Richmond, to smooth, as it were, his
previous short comings. From this city,
Baron Fava, the Italian minister, forbade
the vice consul to attend. This was suffi-
cient notice to Kelley that he would not be
wanted at Rome, so he pulled out
to relieve both himself and
Secretary Bayard from embarrassment.
Mr.. Boyd Winchester of Kentucky, de-
clines the pleasant consulate at Nice, be-
cause it is too insignificant an appointment
for his breadth. The pay of 81, 500 year
Winchester in his palmy days might have
made in one night if
JACK-POTs
were not infrequent The time was when
he would like doubtless to have been near
Monte Carlo, but that was in the erstwhile
days.
Even gOOd-natured BaylisS Hanna is
about ready to give up the Persian mission.
1t involves long, tireSome journey and
will take more than half of his years salary
to enable him to reach his destination with
his wife and three daughters, whom he will
take with him should he go. When Mr..
Benjamin, the present minister to Persia,
went to Teheran, he was met on
the road few miles this side
of the capital by the shah and a
large crowd of the Persian military and
civil officers and natives with trumpets,
banners and everything in the most gor-
geous and pompous character and extrava-
gance, and escorted into the city and given
a palace in which to live. Mr..
Benjamin received all these courte-
sizes as a high compliment to his
government, and thought it would
be a good thing to make report of his re-
ception to the state department., which he
did. A few weeks after report had been
sent to the state department and when the
minister was beginning to become ac-
customed to his new surroundings, he re-
ceived communication from the Persian
government inclosing bill for $4,000 to
cover the expenses OF
THE ROYAL RECEPTION
that had been rendered him. He had no
funds with which to pay the bill and he re-
ported the circumstances to the government
at Washington and asked for instructions.
The state department allowed the amount,
and paid it out of its contingent fund, and
it is said that the appropriation for that
portion of the state departments expenses
were very much crippled during the re-
mainder of that year.
1t is such stories as this regarding the
customs and habits of the government and
people of Persia that have reached Mr..
Hanna which have so cooled his ardor to be
a diplomat. He wanted the mission to the
Argentine Republic, and expected it would
be the one he would receive, for reason that
on the day before the announcement came
from the White house of his appointment
as minister to Persia he had had long in
terview with the president and the mission
to the Argentine Republic was the only one