National Republican., 1885-05-13

The Illinois StdQts Hei'un0, the leading Ger.
man newspaper Of the northwest, lefl the Re.
publican party and went overto Cleveland In
the presidential campaign. That 1t has had
about all 1t wants Of Democratic admnistra.
ton is evident from the following translation
of a leading editorial published in its columns
on the 9th instant under the caption Of "Bay,
ard:"
However the Cleveland administration may
yet turn out its first two months have cstab.
lishcd one thing beyond dispute-that the
state Department was deplorable blunder.
This man had enjoyed n renown altogether
disproportionatc to his cnpabilitics. II was
the result of untiring putting, particularly ou
the part Of frceiradc journals. who on gen
Cral principles, praise any one who expresses
himself, however dull In phrase, against the
,,robber tariff aSa great and wise statesman
Thus, by the grace Of newspaper pulls, Bay.
ard, too, had become great wise stntesman
and Mr.. Cleveland no doubt believed he was
doing the best he could by placing this much
praised statesman at the head OF the Cabinet
II is very probable that he rues 1t to-day.at
any rate his regrets would be very iustiflablc.
For all the wcll.iounded censure which could
have been heapcd upon the new admiuistra.
tion thus far has been brought down upon II
by Mr.. Bayard. II is doubtful whether any
other prominent Democrat could have dOcu.
mented such awful lncapaclty in the selection
of the diplomatic representatives of the coun.
try as Bayard did. Among his appointments
of ministers there Is really but single one
entirely proper, and therefore approved of by
friend aud foe-that of Pendleton. All the
others are more or less mlschiovous blunders.
| So Is that of the Vermont copperhcad and In
| famous defamer of Lincoln--Pholps-in place
OF the best, worthiest, aud most highly re-
spectod representative the United States has
| ever had in Engl0ud-James Russell Lowell
/ So Is that Of the.not yet amncstied rebel,
| Gen. Lawton, who, however-more decent
than the similarly situated appointeo sent as
minister to Mexico, Jackson-dcclined the
! appointment in order to save the President
! from embarrassment. SO Is that Of the thick
| skinned Kelley, who, after Italy had refused
TO receive him. was sent to Austria. To
| Russia most extensively unknown Mr.
Lothrop, Of Michigan, is sent; to switzerland
| goes political nobody from Kentucky by the
| namo of Winchester. Indeed, 1t looks as II
! Mr.. Bayard had searched, by the aid of u
stable lantern, the darkest hooks and corners
of tho Democratic party to select from them
the material for the representation of the
! United States abroad. The fearful lack Of
good taste and incapncity he demonstrated In
doing so stamp old FrclinghuysCn, on retec.
tion, as great man.
How miscrably he has acted toward tho
| German Democrats they eau tell best. Lin.
| coin appointed three Germans as ministers.
Bayard has not thought single German
worthy of the honor. In mis- aversion TO them
he has oven disregarded all party usage. Ac.
| cording to this usage T.. V, DcuSter, who was
I three times elected TO Congress from a Rcpub-
lican district, had an undeniable claim to an
appointment as minister. Beside him n Secre
tary of state, deslrous OF recognizing the Ger
man Democrats, would have offered diplo
matte posts TO such prominent men us Often
dorfer and Stalls, no matter whether they had
indicated any desire for them or not Had
they refused them II would have been at le0s
a graceful compliment. But perish thu
thought, Three consul gcneralships hav,
been awarded to the Germans-thc poorly ap
pointed one at Vienna, that of Berlin, and thai
of Frankfort on the Main. on thu
Nth haF han In ln tnVN and a.
perienced consul Canislus at Apla has been re
placed by u green young man. And that Il
all the German Democrats have obtained from
Mr.. Bayard.
No wonder, then, that the, old German Re
pubicans can ask their Democratic brethren
Ironically and gloefully, whether these b,
the great reforms they had so cheerlully cx
| peCted|
One of the gravest blunders was but made
the other day In the appointment of consuls
So was n certain John II. Putnam selected 70
the Honolulu consulship, about whom prom
incnt Democratic member OF the state lcgls
lature of Ohio wrote as follows to the Presi
dent:
"You have been swindled. Putnams mp
polntment is n reproach to the government
This fellow would sell the United States flag 4
the heathens for an underjacket, His carCe
as n blackmailer Is public scandal. There
general indignation over his appoln,ment,
As consul at Melbourne an ex-lieutcnant o
the private fleet of the rebel navy was ap
pointed; for the Nagasah consulship drunk
; ard was selected who, but few days avo, hat
boosted In u public restaurant In Washington
Of being an 'unreconslructcd rebel" had IN
suited and attacked a worthy old gentleman
Commodore Truxton, and had been taken I
the police station for 1t. What reform
that Is
r Mr. Cleveland must have more than Chris
, tian patience ifhe quietly submits 10 all thcs
incnpacities Of his ''Seeretary Of State" Tn
best thing he could do would be TO reforr
the Secretary of State himself ont Of the Cab
net. aud place the excellent Allan Thurman
OF Ohio, at the head oft. That step would b
greeted with unieigned pleasure by nineteenth
r of the Democrats and by nine-tenths of tn
Republicans, and would restore the col
iidencc in the Cleveland administration, no.
q shaken by Bayards follies, anew an
strengthen II.