New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-09-06

-, came intent upon comforting on IN supJects Oh
N;lado the priceless benefits OF an American
i;,;1at,on Did lie not turn the consulate into han
~ iov where duh care was banishea snd pleasure
supplantcd business And ala ne nov ~ soa 1870 ~
and energy the task OF teaching numoer OF natte
Hoods the great American game of pokerf True ms
scbolars in their artless Japanere way. refused 70
Ssrmit him to open Jackpot with q pair OF deuces
when he attempted that stroke OF genius wmcn ony
the most desperate straits could have JUSTIFIED ;.rue
,.o that the poker exports the Senate Connittee
70 whom tho nomination Of Consul Green was suo-
mted were compelled TO draw the line there ana then
aud report his adversely 10 the Senate gu. IA
This certainly could not in the opinion OF Mr. Bayaru
a. least have detracted from the lustre which Mr.
Green nomination had shed upon American diplomacy
No Consul Green philanthropist and the senate
of course all wrong in dealing so haTshy Win DIM
A figure scarcely less amusing than that cut oy
g Dick Hubbard in Japan Is Brigadier ,ienerd Oh
the Illinois Militia +. II. Winston. IL is not 80 very
long ago that winstons attempt to get a commission
a rigadier General Of Militia from the Governor Oh
Illinois, for the sole purpose Of donnng the S
and impressng the Shah of Persia by the spienoo. m
his ralnent made HIM the butt OF every newsPspod
paragrapher's wit Before he started mr. Day%'
heard that his new minister had rather Freely snu
quite undplomatie way talked Of the secret nsoru.,
tions which he had received be had good reasou W
feel annoyed at this be had still better reason W 20
angry when he heard of his munster nii.o vonns
banded about in connection with that OF young
woman who committed suicide in Chicago shorty ai
Mr. Wlnstons departure for Persia When IN huu,.,on
70 this Mr.. Winston permitted bis private seoro'ie
10 write letters to newspapers in this country over ms
own signature which reflected very severely upon v0
Ghahs mode of governing Persia. inc cup y, -
Bsyards misery full to overio"lns "p -
moment o1 despair he is snd to have used iather
violent language toward the wouid-oo pr'sao'e'-
general =, ,.r.. NAV 20 othar diam
experienced by Mr. Bavar1 IN the selection
- b;s aoents Greenebaum. a secondhand clothing
xaaler Of San francisco, who was appointed Consul
~ fbe samoan Islands in liquidation OF bill incurred
w tbe Democratic State Central Committee Tor cam
,s,Cn uniforms. behaved with such indiscreton AT MS
nost As TO raise grave international issues ana make
he appointment OF a special envoy VINO Is no" oGV
there necessary Buck, Kentuckian and natural
lat was sent TO Lima where his refusal 10 don dress
suit before paying his respects to the PRESIDENT sau
70 have set Attorney General Garland wd WIN envy
when be heard of It, and have made Senator biack-
burn of Kentucky disown his friend and refer TO nun
contemptuously as that bug professor" Chiids OF
Missouri was discovered by Mr. Bayard IN tine PACK
woods west OF the lsssspp where he had oeen euitg
u small country newspaper and sent 10 bahgho1'
like thrifty man that he is Childs was for backing
out when he heard that the expenses OF the post
eat UP all bis salary. but he was plainly gwen 10
understand by the department that IL was eitneL
Siam or nothing he finally decided to accept; WIN
ths rrm determination. however OF making the tn,ns
paw IL il was ali possible Before Mr. Chllds let
San Francisco ii is ead that Mr. bayaro regre''eu '
sppointment he had made. .r
Such are few of the appointments wnlch JUSTLY
s,en the most ardent admirers OF Mr.. bayard rs q
man in arriving at the conclusion that as secretary
Of State and the chief of important executive Ge-
esrtment he has been most dismal failure qute asIe
from the criticism to which his oomplacent atutuue
coward Great Br tain in the fisheries dispute ana ms
hectoring policy toward Mexico In the Cutting case Is
obviously liable.