The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-30
WEST IS STILL MINISTER.
RUMORS THAT he HAS BEEN
ASKED TO RESIGN.

a Call at the Legation Fails to Elicit
Confirmation or Denial ofthe State-
ment-Secretary Bayard in Confer
ence with the President-Dispat
TO Minister Phelps.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29-Nothing au-
thoritative has been obtained to-day at the
state department on the subject of Lord
Sackville's letter. Secretary Bayard refused
to discuss any phase of the matter, and de-
cllned outright to answer questions ca
culated to set rumors at rest. 1T is use
less" said an official at the department to-
day, Ito discuss the unnumbered rumors in
circulation about the matter. 1t would not
serve to silence speculation. 1t is the one
topic of interest, and invention is busy sup
plying the demands of curious and an i'm
patient public. Nothing can be with pro-
priety given out until the correspondence
between the two governments on the sub
jsct has been closed That has not yet been
done.
BOTH GOVERNMENTS KNOW ALL.
Both governments, however, are in pos
session OF all tae essential facts in the case.
Meanwhile Mr.. Cleveland will not suffer in
the estimation of thinking people because
he does not yield to the mad demands OF
sensetionalis;s. 1t is folly TO assume that
because he does not do so he consents to the
offense of Lord Sackville. or is wanting in
harm done has been to Lord Sackville.
whose reputation as dipl lomat is entirely
destroyed.
MUST GO HOME.
The man must 90 home sooner or later,
and the sooner the better for him. He is
not in communication with the state de
partment now, and will not be again. He
would hardly have the face to present himself
| there, and would not be received should b Q
do so. The President has seen his friends as
r'sual to-day. and is in no measure alarmed
at the republican threats and treatment of
the episode. His information from New
York is that his position is thoroughly un-
derstood and indorsed by his friends there. ="
A CALL AT THE LEGATION.
The NEWS correspondent called tonight
at the British legation. Lord Sackville
himself was entertaining guests, but the
secretary of the legati on was receiving
newspaper correspondents A dispatch was
shown him to the effect that Lord Salisbury
had cabled Lord Sackville advising him to
voluntarily resign, and he was asked if
such a cablegram had been received. 81
can make no statement in this matter, -
said the secretary.
Il suppose no such message has been
receivedP' asked the correspondent
Il cannot answer you. You are at lib
| erty to draw your own inference was the
reply
DISCRETION AT A PREMIUM.
The interview closed here without the
correspondent getting any information
whatever, or single reply which author
lied him to draw any inference except that
discretion which was at one time at 50 great
discount at the British legation here, is q
quality which everyone there, from Lord
Sackville down to the humblest Of his as
sistants, is assiduously cultivating.
Secretary Bayard had several conferences
with the President to-day concerning Lord
Sackville's letter and other matters relating
to affairs of state. Another message was
sent to Minister Phelps to-day, and it is be-
lieved that a cablegram was received from
him at the department of state during the
afternoon, but nothing can be learned as to
the contents of either.
ONLY FOR POLITICAL EFFECT.
LONDON, Oct 29.-The Pail Mall
Gazette, writing about the Sackville incl
dent, expresses the opinion that the excite
ment caused by the letter in America is
largely simulated for political effect. 1t
regrets that Americans are not superior to
such outbursts of feeling. Except for tie
clance of catching the Irish vote by
abusing England, it thinks that no one in
America would care two straws what Lord
Sackville wrote or thought.
MUST KEEP QUIET.
The Globe holds that the most satisfactory
denouement Of the incident would be to
send instructions to Lord Sackville to keep
his opinions to himself while at Washing
ton. American election tactics, in its opin-
ion are outside the notice of any foreign
power.
The st. James Gazette maintains that
Lord Sackville cannot remain at Washing
ton. 1t says he should have known better
than to walk into a net spread before his
eyes.
MAY RESIGN.
LONDON, Oct. 80, A. M.-The Standard
believes that Lord Sackville has intimated
his intention TO resign.
SIR TUPPER FOR MINISTER.
OTTAWA, ONT, Oct. 29.-It is rumored
here that Sir Charles Tupper will succeed
Minister West at Washington.
MURcHIsoN's IDENTITY STILL SECRET.
Los ANGELES, CAL, Oct. 29.-The iden-
tity of the mysterious Charles f. Murchi-
son, the writer of the Pomona letter to
Minister Sackvile-W West, is still a secret.
There is no truth in the story telegraphsd
from here that W. A. Bell, a lawyer of
Pomona, is the real writer of the letter.
This is given out on the authority Of II. q.
Otis, editor of the Times of this city, who
has been iu the secret from the first, and
VINO stated to an Associated Press repre-
sentative, that the story was absolutely
untrue. When asked when the name would
be given to the public, Mr.. Otis replied
that he could not answer, except to say that
it will be made public when the necessities
Of the case require, ''ard that" he added,
sis a question to be determined by those
who are in possession Of the facts" The
Associated Press representative obtained
from him an emphatic denial that he was
the author of the letter
SEEKING FOR CLEws.
POMONA, CAL. Oct. 29.-The excitement
is still as great as ever here over the
Murchison and West letters Four de-
tectives have been here during the past few
days searching for clews to the Identify of the
author OF the letter. Gen. Barnum has sent
word from the national democratic COM
mittee to spare no expense in the efforts to
find Murchison, and especially TO ascertain
il Patrick Egan bad anything TO do with
the authorship of the letter.