The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-27
WEST FELL INTO A TRAP.
THE MAN WHO ASKED THE CUES
TIONS A REPUBLICAN.

His Real Name Not Yet Made Public
Letters Of Similar Tenor Sent to
Other Prominent Britons and Prohi-
bitionists- -Englaud's Premier Look
ing for Official Correspondence,
LONDON, Oct. 26.-No official oommunf-
cations have as yet passed between the
cabinets of England and the United States
with reference to Lord Sackville's letter on
the American presidential contest Lord
Salisbury has sent to Lord Sackville several
direct dispatches deploring the minister's
righteousness 1t is expected here that
the United States government will make
some demands in order to counteract the
possible injury to President Cleveland. Mr..
Phelps, the United States minister here, has
already had an interview with Lord Sails
bury on the subject.
WHO MURCHIsoN Is.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26-The New York
Herald this morning publishes the follow-
ing:
Los ANGELES, CAL, oct. 25, 1888.
To the Editor of the Herald:
Your dispatch received The Pomona man
who wrote to the British minister, Sackve
West asking the minister's opinion how the
writer should vote for President,is Responsible
guests that his name be withheld for the present.
The minister's is unquestionably a genuine auto
graph letter, signature, coat of arms and all.
The writer's object was clearly To elicit the reaI
opinions of the British minister as to the two
great political parties In their relations to Eng
land, and also TO get the minister's private ad-
vice to countryman--a naturalized English
man-in doubt as to how he should vote
HARRISON GRAY OTis,
X iitor Los Angeles Times
NO SUCH PERSON AS MURoHIsoN.
The Herald's Los Angeles correspondent
says no person named Murchison is known
at Pomona, Cal, and that Murchison's let
ters were delivered to a stranger TIE
Herdtds correspondent also says that
number of letters of similar tenor were
addressed to other prominent Britons and
to prominent prohibitionists and that
Minister Vests dropping into the trap SO
readily was a surprise to the originators Of
the scheme, as they did not anticipate sue
cess in that quarter.
RECALL LOOKED FOR.
Minister West was not much more COM
posed to-day than he was ON yesterday.
Whether he blundered or not, he realiz
that his position here has become almost
untenable. Never on any but formal terms
with the President and the Secretary Of
State, he has now so strained his relations
with them that he Is no longer a persona
grdtta to them. His recall will probably be
brought about without any action on their
part. Whether he blundered and fell into
a republican trap, as Secretary Bayard
charitably believes, or whether he will
ingly lent himself to the schemes of the
republicans, as some others believe, he has
shown himself to be unfit for diplomatic
post.
SECRETARY BAYARD's COURSE.
The British foreign office will be fully
informed Of what the British minister has
said aud done, but no request for his recall
will ba made, because It is thought that
none is necessary III the British govern
ment does not recall him it will be regarded
as strange.
The British minister puts on a bold face
in talking with newspaper men, but in
private conversation he expresses great
concern lest he may be recalled. He has
never had any friends in this administra-
ton, and none Of it's members would be-
sorry to see him go.
Secretary Bayard will make a speech in
Brooklyn next Wednesday. He may refer to
the West epstle then incidentally, If 1t con-
tinues to bo Of the present interest. If so,
the reference to 1t will be as to a trifiing
trick to divert attention from the tariff re-
form issue-a move which shows very
plainly the weakness of the republican
cause.