New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-01
LORD sAcKvILL.E AS A SACRIFICE.

LORD SACKvILL.E AS A SACRIFICE
Ills LETTER ENRAGED THE PRESIDENT AND
Mr. CLEVELAND HAD TO FIND VENT
80 FOR HIS WRATH.
like everything else that Mr.. Cleveland has done
since he wa renomlnased, HIS action In the saeKvnc
natter has not had the result that he ana MS man
ayers hoped. 1t impossible TO ma Julian.
democrats hut Republicans who were hlghiy peaseu
With the outcome OF this matter were everywherc-
7; was speoally so when II became known that the
President bad simply acted in this matter involving
the diplbntatie relations between Great britain and
this country on the suggestion OF Colonel Brice. BE-
csuxc the Irish voters had deserted them by hundreds
in consequence Of It, Colonel Brice ielepaphed tho
Presldcnt late on Tuesday afternoon that something
2,sa no done to save himself and Mr.. Cleveland,
forgetting what no had previously promised to do,
called the Cabinet together and instructed Secretary
Bayard to act The dating back OF the secretarys
Letter was also another cause Of comment, and 1t
showed every one to just what unfair ana UNJUST
extremes the President and all associated with him
will 20 to save themselves. II It Is possible this
niece of work by the President has fallen atter than
his Retaliatory message did, and the effect VIII %
10 drive voters away from him because OF his faeillA
ing political methods.
Z There Democrats who Thought thAt ths
kicking out of Lord sackvillc would really have good
syoitcal results but the sane pemocra's "ehe INV
ccstasies Of 10y over the Rctaliatory message,
Coon said that this would be one OF the most
humillatlng chapters in the history Of our country
eTho undue haste and lack Of international courtesy
which the President has pursued is simply matter
OF shame to the entire country" he concluded
senator Fassctt, secretary of the Republican
National Committee spoke earnestly and for the other
members of the committee when he said;
"The President is simply trying to make political
capital out of this affair." but it will avail him nothing
acting In this reckless manner
Theron g. Strong gave vent to his opinions In this
forciblc language:
at was an exceedingly bad blunder for Lord Sack
villc but 1T revealed feeling of British senti
ment In regard to what British interests In this
country REQUIRE. Now, the President, after seeing
the disastrous effect that this feeling has had on his
candidacy, has endeavored by heroic measures to
direct the attention OF the American people from the
great desire of Englishmen to see him elected
Exsecretary of state Hamilton Fish told Tribune
reporter last evening that Mr. Cevelands acton had
been a complete surprise to him. a. did not sup
pose,s he said, aughingy, that there was courage
enough in the Cabinet Of the present Administration
to take such a STEP have no doubt that such a
thing would have occurred had 1t not been for
the fact that just the eve of the election
That letter hurt IT made the Administration mad for
II let out secret When the effect Of the letter was
seen II became evident that something must be
done If possible to stay the mischief Well the mis-
chief is done. AS for poor West, he only serving
the interests, he thought, of his own country and
The Government he represents 1t would have been
all right, far he concerned if he had not
gotten himself and the Administration into such a
scrape. He personally is agreeable, pleasant
gentleman, but unfortunately for him. he met with
shrewd wideawake Yankee, and Of course the Yankee
came out of the encounter ahead. Since lie try
Ing to the purpose of his Government he VIII,
! suppose, be rewarded with something better than his
present position when he gets home.
at is no unheard-of thing for the United Sta es
TO request the recall of Minister. Such thing has
frequently occurred, aid wherein the praise for Mr..
Cleveands action les fail to see, especially when
one considers The circumstances of the cas-, Nothing
So unusually seiious done about the matte until
the affair assumed serious ASPECT fvr he' "a 'snnns'
traon and the Democratic party, So why should
any one consider this action In any other hght4 9he
letter did hurt" he said again, with smile. All
the pain of it has caused some things TO be done as
said before, which otherwise would not have been
do1e That seems % me to be The sum ana substance
OF the WI Gle affair
Ex-secretary Of State william NJ Evarts when seen
by reporter last evening said that he had given MS
the afternoon at the sub-Treasury. His words re
garding the matter are given In The Irlbunes report
OF the meeting In another column.
. The sub-Executive Committee of the County Dem
ocracy last evening passed resolutions COMMENCING
Minister sackye.
Wallace Bruce said on Tuesday night in his speech
at Peekskll that the laundering British Minister should
no longer be called Lord sackvile-West, but Lord
skedadde-E East
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COURT CIRCLES OPPOSED CHAMBERLAIN.
Ottawa, Oct. 81 (speciaD.-In Ministerial circles
onght 1t is stated that Mr. Chamberlain sounded
by Lord Salisbury before the present crisis as to
offer Of the appointment TO succeed Lord sackvlc
in tie event Of the latter returning TO England Court
Circles, however, not favorable TO Chamberlain S
appointment, and the names of member of the
fourth party and OF occupant of the Colonial
Office, both of whom have had long official and
diplomatic training, have been mentioned 10 Lord
salisbury as more acceptabc 10 inc Queen thah tAat
of Mr. Chamberlain or Sir Charles Upper.
Feeling in Canada on the dismissal OF Lord Sack
vile Is Of growing uneasiness at the possibility
Of war.
SACKVILLE THE MARTYR.