Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-11-07
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(From our Regular Correepondent.>

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2, 1883.
Cleveland and his cabinet discovered.
after more than q week of delay. that
must be done in regard TO the
action of the meddling British Ministerbe-
sides submitting the facts to the English
Foreign Office. Perhaps the following
telegram from the democratic National
Committee in New York to member
Of the cabinet, may have hurried up things
a little. Washington kilograms arc
most disappointing about the Sack
VILE matter. Does the president know
that the Irish vote IS slipping out of our
hands because of diplomatic shilly. .shally'
ing? Something ought TO be done to-day.
See Lamont at once. At any rate the
day that this telegram was received the
cabinet decided that Lord Sackville must
90, and notified Mr. Baynard TO serve
the proper papers on him. This action,
although forced upon Cleyeland by
strong and forcible current of public
opinion, as we'll as by his fear of losing
the Irish vote, was nevertheless we'll re.
ceived by the public at large, which had
begun to fear that the studied insult to
the President and the whole American
people, containined IN the letter of the
British Minister to an American citizen,
was to remain unresented by the admins.
tratiou. But sending the British Minis
ter home does not change the fact, as
stated in his letter, that England wants
Cleveland elected because he is q free
trader. Hon. Ed. Mcpherson. Secretary
of the Republican Congressional Com
mittee, says on the subject: 1t is pun
ishiug the British Minister rather severely
for stating what every Englishman
! thinks. but do not see that it will amend
or change matters. The removal of the
minister does not alter the main fact that
he was in favor of Cleveland's reelection
because Cleveland was the friend of Eng
land.
Representative Woodburn, who was
perhaps the first man to openly charge
upon the floor of the house that the
present administration was in sympathy
with England, passed through here en-
his way to New York this week. When
asked about this matter he said: 'The
fact is, Lord Sackvllle merely voiced the
sentiments of the British government.
He had no business to do 50, and has
been punished for it; but that does not
affect the fact that the British do desire
Mr.. Cleveland's reelection. do not see
why Lord Sackville's letter should have
caused any surprise, except at his indis-
cretion. There was no new disclosure in
the expression of British sympathy with
the Democratic policy. Every paper in
England and Scotland ADVOCATES the re-
election of Mr.. Cleveland. They make
no attempt to conceal their preference
for him, and their desire for some one in
the White House who will carry out the
policy he has laid down. The fact is the
English are all for Cleveland; they will
stick to him; he cannot shake them off.
His treatment of Lord Sackville will not
offend them.
The British influence with the admin
istration may be readily seen from the
fact that when the British minister's let.
ter was first made public, Secretary Bay
ard stated that the administration would
take no notice of it, as it was a private
matter. And the fact should be remem.
bered by voters, that no notice of it was
taken until public oplnlon, irrespective
of political aff1liation, demanded that the
insult be resented. Neither Cleveland
nor his cabinet are entitled to any credit
for their action, which was forced upon
them by the American people. Let every
voter decide before casting his ballot
next Tuesday, whether he wishes this
couctry governed by English or Ameri.
can ideas. Cleveland represents Eng.
land, and Harrison America That is the
issue in a nutshell.
Many Democrats are clamoring for the
removal of Secretary Bayard from the
head of the State Department, and
have been informed by a gentleman that
Dan Lamont told a friend today that
Cleveland would dismiss Bayard from
the cabinet if it were not for the nearness
of the election.
Under the present administration n,
American interests suffer abroad as we'll
as at home. Adyices have been received
received at the State Department of the
seizure of an American vessel by the
Haytian government at Port Au Prince
The few vessels in our navy are scattered
around the world in such promiscous
manner that none can be sent to HsYti
until the Kearsarge, which is now under
going repairs at the Portsmouth, Va,
navy yard, Cal be got ready for sea.
Thursday, Nov. 20, has by proclama.
ton of the President, been designated as
day of THANKSGIVING throughout the
United States. The defeat of Cleveland
and freetrade next Tuesday will cause
the dav to be sincerely kept by all hon
est Americans. 1.#