Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-10-29
The Presidents IntlmaiIon.

The president having been misrepre-
oented In some remarks he was said to
have made TO Congressman Collins, in
Now York at the Whitney mansion,
where he was entertained on the occasion
of the business mems parade, has per-
Uitted himself TO be interviewed on the
matter Of the Sackville West affair.
He says that all he told Mr.. Collins was
that he did not think that the people Of
the country thought him coward,
and that he believed they would be con.
tent with the action taken by the gov
oEnment In the affair. Upon this an
Imaginative reporter found Lord Sack
vile West starting out Of the country in
three days time with his passports in his
pocket.
The president declines to say what
action has been taken, declaring that the
people must be patient and await the de-
yelopment Of the whole diplomatic cor
respondence. All that he permits himself
to say Is that he fails to comprehend
how any one with the least intelligence
could have failed to understand the letter
ce inquiry. 1t contains trap in every
line."
The fair inference from this declaration
I of the president is that he suspects that
Lord Sackville West understood the in
tent Of the letter addressed to
him and deliberately lent his aid to
fho Republican conspiracy; either
this ID the presidents meaning, or
else he considers Lord Sackville West to
ponsoas an .,sually low order of intelli-
Gonce. In either case, 1t is not likely that
- considers him At representative of
his country at our capital, and it may be
assumed that he has requested his recall.
Il has been heretofore intimated that
perhaps Lord Sackville West was no. 80
innocent in this affair as hA claims to be,
and that instead Of falling into a trap, he
helped TO set 1t. We have supposed that
his Offense was simply due to his stu
pldity; and We still think 80, not con.
ceiving 1t probable that minister of a
Foreign nation would demean himself to
be the abettor Of political scheme in
the country to which he was accredited.
( IL is easier to believe him simply foolish;
and the president is doubtless represented
- speaking more strongly than hs really
did OF the lack Of intelligence needed to
permit the British minister to fall into
the trap set for him by the letter he re-
ceived. 1t was not smart in Lord Sack
vile West to be its victim; but 1t is
hardly correct to say that the .'least intel.
lg0nce" would have enabled him to
avoid the snare. We see no difficulty 10
understanding that the ordinary intelli
9ence Of foreigner, unused to such polit.
isal tricks, might have been deceived by
u. 1t was cunningly laid out, and is
aid to have been fired prematurely, No.
ysmber ] having been the day set for the
baAss; and the president says that he is
e1visfd OF another that is to be let 20 In
the last days Of the campaign, being
resolution Of commentator of his
policy by free trade club.
Unfortunately for the success OF
any such scheme, the admittfd d
4 3rsudulency Of the Murchison letter has
I put the public intelligence ON it's guard
egninst Republican last day sensations,
Their IRE is drawn and there is no dan
oer that the coming week will have apy
!. political bolts in its bosom.