Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-02-28
She Is Slyly Winking at Your
Uncle Sam.
A MOST ROMANTIC HISTORY.
Grover lniimales That Former AppoinIees
Should Go 10 Work Outside Of Politics.
Private Secretary 10 Be Henry Thurber-has
Democratic Pedigree Hits Enemy
10 Give Out the Small
PosioHces.
A MOST ROMANTIC HIST0Rl

Washington. Feb. 2T-The diplomatic
circle has recently received au addition
IN the person of Mr. Clement Il0rltlchs'
as cnvay extraordinary ana minister
plcnipotcntinry from the small neiKhhor-
inR republic Of ilaytL IT. e. new munster
has boon nnrc bnt 4 Few Jays Nnu mas
not yet ben received by tie president
He has ha. several conferences with
Secretary of State fJster, however, in
regard TO tho suttlemoEt Of the Cns,
of Meys. the American citizen for whose
nnltreatment by the iluyuun IN.
ment the United States las demanded
speedy reparation
ter. as recently told, reads like 9 re-
nance He was born at Cape Haitieu.
IN Hayti, and is about 43 years of ago.
Most Of his early life was spent IN Paris,
whore he lived until he was - years
old; In New York whore lac was for Il
short time secretary of the lt0yilnn le-
cation. and IN jamaica, where lie was
eXiled after the revolution Of 1883. lie
IS not purely white blood. II b. well
known that The mulattoes aud octoroons
of the South American republics prOiesG
repusiuu for their negro compntrots.
aud especially I'm Hayu the former con-
Rcut 30 serve the negro government mere
~ as q means of securing wealth rapidly,
that viii enable them "a 20 away TO I'VE
in another country With this object IN
view Mr. Haentiens has allowed his
three children 40 lcuru the English Ian
guagc only. He has tried 10 prevent
them FROM acquiring French or from be
coming familiar with the liuytian di .ect,
so us 10 make the temptation TO return
20 the Island the less when they shall
have got away.
The father Of the new minister held
the office Of secretary Of the TREASURY
during the presidency of General Michael
Dominique and was animated 10y this
sumo spirit toward the negro government.
His great desire to enrich himself how
ever. led him Go put the treasury Of the
nation to such pillagc that even In Hayu
the president and his colleagues in the
cabinet were forced 90 order his arrest.
He only escaped punishment by poison
ing himself u the very presehcr Of the
general who had been ordered TO urrcst
him and whilo the troops were surround
ing his house TO prevent his tight. But
the money WIS already safe IN France
aud his family soon sailed for Paris.
When his SONS Ind grown TO manhood
they returned TO Hnyd. The eldest son.
George. was seized with tweuty-eight of
his friends and shot ut 81. Mare IN 1889
after an unsuccessful attempt at inNr-
rcctiOu The second SON. Wcuripd by spv-
cral years of revolutionary plotting. died
just ms The revolution which upset LCgi-
time assured him a rich reward ut the
hands of Hippolyip.
Mr.. Clement Hacntious escaped death
mt the time of his brothers execution by
giving himself up to- seven years of
exile In Jamaica. At the cud of that
time, however, llippolyte wua made
president and appointed him secretary OF
agriculture ana public works. A. soon
| as lac had established himself I'm this
| office ne conceived the idea that HnytiNu
rivers ought 10 be Spawned by iron
| 49, 81.
government had voted heavy npproprin-
! lions for bridges. No bridges wert ever
| built, aud only one ever reached llayti
| and That was not mounted. The secrc-
| tnry's ambitions IN this direction were
! the cause, In September, 1895. of his
| being expelled from the ministry just us
| he was about 10 obtain contract for
! the laying of several miles of telegraph
! lines. When the revolution Of May -,
| 1891, broke out llacnuCns' nephew,
| Alexander Mndon, was the first victim
| of the popular wrath, and the cX-sccre-
tOry himself escaped only by taking
refuge In The house OF his cousin. cX-
| Minister Preston, AZ thc time OF his
! appointment to his present mission hc
was chief secretary of Hippolytes private
| council
His present appointment seems TO indi-
! rnte tile Inauguration Of a new foreign
! policy on the part OF the Hnytian govern
| lueut. since Mr. HaenUpns is the rrcog.
| ui2ed leader of the uuneXatiouist party
which recognizes the fact that IL Is i'm.
possible for The negro republic ever "a
rise above state of perennial revolution
and would like to see The government OF
the island pass into the hands of ont
of the great foreign powers. The fact
that Mr. Haentjcns Is accredited 10 thi,
country looks too. as though the eye,
of tho anue1utionists were no longer
turned toward Europe, but rather toward
the United States So far as known
however, ma. negotiations have YET beer
instituted looking to the Accomplishment
of such a purpose