The Indianapolis journal., 1893-12-13
WANT MoRGAN's AID.
Cleveland and Gresham Anxious for
the AIaha nlinn's support.

the Ala nlinn's support.
Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.-lf MIR. Morgan,
of Alabama, chairman Of the Senate COM
mite on foreign relations. defends the ac-
tions OF President Cleveland toward Ha-
waii. as has been intimated by that gen.
tIeman that he intends doing, ii will create
great surprise. And it may be added that
it will serve to further illustrate the old
axiom that politics make strange bed-fel-
lows" 1t is true that Mr.. Morgan is the
brainiest representative of his party in
Congress, and being at the head of the
foreign relations committee, which has sole
jurisdiction over all questions relating to
international affairs, he naturally drifts in
to the leadership of the administration side
of the problem, but his eminent ability and
conspicuous fairness have marked him as
one who would assume strictly judicial
attitude, and point out the proper course
for the administration to take. On account
of his great learning in international affairs
and his record as an impartial advocate in
all questions involving the standing of the
United States abroad, President Harrison
selected him for the Bering Sea Commits
SIGN. He was also requested by a Repub-
lican administration to serve on the In
ternational Monetary Conference. He has
on a number of occasions been pointed out
as suitable timber for judicial structures
and as a conspicuous jurist, even when
considering question tinged with
led the tight which was taken up
hy President Harrison in favor of
the Nicaragua canal being made a
property interest of the United States and
completed at the expense of our government.
In short, he has been the conspicuous
Democrat in Congress who has for many
years stood up in favor of AmericaniSm
and the broadening and strengthening OF
international principles.
Serate for many days that the admniStra-
tion has been soliciting the good offices and
support of Senator Morgan in the Hawaiian
difficulty which it has heaped upon itself.
With him the President and Secretary
Gresham have felt that they could manage
to pull out of the hole with some slight
self-respect and might manage to make
something of A showing of good intention
before the country; but with him against
them, they knew they would be without
any real support 1t will take a direct an
nouncement from Senator Morgan himself
to make the intelligent men in Washington
understand that the Alabamian would so
far retrace his steps in favor of American
progress and the upholding of our flag
the seas and in foreign lands, as to support
even in a feeble degree the un-American
policy which this administration has intro
duced on the Sandwich Islands.
The administration has been in stew
oN er the selection of it's defenders in Con-
gress for several days Unfortunately, the
men who have figured as international
lawyers" and Thinkers upon foreign rela-
tions, have not been the most popular if,
indeed, the strongest, men In the Demo-
cratic column. The administration has sing
led out and summoned to the White House
or State Department the strongest Demo-
Gratis i'm Congress and requested them 60
take the leadership in the Hawaiian de-
bates. Some of them have frankly ac-
knowledged their inability to compass the
subject. while others have fatty refused
to enter the small list of defenders. In any
international discussion the Republicans are
so much stronger than the Democrats in
Congress that, even though they were on
the wrong side. they would outwit and more
tfan master their adYerSarieS.