New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-12-13
The Van Allen Corespondence,

b" some fcCOmpenSc iOl Dlu1luciS anu HIS
fortunes can usually be found 10y those
who look for it, In the matter of Mr..
Van Aliens appointment to the Italian
mission it is supplied by the corespon-
dence relating to his resignation. of the
high office which his chief beneficiary
bestowed upon him. These letters are
useful in several ways: They show how
J despicablc were the assaults of spiteful
critics upon Mr.. Van Aliens personal char
acter. They enable rightminded citizens
| who were misled bv this vulgar defama-
ton to revise their opinions and do justice
to his sensibility and patriotism. They
furnish another and convincing proof of
| the Presidents colossal vanity and insol-
ent contempt of public sentiment. The
friends ofMr. Van Allen will find in them
! only one cause for regret on his account,
namely, that, having been betrayed into
a false position, he should have persisted
to the last IN expressions of admiration
and gratitude toward the only man in
the United States who was unwilling
that he extricate himself from that posi-
ton. Every unselfsh citizen is glad to
see Mr.. Van Allen vindicating his honor
in manly, straightforward manner
| Mr.. Cleveland, too stubborn to confess
and repair an error, insisted that Mr.. Van
| Aien should continue to share his di
grace.
The President has revealed himself in
| numerous utterances, but never before
perhaps quite so completely and offens-
! lively as when, dismissing as either ma
lignant or ignorant the almost universal
condemnation by the people of the Van
Allen appointment, he wrote to the ap-
pointee: "We should not yield to the
noise and clamor which have arisen from
those conditions.' The people who dis
turb the Presidents repose are always
| noisy and clamorous, Whoever resists
any inclination of his or censures any act
is either a knave or fool. The highest
obligation of any citizen who, owing to
the President. finds himself in false
position is not to set himself right before
the country, but to stick fast, for the
personal qualification Of the perverse and
obstinate egotist who put him there.
That is Mr.. Clevelands reed. and nobody
who refuses to adopt and practice it can
hope to enjoy the glory or the solace of
his appreciation. We venture to say that
Mr.. Van Allen has fallen greatly in the
Presidents estimation since he finally re.
fused to subject himself longer to public
censure.
If Mr.. Van Allen fully comprehends
this characteristic of the President, it is
greatly to his credit that he steadfastlv
| resisted Executive pressure. And we
| are inclined to think that he does under
stand Mr.. Cleveland pretty thoroughly.
For III his letter to Secretary Gresham,
after describing the great and costly
! work which he saw going on at Demo-
! cratic National headquarters last year,
and acknowledging his munifcent con-
trioution to the cause, he says: "It was
by no means the first time l had assisted
the party since Mr.. Cleveland's aggres-
slVe leadership aroused my admiration.
and do not hesitate to say that, if it
shall again seem to be my duty as a citizen
desirous of the best government, it will
not be the last" Now if he had not
formed more accurate estimate of the
President than good many others have,
he would have been likely to accept at
their face value Mr.. Cleveland's solemn
and ponderous utterances on the wicked.
ness OF huge contributions to campaign
funds, delivered soon after Mr.. Van Alen's
impressive check had been deposited to
the credit of the Democratic Committee.
In that case he would probably have re-
Trained from alluding to his demoraliz-
ing subscription, and he certainly would
not have expressed an intention to do
the same thing again under. similar cir
cumstances. r. 81 ....=@
A Question of Revenue.
Chairman Wilson proposes to save the
people several millions every year in the
cost OF various products. It is a beauti-