New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-04
DypLOMATIC INCIDENT CLOSED.

With Mr.. Horace Whites latest note con
corning the Van Allen affair. III Which ne WIN
draw, the essential statements ollgl'ElilH maui
unon his authority the incident mght Dc
,ndors,ooJ TO be. in the language oi dpo-
macy practically closed. Mr.. Whites news
,o,or continues the discussion of II. however
a. h,uning topic While we do not by an!
means consider the subject OF such transccndcnt
;,,,ortonco a. 70 ovcrshadow the silver guc'-
,'on ON which the Senate is Just now gI""hdcd
80 tbo Elections bill which i h ding a quorum
of tho IIousc together or the taiia. which VIII
no,cp,ly come up we realize that it Is mat
., &c ,cr, crave consequence. and that VT.
Horace White has rendered the pIblic u gI'a'
service in calling attention Il the TACT ''''
President Cleveland had done the Nery 'hihg
| which he and his party had so StfcnHo"SlA eoi'
/ damned when ont OF Office IN giving hIeh
annointmcnt 10 person whose sole claim /"
! consideration seemed f. be that he had Sud
scrihcd a large sum TO Mr. Cleveland campaign
furd This was all the more crcditabc 10 VT
Whit. 4, being one Of the President do>c
nc,sonal friends. II was good thing L" 40
good thing for the country IN drawing II
,on,i,n T, an official abuse: good thln@ TOT
,hn president ~ showing him that. on the
,,h,lo !, ,vould he better for him 10 consult
Ur White before making appointments, and
GOOD thing for Mr. White, Is tcNiliIne I"
H. tborouoh consistency in finding occasions
for difference with whatever happens, ana VINO
over does IT, Moreover it was proof that Ms
loft hind leo was still loose and heXiblc WIN
= ball and socket joint, and that ne WIS., -
always rccalcltran.
Tho incident. as is well known, disturbed Tor
several DAYS the peace Of the country ana a@l-
,ot Il diplomatic circles the world over. hen
!, frat became known through Mr.. Whites IN
commons communications to a newspaper CORE
snondcnt that Mr.. White himself and the poet
Cildor--tn whom knowledge Of the affair had
suddenly come "a they sat together III the CIT!
Ch,b discussing the gilt edge of the millennium
,bov had lust brought in-had Clipped in a
thousand dollars apiece 10 save the g"od name
81 tho country and the reputation Of the Prcsl-
dent. all hearts warmed to the two heioflncrS
!, About seven minutes later the VIVA shiI'eu
and the American people through their news
papcrs and in various ways began 10 ask qieS
tons and to take on n critical ATTITUDE r"r
several days things were. Ill the language Oh
the carly settlers. Z" a good deal discomfort
lated" II had been observed that the evident
nurnosc Of Mr. Whites disclosures was to show
hat Mr. William G.. Whitney. who had more
or less TO do with the nomination and election
&c Mr. Cleveland had traded off the offices for
subscriptions to the campaign fund. ana, taken
all in all was an extremely pcrniciouS person.
Incident thereto was natural desire 10 nave
tIc country understand that Mr.. White ana
Mr. Glider were ready to stand by and save
, tho Nation from disgrace at a cost Of $1,000
G apiece
b Presently. however, Mr.. William c. Whit
= new who did not come into politics yesterday,
s or even the day before, and who knows with
@ great cearnos, the difference between wink
= and a bid emerged for moment into public
d view simply TO remark that 80 far as he was
: concerned. there was nothing in it. Then the
poct Glider rose up and denied that he had
it subscribed - 900 or had had anything TO dc
n with raising the fund spoken OF by Mr. White
@ Which led rifling persons to SAY that the story
o seemed 10 have started from Il casual meeting
@ between a vcrscr and a fal>liicr. Then 4
4 little later Mr.. White. after having tangled
J. himself I'D in several interviews. published q
card in which he Withdrew what he had sait
f. about the poets subscription of $1,000, and
* added that. so far as the pcrncious Whitnc,
N was concerned, he lad never intimated in The
l. romotcst manner that William fell short in an,
d particular of all the qualifications Of a winged
l. seraph. So there the bottom of the whole bu>
>. ue,s fell out All that is now left of the grca
n scandal that has 80 disturbed the public pcac,
j.. and agtated TIC diplomatic circles OF all na
: tions is the fact that President Cleveland ha
to appointed man to Office for the sole reason
=. t1at he subscribed $40, 900 to the campaign
al. And S.lk
ths'is a corrupt transaction. IL does have tina
st appearance and Mr.. White is entitled to grca
4 credit for bringing out the facts, or rather tn
10 one fact which remains, to wit, that Mr. Va
Df Allen did subscribe 50 900 to Mr. Cleveland
1T campaign fund. That would not have bee