The sun., 1893-12-06
DIR. EDW. M'GLYNN FOR ROME!
FRIENDS PUr HIM FORWARD FOR TIE
VACANT EMBASSY

fOr the Fost Bo "ouio MOI Aetuse II
wouid se Per,ons Grata at the oulriusL
The ink on the newspapers here IN New
York which printed the correspondence where
In Mr.. James J. Van Allen resigned the en-
bessy to Italy was hardly dry before another
and equally well-kept secret began to be
whispered about well-known Republican
at Republican State headquarters In the Fifth
Avenue Hotel had heard II. he didn't say
whore. Henry George became aware OF It.
The Rev. Sylvester Malone Of Williamsburgh
knew al, about II. and dozen others besides,
This momentous secret was that friends OF
the Rev. DR.. Edward McGlynn. formerly rector
Of st. Stephens Roman Catholic Church In
East Twenty-elRhth street, wrote In January
last to Mr. Cleveland. then President elect.
recommending Dr. McGlynn's appointment as
Ambassador to Italy. and that subsequently,
President Cleveland received a letter from DIR.
McGlynn on the subject. With the reslgna-
tion Of Mr.. Van Allen the partlsans OF DR.. Mo-
Glynnwere FMS pir cd with the hope that the Pres
ident might now see his way clear to elevate
DR.. McGlynn to be Ambassador to Italy. Henry
George, among others. said yesterday that
he sincerely hoped President Cleveland would
appoint DR.. McGlynn to the vacant embassy.
This was considered very friendly on the part
Of Mr.. George. as at one time especially dur
Ing the Presidential campaign OF 1888 his re-
then. however. Mr.. George and Dr.. McGlynn
have met on several occasions. especially in
Chicago last summer. and something like the
old personal friendly feeling has been re-
vived.
1t does not appear from what 10 said By the
friends Of DR.. McGlynn and those intimately
acquainted with the facts In tho case that DR..
MoGlynn at any time has been an applicant
for the embassy In the sense OF the word ap-
I'll. Il. liz. ,.In a
whom political preferment is In question. yet,
on the other hand. the contents Of the letters
sent to Mr.. Cleveland by DR.. McGlynn's friends
and By himsel dem onRtrate that he would not
refuse the place II the President offered 1t to
him. With this situation clearly set FORTH the
facts concerning the movement looking toward
the elevation OF DR.. McGlynn to be Ambassador
near King Humbert at the Quirinal are in
ordor.
In January last q warm admirer OF Dr. Nc
Glynn wrote the frst letter to President sleot
Cleveland recommending DR.. McGlynn for the
place. DR.. McGlynn. It is said. was not aware
st the time OF his friends step. and he did
not learn OF Il until some time afterward. and
then only through another personal friend,
confidant OF the gentleman who had written
to Mr. Cleveland. In that letter the writer
called the President elects attention to
two very recent events-his own reelec-
ton to the Presidency and DR.. Nc
Glynn's restoration to tho priesthood OF
the Church OF Rome. The writer then suR-
Eested the wisdom OF selecting DIR. McGlynn
as Ambassador to the Liberal Roman court.
He referred to Dr. McGiynn's abilities as an
Italian scholar. and intimated that the ap-
poiutment would cement the at one time
strained relations between the italian people
and the United States Government The
writer praised DIR. McGlynn very highly as
an American citizen.
This old friend seems to have told another
personal friend OF DR.. McGlynn Of what he had
done. and through that channel DR.. McGlynn
was first IN ade aware that his name had been
brought to Mr.. Cleveland's attention. The
current statement OF what followed Is:
AS soon as DR.. McGlynn was informed as
TO what had occurred he decided that It was
no more than fair to write. himself. to Mr..
Cleveland. This was after Mr.. Cleveland's
Inauguration. and the Doctors letter was
private and personal communication to the
President. In this letter to the President the
Doctor explicitly said that he was not an ap-
plicant for the Ambsssadorship to Italy or for
any other place. but. nevertheless. n the
Enthusiastically came his way he would
not refuse It. A friend Of DIR. Nc
Glynn was In Washington q short time
afterward and casually spoke to Secretary
Gresham about the matter. The Secretary re-
piled that he had received no application
from Dr. McGlynn to be Am bassador to Italy
This was quite true. as DR.. McGynn had sent
10 application for the place. either to Mr..
Gresham or to the President. His letter to
the President cannot be considered an appli-
cation.
with the selection OF Mr. Van Allen the
matter was dropped. But now DR.. McGlynn's
friends. and he has q right to agree with
them. believe that he could do much
good as Ambassador to Italy He certainly
would be persona grata to the italian
Government He has always had the most
liberal Ideas on italian liberty. and he has
eombAted. from Archbishop MoClosky's time
until now. the TEN poral powers OF the Pope.
All the editors OF the Italian newspapers In
New York city would declare that DR.. McGlynn
would be persona grata at the QulrinAl They
know his ideas for the liberal advancement OF
the italian Government Neither would the
Doctors appointment as Ambassador to Italy
be In opposition to the Pope, as the reconcilia-
ton between the Pope and himself has been
effected. Indeed. DIR. MeGlynn's friends be-
lieve that II he were appointed Ambassador to
Italy he would be In proper position to aid
the Pope In coming to better understanding
Of the condition OF the Catholic Church in
America There are many things going on
here thAtths Pope does not thoroughly under
stand.
Possibly certain friends OF tho Doctors.
who wrote to Mr. Cleveland, put their foot In Il
when they called to Mr.. Cleyeland's attention
the work the Doctor did for him in 1884. Mr.,
Cleveland. while Governor. had vetoed certain
Catholic legislation at Albany which many i'm
partial Catholics did not approve. DR.. Me-
Glynn came out boldly during that campaign
for Mr.. Cleveland, and In printed inter-
views and speeches advocated his cleo
tion. People have said that Dr. McGlynn
was for Harrison in 1888. That Is not exactly
trua The Doctor was engaged at the time in
little Independent movement In the cam
pAiRn last year DIR. MeGlynn took no active
part. But he voted for Mr.. Cleveland.
Last spring some Of DR.. McGlynn's friends
went TO Tom johnson. the FREQ trade Congress
man. and asked him to push DIR. MeGlynn
for the sAnbassadorship. but johnson refused.
saying that DIR, McGlynn's sphere was here in
America. aud that the people could not afford
10 have him sent abroad. Possibly Johnson
WAS talking like a politician at the time. and
did not want to come 10 the Doctors support
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