New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-10-04


these gentle have Published their
finding in a Demo cratic newspaper.
The gentlemen are Mr.. Horace White,
Of the New Y rk Evening Post, and Mr..
Richard Watson Glider, of the Century
Magazine, and the newspaper publishing
their findingis the staunchly Democratic
New York World
No feeling of animosity toward the
President has animated these gentlemen.
Far otherwise; on discovery of the shame
full truth of the corrupt bargains, they
sought alike to prevent it's consumma-
ton and to prevent publicity of its in
ception. We cannot, however, praise
the methods used by them. It was the
duty, the imperative duty, of these jour-
nalists, who have put forth peculiar
claims to consideration, to purity of mo-
tive and method for themselves and their
journals, to have published the details Of
the corrupt compact, and to havetrusted
to the indignant clamor that the publ
cation would have aroused for preven-
ton of completion of the scandalous bar
gain. But to have done this would have
been to give indirect aid to the Republic
can party, and rather than do this these
immaculate reformers preferred to COM
pound a political felony. There are
tricks in all trades. that of political pur-
ist included.
We will let Mr.. White testify for him.
self to the readers of The Inter Ocean,
using the words that he gave to repor-
ter for the New York World:
Both Mr.. Glider and myself agreed
that the appointment would be unwise.
Without regard to Mr.. Van Aliens fitness
for the position, the fact that he had
paid $4,000 for position Of govern
mental honor was enough to debar him
from receiving that position. I offered
to contribute $1,000, and so did Mr.. Gil
der. I visited several capitalists, whose
names l do not care to mention, and re-
ceived the assurance that the sum of
$4,000 could be raised at once and with
out publicity, providing Mr.. Van Allen
would cease to be candidate for Office.
The plan of Messrs. White and Glider
for compromising this political crime,
''without publicity, providing that Mr..
Van Allen would cease to be candidate"
cannot be too severely condemned. It is
little less reprehensible than Mr.. Cleve-
lands open bestowal of the italian mis-
sion upon Mr.. Van Allen as compensation
for $4,000 paid into his campaign fund.
The plan failed because of the sudden adj
vent of, Mr.. Cleveland's free trade panic;
the "several capitalists" visitedby Merls.
Glider and White found themselves with
out 81 900 to spare for buying Mr.. Van
Allen off. It IS more than probable that
most off them were members of that
league of importers that fraudulently
calls itself the Reform club.
Mr.. Van Allen has demanded payment
of his bond, and the President has paid
it. We know the price of the Italian
mission; it is $4,000. What is to be
the estimated value of the Russian, Brit
ish, Germanic, and French missions?
How much is to be paid for consulate,
and how much for consulate general?
What is to be the magnitude OF the next
Democratic campaign fund derived from
the sale of the foreign appointments?
The sale is confirmed by Mr.. Public
Office Is-a-P ublic-Trust Cleveland, and
was sought to sc concealed, or at least
to be prevented "without publicity" by
such eminent purists as Messrs. Horace
White and Watson Glider. In whom shall
we trust, now that the reforming President
is proven to be an Office broker, and the
two high priests of Mugwumpery stand
selt-confessed accessories? -Chicago In.
ter Ocean.
Mrs. LaUdenschlaege1a