The sun., 1893-11-22

ministratior lad no sooner been instaiied than
G O ~ the Sr a. pas
I for the Presidency. In lSH HIS ambition for
iRs sSRGF wS sStSSa sss Sy Ssa
sympathy with II, and felt that Tor many
GGshsm oyS Togd I s he dsS not
supporters. and it was generally thought that
the Dem ocrstic party Notwithstanding that he
was q candidate for a place cn the ,kcpublican
he was later disposed for time to listen to the
sS proSebiS that S"th lSvss9d and ,Nr,
ssssGiio 'Gi's Sis Great Ip5oltisai ambition. and
by @ the be9ocrRts eg will be one S who s has no. al
lowed himsef to become conne,ted In any
wlch Islands or anywhere else. ...-..-
chucklns y to iy himself with gSouiish slce over
the unhappy. situation 81 his colleague. the
hS 81 sss IT TR II. fea.ary is JofP For q
few brief weeks about Inauguration time the
Kentucky statesman fondly believed fsni hlmseit
OF the cleveland wing Of the pqrty. Almost
sse3 m Gi2sG not ttoo to paVs awe The he senate and put
htmself under The wing OF Grover CLEVELAND.
believing that IL would he a step fatal TO his
that as secretary OF the Tieasury he could
and Dem"crat that would cause the patty
managers to forget the circumstances that he
halls from = section OF the county HUG
been the custom to take Presidential candi-
dates
order. however than the great financial crisis
arrived and just as Nr. Carlisle was putting
the the President took the whole matter out Of Ills
hands. rcpudiated what hc had done. and nm
nnounccd to the country that the Admlnistr.-
grammo that Mr.. Carlisle hal already put In
service. Then Mr.. cleveland turned his heart
the reed upon which the Administration leaned
with confidence. Mr.. Carlisle kett his sorrow
TO himself and was again on the point Of ponu-
country during the great light over the repeal
Of the silver lay when again he was undonc Nv
tance Of the Secretary of state. All statements
to the contrary Notwithstanding. It lsa fact
compromise which came 50 very near pass.
ing the senate. and 4 is also true that
been led into acQuiescing In the tarlisle-tior-
man plan OF breaking the Senatorial deadlock
Gresham. Gre % At h the 'S critical @ moment. after The
the Democratic Senators. the RerublIcan sec;
saved saved the Dem Dem mocrntic % AdminisiratiS on on from
disastrous defeat and in doing SO SO few over
The long struggle over the liepeal bill in the
Senate had brought the President and nearly
Mns to admit that ps% S
mise was the only outcome. After Secretary
Carlisle had Yielded. however. cnme he change
popular appeal for coture rule and then
tho President began TO have doubts as to tho
wisdom OF compromise and to get back to his
original attitude OF opposition.
finaIly the compromise. rs arrangeh oy sec
was signed Gs in ihe
committee room on tho saturday before Com
grrs adjourned. and Secretary Carlisle det"r-
the compromises still held good Late that
evening Secretary Gresham called upon Score;
tsry Carlisle and senator Voorhees, and fou"d
them in n compromise mood. He left them
and late In the evening drove nut into the
Just before Midnight he came back in a |
driving rain storm. and, going to his hotcl. |
wrote out in his own hand the announcement
in tho land that president Cleveland was un.
alterably opposed To any sort 81 compromise |
and would nccept nothing but unconditional
rereal.
Thus did the IeEubIican Secretary Of State
'nT Bofy OF he G 1hs ha
pusy OF the Domocratic Secretary OF |
bs wh2 Is the sus6ns s0 bis
democratic Administration into disrapute in |
Ihe, country and ended all hope OF his own |
Secretary Grssham's od-time Republican |
friends are more indignant Mt his course, ii !
hem. "A, man Of national reputation. who was
rs good a soldier and Of as high a rank as |
Gresham. anil who served with him in the |
army and has known him al his lie. said 10.
lay that Gresham had hy his course in tho
hawaiian affair robbed himself Of all title to
no respect and support Of hia friends.
We weakened in our LOYALTY to him. this
Did soldier continued. when 10 made his sud
len flop into the Democratic party as a reward
or an appointment to office. We could have
orgiven that. however. and continued to be
al personal friends. II not his political sup
lorters. but his remarkR Bile policy with regard
o tho restoration OF the Hawaiian Queen has
'nded his career as mn honorable and patriotic
,u1lic man. What should happen To Gresham
" the rebel shot during the war in which he
)ore so gallant and conspicuous a part should
10 cut OIL and buried with all the honors due
q dead military hero, and the rest OF him
hould be forgotten by all OF us who knew
I'm as soldier, Republican, and an Ameri-