New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-14
CONSTANTINE BTCKLEY fiLGORE

II will no remembered that TIE TRlBrNE
tool, occasion 70 say srrnc days ago. NJ tim"
when the whole country was pniSlting WIN
kilograms and seemed to he Iachod with anxiety
over the question what should be done Tor
Isaac Pussy Gray that while we wcrc IN ac-
cord with the cJnscn,II, of opinion that isaac
puscv Gray should get something ana 60 s'Thc-
where. We occupied an cntlrcl! neutral position
puon the ouo>ticn what he should get and
whore he should 60 Il was noticed that with
in 4 few hours after TIE TEinrSE continuing
mi. aycval reached tho White House the Prc,i-
dent sent 70 the senate the nomination of l'aac
puscy GRAY rs Minister T. Mexico. Following
the example Of one f our most widely circn-
lated Democratic contemporaries, we uhh' 81
tatingly admit that the President was waiting
10 hear from TIE TGIBUNE rs 10 H. attitude
on this important question, and that he maze
thc appoinim,nt at the earliest p ssiblc mo-
mcnt after he had received the information.
We shall not shirk the resp visibility At tae
same time WE appeal - the record - show mat
we did no; advise the appointment u Mcxco'
Mr. Cleveland himself must bo,r the rsp"ns-
bility Of selecting the place. All that we said
was that we agreed with the general public
that Isaac ruscy Gray should 80 somewhere
we did not care where. so long as he went. We
did not say Mexico But Mr. Cleveland oil his
own yolion, anI--wc vi late ~ confidence III
saying-without consulting TIE TRIBUNE
chucked him into our sister republic.
We now hear that, notwithstanding the con-
scnsus that Isaac Pussy Gray should be sent
somewhere. there is great dissatisfaction among
Democrats, and especially Indiana Democrats,
| at his being sent 10 Mexico. From 1.-THE At
| lanta Constitution (which was the leading
| Democratic newspaper in &c rgla until th" ad-
vent of Iokc Smith and the installation Of his
newspaper, "Thc Atlanta Journal" rs the Adj
uinstration Oigan-wc learn that " the orig nal
Cleveland Democrats Of Indiana arc kicking
about the appointment that Editor Shanklin
and hi, followers are bowling about the hotels,
and they are being joined in their kicking b.
| the Wisconsin contingent who were pressing
| General bragg" This is surprising, and j.
| also sad But still moro surprising and IN re
sad is what the Atlanta paper says about OK
Congressman Constantine Buckley KilgOrc
"Of all the mad people in Washington" says
"The CONSTITUTIONS" Buck Kilgorc of Texas
is the maddes. lie is simply red hot bccals
Mr. Cleveland would not appoint him Minister
| TO Mexico" It is Sid that Mr.. Kilgorc g went
70 tho White House and told Mr.. Cleveland
frankly just how he felt" In that casc Mr.
| Cleveland mrs. have been edited. Tho Hon
Constantine buckley Kilgorc in Il state OF
frankncs; added 10 condition OF red holiness
communicating his views t. the President AMI
informing him, as he is said TO have done, that
che did not want anything now must have
| been an inspiring spectacle. Mr. Kilgorc i
also reported on the same authority t. have
given n characterization Of Senator Mills, OF
Texas, to whom he attributes his failure f.
obtain the Mexican mission, in language that
! would do full credit to the cowboy OF red back
| literature"
| All Of which leads lis to repeat that we are
net responsible for Isaac Pussy Giay's being
sent to Mexico. and to remark, besides, that
we did not know that Constantine Buckley
Kilgore wanted to 60 to Mexico. Had we been
aware of the latter fact things might have been
different For we are 80 entirely willing that
| Constantine Buckley Kilgore should be sent
somewhere that we should have unhesitatin9y
recommended it had the opportunity been af-
fordcd, though we are frank to say we should
have preferred 70 have him 60 little further
away than Mexico. We hope even now that
bc NAV reconsider the remark made in his
red holiness that "he did not want anything
now'' and consent to take something for ths
sake of peace. Texas is certainly entitled b
something from a Democratic Administration
and that State could have no better represents