New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-12-13

ha Van AlansC orespondence.

fortunes can lsua IN and Ii those
Who look for iii II the matter 81 Mr..
an Aliens appoi ntnent g the Italian
mission it "a suppl ~ the cores pom
|dence relating to his resi- gnatio Of the
high office which his chief beneficiary
bestowed upon him. These letters are.
useful IN several ways They show how
|despicablc were the assaults Of Sspiteful
critics ! pon Ne. Y an q len 3 personal char
acter. They enable iightminde ed citizens.
who were misled BY this vulgar defama-
ton to. revise their opinions andd justice
to his sensibility and patrio tism. They.
furnish another and convincing proof Of
the p sident's colossal vanity and insol--S5
|entc ontempS Of public sentiment. The
friends ofMr. Van "A lenswil find in them
only one cause for regret "a his account,
namel that, having been betraye into.
q false position, he should have persisted
to the last II expressi ons 81 admiration
and gratitude toward the ont man in
the United States who was unwilling
that he extricate himself from that posi-
tion. Every unselfsh citizen is glad to.
see Nj. Van Allen vindicating his honor
il q mani straig int forward manner.
Nj. Cleveland, too stubborn to confess
and repair an error, insisted that Mr.. Van
Alien should continue to share his dis
grace. 5 81
The President has revealed himself in
numerous ltterances, but never before
perhaps quite SO ompletely and offens-
lively as when, dismissing as either ma
liggnant o. ignorant the almost universal
demllation BY the people Of the Van
Allen intment, he wrote to the ap-
pointee: We should not yield to the
noise and clamor which have arisen from
those conditions 3 The people who dis
turb the Presi dents repose are always
noisy and clamorous. Whoever resists
any inclination Of his or censures any act
is either a knave or a fool. The highest
obligation Of any citizen who, owing to
the President, finds himself in a false
position is not to set himself right before
the country, but to stick fast, for the
personal qualification Of the perverse and
obstinate egotist who put him there.
That is Mr.. Cleveland s reed. and nobody
who refuses to adopt and practice it can
hope to enjoy the glory 81 the solace Of
his appreciation. We venture to say that
Mr.. Van Allen has fallen greatly in the
Presidents estimation since he finally re.
fused to subject himself longer to public
censure.
II Mr.. Van Allen fully comprehends
this characteristic Of the President, it is
greatly to his credit that he steadfastly
resisted Executive pressure. And we
are inclined to think that he does under
stand Mr.. Cleveland pretty thoroughly.
For in his letter to Secretary Gresham,
after describing the great and costly
work which he saw going on at Demo-
cratic National headquarters last year,
and acknowledging his munifcent con-
trioution to the cause, he says ssIt was
by no means the first time 4 had assisted
the party since MI. Cleyeland's aggres-
slve dership aroused my adm ration.
and l [ DO not hesitate to say that, il It
lshall again seem to be my duty as acitizen
DESTROYS of the best government, it will
not be the last. !" Now If he had not
formed q more accurate estimate 81 the
President than q good many Others have,
he would have been likely to accept at
their face value Mr.. Cleveland u solemn
and pond ferrous utterances on the wicked.
mess Of huge contributions to campaign
funds, delivered soon AFT er Mr.. Van Aliens
impressive check had been deposited to
the credit Of the Dem cratic Committee.
n that case he would probably have re-
Trained from abiding to his demoraliz-
ling subscri ton, and he certainly would
not have pressed an intention TODD
the same thing again ,l1ld LEI similar cir r
icumstances. ssss
a Question off Revenue.
Chairman Wilson poses 70 ave the
Ipeop several MI ions ever ysarI ii the
leostsofs var os,s products. IL Is u beauti-
ful idea,and q first blush H ens strange
THAT the Peep not PIE cate bis
ind ness But they must have earnings
lbefors they can By II occ them
Itnat this scheme GUS otff their earnings,
land Lies them cheap goods
which they I are ables aet at
aans price IIe does and
i i III which