New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-09
TSIfC PCSEY GRAY.

N11C PtSE1
In the matter OF Isaac Pusey Gray we de-
sire il 10 he distinctly understood thaC we
hold position of strict neutrality. mat Is 10
say the question being rs to whether he shall
90 away somewhere to represent this country
in n diplomatic or consular capacity or stay NJ
home and continue 10 be mentioned about
once in fifteen minutes by the clock for any
thing that happens TO fall empty, we favor aS
pretty much everybody appears to, his gong
AWAY somewhere What we are strictly nc'ltrai
about Is AS to where he goes. Having thus
frankly expressed our views on the proper DIS
~ -ition to be made of Isaac Pussy Gray we
Jcsiro To saw further tina. In our judgment the
immersion which prevails all over the state OF
Indiana that the chief function OF the Govern
ment and the principal business OF the Amcrl-
ran people is 10 find a place for Isaac fnSey
GRAY is in n great measure 4 dclllson ana
snaIc. The germ Of this dcluslon, as we under
stand. was either borne into the mind OF Isaac
puscy Gray himself or sp- ntancously generated
There several wears ago. and for a time lay
dormant. Once started, however, II grew
rapidly. and presently had fall possession of
him. How soon it took hold Of the ncighbors
and began 70 spread we do not precisely know
but early last year IL appeared by reports from
that quarter that it had broken ont all over
the State. so that the Illinois Democratic State
Committee had to establish quarantine against
il at Chicago, while Henry Watterson stood up
like very IIoratius promcthcus Jenkins at
Louisville flaming it away from Kentucky.
II was believed in Indiana early last year
that tho least q grateful country could do Tor
Isaac Pussy Gray was to make him President
Of tho United states. Biographical sketches
of him were printed aud circulated with that
end in view. and there were times in the late
winter and early spring when the belief was
quite general in Indiana that Cleveland and
Hill had knocked each other ont and Isaac
Pussy Gray had dead sure thing for the nom
nation. When the Indiana delegation struck
Chicago in June their enthusiasm was a little
chilled at finding that, SO far as the Presidential
nomination was concerned, Isaac Pussy Gray
was not considered lin it" by the we'll in
formed. They were cast down, but not dis
outraged For they said among themselves
at is not possible that this convention will
adjourn without doing something for Isaac
Pussy Gray. 1t will certainly nominate him
for Vice-President if he will consent to take
ito Being urged thereto, Isaac Pussy Gray
magnanimously relinqushed his claim to tho
Presidency and consented TO the further sacri-
flee Of taking the Vicc-Presdency on the ticket
with Mr. Cleveland simply to help Cleveland
and carry Indiana. 1t was very good in him,
and everybody said so. Transparcncies bear
ing the names of Cleveland and Gray" were
prepared by the Indiana delegation. After
Cleveland had been nominated, the delegation
marched into the great Aquarium in body in
a way that seemed to win all hearts A little
later the convention in n fit Of absence Of mind
nominated Mr.. Stevenson for Vice-Presidcnt.
This. Of course was not as it should have been.
Tho Indiana delegation felt that they had been
trilIed with They were the more indignant
because as it was said, there had been whis-
percd insinuations against Isaac Pusey Grays
literary attachments and moral character.
Naturally enough, Isaac Pussy Gray himself
felt hurt, and almost Immediately became
apathctic. This apathy continued for several
weeks, until the whole country began to be
agitatcd about it, One day, along in the sum-
mer. the intelligence was flashed over the wires
from Buzzard's Bay that Isaac Pussy Gray had
met Mr.. Cleveland and come away smiling sig
Inc SlgnlnCaHCe vi tHe SHilic was
easily interpreted. Isaac Pusey Gray was to
be Mr.. Cleyclands Postmaster General. II was
n great relief to the whole country to know
that Isaac Pusey Gray was provided for. There
was great rejoicing in Indiana Things began
to hum everywhere. The rest is familiar.
Cleveland was elected. One morning the eye
Of Isaac pusey Gray, waiting for his summons
to the Cabinet, fell upon the announcement
that Wilson Bissell had been asked to take
tho PostofIice Department and that the other
places we're filled. Indiana broke then into
wall From all over the State went up the |
cry: as there then no place for Isaac pusey |
Grsy?, Again they were cast down, but again
they were not discouraged. They will not be |
50 long as thore is place anywhere either |
empty or liable to become cmptI. Just now |
there appears to be very general desire that |
he should be sent to Mexico. Whether ha will |
60 or not depends largely on how Mr.. Cleve-
land feels toward Mexico For our own part |
wo arc, as already said. entirely neutral rs to
where Isaac Pussy Gray goes, but we arc on.
tirely In accord With the prevailing opinion !