New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-11
IS GRESHAM ~ HIS RIGHT MTNDf

So,nc kind friend ~ the President In Congress
might do Mr.. Cleveland n great service and
any, his Administration from much future hui
initiation hy insiiturlng an official Inquiry as 10
the sanity ~ the present. head Of the State DE
p,r,mont We make the suggestion in all scr
business In no other WAY can the amazing ami
unnrcc,.leni,L antics of secretary Gresham he
accounted for lie had been in office scarce"
Is a day before he began 10 cnanglc his too
cnnuding chief In the mr~hrs OF what has
since. been woven into perfect web of d"
crit. trickrry and doubl"-dcang The ink was
ma, dry on his commission when h. secretly
sent Paramount Blount on pos'-hastc 10
Hawaii with a letter Of Introduction 10 Mr.
clcvemnd's great and good friend" President
Dole In one pocket. and private instructions
In the other To- enter into a conspiracy with
hloodihirsry and dlscr,dtcd monarch 10 stab
that saline friend under the NTH rib. The
Senate ~ the United States was In session NJ
the time. and had sole and complete jurisdic-
ton over the Hawaiian negotiations rs we'll
A. coordinate authority In the appointment Of
ambassadors to friendly nations. but that did
not matter To Gresham Why" he probably
said To himself should the Constitution be nj
lowed 10 stand between me and Liz And il
mission leaked ont AT last, and the controversy
over it and It's developments waxed hot. but
Gresham was not abashcd not he. III" sur
rounded himself with halo of mystery. denied
everything. and acted generally ~ II he thought
the archives Of the Government were his pri-
yatc property: and II was only on the positive
order of Congress that he made public the
correspondence and records which covered with
disgrace both himself and the Administration
he had brought into contempt Nor has he yet
relaxed his tenacious grip. for even now there
lies on his desk In Washington report from
Admiral Walker. made months ago, which Con
grcss is calling for. and which. according
10 the best information and belief will add an
other chapter Of humiliation to record Of for
cIgn policy already black with dshonor.
So much for the first evidence of insanity.
There are many others When China and Japan
got into Il dispute over Corca. the same man
who had vainly attempted 10 restore the reac-
tonary Queen, I.iliuokalan 10 throne moi
hers by any legal or moral right sat down. and,
In the face Of his own numerous and solemn
warnings against foreign arrangements of any
kind calmly inlitcd n dispatch 10 Il friendly
nation striving Ia protect lis citizens from Chi.
ncsc aggression. admonishing II mol 10 levy I'M
inst war against Il weaker nation. Naturally
cuoIch his offensive interference was spurned.
rs il should have been. and the United STATES
was once more held mp as the laughing Stock
of the nations of the earth. The war did moi
cease and on November % the American Mill
lister in Pcking sem To the State Department an
urgent appeal for protection for the Legation
and The American citizens resident IN IN" thi-
ncsc capital. Owing To Mr.. Grcshams capable
mismanagcmcni no marines available for The
purpose were within 1000 miles of the scene
of danger: 50 when knowledge Of Minister Den
by's dispatch finally came 10 The surfacc-ihc
truth will ont IN spite Of all attempts AZ con
ccalmcni- digniiicd Secretary of Stale tired.
by uulbbling which would bring the blush of
shame 10 the cheek ~ n ihr,l-ratc pctifogging
LAWYER io convince the public that he never
received il.
Again Congress was In session IN August
Ias when this remarkable statesman entered
into IN agreement with the representative Of
Canada to pay IN indemnity Of SECOND To al
legged Canadian scalcrs for damages which they
claimed they suffered in consequence of our
Governments action in driving them out OF
BchrnS Sea pending settlement Of the contro-
vcrsy by arbitration. The Paris Tribunal had
arranged judicial method Of settling al claims