The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-02-13

that was sufficient assurance that hostilities
would not be actually commenced by the
President without authority from Congress,
Mr.. DoLE wrote to Mr. WILLIS that he
would not require any Information from
him Oh the subject. Mr.. WILLIS then en-
deavored to persuade President DOLE to
withdraw his letter. hoping thereby to blot
out the blacklist chapter In the dark record.
In this he failed. The letter Is now on Its
way TO Washington. II has been given
out that Mr.. WILLIS had been instructed
to demand the withdrawal OF that letter"
Such is the EaqWirers rapid and effective
sketch Of the policy Uf infany. down ~ the
latest, pettiest. and meanest detail ~ the
whole business. IL cape the climax with
the refusal to permit Minister THURsTON
TO testify before the Senate Committee on
Foreign Affairs. when his attendance had
been requested by Mr.. MORGAN:
The sndssvor to avoid The consequences OF onetai
conduct by supprsne the evidence OF II s pretty bad
but worse remains behind The Senate Committee on
Foreign Relation, desired = statement from Mr. THUas
rus the Hawaiian Minister At Warrington In regard
to the circumstances Immediately preceding and at
tending the dethron emit Of queen LLtuOEaLiSL For
eign Ministers are not subject to call OF Congress
committees when desired ss witnesses they are re
they respond by courtesy But Secretary GRBsBIn
was Wiling to have the Hawaiian Minister make
any statement He had refused to receive any state
msnt himtelt from Mr. THuRsroS last summer The
statement then offered by that gentleman In advance Of
the arrival Of Paramount BLoUSts report naty contra
dicts all the essential portions OF BLoUSts statement
secretary GrrsuIH was very much exercised IN his
mind when he received from senator hoRGAS OF Ala.
bamA Chairman Of the senate committee. note re
quesne him to secure the attendance of Mr. Tsuastor
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bat called personally upon senator MORGAN To him
explained that II the Hawaiian Minister should appear
before . Senate committee and call In question the
proprsty OF having his Government put to death by
the President Of the tinted states and the oesr OF
that Government put to death by restored queen IL
would make the President mad. and he would have to
send Mr. THuRstoS hons This rsnnsmen mt OF meAnnsss
Is appropriately termed Grsshsmtsm. Nj. GRssHAN
succeeded. and NJ TsUE-roN was not invited before
the committee"
Too much Importance. In our opinion. has
been attached To tho Secretary Of States
part In the policy OF infsmy, with respect
both to the initiative aud to the manage
ment OF the details The theory which ex-
plains the whole astounding business by
Slr. GREsHAM's personal unfriendllness to
Gen. HARRISON. Is naturally acceptable to
the party which Mr.. GRESHAM deserted in
order to take Cabinet Office in Demo-
cratic Administration. But the now notori-
GUS character OF Mr.. CIEvRLAND's relations
with his subordinates. and the intensity OF
his personal interest In the attempt to re-
store monarchy in Hawaii. as manifested In
his own utterancss OH the subject. lend no
probability to the idea that all this Is
Greshamism working itself out with the
knowledge and consent OF the President.
Under Mr.. CLEVELAND. there Is no more
room for Greshamism In the Cabinet than
there Is for Lamontlsm or Olneyism or Bis
sellism. Every one OF the so-called heads
OF the departments. in his own field. is
nothing less and nothing more than the
agent and executive officer OF the dominant
personage and we believe that this view OF
the workings Of the present machinery
OF administration will be as frankly ac-
knowledged 10y the warmest supporters OF
MIR. CLEVELAND as by the most independent
critics of his policies.
Gre5hnmiSm, the term invented by the
C0icianuti Enquirer 10 cover all that is most
iEnoble and contemplate in the perform
nnces incident to the policy OF infamy. has
no real significance as apart from Cleveland
ism. and. therefore. is not needed in the
language. Probably the justest view OF Mr.
GREsHAMs position In the business into
which he has been forced by circumstances
not wholly within his control. Is that which
regards the Secretary Of State with quite
as much Of pity as Of Indignation.