The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-12-29

Imbsciie Conduct OF the Departmen
of state

Cleveland
great service and save his administers
ton from much future humiliation by
instituting an official inquiry as to the
sanity of the present head OF the state
department We make the suggestion
In all seriousness. In no other way
can the amazing and unprecedented
antics Of Secretary Gresham be no.
counted for He had been In Office
scarcely day before he began TO en-
tangle his too-confding chief In the
meshes of what has since been woven
into n perfect web OF deceit, trickerv
and double dealing. The ink was not
dry on his commission when he secret
ly sent Paramount" Blount off post
haste To Hawaii with letter Of intro
duction 10 Mr.. Cleveland's great and
good friend" President Dole, in one
pocket, and private instructions In the
other TO enter into conspiracy with
bloodthirsty and discredted mon
arch 20 stab that same friend" under
the fifth rib. The senate of the
United States was in session Mt
the time, and had sole and complete
jurisdiction over the Hawaiian nego-
tiations, as well as coordinate author
TO friendly nations. but that did not
matter to Gresham. why" he prob
ably said to himself. should the con-
stitution be allowed TO stand between
me and Lip" And IL was not allowed
to. The news OF the secret mission
leaked out at last, and the controversy
over IL and its developments waxed
hot, but Gresham was not abashed;
not he He surrounded himself with
a halo of mystery. denied everything,
and acted generally as II he thought
the archives of the government were
his private property; and IL was only
on the positive order OF congress that
he made public the correspondence
and records which covered with dis
grace both himself and the adminis-
tration 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,
and which congress is calling for, and
which. according TO the best informa-
tion and belief, will add another chap
ter OF humiliation TO a record OF
foreign policy already black with dis
nonor.
So much for the first evidence OF i'm
sanity. There are many others.
When China and japan got into dis
pute over Corca, the same man who
had vainly attempted to restore the
reactionary queen, Liliuokalani, TO n
throne not hers by any legal or moral
right, sat down, and, in the face Of his
own numerous and solemn warnings
against foreign entanglements of any
kind, calmly indicted dispatch To n
friendly nation, striving TO protect its
citizens from Chinese aggression, adj
monishing IL not TO levy unjust
war against a weaker nation. Natur-
ally enough, his offensive interference
was spurned, rs IL should have been
and the United States was once mors
held up rs the laughing stock OF the
nations of the earth. The war did not
cease, and on November 20 the Amer
lean minister in Picking sent 20 the
state department an urgent appeal for
protection for the legation and the
American citizens resident in tho
Chinese capital Owing 10 Mr..
Gresham's capable Encouragement no
marines available for the purpose were
within one thousand miles Of the
scene OF danger; so, when knowledge
OF Minister Denbys dispatch finally
came TO the surface-the truth will
out, In spite OF all attempts at con-
cealment-our dignifled secretary of
state tried, by quibbling which would
bring the blush OF shame 20 the cheek
OF a third-rate pettifogging lawyer, to
convince the public that lac never re-
ceived H.
Again, congress was In session In
August last when this remarkable
statesman entered into an agreement
with the representative OF Canada TO
pay an indemnity OF S425. 900 20 alleged
Canadian scdlers for damages which
they claimed they suffered in conse-
quencc OF our governments action in
driving them out of Behring sea
pending n settlement of the contro-
versy by arbitration. The Paris tri-
bunnl had arranged n judicial method
of eqttlng all claims for damages, but
Gresham didn't choose 10 follow A..
RuIEors got into circulation that
Gresham had agreed 20 pay the maxi
muIn indemnity claimed without SUBJ
mission 20 the court created for the
purpose, but that made no difference
TO him. he denied everything; and
now The president confirms the truth
of the rumors In his message, and
once moro convicts his secretary OF
state of inability 10 tell the truth.
Is there any need 90 speak OF the
imbecility manifested and the blum
ders made I'm dealing with Samoa,
Brazil and Nicaragua? Is not the rec
ord snficient as IL stnnds 10 Justify
some friend OF the president in start
ipg nm Investigation as TO the state OF
his secretary's mind? We think IL due
To the president. IL certainly is due
20 the people.-N. Y. Tribune.
eTThe citizens who have called
themselves democrats will not die In 0
hurry. They will go on very much as
tha.. hun hann ..alnr IL .xnnll NJ.