The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-11-12
A PLACES ron WILSON.
The Hawaiian Mission the Only Thing
Suitable for Him.
New York Sun meml


Plainly. the first duty of Mr.. Cleveland
under the present circumstances In TO pro-
vide a comfortable foreign mission for the
hero and martyr OF bogus tariff reform. Re-
puolcans and Democrats will agree as TO
the propriety of this. From no quarter
ever Cleveland may do for the Professor.
The very best that Cleveland can do Will
be none too good for the Professor, for this
IL probably the last opportunity the Presi-
dent VII: ever have 10 be OF service TO the
and unfortunate gentleman from
West Virginia, whose only fault is that his
manhood is sleaZy.
The selection of a foreign mission for
Professor Wilson ought not TO be delayed.
1t Is true that his term in Congress does
not expire until next March. but what IN
the world Is there to keep him in this coun-
try during the next four months? He will
escape much that Is personally unpleasant,
II not positively humiliating. by closing at
once his disastrous account with domestic
craftsmanship. and assuming the less wear
Ing responsibilities OF diplomatic station.
Cleveland has been accused Of some nasty
but nobody regards him as porcine enough
to refuse to take care OF Wilson now.
The office of ambassador to Great Britain
Is not available. 1t is occupied by a charm
ing gentleman whom every American es-
teens. and who Is so happy in a society
where nobody is p~rofane. or gets drunk, or
would be downright cruelty to ask him to
resign. even to make a place for the Pro-
fessor. Mr.. Bayard's visit TO America, in
order to take a hand again In the politics
OF his dear little native State, has not been
a bowling success; all the more reason for
not crowding him out OF London for Will
sons benefit Paris is out of the question.
There might have been a suitable vacancy
In Berlin, had things gone otherwise in
New Jersey. but Runyon will not be COM
ms home just now TO enter the United States
Senate. Nor is the Hon. Wayne
tossing coppers yet awhile into the fountain
OF Trevi- Breckenridge, of Arkansas, who
has hardly reached st. Petersburg, nigh
tive and courteous a gentleman to consent
to profit at the expense OF his old associate
in the cause OF bogus tariff reform. So IL
Is. all around.
there a place of welcome refuge and con-
solatory. comfortable exile for the Hon.
William Lostforever Wilson. or West Vir-
ginia? All things considered. we shall an
swer that he had better be sent 10 Hawaii.
The salary might be raised by his mourn
ing colleagues in the Fffty-third Congress
when the next diplomatic and consular ap-
preparation bill comes w. Willis would be
only too delighted to resign and come home.
IL we understand human nature The
climate is unexcelled. The attractions OF
natural scenery and ethnic interest are all
a scholarly man could desire. and our tariff
relations with Hawaii are not OF a sort 10
lead the Professor to brood over the ques-
think he might forget. In Honolulu, IL any
where. that such a thing as ~nolitical econ
omy exists.
1t may be objected that Professor Wilson
would not represent in Hawaii that spirit
Of patriotic Americanism which manifested
itself so impressively last Tuesday through
out the length and breadth OF the Republic.
True, hut for his year or two OF residence
near the court of the wronged ex-Queen
Liliuokalani, he could represent Grover
Cleveland.