The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-11-01
CLEVELAND FALSE TO GRESHAM
Dir. Dickinson Hints of Treachery on the
Part of the President.

Part of the President
1t will be remembered that not many
months before Secretary Gresham broke
down, not to recover, Don NJ. Dicl1in-
son. member of the presidents cabinet
during his first administration, and al
ways reputed to be his closest personal
friend in politics, delivered speech in
which, in effect, he savagely attacked
the foreign policy of the state depart
ment. His call for a more vigorous
conduct of international questions was
so loud, so well fortified and so wide in
its scope that it compelled general atten-
ton. By some it was accepted as an
Indication that a large section of the
presidents party were weary Of the
bungling at Hawaii and of failure on
the part of the administration to up
hold, morally aud physically, the fair
name and real strength of this country.
Once more Mr.. Dickinson has APP
peared as the apparent critic of the adj
ministration. He wants a more direct
and effectual course in relation to
Cuba.
What gives the Cuban ideas of Mr..
Dickinson gravity is Mr.. Dickinson's
explanation of the real motive of his
assault on the state department while
Secretary Gresham was at its head.
Dir. Dickinson, according to William E.
Curtis, delivered that speech with the
presidents knowledge and approval.
That is to say, Grover Cleveland, presi-
dent of the United States. entered into
an intrigue with a man of his own party
but not in his cabinet to assal in public
q man who was in his cabinet, his own
subordinate, Walter q Gresham
1t is scarcely possible that Mr.. Dick
mSon realizes the basenesS of the posi-
ton in which his assertion places Presi-
dent Cleveland 1t was in his power at
any time to ask for Mr.. Gresham's res
equation. Was he afraid TO do 81? In
personal and political cowardice did he
cpadescend to eonSpire against the
peace and honor of one of his own of
Hcial family? If Secretary Gresham
knew of the intrigue against him, with
the president his chief. aS its iuSpireT,
it is not strange that, married by con
gress4 Knocked for the miserable blum
1ering at Honolulu, surrounded by as
sOc;ates all political, and many of them
personal strangers to him. he Sicllened
and died Official mortality of Mr..
Cleveland's cabinets has been painfully
striking Mr.. Dickinson himself hav-
ng had one term of intimate official
connection with the strong personality
n the white house, could not be per
saaded to have a second
Since, according to Mr.. Dickinson,
the assault on GreshamS management
IF the state department was with the
presidents knowledge and approval
Secretary Olney may well be pardoned
Tor raising his eyebrows when he reads
Mr.. DickInsOn's opinions about theduty
If the United States to Cuba. 1t is a
suggestive coincidence that, just when
Mr. Diclxinson'S voice calls for help for
Cuba, it is. given out that Mr. Cleveland
and Secretary 0lney are about to take
some. step in recognition of universal
American opinion ON the subject
For President Clevelands sake, it
may well be hoped that Mr.. Dickinson
will modify his apparent accusation of
treachery by Mr.. Cleveland to Walter
J. Gresham, who sacrificed all his am
Jition. for Mr.. ClevelSnd'S benefit-Chi-
ago Times-Herald