The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-05-02
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondents
WASHINGTON, April 80, 1895.

honored a long line of patriots from
George Washington to Benz amin
Harrison, and from Thomas Jeffer-
son to James G. Blaine-there is
only one word that fifty character
ICES the policy of this administration
in dealing with the dispute between
Great Britain and Nicaragua, which
has now reached point at which
Great Britain has given the world
a practical demonstration of its
belief that "might makes right"
by the occupancy of the principal
port of entry of Nicaragua by an
armed force, and that word is
double-dealing. Herbert Spencer
said: "The affairs of the universe
are not carried on after a system of
benign double-dealing," but Spen-
Ger wrote before Mr.. Cleveland was
President or Mr.. Gresham Secretary
of State.
1t is as certain as anything not
officially promulgated can be that
the administration has had an I'M
derstanding with Great Britain,
which included the acceptance by
this government of the British con-
structlon of the meaning, or rather
lack of meaning of the Monroe
doctrine, which friends of the
administration have been saying for
weeks past was to be applied to
Great Britain's treatment of Near
aqua, pointing out the fact that
there was strong fleet of United
States vessels in South Atlantic
waters for the express purpose of
compelling Great Britain to respect
that doctrine. Now, the fact has
leaked out that the administration,
probably fearing that the patriotism
of Admiral Meade would be
stronger than his orders, took good
pains to have that fleet away from
Nicaraguan waters when British
sailors performed the brave feat of
occupying the territory of a helpless
and defenseless country, which had
made the mistake of expecting that
the United States would see that it
was fairly treated.
The Nicaraguan minister to the
United States is so placed that he
cannot express his opinion, but it
is an open secret that he was lead
to believe up to the last minute
that this country would prevent
Great Britain carrying out its threat
of occupying Corinto, and that he
in turn had caused his government
to indulge in the same belief. Had
it not been for that belief there
never would have been any contro-
versy. Nicaragua would have
agreed to the demands of Great
Britain as soon as they were made,
knowing that without the protec-
ton of the United States she would
sooner or later have to do so.
Owing to the impenetrable mystery
which surrounds everything done
by the Department Of State it can
not be positively stated just what
the nature of the agreement with
Great Britain is, but enough is
known to cause every patriotic
American to wish that the whole
affair could be blotted out of the
history of the United States.
There is a rumor in circulation
that movement is on foot to make
Secretary Gresham president of the
Pullman Car Co., in place of George
Pullman, at the annual meeting of
the directors Of that company, to
be held next July. 1t is certainly
to be hoped that the movement will
succeed. 1t would prevent Mr..
Gresham sinking any lower IN the
estimation of the people, who have
tried hard to think we'll of him, and
would give him an annual salary of
$25, 200, which would keep him out
Of public life.
From adyices received in Wash
ington from Kentucky, it is regar-
2ed as probable that if the fight
now raging in that State between
the gold and silver wings of the