The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-05-14
INQUIRIES ARE TO BE MADE
MINISTER TO YENEzUELA TO VISIT
 PRESIDENT CLEVEL4ND.

It is for the Purpose of Inquiring Into Ger
 tain Charges That Have Been Made
 Against Him by Admiral Meade and Which Led to the Call for His Resigna- ton.
 Washington, May 13.-Hon. Bradley
 B, Small y, member of the national com mittee from Vermont and recognized as an intimate friend of President Cleve-
 land, will visit the state department to-
 morrow with Seneca w. Haselton of
 Burlington, Vt., United States minister
 to Venezuela, for the purpose of inquir-
 ing into the nature of certain charges
 made against MT Haselton by Admiral
 Meade, which led Secretary Gresham on
 April 12 to ask MT. Haselton's resigna-
 tion by cable.
 In response to the message the min
 ister asked and obtained leave to come
 to the United States for a personal in-
 terview. He arrived here last Thurs
 day Since then he has had several in
 terviews with Assistant Secretary Uhl,
 At two of these he was requested to
 place his resignation at the depart
 ment's disposal He demurred to this
 summary procedure and especially as
 he had not been furnished a copy of
 the charges preferred by Admiral Meade, and expressed a desire to see
 the president before acting upon MT
 Uhrs request. It is said MT. Uhl re- sponded that 1t was not probable Pres ident Cleveland would consent to re- ceive the minister Then Mir. Haselton decided to await MT. Smalley's arrival in Washington, which occurred to-day, before proceeding further. MT. Hasel- ton appears to have very little expecta- tion that the visit of MT. Smalley will be effectual in changing the determination of the officials to remove him, and he understands that the action already tak- en in the matter will not be reversed. MT. Haselton believes that the charges against him grew out of Admiral Meade's visit to Venezuela in March last and that they were based upon diff ferences which occurred between the admiral and himself as to the admiraps failure to observe the customary eti- quette governing such visits.
 So far as facts are known the case is almost inextricable. A glance at the records falls to disclose another instance in which minister to foreign country has been asked by cable for his resigna- tion, and certainly not under similar No information is vouch- safed at the state department and MT. TTaselton says that so far as he knows or can form an opinion his resignation has been asked wholly upon the charges made by the admiral. It was suggested that the real cause of the request from Gresham might be that in his with the Venezuelans the had given utterance to indis- erect expressions regarding the attitude of the United States in the pending boundary dispute with Great Britain. Mir. Haselton replied that there was nothing in that suggestion; that he had been particularly careful to say nothing either in private or official communica- tions that could give rise to any mis- regarding the views of this government on that subject. He had received no intimation from the de- oartment that his course in that respect was not entirely satisfactory.
 MT. Haselton further said that if any complaint were to be made on that score t lay against Admiral Meade, who, he asserted, sought to impress on the Ven- ,zuelan government and the public the dea that the visit of his squadron im- oiled assurances that the United States would lend the strength of it's navy to the integrity of Venezuela's erritory against the aggresslons of | Great Britain.
 This effort on the part of the admiral,' | le said, created surprise among Ven- | officials who were aware of l he pacific nature of his visit and did | lot appreciate the attempt thus to im- ,ose on their credulity. The result, | aid Mir. Haselton, was at Admiral | Ieade was much piqued and of this l ondition. MT. Haselton thinks, grew | he determination of the admiral to nake the charges against him of drunk mess, etc.
 MT. Smalley was seen this afternoon " reporter to whom he expressed his isbelief in the truth of the charges referred against MT. Haselton, and aid:
 "He has been prosecuting attorney f his county, member of the legislature nd mayor of Burlington, overcoming republican majority. He is one of the post popular men in the state and un- I he went to Venezuela I never heard f his conducting himself in any other -ay than as an upright, sober man"