Evening star., 1895-05-31
THE VACANT OFFICE
uocrats Seem to Turn to Mr..
Bayard.
WOULD CONTINUE THE FOREIGN POLICY
Whitney Suggested for the Court
of St. James.
MR.. OLNEY'S TRANSFER

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Those who have differed with the Presi-
| dent on the subject think that the severest
comment yet heard with regard to his for
| eign policy is the popular speculation touch
ing the vacancy in the State Department.
With good and capable men to be found in
every quarter, and all conditions of distinc-
tion, but one outside of the cabinet circle
| has been suggested as meeting in the ex-
| listing circumstances the requirements of
| the place. Mr.. EuStis at Paris, Mr.. Whit
| ney, Mr.. Dickinson, Senator Morgan, all at
| one time or another by deliverances full of
| assertion for their country have ELECTED
praise at the expense of the President s
course in dealing with foreign questions,
! and thereby are considered barred from the
| calculations. Any one of them, it Is con-
| ceded, would make a capital Secretary of
State, but the public does not associate
sentiments with which all are now con-
nected with the policy to which the admin
| istration Is committed.
Turning to Bnynrd.
! 1t was noted how promptly everybody
| turned as with one accord to Mr.. Bayard
| The universal judgment, formed without a
| moments hesitation. was that he ought to
be summoned. And this feeling still pre-
walls. The President may have other plans
but it is fact that nine out of ten demo-
Gratis are thinking only of MI. Bayard
They do not applaud Mr.. Bayard's diplo-
| macy, but they think 1t is in very near ac-
cord with the Presidents. And that, in
| their judgment, is the point to be consid-
| cred. 1t is too late for the President to re-
| verse himself, even II he desired to do SO,
| and nobody could assist him half so much
| in the continuation of the course he has
| SO far pursued as the Delaware statesman.
| The idea is, therefore, that if the President
| should call Mr. Bayard back he would be
| insured safe rounding out of the policy
| of active inactivity with which the admin
| istration in much of its treatment of for
| eign questions stands responsible.
A difficulty might be encountered in fill
| Ing Mr.. Bayard's present place. The office
| sets all Presidents to thinking. 1t calls
| for tact and culture and experience, and
| the large Irish vote in this country is al
ways taken into the consideration of the
| question. II the matter as it now stands
| Mr.. Bayard, who is ultra-English, is bal
anced by Patrick Collins, consul general at
London. who Is one of the most popular
| and attractive of Irish-Americans. Mr..
| Bayard, from the society point Of view,
| has proved to be quite card. He has
made a most pleasant impression on the
English, although at times causing them to
| wonder a little at the somewhat warm
character Of his praise of their ways. And
now that this pace has been set, ought not
| it to be kept up there till the end of this
administration? Ought not the same con-
| sistency to appear there as in the State
Department here? Who, then, for the
court of st. James?
Whitney ms Bnyard's Successor.
Mr.. Whitney bears no resemblance to Mr..
Bayard except that he has tact, and cul-
ture, and experience. He has good deal
of what is called charm. He is good
| mixer, without being handshaker or a
street-corner familiar. His knowledge of
men is extensive, and the way in which he
| has threaded his course in New York poll
tics-pretty well tangled at all times
shows that he has pluck, acumen and de-
cision. Mr.. Whitney is likewise wealthy.
fond Of society, and a conspicuous figure
in 1t. He Is almost as well known in Lon
don drawing rooms as in those Of New
York, and If he differed in his course there
in from Mr.. Bayard's course 1t would only
be as a man of rather stout order of
Americanism might be expected to look at
things. 1t is not believed that he would
lose anything in English eyes. and it is
considered certain that he would gain much
| in American eyes.
Might not such an appointment help Mr..
Whitney in political sense? Students of
political history agree: that James Bu-
| chanaa's presidential fortunes were ad-
vanced by his appointment as minister to
| England. Party divisions were at that
| time very acrimonious, and he was thus
removed personally from the field Of con-
| tention.
He carried himself well abroad, and came
home to take a nomination which those
| leaders of the party who had been con-
stantly on the scene had by the warmth
| of their struggle put entirely beyond their
| own reach. Things are likely to be warm
again for the democrats during the next
twelve months. In New York. particular
| ly, the thermometer will stand at ninety,
or above that, as a steady register. If Mr..
Whitney were in London serving his coun-
| try well and winning praise for it, would
not it be better for him than remaining at
| home and becoming involved in the strife?
There is going to be strife, and plenty of
| it. The democratic party there is booked
| for thorough reorganization and this will
call for hard knocks and the liveliest sort
of fitting generally. Senator Hill is still on
deck: still wants to- be President; still
| wants his own state to help him. and will
give anybody who may show up in the
| field as his rival a tussle to remember.
olney's Rumored Transfer.
The talk of Mr.. olney for the State De-
partment is we'll considered. AS men,
Der of the cabinet he is of course, already
| committed to the administrations foreign
| policy, and would lose nothing by helping
still further to forward 1t premier. He
is regarded as being very able man, and
the atmosphere Of the State Department
would suit his temperament. He cares
| nothing for everyday politics. and at times
has shown some distaste for the political
ends of the attorney generalship. The talk
Of James c. Carter of New York for Mr..
OlEey's office meets with several sugges-
tions. Mr. Carter is a great lawyer and a
| friend of the President, but in the recent
contention in the Supreme Court over the
income tax law he went to an extreme in
his championship of the statute. He not
only insisted that the law was constitu-
tional, but asserted in a note of warning
that made the members of the court stare
hot lyoG n w fhQf frih
the people might resent the decision by
tearing the court itself down. The Ian
guage caused a sensation. If Mr.. Cleve-
land makes Mr.. Carter Attorney General
may he be said to adopt Mr.. Carter's views
about the constitutionallty Of the income
tax?
Capt. Evans Wants the Indiana.