New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-07
NEW YORK DAILY TRIBUNE TUESDAY, eaFotRTEEN PAGES
pet name Of "Cow Boy" for that gentleman WIS
moved recently To- write to him as follows:

pet name Of "Cow Boy" for that gentleman WIS
moved recently to- write to him as follo"s'
In Your d,snatch I regret TO find that IN your
conference with the Minister iof ro've" ,ina,,
you introduce matters when were m S,s,,nctlons
to the obect OF YOUR interview Inc o,s'i.'.
vou drav, ho,,ra.n the Constitution OF the Initeu
States and Tho british Constitution were not ois
Unnecessary but inaccurate Na.u' ",'H
neither conferred ncr regulated by te -. 60,
OF tho United States, nor IS .'. cans,,,mton. is
Britain the Queen. and not 'he ,,..,s ,,our
sovereign The Department specially regrets you'
saying to the Minister for Foreign Aia"s od uIu
Excellency believes II would accompiiSn So, IN
10 wonder 70 YOUR Padishsh the suitar' anu .
hin, tho, ,,i.ss he heeds the advice or MS Aih-
isters who are trying to save the country uo."
the devil It will be bad for turkey. , - ,o,-
ment does not perceive the precise i"sm""s "a o..
declaration thai II would "be bad .or lurney' D"'
ubataver tho meaning intended to be conveyed II
is thought that the whole declaration irhp"ea a u
position on the part OF this GoVerhc"' - s,.h
attitude OF Intervention IN Ottoman a.", 800
II IL neither our interest nor our po'cy ~ "'''
Wo ratbor think that Mr. Gresham lays little
too much stress on Colonel Terriers peeuiiar
views Of the United States ana briush iorn'' VI
government; but let that pass IL Is easy 10 sec
that the Colonel IL creating sehsa''on III o'e
drowsy Orient. go
And while Terrell keeps StamDoui dZzy Win
oyc,tcment Baker makes the Mosquito Coast
fairly hum on another but equally 'n'eres""s
line Baker seems to be literary and sentimental
He has taken with him to the lana Vi Tie DUTY"
,he Coct,s and the Cimex Iectularir,s the pas
sionate and dreamy thoughts that 'hicKeh 'he
otmosphcre OF St Paul and the poetic hyperbole
whercwlth the Wcstcrner habtually embroid'rs
tho fabric OF his conversation. 1t does not APP
pear that Baker has ever succeeded III pe'hs III
any given SPOT where his presence happened TO
be desirable or important at The moment, put
he always turns up later with an invariaDlc re-
suit Of richness. For example, some noh'ns ago
when the Nicaraguan Government announcer
the adoption Of measures supposed 10y BAKER,
To be hostile to the interests Or the canal Cop
pany. that august person was engaged elsewhere
In an effort to realize loves young dream ana 10
obtain authority from the State Department 10
perform marriage ceremony FOR one captain
Tucker and the object OF his expatrlated Dut
tempestuous affections Thwarted in this benign
conspiracy, he shortly afterward turned up at
the Nicaraguan capital IN time to make these
feyerish remarks to the Minister OF Foreign
Affairs:
You expressed 70 ne. Mr. Minister. your friend
ship for United States. and the president does
the same, and then you jump on us with both feet
and splt in our faces. Your action In the canal
matter the most CHASTITY stab under the hrth rid
OF the credit Of your Government which could
H.. inflicted by the keenest Damascus blade Your
Government will, I am sure Mr. Minister, WITH
draw the offensive notice of forfeiture, but every
hours delay IL dangerous.
Whether Baker followed this with any dreadful
hint that the Arkansas Spit for Spat plan might
be- adopted in the event Of things becoming crit
zeal we have no means OF knowing What we
wish to illustrate most particularly Is the mans
vcrsatillty-the ease with which he turns from
questions OF wedlock and amorous dalliance TO
the rude alarm Of war-the impartiallty with
which he twnngs the heartstrings TO light ca
denccs OF love or winds his buglecall OF cha
lcngc and defiance.
Terrell and Baker are entitled 10 places beside
the most brilliant freaks In the Cleveland collcc
ton. They are making us famous abroad IA
successfully as Thurbcr and Curtis are making
us happy and contented here al home When Mr.
Cleveland gets through with his present occupa
ton Of illustrating the amazing possibilities Of
American potics-and surely there can be little
left 10 illustrate by this tmehe will have ready
10 his hand the nucleus OF Il museum the like Of
which the world has never seen before.