Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-03-25
FREELAND, PA, MARCH 25, 1s9
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Washington, March 22, /,

Washington, March 22, 1895.
Instead of being criticised for having
asked for the recall of the present Ha-
waiian minister to the United States,
President Cleveland and Secretary
Gresham are deserving of much credit
for their forbearance in allowing him to
remain here as long as they have. 1t is
doubtful whether there is another coun-
try in the world that would have allowed
this man to have remained under the
circumstances. 1t was notorious during
the last session of congress that Minister
Thurston not only furnished the oppon-
ents of the administration with ammuni-
tion to fight the Hawaiian policy of the
administration, both in and out of con-
gress, but actually became lobbyist
against the policy himself. Senator
Hale, of Maine, who has been from the
first rabid annexationist, said of the
request for Thurston's recall: II have
no inside or exclusive information. The
published reports say that Mr.. Thurs
tons recall has been asked because he
made public diplomatic correspondence
before submitting it to Secretary Gres-
ham. If this is correct he was clearly in
the wrong and could not expect that
the secretary would do otherwise than
ask for his recall. 1t was clearly a
breach of official etiquette, and is q
practice which this country cannot af-
ford to encourage" There are reasons
for the belief that Mr.. Thurston never
would have been received as minister
had it not been that the opponents of
the administration would have charged
a refusal to receive him to prejudice
against the government he represented.
He made himself Objectionable when he
was one of the annexation commission
ers, before he became minister.
Another row is developing among the
Republican members of the house of the
fifty-fourth congress. Just before the
adjournment of congress the 9s Republ-
can members of the house who were re-
elected held secret caucus and decided
that all of the important committee
chairmanships should be given to them;
also that they should control all the
house patronage. The secret was not
well kept, and when the members heard
about it they were naturally displeased.
count shows that there are 1876 new
Republican members-elect of the next
house, and, according to statements
made by some of them, they propose to
band themselves together for the pur-
pose of thwarting the scheme of the old
members to monopolize everything in
sight, and it is said that some of them
wish to push their power to the extent of
electing one of their number speaker,
instead of Mr.. Reed, because of his
having endorsed the proposed grab game
of the old members.
Postmaster General Bissel says he is
working now just because he prefers
work to idleness. Everything about the
postoiiice department is in good shape,
and the department could easily be run
by the assistants until Postmaster Gen
eral Wilson gets ready to take charge.
but Mr.. Bissell would have to remain in
Washington for some time because the
lease on his Washington house does not
expire for more than month yet and
he cannot get possession of his Buffalo
residence until about the same time,
owing to its having been leased to friend,
so he prefers to remain in charge of the
department. 1t would seem that Mr..
Bissell never had any idea when he
entered the cabinet of remaining in Of
flee longer than this spring. The leases,
in Buffalo and Washington, tell the
story.
The administration birthdays fall
close together, at least, four of them do.
President Cleveland was fifty-eight last
Monday, Secretary Gresham sixty-three
last Sunday (St. Patrick's Day., Secre-
tary Herbert sixty-one last Tuesday a
week ago (March 12), and Secretary
Morton will be sixty-three April 27.
Secretary Lamont might also be added
to the group, as he celebrated his forty
lourJh DlrIhuay on tne 9th OF FEBRUARY.
None of the diplomatic complications
have been entirely settled-things move
slowly in the diplomatic world-but they
are all in course of settlement on a basis
fully satisfactory to the administration,
except those arising from determinations
against American products by certain
European countries; they are still in the
unclassable stage. S.
Judge Gunster, OF Lackawanna, h
granted temporary injunction against
Frederick C. Hanyon, principal of
Waverly public school, restraining him
from opening the school in the mornings
with the services of the Methodist
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