Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-05-28
As a Presidential Candidate.

 hai the satisfaction of restoring him to the bonch at the close of his service.
 As a Presidential Candidate.
 In 1888 Judge Gresham was made c prominent candidate for the Republican nomination for the presidency at the Chi cago convention against Harrison. Sher- man, Alger, Allison and the other Repub- lican leaders whose names were presented. Harrison ultimately captured the Indiana delegation, however, and was nominated. Previous to that Gresham had displayed Q strong inclination to dissent from the extreme high tariff doctrine of the Repub- lican party. In speech delivered from the steps of the subtreasury in Now York he had advocated a revision of the tariff in the interest of the consumer, but had in sisted that the revision should be made by the friends, not the enemies, of protection. His liberal views on the tariff created against him tho antagonism of the ex- treme protectionists at Chicago
 When the Republicans assumed power and revised tho tariff by tho passage of the Nc kinley law, Judge Gresham, with oth CT Republicans, openly scented. and il 1892, after the nomination of MT. ClCve- land by the Democrats, ho with other dis tinguished Republic ans ike Wayne Mao Veagh, who Was att rney general undcl
 
 Republican party and advoCatel Mir. Glove lands election. Alter Mir Cleveland was elected in February. ls93. he summoned Judge Gresham to Lakewood, N. J.. where after consultation. he tendered him the position of premier of the cabinet ho was forming, Judge Gresham accepted and aJ- stunned the duties of secretary of state on March :. lS93
 During his short term as postmaster 1s,l,,. From the day he set foot in tho ofllco he evinccd those qualities of application and maSterfulncss which have always Charac- tori7ed his public labors. The reduction of postage on letters from 5 cents to ? cents and tho increase of weight allowable from half an ounce to an ounce were the crown ing glory of his administration. Under | his administration the foreign postal sorv- ice WAS also greatly improved. Letter l postage to Canada was reduced, and the | postal convention with Mexico was signed Another important service he rendered to the country was the re-establshmcnt of l tho fast mail.
 As Secretary of State. | As sectetary of state in the present ad nisiration Gresham has had tu deal | with perhaps more vexatious, intricate and delicate diplomatic nffars than has | fallen 10 the share of most secretaries of 1 state. His treatment of these was marked | by the strong individuality which was | part of tho man.
 Perhaps from his long judicial Cxpori- | enco he was disposed to view every uues- ton from the standpoint of exact and | equal justice.
 To him it made little difference how any line of action promised to affect his own country. IIo could and did disabuse biS ind nf in, ing with an international question, and the first consideration with him was al ways absolute fairness. If his own COun- try occupied a false position in the matter, he thought it was his duty to set it right oven at sacrifice of material interests as might appear at the time
 While ho was deep in tho Hawaiian ne- | gotiations Secretary Gresham was obliged suddenly to give immediate attention to the subject of tho Boring seal fisheries.
 Then on the constructive sido of diplo- macy MT. Gresham had much to his cred It. He did all that a foreign officer could do properly to prevent the latc Chinese Japanese war. He lost no opportunity at any stage to bring it to an end, and ulti- mately, when peace was restored, 1t was through the good offices of the American ministers in China and Japan, acting un- der Secretary Gresham S instructions, that the peace negotiations were initiated. All this was dOne too, in a manner that made it clear to the world that the United States was acting absolutely without self interest and from motives of humanity, notwithstanding the temptations held out by some of the great European powers to act jointly with them from loss worthy motives that might have brought selfish return.
 And while he was doing this Secretary Gresham was also using his good offices to prevent a war between Mexico and Guate- mala, both full of fighting spirit and diff cult of restraint, and in this ho succeeded completely.
 But tho AmeriCanism of the secretary was shown in its brightest light in three incidents that occurred during his admin istration. and tho fact that in two of the three he had to contend with great powers indicates that ho made no distinction when the time came to claim tho rights for his own country.
 Tho first of theso cases, while attracting littlo attention at the time, was really Oi great importance, for it amounted to a dec, laraton to Europe that the United States would not permit private claims to bo col leCted from American republics where Oul citizens had pocuniary interests. This was the case at San Domingo, when the
 
 enforce the collection of private claim were withdrawn at n very strong hint from Secretary Gresham, conveyed through Ambassador Eustis, that the United States would not regard such Q course al a friendly manifestation.
 Again in Bluefelds when the British marines occupied the bluffs, they wer' promptly withdrawn when Secretar, Gresham called upon Great Britain for al ! | Nf Eat, ing a disclaimer of any wrong purpose. And again, when the Spanish govern ment undertook to stop an American steamer by a cannon shot, MT. Gresham called for and secured very prompt apol Ugy
 Almost his last official action before h. fell mortally i'll was to initiate the core spondence with France intended to seour justice for ex- United States Consul Wal Ter, whom he believed to have been il treated by the summary French cour martial in Madagascar and in whose in terest he notified Ambassador Eustis to in terfere.
 Broken Down by Hard Work. Tho secretary was a very hard worker He was thorough in all things and insist , ed upon reading up every aspect of a cas- ! which came before him. This involves long hours spent in study of musty manu scripts and authorities in the late hour of the night at his rooms, coming after [ day full of embarrassing incidents ant l diplomatic foncing with the ablest of tn diplomatic corps, and it is now clear tha Secretary Gresham was brought to hi . last illness by the exertions he was oblig cd to put forth to discharge his officia duties to his own satisfaction. During his career on the bench Judg Gresham heard and decided many note 3 worthy cases, many of his decisions illus l trating in a remarkable degree his fear lessness. impartially and judicial firm ness His greatest decision was in tn