The sun., 1895-03-01
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In retiring from Mr.. CLEvELAND's Cabi-
net, the Hon. WILSON SHANNON BIssELL sup
plies the public with this official information
perhaps may say that all rumors OF disagree.
msnt between the President and any Of his Cabinet
have been without foundation. doubtif there ever
was moro harmonious Cabinet than the present one.
and Its members unit in support OF the Presi-
dent every public question"
What All eight OF them with CLEvE-
LAND for the Widow DoMiNIs and the Policy
OF Infamyp II that is so, the case is worse
than has been supposed.
GRESHAM, Of course, is with CLEVELAND,
as every body has known all along He has
been partner in the crime from the begin
ming; and no silent partner either. There
has been no question about the position OF
Mr.. CLEvELAND's Secretary of State at any
time since the publication OF his report Of
Oct. 18, 1893, startled this country into n
full recognition of the astounding fact that
an American Administration had delib
erately undertaken to overthrow a young
republic, and restore the purulent monarchy
OF tho Sandwich Islands.
But JOHN G. CARLISLE, Secretary Of the
Treasury He may be subservent enough
in other matters. but not, rs had been sup
posed, with the complete and unquestioning
subserviency OF political renegade. Is
there, then, no spark Of American Democ-
rncy left in the heart of CARLISLE of Ken
lucky Is he with CLEVELAND and GRESHAM
for the Policy of Infamy, or does BIssELL
UNANIMOUSLY slander him'
And how about DAN LAMONT? The po-
litical insight of the Secretary of War is
generally accurate, rs his beneficiary in the
White House has more than once discovered
to his cost, when sound and disinterested
advice from the little fellow has been re-
jected. We had pictured LAMONT rs pro-
testing in private at every opportunity
against the programme Of the Policy Of
Infamy. and doing his utmost to avert from
his big charge the certain consequences Of
persistence in the course marked out by
GRESHAM. Does WILSON SHANNON Bis
SELL libel DAN LAMONT. too?
There is HERBERT. AS Secretary of the
Navy he has been compelled to sign some
very unpleasant orders to American officers.
We had imagined that the job assigned to
him was particularly distasteful to HILARY
A. HERBERT for more reasons than one. Is
BIssELL right in imputing to this particu-
lar associate Of his the abject servility which
he says has characterized the entire Cabinet
during the past two years?
The Attorney General has not said much
about Hawaii. We had thought he might be
holding his tongue in public, as good law
yer does, in order to work more effectually in
private upon the headstrong mind of chief
bent on self-destruction Most people who
know RICHARD b. OLNEY will want to hear
the confession of shame from his own lips
before they prepare themselves to accept the
sweeping statement of Mr.. BIssELL.
HoKE SMITH: shall we give him up2 He
is creature of Mr.. CLEvELASD's, and yet
there have been rumors that where the ma
tional honor was concerned, HoKE was not
incapable Of standing perpendicular in the
attitude of independent manhood. Does
BIssELL tell the truth about the Hon. HoKE
SMITH of Georgia?
OF the Secretary Of Agriculture's disgust
with the Policy Of Infamy we have had no
doubt whatsoever. He is self-reliant, we'll
balanced, patriotic American, and in bygone
days he is said to have expressed his opinion
OF Mr.. CLEVELAND in language which would
seem emphatic even if uttered in the atmos-
phere of Mayor STRoNG's Office in our own
City Hall. MORTON a spaniel, alsos That
is rather too much.
There remains only the Postmaster-Gen-
eral to be accounted for. There is appar-
emily no escape from accepting the Hon.
WILSON SHANNON BIssELL's testimony con-
cerning his own personal humiliation.
What a picture he draws Of the CLEvE-
LAND Cabinet Unanimous in their self
abasement. Harmonious in the rhythm of
their individual motions as they bend and
fawn and crawl and grovel. A unit in the
support of every policy dictated to them by
the Hon. GROVER CLEVELAND, including
even the Policy Of Infamy!