The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-07-01

neXed, and that he was representing them?
". G. G.
1t is rather discouraging to have to
note, as our correspondent has discern
ed, that, right on the heels of our laud-
atory comment on the action Of the
secretary to the president in putting
the distinguished gentlemen who stand
between the gaping throng and the
Great Apostle into uniform, we have to
be told that Whitelaw Reid, whilom
candidate of Republicanism for the
vice presidency through the grace Of
papa Mills campaign contribution, and
now, by the grace of the Advanced
Agent of Prosperity special ambassa-
dor of the United States of America
to the court of st. James, conveying
the Fluctuations of the president to the
venerable queen upon her heightened
reign-to be told, we say, that our spe-
cial ambassador appeared at court
clad, not only in no uniform, but in
the scanty garb Of an Inverness coat
and a white necktie." AS staunch sup
porters of the dogma that "the king
can do no wrong"-incorporated mu-
tatis mutandis, into our institutions and
as applicable to the special ambassador
as to his sovereign-we felt bound to
sustain the action Of the secretary to
the president in requiring the attend
ants of the white house to appear full
CARRIED in uniform, and now the same
loyalty cOmpels us also to contend that
the special ambassador did the proper
thing in appearing at the castle with
no more Of a uniform than is embraced
in the inventory of his raiment nam
ed. But if this is confusing we do not
purpose going back upon our princi-
pies.
We contend that Mr.. Reid was justi-
fled in wearing nothing more on that
occasion than the articles specified by
the veracious correspondent of the AS
ISOLATED Press, trained to speak the
truth, the whole truth and nothing but
the truth. True, we are thrown back
upon our own resources for explana-
ton, and must await the formal report
of the special ambassador for accurate
information. But our resources are
sufficient. 1t is possible that, as our
correspondent suggests, Mr.. Reid may
have imagined himself the representa-
tive of the to-be-annexed Sandwich ISL
ands and costumed himself in as near
ly the CARELESS fashion of the natives
of those sunny and sugary isles as
the resources of English haberdashers
afforded. 1t is possible, too that
knowing the fondness of her majesty
for the killed Scot. he wore an Inver-
ness coat. While the white necktie was
probably worn out of Difference to Lon
| don fashions or because none in plaid
was obtainable. 1t may be, too, that
one of our hot waves had followed him
covering to the thermometer
Then, again, no paper in the country
has been so insistent that Mr.. McKin-
ley, when he became president, would
| inaugurate a vigorous foreign policy
as has Mr.. Reid's Tribune. In what
direction could such a vigor be better
directed than in reforming the absurd
ceremonials of court receptions and the
fantastic apparel worn by the gentle
men who attend them? If they will
| persist in wearing their belaced and
bedizened uniforms, clothed cap-a-pie. in
| these sweltering days of summer. WHY
should not the especially commissioned
representative of these United States
and of the vigorous foreign policy of
| their president rebuke their folly and
set them a sensible example by appear
| ing among them in nothing but an In
verness coat and a white necktie?
Again-the reasons swarm about US
| like potato bugs about vine-are not
| three eminent and extinguished per-
sons now junketing over Europe, ban
| quoted and banqueting, trying to hyp-
| notize European financiers and govern
| ments into the free and unlimited coin
| age Of silver, duly commissioned there
to by the Advanced Agent? Who can
say, In absence of knowledge of the