The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-03-23
MR.. FURb|sH IN HIS CASTLE
He Refuses to Treat With Sher-
man as Secretary Of State.
THE MINISTER'S WILL MEET
The Director of the Bureau Of Amer
lean Republics Holds the Fort.
His Bold Reply to the United
States Premier-An International
Row of Large Proportions.

1 perclnct as Tree from Intrusion by the
/ United States or constable as the house
and grounds of the British embassy. Four
| South American republicans are maint atm
ing the inviolability OF No 2 Lafayette
| of the United States. The foreign ministers
| VINO are upholding their rights literally in
and to tie premises are Messrs. Mendonca,
OF Brazil: Romero, of Mexico; a ndrade OF
Brazil, and Meron, of the Argentine Re
public.
President Mckinley and Secretary OF
State Sherman have desired to put Mr.
Joseph p Smith, a near friend of Mr.. Mo
kIniey, as director OF the Bureau of Ameri-
can Republics in the building, No. La
| fayette Square. In order TO do this it was
necessary To officially snub the feur great
republican powers above named. and this
Mr. Sherman proceeded To do. Butt the foar
.'signatory powers would not be snubbed,
and there is an International war now in
progress which dwarfs the Cretan affair
into battle with blank cartridges.
Secretary Sherman wrote note TO Mr.
Clinton Fur bish. the present director
who is in the panopoly OF the four Re-
.
AMI that MIR. Joseph 2. Smith had been
appointed.
An, indeed" said Mr.. Clinton Fur
bish 10 himself. Later Mr.. Furnish got
automatically angry. and he wrote note
from, his ambassadorial precincts. the con-
tents OF which have never before been
published. The rejoinder to the Secre-
tary of State was polite but firm.
lie said to the Secretary of State that
the President Of the United states had no
more right to remove him than had the
president OF Haiti or Venezuela, and. fur
ther, he said that Mr. Sherman had 10 ie-
tract or withdra his letter OF dismissal.
Mr.. FUrbish furthermore told the Secre-
tary, not exactly in these terms, that he
would treat with him as chairman OF the
executive committee Of the Bureau OF
American Republics, but positively not as
Secretary of State OF the United States.
This was the ne plus ultra, or the hot
tamaIes of the correspondence, as they
say in the land OF the Romeros.
Mr.. Furbish is plainly in rebellion against
the Government of the United states, but
he is undoubtedly holding the fort and de-
flying the premier. It is really serious
business. because MIR. Furbish ignores Mr..
Sherman in his United states capacity. and
will not yield To him in any capacity other
than as member oftheintemational union
of republics.
1t was reported this morning that Mr..
Furbish had resigned. In fact, Secretary
Fur'bish had resigned.
A Times reporter called upon Mr.. Fur
hish this morning and told him that he
had resigned.
Have II" replied Mr. Furnish. init
mating that he had not and in fact ne was
stillTu1ning the business under the auspices
of the five republics Mr.. Joseph P. Smith
was no where in sight.
Mir. Sherman is under the impre ssion that
it is not a serious affair He said that
the appointment OF director was orig
inaIh given to the Secretary of State,
but later he found that it was really oo.n-
trolled by an executive committee, and
that the appointee must be selected after
examination by a board of examiners, two
of which are named by Mr.. Sherman and
three by the four ministers abovC-named.
1t will thus take three votes to name
three eligibIes for appointment by Mr.
Sherman.
The Secretary of State has no fear that
he viii get one OF the votes OF the three
examiners on behalf OF the republics, and
if he doesn't MIR Smith win have to apply
for another place.
Ii was stated this morning that the four
ministers have no idea of surrendering
the place 10 Mr.. Sherman solo; and that
they will meet at a very early day 10 make
the issue. II was also learned this morn
ing that each of them had received a copy
this morning of the letter sent by Mr..
Furhish to Mr.. Sherman, and that they
Were very much impressed with its con-
tents. 1t is understood that If Mr.. Sher-
man attends the coming conference he must
throw of his robes OF state and sit around
the festive board On an equality with Mr..
Mendonca and Mr.. Neron without any
arrogation OF the divine right of decapita-
ting Mr.. Furbish.
1t was quietly remarked yesterday by
JiipIomat that it would be interesting to
see how Mr. Sherman would play the 3
to Z, OF rather to 2 game. in the
examining board.
So far, Mr. Sherman has not in writing
Withdrawn his letter ''dismissing' Mr..
FUrbish: and hence the high position as
sumed by MI Furbish and the four min
listers
The extracts from the charter rights Of
the Bureau of American Republics, On
which the ministers stand. are as follows:
/. The Bureau of American Republics is.
for all purposes, to be considered as an in
ternatiOnal organization.
(a) All applicants for positions in the
bureau shall be examined by a board com
posed OF three members OF the executive
committee, or persons designated by them.
and two examiners appointed by the Secre-
tary of State of the United states.
Cb) Every official of the bureau appoint
ed by the Secretary of State shall be eli
gible to promotion, and shall pass an ex-
animation by the examining board as above
constituted before such promotion can he
made.
(c) Every official OF the bureau ap-
pointed by the Secretary Of State shall be
exempt from dismissal from office by him
except for Just cause affecting his general
character or his capacity and effidencyin
the discharge of his duties.
Mir. Furbish probably referred that as
he was dismissed, there must have been
something wrong with his general char |
acter'' or capacity While he did not dis
cuss the matter at all yesterday for reasons
OF official etiquette, he said that he did |
not know of any reason for his dismissal !
except perhaps his orthodoxy or hetero- |
doXy.
He said quite frankly that he was a |
little Shaky on the legend or Jonah and
the whale; had been to church in Wash |
ington only once in four years, and that |
was a hymeneal occasion, but that he |
didn't bow down to or worship idols, etc. |