Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-11-07
AFTER MANY DAYS.


There q a pruspsc, that General
Fiiahunh Lcr and hif command viii be
dispatched 70 cuba TO Look after anairs
10 general on ihe Island. We all know
that none o. more worthy than he 90
undertake a s1sk o. that Kind. not only
because We are an now thoroughly ac-
quaintcd wtih che man. but because he
has record 20 which all doub,ers and
dlsadsnts Eig referred
Ocneraii.cc was sent a. consul general
90 Havana at a cline when the very best
Amercaniam and most perfect judy
mcni were PREREQUISITES ~ was neces.
ary also that h. BE- brave bu, modest,
determined but ut aggressive. conspl.
culua but NOT dem0nairative. sgciabie
bu; not trucking. weH informed and
wei bred but not cfiuavo nor patron
iEnE. Such men are by 10 means nu.
mcfous. -; there are always more than
one. and % course n General Lee had
not been IN existence. sJme one would
have been found 90 take the responsible
station and DO honor % u. but they are
not too numerous. here or elsewhere.
n matters had not reached such
tension between the United States and
Spain. with a certainty Of the strain be.
inF steadily Increased until the storm
burst, the post would have been one %
the casleH 60 M m che whole dlploma-
tlc service; also one u she most dsslra-
ole. The incumbent Of q ala not have
o. 20 far from home. Tor a part 81 the
year the climate was delightful and
during the remainder of a che rlFora
could be meaaufably overcome by such
means % were always a. The command
" a foreign representative; the city was
under any circumstances a flne place 60
live In. there was much respect aui
dcfercnce paid 20 our agent there. and
more than un IN me contemplation 81
"a great many. the cm1luments we're con.
siderable. The position was always IN
a1slve demand. and wien President
Cleveland made the selection of FitE.
hugh Lee therr may have been some %.
jcctous and diaapp0.ntmenia fsii. but
none was expressed.
The appnlnice bounded into popular
favor all ~ once az home and 10 the
flacc % which h. was accredited He
so,iled down 90 the discharge OF hls du.
ties not as q souihsrner. a Democrat
or anything ~ the Kind. but as an
American representing American inter
csiu. How wril he succeeded We all
have some knowledge %. h. was In All
respects and on nil occasions. fully
equti 10 every situation. Invariably
abreast Of an emergencies.
The storm clouds had begun 90 gather
thiokly and dlrkly when President Nc
Klnley was lnauuhpted. There was
mauIfUily an impending crisis. Each
day and each week seemed TO bring che
Inevitable clash nearer and nearer. The
post " consul general az Havana was
one OF the piuma on the political tree
that vas greatly In demand. Those
Whl are not familiar with the pressure
| 90 which new President IL always
subjected could nnrn no tiea of how
urgent and persistent were the demand
made upon him for that particular
place. In accordance with pautica
usage Reputican must have the APP
p1intment. because the Republicans u
winning the election had won she spoil
for the party along with o. The d.s
placement 81 Lee, however, largci anl
iagEed and never occurred, Presiden
Mckinley. recognizing the eminent M
ness VI his predecessors app0ntec, lc
him remain until The stern alarms %
war made u necessary for him 20 be re-
called, but no, 20 favor ot anyone else
As Ice lefi the consulate and WilkcD
towards the ship that was 20 bring hin
, home be WAS heard 10 say that whei
ne next came 10 Havana u would b
with the Stars and Stripes boating uve
him ana with bands playing the Sta
spanglsd Banner, There % certail
!. poetic eNsmpllncaton us wen as sub
J. atanuai Justice 10 bis prediction bein
fulfilled Ho Is gr,at man ami he rop
rrsents - great country