The times., 1898-09-29

no doubt. The President is not known
to have given the name of Senator VOL
cott any strong consideration in connec-
tion with the English mission yet,
for the reason, perhaps that it had not
been presented to him, even informally.
before yesterday.
Senator Wolcott innocently enough, no
doubt, was himself Che instrument TO give
his boom for a diplomatic post. definite
shape 1t happened in this way: At a re-
cent State convention of his party, held
in Denver. Senator Wolcott. in closing
most eloquent and truly dramatic speech
in defense of his own political record,
said:
Gentlemen. you may defeat me and re-
tire me from public life, but by the eter-
nal You will never be able to write the
word renegade upon my tombstone"
There was wild burst of applause and
hearty cheering. For the moment Ed
ward Oliver Wolcott was apparently the
most popular man in the State of Colo
| rado
As-the tumult was subsiding, a native
orator, who had never been to Congress
and enjoyed the privilege Of listening to
! the debates over Gar Reeds rulings on
| points of order and counting a quorum,
got the floor and the attention of the
| audience. and said:
81 am willing 10 concede that Ed. VOL
! colt is a brave man, and that We never
| can make use of the word renegade in
| writing his epitaph. But. gentlemen" he
| added, after a slight pause, 'let US build
| his tombstone so high that Pixies Peak
| will look like a wart beside it,
| There was more cheering. but it was not
| for Wolcott this time Senator Wolcott's 5
| friends took the hint. They made up their
minds on the spot that their friend new
| er could hope to crawl out from under a
tombstone of the magnitude described by
| the speaker.
ED. Wolcott." they said to themselves
has no future in Colorado: that is quite
| plain. but we will save him from the
| awful fate Of being smothered under that
| gigantic tombstone"
| 1t must be admitted by all candid OBJ
| servers that Senator Wocott has pecu-
| liarly strong claim upon President Nc
| KinIey's consideration. He has, in fact
taken his political life in his hands in
| sticking to and supporting the Mckinley
| Administration: and now that Senator
| WoIcott is about to be turned down by
| the people of his own State, it would
| be very graceful and decent act on the
| part of the Executive to come to his res
| cue.
And if President Mckinley decides in
| the fuilness of his wisdom and gratitude
| to tender the position of ambassador to
| England TO Senator Wolcott, the obliga-
ton will not be altogether one-sided
/ either.
| 1t is known that the President has been
wrestling with the problem of the Eng
| lish mission and keeping awake o. nights
| over it, even since he decided to transfer
| Col. Hay to the head of the State De-
/ partment. He has probably encountered
| more difficulty in trying to find a suitable
/ man for this vacant post than in the
| filling of any other office within his gift
| since he took the oath of Office on March
| T. 1897.
Therefore, it must be perfectly appar-
ent to the dullest comprehension that the
| President would render double service
to himself by sending Senator Wolcott
to represent this country in London.
| First, he will be discharging a debt of
| gratitude which is clearly due, and which
| is always a most commendabie thing to
| do; and, second, he will relieve himself
| of a most serious embarrassment and Sc
| cure at the same time an ambassador to
| her majesty's court at St. James who
| viii httingly represent his administration
| and the people of these United States.
1t is not often that a President has the
chance to pay political obligation and
| serve himself at the same time, and Sena-
| tor Woicotts adherents are confident that
President Mckinley is too wise and ex-
| perienced man and politician to fail to
embrace it.
| Senator Wolcott is, perhaps, better
fitted TO shine in the diplomatic field than
in the rough and tumble of every day
| politics. He is Yale man, although not
| a graduate; a graduate of the Harvard
| Law School, and one of the readiest and
| most eloquent debaters that have ap-
peared upon the congressional horizon for
| many day.
| Most people viii recall Senator VOL
| colts famous rejoinder In the Senate
| chamber to distinguished senator who
4 had the temerity to attack him:
1T is not worth WHILE said the Colo