The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-02-04

They viii some time get their reward.
for il is written IN the economy Of
nature, as well Is in the Bible, that:
He who saith unto the wicked thou
art righteous. him shah the people
curse, nations shall abhor him.
Senator Mason has announced in the
senate that he does not intend to let
that resolution sleep. For that every
true American VIII bless him.
What objection can an American
congress have to expressing sympathy
with 4. brave people struggling to
maintain government Of their own
choice.
For congress to stihe such resolu-
tions, is, it seems to me, to disavow the
principles, and to deride the feelings,
for which our ancestors shed their
blood. Moreover, the United States
had at Pretoria a consul, a Mr.
Charles z. Macrum, who at his own
request was relieved from further serv-
ice there. There is evidence tending
to prove that our foreign Office wished
Mr.. Macrum TO act, If not in the
capacity of a British stool pigeon. at
least TO assume the British attitude
respecting the status of the Transvaal
republic as a sovereign state, and MI
Nacrum not being in accord with his
supeTiOrs in that respect, was relieved,
and Secretary Hay appointed his son
to Mr.. Macrum's place.
This new appOintee, before going TO
his post, stODDed at London and called
at Downing street, the diplomatic
home Of the tories.
Our secretary of state has near him
an intellectual shOrtbOy, who in some
way is connected with the Associated
Press Of the country.
hrref7,1e.- Of
times seems to be, to send out COM
ments on the current diplomatic events,
and relations between this and foreign
nations.
When the secretary mediates the
pursuing OF q certain course respecting
some particular matter Of foreign
policy, and is not sure Of how IL may
he received, by the public, he inspires
his faCtOtum, and causes his lucuDra-
tons 10 be spread broadcast over the
country through the agency Of the As
ISOLATED Press, as a sort Of feeler of
the public pulse.
If he find public sentiment dull or in
attentive to the matter In hand. he
knows that he can pursue his course
without mOlestatt0n and proceeds aC-
cOrdingly If he finds public opinion
alert and resolUtely opposed, ne can
Cstensibly recede and take counsel as
to how he shall carry out the meditaJ-
ed policy, by hidden and devious ways
After the retirement Of Mr.. Macrum
this Associated Press servitor of the
secretary Of state caused it to be tele-
gTaphed in the press dispatches that If
Mr.. Macrum had asked to be relieved
from his post at Pretoria on the ground
that in his Ca1acitv OF an American
consul at the capital Of the Transvaal
republic, he insisted on recognizing Il
as q sovereign state, and not in auY
sense as a feudatory OF the British EN-
pire, that then Mr.. Macrum would no
longer be retained IN the consular OF
diplomatic service OF the United
States.
the last heard from Mr. Macrum
was that he is now returning to the
United States, wearing in the lapel OF
his coat a miniature flag of the South
African republic
This will no doubt settle Mr.. Ma
CTum's tenure, so far as OffiCeholding
under this administration goes, but al
though he belongs to the administra-
ton party, he has shown himself 70 be