The Sunday globe., 1901-05-05
THE RACY PETITION
OF Judge w. G. Riley to President
William Mckinley.
A SENORITA AND A FORTUNE.
Hangs ON the MOmentOus Issue Of this Petition
which The Sunday Globe Exclusively Pre-
Sent8. Both Prizes Ripe and Ready
Awaiting The Judge.

citizens with lndiYldualltleS as singular
and eccentric as it has great men, distin.
guished 10y their achievements in all the
walks OF life, goes without saying, In
which category to place few of the most
noted men of the street, or rather of Penn.
sylvania avenue, is problem the writer
prefers leaving TO the readers of the Sun.
day Globe for deductive solution. This
article will be confined to the simple mar
rative of the expl its of the gentleman
mentioned IN the article.
Among the well-kPown residents OF
the city one meets daily on the Avenue
none is better Or more euniversally known
than Judge w. G.. Riley. The Judge has
served his native state on the bench and
his country abroad as consul, holding al
different periods the consulships, re-
spectively, of Puerto Zabalo and La
guayra, i'm Venezuela, and that of Zanzi.
bar, in Africa. In this latter post the
Judge was the hero of an exploit which
made his name famous all over the civil
lied world.
1t appears that the United States flag
which Consul Riley had hoisted in front
Of the consular residence in Zanzibar, i'm
cited the ire Of her majesty the queen.
She ordered it taken down, as it luttered
between the wind and her nobility; but
Consul Riley refused to comply with the
royal order. A squad of her majesty's
household guards, armed with American
axes and dressed briefly in Manchester
handkerchiefs, was sent with peremptory
orders TO cut down the hagpole. The
consurs American blood was up, and he
announced to the soldiers that the first
man who raised an Ak he would shoot in
his tracks. The consul stood in the door
way of tho consulate, and the soldiers
swung their axes less than fifty feet in
front. The first cut made in the pole was
the death warrant OF him who made IT,,
and he fell dead, shot through the head
by the consul Two others met the same
fate, and the remaining two of the squad
of five beat hasty retreat. The consul
now barricaded himself in the house, and
presently more Of the household troops
arrived and battered down the door. The
first two to enter met death at the hands
of the intrepid Riley, and their comrades
took to their heels. Finally her majesty
determined to haul down with her own
hand the obnoxious cOlors, inasmuch as
she was deprived of the pleasure of
having Consul Riley shot in front of her
palace, as she had ordered. In all the
regalia of the Majesty of Zanzibar, the
queen, dressed in a damssk tablecoth,
which enveloped her shoulders, advanced
to the pole and attempted TO lower the
flag. Consul Riley loaded his double
barrel shotgun with duck shot No. 5, and
as the queen seized the lines he let both
barrels go, and her Majesty of Zazibar
re we'd Just fOrty-seVen Of the shot inn
n neula.siy bai0V The fringes of the table
c.ofhi and lcr several eks her majesty
pfctrr ,ndiNR ul o her meals in
shao ~ yine hen her customary
This ended la sil npt to lower the
flag, ttht hGepuer' proceedings over
the ala b. in Nn.rb ali the crowned heads
Of Europe ana tAe uncrowned heads on
this side of the water had something to
say, is a matter Of diplomatic history,
with which, if the public is not familiar
it has nothing more to do, as no inter-
national war occurred to Vindicate the
injured majesty Of Zanzibar.
For some years now the eX consul has
been a resident of Washington, patiently
awaiting recognition from the powers
that be. The Judges patience and
" finance" " are at length exhausted, and
he has finally determined on the extraor-
dinary action of committing his interests
to a sympathetic and patriotic press.
papers, which at once have the most in
fluence at the White House and which
are universally read by the people, he
has selected the Sunday Globe as the
medium through which he directly adj
dresses the President of the United
States, and indirectly the general public
whose sympathy the hero of Zanzibar is
satisfied he has.
Here is Judge w. G. Riley's petition to
President Mckinley, and the opinion is
ventured that no more unique and pa
thetic appeal has ever been made, and i'm
language as ilowery as the luXuriant
cline to which he desires to return;
"To the President.
"Sir: | have the honor to call your at
tention to beautiful romance in connec-
ton with my consular life i'm South
America. But the sub iect of the romance
is more lonely than the romance ITSELF
At Valancia there is fine literary and
classical female institute, and i'm that col
lege is Senonta Helena Santa Anna
BOLIVIA Soper, professor of Spanish and
music. She is possessed Of the beauty
of Venus, the grace of Juno and the
loveliness Of Minerva. Like all others,
! fell a victim to her charms. Every at
tention was paid her; she was dined and
Wined on our commercial marine when
in port, and when the harbor was visited
by our ships of war she was invited to
90 on board in company with the Ams-,
can consul, and when the salute of seven
guns were fired she was told that it was
in her honor, and not in honor of the
consul. Then there stands n beautiful
village on an elevated spot (Sanastaber)
about eight miles from the port. The
same would remind you of Bulwer's de-
scription Of the lake of Como in his
LADY of Lyons" Returning from that
Il
nature was rob d in its most lOvley tOga,
even the moon and stars Wed with each
other in brightness, and the ever. turbu-
lent waters Of the Caribbean Sea added
to the sublimity OF the scene. Then and
there / asked her to be mine. Said she
Consul Americana, you are unlike the
mariner, standing on his quarter deck
as his ship proceeds on her voyage, sees
his native land reccde from vie ", can and
does often return butyou, Consul, stand
ing on the quarter deck OF time, can look
back to youthful days, but can never re-
turn to youth The young lady has con-
cluded since that l am not old, and will
marry me if you will return me TO the
consular service. Her aunt has given
her fifty thousand dollars I'm gold To do
so, which Will enable me to give five
thousand dollars to our campaign fund
next fall
"(Signed) w. G. RILEY"
The Judge was little squeamish about
tie offer Of five thousand dollars to the
campaign fund and consulted the scribe
as to whether IL could be construed as a
bribe. Being assured TO the contrary, or
at least no more than eN-Postmaster-
General Wanamaker's contribution to
the Harrison campaign, he decided to let
il stand.
If President Mckinley will only Just
IA. l. Al
ture TO work full time while reading this
article, Senorita Helen, ETC., will secure
Consul Americana, and Judge Riley, who
Is financially embarrassed from stalking
every dead-bTolSe Office seeker about
Washington, will have the fifty thousand
dollars, Spanish gold, TO support the dig
nifty of the United States, and, incident
aIfrr Gavtpra Dill.