Evening journal., 1915-01-19

bonovolcnce which makes you look
for the wink OF the eye and the
tongue in the cheek.
But turn 10 the other side OF the
account? No human being will ever
know what this President of refined
Intellectual habits and congenitai
preference for gentlemanly ordering
anu arrangement of the surface of
things has suffered during the past
twenty months.
No need 10 recitc the familiar ca
talogue of the cccentricities. the
vulgarities, the buffOOneries, the
small meannesses, the ineptiiudos,
the ineniciencies, the positive indig-
nitios which Mr.. William j. Bryan
has woven into the daily life and
practice OF the Office held before his
day by Thomas Jefferson. John Mar
shall. James Monroe Henry Clay,
Martin Van Buren. Daniel Webster.
John c. Calhoun. William II. Seward,
Hamilton Fish. William NJ Evarts.
Thomas f. Bayard. Frederick r.
Frelinghuyscn. James c. Blaine, Ric-
hard Olney. John Hay. Elihu Root
and other statesmen of distinction.
high breeding and special fitness for
tht post Let us come at once 20
( the eliminating revelation of Mr..
/ Plyan's true inwardnoss.
Tho successor of the eminent
/ American statesmen just named was
/ Lcld up TO public and Presidential
notice day before yesterday through
an accident Of testimony in the in
/ quiry as to the character of his cho-
sen Envoy Extraordinary and Mini
: stor Plcnipotcntiary TO the Dominican
Republic as tho cheapest and most
impudent grabber of small coin
spoils ever known in our admins
uative history. The investigation
primarily concerns Mr.. Bryan's re-
sponsibility for the performances If
Sullivan at Santo Domingo for his
alleged relations with the promoters
of the sOcalled Banco NaciOnal. a
concern which has been virulently
attacking the National City Bank OF
New York in its entirely honorable
and legitimate relation to Dominican
finances.
incidentally TO these unpleasant
disclosures we find the Secretary OF
State drawing his own portrait in the
immortal letter TO Wick:
Can you let me know what posi-
tions you have at your disposal Will
which to reward deserving Demo
Gratis meaning Bryan Democrats)
You have had enough experience m
politics to know how valuable work.
ers are when the campaign is on. ant
how difficult il is to find suitable re
wards for all the deserving. | do not
know TO what extent a knowledge o.
the Spanish language is necessary
Tor employees Let me know wha
is requisite. together with the sal
airy. and when appointments arr
likely to be made"
Let me know the salaries" wrote
the Secretary of State of the UnitcC
States of America to the American
Receiver of Dominican Customs witt
reference to certain picayune Office.
which he expressed himself as dc
sirous of grabbing for the paymen
o. his or his party's political debts
Tie salaries aforesaid to be paid {.
Nj Bryan's prOteges by the impOV
orished people OF that Latin Ameri
can race for which, in the CommOneT
on the Chautauqua circuit and else
J where. Mr.. Bryan is continually de
/ claring this nations supremely dis
b interested friendship. And yester
day, when asked about the Wick let
: ter, the Secretary of State laughe
- heartily and expressed his pleasur
e. at the public knowledge Of the dc
p gradation of the high Office he holds
1 We know what The Sun thinks q
+ this crOwnings performance Of MI
o W J. Bryan. We believe We kno'
- what most other people think of i
, What we should like TO know
e what is thought Of it by Woodro'
I Wilson, President of the Unite
e States and appointer of the preser
e Secretary of State. We can imgain
4 We can conceive the intensity of th
Y suncriDgs of that refined and crit
e cal intellect; sufferings cumulatiy
d as new developments appear IN col
T. sequence of the initial mistal
S against which VIC so frankly an
p plainly warned him two years age
n reflections poignant enough, as "
Il now can see, TO drive Woodrow Wi
II son for consolation and support CIV,
d TO 4 bosom otherwise so undesirab
l. as that of the Hon. William Glib
d ! McAdoo.