The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-16
that thi. President Of refined lntellec

tual habits and congenltal preference
for gentlemanly ordering and arrange
ment OF the surface Of things has suf-
fered during the past twenty months.
No need to recite the familiar cata-
logue Of the eccentrlcitles, the vulgari-
ties. the buffooneries, the small mean
nesSes, the lneptitudes. the lnefficlencics,
the positive indignlties which Mr..
WILLIAM ]. BRYAN has woven into the
daily life and practice Of the Office held
before his day by THOMAS JEFFERSON.
JONI MARSHALL, JAMES MoNRoT. HIM
nv CLAY. MARTIN VAN BUREN, DANIEL
WEBSTER. john c. CALHOUN, WILLIAM
II. SEWARD. HAMILTON FISH. WILLIAM
w. EyARTs. THOMAS +. BAYARD. FRED
ERICK +. FRELINGHUYsEN. JAMES G..
BLAINE. RICHARD OLNEY. john HAY,
ELIHU Roof and other statesmen Of dis
tnction, high breeding and special fit
ness for the post. Let us come at once
to the eliminating revelation of Mr..
BRYAN's true lnwardness.
The successor of the eminent Ameri-
can statesmen just named was held up
TO public and Presidential notice day
before yesterday, through an accident
Of testimony in the inquiry as to the
character of his chosen Envoy Extraor-
binary and Minister Plenipotentiary to
the Dominican Republic. as the cheap
est and most impudent grabber of small
coin spells ever known in our admins
trative history. The investigation pri-
marily concerns Mr.. BRYAN's RESPONSE
hllity for the performances Of SULLIVAN
at Santo Domingo, for his alleged re
lations with the promoters Of the So
called Banco Nacional. concern which
has been vlrulently attacking the Ma
tlonal City Bank OF New York in its
entirely honorable and legitimate rela-
ton to Dominican finances.
Incidentally to these unplea SAINT dis
closures we find the Secretary Of state
drawing his own portrait in the lmmor-
tai letter to WICK:
can you let me know what positions
you have at your disposal with which to
reward deserving Democrats meaning
Bryan Democratsl? You have had enough
experience in politics to know how valua-
bic workers are when the campaign is on.
and how difficult 1t is TO find suitable re-
wards for all the deserving. | do not
know to what extent a knowledge Of the
Spanish language is necessary for EN-
ployees. Let me know what Is requisite.
together toith the salary, and when ap-
pointments are likely to be made"
The italics are The SUNS. Let me
know the salaries" wrote the Secre-
tary OF State OF the United States OF
America TO the American Receiver OF
Dominican Customs with reference TO
certain picayune Offices which he ex-
pressed himself as DESTROYS OF grabbing
for the payment Of his or his party's po-
litical debts; the salaries aforesaid to
be paid to Mr.. BRYAN's proteges by the
| impoverished people OF that Latin Amer
lean race FOR which. In the Commoner,
on the Chautauqua circuit and else
where. Mr. BRYAN is continually de-
clarlng this nations supremacy disin-
terested friendship. And yesterday,
when asked about the Wick letter, the
! Secretary OF state laughed hea rtily and
expressed his pleasure at the public
knowledge OF the degradation OF the
high Office he holds!
We know what The Sun thinks OF
this GROWING performance Of Mr.. W. J.
BRYAN. We believe we know what
most other people think of 1t. What
we should like to know is what is
thought OF 1t by WOODROW WILSON,
President Of the United States and APP
pointer of the present Secretary OF
State. We can imagine. We can con-
ceive the intensity of the sufferings OF
that refined and critical intellect: suf-
ferings cumulative as new develop.
ments appear in consequence OF the
initial mistake against which we 40
frankly and plainly warned him two
years ago reflections poignant enough
Ms we now can see, TO drive WOODROW
WILSON for consolation and support
even TO bosom otherwise so unde
sirable rs that Of the Hon. WILLIAM
GIBBS MCADoo.
The Competitive Playwright.