Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-04-09
RICHARD OLNEy
IS DIPLOMAT To
PASS TO BEYOND

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met under President Grover Cleveland,
a democrat died at his home here last
nPht.
Richard Olney served successfully
as attorney general and secretary of
state during the administration of
President Cleveland, and although at
the head of the state department for
the short period of one year and nine
months only, he won reputation as
statesman of commanding ability and
force. His greatest triumph was his
81 ccessful insistance upon arbitration
of the boundary dispute between Great
| Britain and Venezuela
Imperturbably disregarding the
warnings that rigid maintenance OF
the Monroe doctrine might plunge the
United States into war with Great
Britain, President Cleveland and Sec
retary Olney carried out their own
ideas of diplomacy. In his famous
message sent through Ambassador
Bayard to Lord Salisbury, British sec
rotary of state for foreign affairs, Mr..
Olney, promising the inalienable right
of the United States to intervene In
questions affecting the territorial in
tegrity of South American countries,
said in part:
Part of Famous Document.
Great Britain both admits that
there is a controversy and that arbi-
tration should be resorted to for its
adjustment But while up to that point
her attitude leaves nothing to be de-
sired, its practical effect is completely
nullified by her insistence that the
submission shall cover but a part of
the controversy; that as a condition
of arbitrating her right to part OF
the disputed territory, the remainder
shall be turned over to her. Upon
what principle except her feebleness
az nation-is Venezuela to be denied
the right of having the claim heard
and passed upon by an impartial tri-
bunal? 1t is so, because l will it So
seems to be the only justification
Great Britain offers"
Although Lord Salisbury at first re-
fused to submit to the American de-
mand, upon further representations he
receded from his attitude and agreed
| to the arbitration OF the entire dispute.
Mr.. Olney's frmness previously had
become familiar to the American pub
| lie through his action in the great
Chicago railroad strike and subsequent
riots, when as attorney general he
upheld the right and duty of the gov
eminent to employ troops to crush the
disorder.
In refutation of charges that this at
t.tude indicated his hostility to labor
unions, Mr.. Olney, in a special brief
filed in a federal court in Pennsyl-
vania in the case of railroad train
mems strike on the Reading railroad,
only FIVE months after the end of the
Chicago strike, upheld the right OF
labor to organize and urged that all
labor troubles should be arbitrated.
Born at 0xferd, Mass, in 1885.
Mr.. Olney was born in Oxford, Mass.
in 1885. His father was textile man
ufacturer and banker. In the years
following his graduation from the Har-
ward Law school in 1858. Mr.. Olney
won high distinction in his profession
and became an authority on matters of
probate, trust and corporation law. His
sole appearance in public Office before
going to Washington was in 1875 when
lie served one term in the, Massachu-
sets house of representatives.
When, in 1904 he permitted the pre-
sentation of his name at the demo-
cratic national convention as a candi-
date for the presidential nominations,
| he received SO votes, including the
solid support of the Massachusetts
delegation President Wilson urged
him to accept appointment as ambas-
sador to Great Britain and later offer
ed him the position Of governor of the
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