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WASHINGTON, Nov. IA, 1916
M Buchanans Position-Mr. Calhoun--The


Oregon question-The Administratioa-A Sober


Disquisition.


Noens poiens, no statesman has ever been placed
in more difficult attitude with respect to himself,
the State of which he is the champion and the Ad-
mnsiration, of which he is the premier, than Mr.
Buchanan Let us briefly and temperaely examine
this matter.


The new President in the organizing cabinet
for himself, took the right course In the dlsmsson
of all the primary advisers of President Tyler, ex
cent in the case of Mr.. Calhoun. The unsettled and
nerminabe Oregon question, as undertaken to be
Quoted by the sagacious South Carolinian, ought
to have suggested, of itself, the paramount oblga-
tion OF his retention iu the Department of Slate
Superadded to this the affairs OF the West Indies.
and our International relations affecting the
ton OF Texas, could not have been more safely en-
trusted to a judicous consideration and action
thereon than in the hands OF Mr. Calhoun But,
more than all, the State pride OF South Carolina
would have been appeased, and the merest nominal
compromise upon the Tariff would have satisfied
her for the present, with the gratifying honor OF
having their chosen exponent as the head OF the ca
binet.


But the President was influenced by the very
converse ot these considerations. ne REASONED
thus Mr. Calhoun's policy with regard to Oregon
will not satisfy the West-tley will submit to mel
ther compromise nor postponement l am commit
tod IN The West upon this question: and U is impc
ratye that my Diplomatic Secretary should take
core spondng stand, in order that my stic-
ton may retain the countendnce ana supbott 2. VIC
Wet Mr. Calhoun will not answer. Pennsyv"-
mia has asked that Mr. Buchanin be promotrd !"
the head OF the State Department. How can 'e'