1891-April-30: In response to the diplomatic impasse and reports of the Haitian refusal in the New York Herald, William P. Clyde traveled to Washington to meet personally with Secretary of State James…

1891-April-30: In response to the diplomatic impasse and reports of the Haitian refusal in the New York Herald, William P. Clyde traveled to Washington to meet personally with Secretary of State James G. Blaine and Secretary Tracy. Clyde sought to bypass the formal diplomatic channels of the legation in Port-au-Prince, hoping to convince the administration to take more drastic measures to protect the “vast political and commercial advantages” he believed were being sacrificed by Douglass’s handling of the situation.